The Anagrammy Leaders' Board - October, 2005

46 votes

GENERAL:

1

  Paul Pan

41  

An equal opportunities employer = I put some inept queer on a payroll!

2

  Toby Gottfried

28  

An apple a day keeps the doctor away = So why not add a pear, papaya, leek, etc. ?

3

  Ellie

25  

A new laptop = Now at Apple.

3

  Deano

25  

A game of Russian Roulette = So am I sure to get an earful?

5

  Hans-Peter Reich

22  

The maternity hospital = It has motherly patient. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

6

  Tony Crafter

20  

The English countryside = Delight on such serenity.

7

  View

19  

Arctic expedition = An exotic iced trip.

8

  Adrian Hickford

14  

Ordinary seamen = Mariners, one day...

9

  dranoel ttoille

12  

Chinook = Coho kin.

10

  Larry Brash

11  

Impressionable = Be simple... no airs.

11

  Dee4j

10  

Geriatrics = Git care, sir.

12

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

9  

Antagonisms = Against noms!

12

  David Bourke

9  

Dual-personality = Paul Daniels, Tory.

14

  Zoran Radisavlevic

8  

The countryside ‡ City sound there.

15

  Rick

6  

Tired of lousy? ~ Do it yourself!

16

  Rosie Perera

5  

Burst open as ~ bean sprouts.

17

  steele

3  

Help, I am dead = Impaled head.

18

  Mey Kraus

2  

Inebriated person = Tipsier on a bender.

19

  aussie battler

0  

Rude nominations ~ suited a non-minor.

 

  Total points:

269 

from 46 votes     (DFE factor: 0.413)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  David Bourke

56  

Wallace and Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit = Blast the unwelcome big-eared raw carrot thief!

2

  Larry Brash

34  

The Two Ronnies = Two... then one, sir.

2

  Toby Gottfried

34  

The American Symphony Orchestra = Harmony may shape their concerts.

4

  Deano

33  

Breakdancing = Back in danger.

5

  Mey Kraus

29  

Tim Burton's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' = A terrible candy toothache occurs on that film!

6

  View

28  

Motion picture 'A beautiful mind' = Delirium but a fine computation.

7

  Ellie

24  

Leo Tolstoy: "War and Peace" = Wordy tale can please, too.

8

  Tony Crafter

19  

Beverly Hills Cop = Cleverly hip slob.

9

  Rosie Perera

8  

The Forty-Year-Old Virgin = Over thirty, lady foreign.

10

  Don Rogers

5  

Long Day's Journey into Night = Join Tyrones' ungodly hating.

11

  Scott Gardner

2  

The actor Cary Elwes = O "Westley" character!

 

  Total points:

272 

from 46 votes     (DFE factor: 0.239)

TOPICAL:

1

  Mey Kraus

64  

The trial of president Saddam Hussein = It sure is hard to defend this man's plea.

2

  David Bourke

33  

Margaret Thatcher is now eighty years old = Sad geriatric Tory here. (The ghastly woman!)

3

  Tony Crafter

26  

French Connection UK set to drop their slogan = Honest concern or not, I deplore that FCUK sign.

4

  Scott Gardner

23  

The Iraqi Constitution = Nation to critique this.

4

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

23  

Two thousand questions, no answers! = US sons' deaths not news... Iraq: out now!

6

  Linda Garner

19  

Hurricane Wilma threatens Florida = Nature's wrath came in, horrified all.

7

  Deano

17  

The trial of Saddam Hussein begins = Baghdad's testimonies - his funeral.

8

  Ellie

15  

Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi dictator, ~ and a horrific sadist, made to squirm there.

9

  Rick

13  

The Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks = "Grr! I hope I spark historical events!"

10

  Toby Gottfried

11  

The Trial of Saddam Hussein = As death itself's around him.

11

  Larry Brash

9  

Hurricane Wilma = A cruel whim... rain.

11

  View

9  

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan = Brutal shake, panic, misfit police.

13

  Eric Lancaster

7  

Sienna Miller's boyfriend = Miseries, for I'll bed nanny!

 

  Total points:

269 

from 46 votes     (DFE factor: 0.283)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Mey Kraus

73  

G.W. Bush, the American president = The man's screwing it up bad here!

2

  Larry Brash

33  

Rosa Parks, Mother of the Civil Rights ... = It's her calm move that is provoking t...

3

  Scott Gardner

31  

Justice Samuel A. Alito = O, I just emulate Scalia.

3

  Tony Crafter

31  

Adolf Eichmann = Nice? No, half-mad.

5

  Ellie

21  

Daniel Wroughton Craig: the new James Bond = Now world can judge: I might be another Sean...

6

  Rick

19  

Actress Catherine Deneuve = Nude scenes... creative art, eh?

7

  Toby Gottfried

18  

Daniel Craig, the new James Bond ~ wanted dear English cinema job.

8

  View

12  

Michel Salgado = He'd claim goals.

8

  David A Green

12  

Patricia Daniels Cornwell ~ laid scalpel in wet carrion.

10

  David Bourke

5  

Daniel Wroughton Craig = Dire actor, now laughing!

 

  Total points:

255 

from 44 votes     (DFE factor: 0.227)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  David Bourke

49  

The Medical Research Council = "Ah, sod the mice, I'll cure cancer!"

2

  View

35  

Greenwich Station = Whence I got trains.

3

  Toby Gottfried

25  

The Hewlett Packard Company = They make that old PC crap new.

3

  Tony Crafter

25  

Cheltenham Ladies' College = Gentle academics' hellhole!

3

  Scott Gardner

25  

The Republic of Iceland = Can be pitiful cold here.

6

  Mey Kraus

21  

The Siberian towns = Snows a bit in there.

7

  Deano

15  

The Collins English Dictionary ~ ends "illiteracy in school" thing.

7

  Rosie Perera

15  

Ziploc(R) food storage bags and containers = A brand's goal is: "I can protect frozen goods."

9

  Linda Garner

9  

Dow Jones Industrial Average = Need new advisor: I lost Jaguar.

9

  Larry Brash

9  

The Australian Countryside = Ah... our land is rustic, yet neat.

11

  Rick

7  

The Posse Comitatus Act declaration = The act set custom, "A soldier ain't a cop!"

11

  David A Green

7  

Windsor Safari Park, St. Leonards Hill = A dark, half-wild lioness roars! Sprint!

13

  Richard Brodie

6  

Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration = Aid the drug corporations attain unit sale aims.

14

  aussie battler

4  

Licentiate = A nice title.

 

  Total points:

252 

from 43 votes     (DFE factor: 0.326)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Mey Kraus

71  

'Beyond Multiple Choice: Evaluating Alt... = This guide is likely to be: [ ] A l...

2

  Tony Crafter

49  

Tony Blair's MG car crashed in a field a... = When President Bush died, God (from a C...

3

  Horrid Stretchy Pus

38  

scha·den·freu·de n. Pleasure derived ... = mas·och·ist n. due unto an odd revers...

4

  David A Green

24  

The tightrope walker Charles Blondin (J... = Oh, can well get the jitters perched o...

5

  Larry Brash

16  

The most serious thing about having a c... = It's a laugh, man! I've got to buy mat...

6

  View

12  

Herbert Spencer Time:That which man is ... = In black night, In white light Secon...

7

  David Bourke

10  

The sinking of the Argentinian cruiser ... = Thatcher: Her rash, baffling order to ...

8

  Rosie Perera

9  

The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 bans th... = Yes, optimistic Bush tacitly fancies h...

 

  Total points:

229 

from 39 votes     (DFE factor: 0.205)

LONG:

1

  Larry Brash

60  

After the death of Quasimodo, the bisho... = And the following day, with an unbear...

2

  Tony Crafter

51  

"Father, I had sex four times in all wi... = The new priest called on the village ...

3

  Ellie

33  

The Holy Bible in only Fifty Words Go... = Overheard joke Poor Adam - bad, mad...

4

  David Bourke

27  

We the People of the United States, in o... = In addition, we'll stuff our stomachs...

5

  Mey Kraus

24  

The Motion Picture Association of Ameri... = ...But here's an attempt at independe...

 

  Total points:

195 

from 33 votes     (DFE factor: 0.152)

SPECIAL:

1

  Mey Kraus

67  

The complete list of Shakespeare's plays anagrammed into a sonnet,

2

  Tony Crafter

59  

'IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN'

3

  David Bourke

33  

'Don't Let's Be Beastly To The Germans' - Noel Coward

4

  Rosie Perera

26  

Bridge Over Trouble Water

 

  Total points:

185 

from 33 votes     (DFE factor: 0.121)

RUDE:

1

  Mike K

39  

Serpentiform = Term for penis.

2

  Tony Crafter

32  

Modern lesbian = Man's role in bed!

3

  Mey Kraus

23  

A lesbian relationship = So, I hear it'll ban a penis!

4

  aussie battler

22  

A nude slut ~ undulates.

5

  Paul Pan

21  

A barely legal ~ early-age ball.

6

  Rick

20  

The trial of Saddam Hussein = Human dirt... die fast asshole.

7

  Larry Brash

17  

What is the very hardest part of doing a... = Ah, dear! Why, grafting anchovies to th...

8

  David Bourke

13  

Co-Op Tuna Flakes in Brine = Labia, foreskin, open cunt.

9

  View

5  

The University of Cambridge = Beauty for 'midnight service'.

 

  Total points:

192 

from 35 votes     (DFE factor: 0.257)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Mey Kraus

81.51

 

Mike K

10.03

Tony Crafter

68.50

 

David A Green

9.93

David Bourke

57.01

 

Hans-Peter Reich

9.09

Larry Brash

42.39

 

Linda Garner

8.30

Toby Gottfried

35.03

 

aussie battler

6.96

View

34.96

 

Adrian Hickford

5.78

Ellie

30.08

 

dranoel ttoille

4.96

Deano

27.91

 

Dee4j

4.13

Paul Pan

22.33

 

Zoran Radisavlevic

3.30

Scott Gardner

22.16

 

Eric Lancaster

1.98

Horrid Stretchy Pus

18.01

 

Richard Brodie

1.95

Rick

17.89

 

steele

1.24

Rosie Perera

13.86

 

Don Rogers

1.20

*Adjusted Points = Sum of (Points * 'DFE factor')
DFE factor is (No of Noms) / (No of votes) for category

 

High Standings

Name

1st

2nd

3rd

Mey Kraus

4

0

1

David Bourke

2

1

1

Larry Brash

1

2

0

Mike K

1

0

0

Paul Pan

1

0

0

Tony Crafter

0

4

3

Toby Gottfried

0

2

1

View

0

1

0

Ellie

0

0

2

Scott Gardner

0

0

2

Deano

0

0

1

Horrid Stretchy Pus

0

0

1


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