Anagrammy Leaders' Board - February, 2008 - 45 votes cast

45 votes

GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT TOPICAL PEOPLES NAMES OTHER NAMES
MEDIUM LENGTH ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE LONG SPECIAL RUDE

GENERAL:

1

  Andrew Brehaut

39  

A Monday morning = Man in angry mood.

2

  Christopher Sturdy

28  

See no evil; Hear no evil; Speak no evil = Rash in love? Ease in love; Keep in love!

3

  Don Fortier

27  

Irate insects and bugs ~ scare, bite, and sting us.

4

  Ellie

22  

One may preach ~ peace: harmony.

4

  Tony Crafter

22  

Designated areas of conservation = A donation saves a receding forest.

6

  Neil Ramsay

19  

I rent madams ~ in Amsterdam.

7

  Paul Pan

18  

The devil is in the details = It hides, veiled in stealth.

8

  David Bourke

14  

Amsterdam prostitutes = A dream tempts tourists.

8

  Rick Rothstein

14  

Inter-planetary space flights = Trips are, in fact, lengthy leaps.

10

  View

12  

Mermaids ~ disarm me.

10

  Adie Pena

12  

Columbia's underground economy = My long-rumored U.S.-bound cocaine.

12

  Bryan Crain

9  

Hope is the thing with feathers = Fear is the thing with hot sheep.

12

  Dan Fortier

9  

General anesthesia = Inhale, strange ease.

14

  Larry Brash

8  

The generic medications ~ made choice interesting.

15

  Rosie Perera

6  

Narrative photography = Having art portray hope.

16

  Don Rogers

3  

The nail that sticks out gets hammered down = To withstand his maltreatment, he goes: "DUCK!"

16

  Michael Omstead

3  

The seasonal candy-vice lot = Valentine's Day chocolates.

 

  Total points:

265 

from 45 votes     (DFE factor: 0.378)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Andrew Brehaut

53  

The Venus de Milo sculpture from Ancient Greece = Item's got centre place in French Musee du Louvre.

2

  Rosie Perera

44  

"No Country for Old Men" wins the best picture award = Two Coen brothers dwarf opulent cinema industry.

3

  View

42  

Singer Amy Winehouse = So, yes, I'm a huge winner!

4

  David Bourke

33  

The supermodel Bar Refaeli = Hot, pure-bred Israel female.

5

  Paul Pan

29  

Venus de Milo ~ mused, in love!

6

  Larry Brash

19  

Pining for the Fjords! = Git/nerd rips John off.

7

  Adie Pena

17  

Singer Amy Winehouse dominates Grammy Awards = My wins soothe me as a warm drug made in a syringe.

8

  Tony Crafter

15  

The actress Marion Cotillard = A-List star! Technicolor dream!

 

  Total points:

252 

from 43 votes     (DFE factor: 0.186)

TOPICAL:

1

  Adie Pena

39  

Fidel Castro retires = Dictator's isle freer?

2

  Neil Ramsay

37  

Tense politics underlie a ~ US Presidential election.

3

  Tony Crafter

26  

Singer Amy Winehouse's addiction = I wasted my genius on heroin acids.

4

  Paul Pan

25  

Lethal steroids' ~ death toll rises.

5

  Christopher Sturdy

18  

A thirteen-year old Olympian = Train Tom Daley early in hope.

6

  Rick Rothstein

16  

The presidential candidate's ~ radiant speech isn't detailed.

6

  David Bourke

16  

National Condom Week = Naked woman: "Nice tool!"

8

  Dan Fortier

15  

Favorite in L.A., Obama wins the race ~ if no white voters in Alabama care!

9

  John Fidler

14  

The Archbishop of Canterbury = Further 'Sharia hobby' concept.

10

  Rosie Perera

12  

A U.S. presidential election = One plain issue tilted race.

11

  Dharam Khalsa

11  

The Raul Castro Era begins = Rehearsal set, but no cigar.

12

  Don Fortier

7  

Hillary Clinton for President = Friendly Northern Politicals?

13

  Andrew Brehaut

6  

Fidel Castro's leadership = A soldier's shift replaced.

14

  View

4  

First suicide bombing in Israel in year = Fail by securities in Dimona brings ire.

15

  Michael Omstead

3  

Happy Valentine's Day! = Played heavy in pants!

 

  Total points:

249 

from 43 votes     (DFE factor: 0.349)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Adie Pena

57  

The actor Daniel Day-Lewis: ~ "Ideally, I wanted the Oscar!"

2

  Ellie

55  

Edmund Percival Hillary = Advanced merrily uphill! (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

3

  Tony Crafter

43  

The former astronaut Neil Alden Armstrong = Great elder. Lunar star. First man on the moon!

4

  Rosie Perera

34  

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton = Hardly a Monica; I'd thrill none.

5

  Andrew Brehaut

25  

Fidel Castro's ~ older Fascist.

6

  John Fidler

21  

Lord Lucan ‡ Call round!

7

  Neil Ramsay

14  

Doctor Rowan Douglas Williams = "Islamic laws to go around world."

8

  View

8  

Ron Leavitt = Er... not vital.

9

  David Bourke

4  

Patti Solis Doyle = Top disloyalties.

10

  Don Rogers

3  

Most Valuable Player Eli Manning = A "Super" NY Giant, I move ball, all men.

 

  Total points:

264 

from 44 votes     (DFE factor: 0.227)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  Andrew Brehaut

65  

France's Arc de Triomphe = Charmed centre of Paris.

2

  Rick Rothstein

42  

The Venus de Milo = Nudes, I love them.

3

  Neil Ramsay

34  

Transcendental Meditation = Man radiated silent content.

4

  Rosie Perera

31  

The Great Depression= Hope ends at register.

5

  Paul Pan

27  

The World's Oldest Profession = Whores, Priests, Felons? Odd lot!

6

  Larry Brash

14  

Usenet group alt.anagrams ‡ Most gargantuan pleasure!

7

  Ten-Wide Jong Li

13  

Global Positioning System ‡ I am lost by pointless going.

7

  Ellie

13  

Holocaust Memorial Day: January the Twenty-Seventh = Oh, thus many a Jew, everyone, must recall it on that day.

9

  Tony Crafter

10  

Timotei Shampoo = I'm a top smoothie!

9

  Adie Pena

10  

Disneyland: "The Happiest Place on Earth" = I spent a day in her cheap hotel... and slept!

 

  Total points:

259 

from 44 votes     (DFE factor: 0.227)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  David Bourke

49  

The National Society of Allied and Independent ... = One-and-only deal: Collect dead one, stuff it ...

2

  Tony Crafter

33  

Why is it that our children cannot read the Bib... = The ethnic child can rebut it as delusory, whi...

2

  Christopher Sturdy

33  

I know the boiling point of water's exactly two... ~ nowadays, we, the enlightened, vastly prefer a...

4

  Rosie Perera

32  

Barack Obama's campaign slogan: "Change We Can ... = Me? Back a long war a maniac began? (He gasps....

5

  Andrew Brehaut

31  

The Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica h... ~ Kosovan parliament and rejects them in their s...

6

  Adie Pena

25  

The abstract expressionist painter Willem de Kooning = Women splattered in big strokes in his exceptional art.

7

  Bryan Crain

18  

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a... = Austen begins her famous volume with spiffy, s...

7

  Neil Ramsay

18  

Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find a mor... = Westminster, London. You could rarely see such...

 

  Total points:

239 

from 41 votes     (DFE factor: 0.195)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Andrew Brehaut

45  

Dear Old Man Winter, Time is nigh likely to ease your harsh hold On this one little plug of turf And assign the unbe...

2

  Christopher Sturdy

32  

I don't like to suffer harsh elements too long I bet when spring defeats them all, I'll break out into song. In lif...

3

  Adie Pena

27  

The end of old Winter means a holy beginning, The color of youth and the hue of Spring. Like a foolish, lustful breat...

4

  Tony Crafter

24  

OH, THE ANNUAL COLD AND GLOOM! Most folk feel rough by Winter's end, They are thankful Spring's around the bend. A t...

5

  Adrian Hickford

14  

Rotten old Winter ends - Cheerio! March and April, aloof, emerge shuffling, Dehibernation. So I look thankfully ahead,...

6

  Neil Ramsay

13  

Ah, I liked heat! Santa's been and gone. Children's youthful hearts fulfilled. They nearly look thrilled! Fatigued...

7

  Don Fortier

12  

That funny Bill Murray role (Tad like Scrooge, hello?) Time went on and on, Infinitely so. Real Phil got trod out,...

8

  Dan Fortier

10  

Anagrams by Rosie P. likely don't do worst. Faithful crafter Tony - often he'll take first; O, Dan he's not enligh...

9

  Dharam Khalsa

9  

Oh, yellow daffodils emerging, Fluted bonnets fanning, Rooted firmly underground On hilltops all around. Oh, youth...

10

  Paul Pan

7  

A polar bear's tenth identity crisis unfolded: "Who am I then, son? A turtle-geek ? Neuter-ferret? Hog? Hen? Half-Ko...

10

  witch wyzwurd

7  

I hate snow: It holds cold, Numb my adult toe. He like the heat, Lay on the feet; Red as round beet. Earth's Spring ni...

12

  Don Rogers

6  

Hear our healthiest, helmeted men Huddle and scuffle throatily. The gen- Uinely too-long Super Bowl: Kickoff of the ...

12

  Bryan Crain

6  

The frost unfolds to heat As children try to eat The final falling flake. The idle bears awake, Emit a neon sound. ...

14

  Rosie Perera

4  

Head out unbonneted, eh, tot? Snow and ice melting, The chilly air is fleeting. Spring soon, thankfully. Half-hear...

 

  Total points:

216 

from 37 votes     (DFE factor: 0.378)

LONG:

1

  Don Rogers

49  

An atheist was walking through the woods. "What... = Then a very bright light shone on the man, and...

1

  Tony Crafter

49  

Paddy O'Reilly boarded the train and found hims... = An old drunk got on a train, sat beside a pri...

3

  Rosie Perera

35  

A mouse dies and goes to heaven. After a few da... = Some time later a dark old starved cat dies a...

4

  David Bourke

34  

A little girl gets separated from her mother in... = Tracey decided to go to the Romford branch of ...

5

  Adie Pena

22  

THE SECOND TIME AROUND Love is lovelier, the ... = Who actually believes this romantic crap? S...

6

  Paul Pan

12  

Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin," the... = Eminent boyish hymns were playing and shook t...

 

  Total points:

201 

from 34 votes     (DFE factor: 0.176)

SPECIAL:

1

  Andrew Brehaut

69  

The Lady of Shalott by Lord Tennyson

2

  Tony Crafter

59  

20 PERKS OF BEING OVER 60 YEARS OLD.

3

  Tony Crafter

30  

CIRCLE OF LIFE

4

  Adie Pena

16  

HEART, WE WILL FORGET HIM by Emily Dickinson

5

  Bryan Crain

11  

Hound Dog

 

  Total points:

185 

from 33 votes     (DFE factor: 0.152)

RUDE:

1

  Christopher Sturdy

40  

A lack of preparation = A fool.. a prick.. a parent.

2

  Tony Crafter

32  

A raving poof = Vagina-proof!

3

  View

28  

National Condom Week = Come and know elation!

4

  Bryan Crain

24  

What is the meaning of life? = Finishing a hot, wet female.

5

  Adie Pena

18  

Red light district = It did stretch girl.

6

  filbert

11  

Soaking wet pussy = Spunk goes its way!

7

  David Bourke

9  

The singer Michael Jackson, and Deborah Jeanne Rowe = Renowned bleached jerk: "No shag...I came in a jar, honest!"

8

  Paul Pan

5  

Feta cheese ‡ He ate feces!

 

  Total points:

167 

from 28 votes     (DFE factor: 0.286)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Andrew Brehaut

80.67

 

Don Fortier

17.18

Tony Crafter

79.01

 

Don Rogers

12.73

Adie Pena

63.07

 

Dan Fortier

12.42

Christopher Sturdy

46.83

 

Larry Brash

9.74

Rosie Perera

43.35

 

John Fidler

9.66

Neil Ramsay

39.42

 

Dharam Khalsa

7.24

David Bourke

36.05

 

Adrian Hickford

5.30

Paul Pan

33.25

 

filbert

3.14

Ellie

23.77

 

Ten-Wide Jong Li

2.95

View

23.56

 

witch wyzwurd

2.65

Rick Rothstein

20.42

 

Michael Omstead

2.18

Bryan Crain

17.71

 

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

 

High Standings

Name

1st

2nd

3rd

Andrew Brehaut

5

0

0

Adie Pena

2

0

1

Tony Crafter

1

3

3

Christopher Sturdy

1

3

0

David Bourke

1

0

0

Don Rogers

1

0

0

Neil Ramsay

0

1

1

Rosie Perera

0

1

1

Ellie

0

1

0

Rick Rothstein

0

1

0

View

0

0

2

Don Fortier

0

0

1


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