Anagrammy Leaders' Board - November, 2008 - 35 votes cast

35 votes

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

GENERAL:

1

  Tony Crafter

42  

Skeletons in the cupboard = Bones unlocked their past.

2

  Andrew Brehaut

30  

Man steps on the Moon = One 'snapshot' moment!

3

  Rosie Perera

23  

The white Bengal tiger = Being with large teeth.

4

  Adie Pena

22  

Saving energy = Gray evenings.

5

  Ellie Dent

14  

Unintentional plagiarism = Meant it's plain unoriginal!

6

  Rick Rothstein

13  

The Somalian pirates? ~ A shipmate is on alert.

7

  Neil Ramsay

12  

False doctrine = Sad reflection.

8

  Christopher Sturdy

9  

Bottoms up = Bums to top.

9

  Hans-Peter Reich

7  

Telephone conversation = Chat even on poorest line.

10

  Scott Gardner

6  

The Confederate states = Threaten to secede, fast!

11

  Dharam Khalsa

5  

A genial bee begins to sob ~ "Let begonias be begonias."

11

  Larry Brash

5  

Presidential candidates = Side did elect an aspirant.

13

  Ed Pegg Jr

4  

Science Olympiad = "Encyclopediaism".

14

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

1  

Professional photography = I go for happy snapshot role.

15

  View

0  

Withdrawn as a rediscovery.

 

  Total points:

193 

from 35 votes     (DFE factor: 0.429)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Adie Pena

37  

"Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In" = Listen! "Hair" has unique tunes.

2

  Ellie Dent

33  

Vincent Van Gogh's 'A Cornfield with Cypresses' = The fresh, convincing gold canvas, wispy trees. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

3

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

30  

Pussy Galore = Euro spy's gal.

4

  Scott Gardner

24  

Andersen's fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" = The material's later a tender Disney film.

5

  Dharam Khalsa

23  

Television sit-com "Scrubs" = Nurses love its comic bits.

6

  Chris

20  

Reservoir Dogs = Dress groovier!

7

  Tony Crafter

16  

The musical style of Leonard Cohen = Self-hate, seduction, or melancholy.

8

  Ed Pegg Jr

11  

Please Mister Postman ~ one letter is spam. Spam!

9

  View

7  

'Now that the magic has gone' = Somewhat changing to hate.

 

  Total points:

201 

from 34 votes     (DFE factor: 0.265)

TOPICAL:

1

  Andrew Brehaut

34  

US presidential campaigns = Pleasing stupid Americans.

2

  Scott Gardner

30  

Americans' presidential election = See McCain/Palin lose it and retire.

3

  Rick Rothstein

28  

The new USA president-elect Barack Obama = OK, we made a better case than Republicans.

4

  Hans-Peter Reich

22  

The Somalian pirate = I'm that peril on a sea.

5

  Ed Pegg Jr

16  

DOW now ~ down. Ow.

6

  View

13  

The Somalian pirates = To steal a marine ship.

7

  Rosie Perera

12  

Hillary Clinton as the Secretary of State? = Yes, she can fit that solitary central role.

8

  Dharam Khalsa

11  

Bush's approval is now down to twenty-eight percent = Bastard's own Scot puppy even throwing in the towel.

9

  Ellie Dent

10  

A nation pauses to remember the war dead ~ at a street parade, when memories abound.

10

  Christopher Sturdy

8  

Reg Varney is dead = Yes, an aged driver.

11

  Adie Pena

7  

Yearly traditional Thanksgiving menu = Nation is largely having ... (damn it!) TURKEY!

11

  Tony Crafter

7  

Greek and Armenian monks = Enraged kinsmen ran amok!

13

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

3  

The Scottish Beaver Trial = Act to halve British trees?

14

  Chris

2  

Reg Varney is dead = Any desired grave?

15

  David Bourke

1  

The shadow Immigration Minister Damian Green = Mean Gordon arrested him, I imagine...wasn't it him?

16

  Meyran Kraus

0  

American elections = An eerie McCain lost.

 

  Total points:

204 

from 35 votes     (DFE factor: 0.457)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Adrian Hickford

52  

US President-elect Barack Obama = Democrats take Republican base.

2

  Adie Pena

32  

President-elect Obama = I am noted; respectable.

3

  Rosie Perera

24  

President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama = A liked senator beat McCain. He's superb!

4

  Tony Crafter

18  

American President Barack Hussein Obama ~ isn't a bird-brain! US chose a peacemaker man.

5

  Ellie Dent

15  

Monsieur Claude-Oscar Monet = Named a sun colourer - c'est moi!

6

  Ed Pegg Jr

14  

Special agent Clarice Starling = Can I tag serial-scalping Lecter?

6

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

14  

First lady Michelle Obama = Billed a star, chiefly a mom.

8

  View

9  

Kanye Omari West = "We make noisy art!"

9

  Dharam Khalsa

8  

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh = I'm in a modern nightmarish inn impasse.

10

  David Bourke

4  

The late Reginald Alfred Varney = Elderly...left Earth, and in a grave.

 

  Total points:

190 

from 33 votes     (DFE factor: 0.303)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  David Bourke

37  

Newcastle University = Lectures invite yawns.

2

  Scott Gardner

33  

The United States of America's Apollo Eleven Mission = I see Neil, outside, voice "That's one small step for a man..."

3

  Ed Pegg Jr

28  

International Spy Museum = A Russian employment unit.

4

  Tony Crafter

23  

The Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, California = Children share notes in a fairy-tale domain.

5

  Andrew Brehaut

15  

The Apollo Mission = Ship allies to moon.

6

  Rosie Perera

14  

The Obama Administration ~ aims at ambition, no hatred.

7

  View

13  

The Palestine Liberation Organization = Antagonize Israel, battle their opinion.

8

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

9  

The Republican Governors Association = Pass a rule: "No abortion rights. Conceive!"

9

  Rick Rothstein

7  

The Department of Homeland Security = It flat out comprehends enemy hatred.

9

  Neil Ramsay

7  

The University of Strathclyde = Students? They live for charity.

11

  Dharam Khalsa

6  

Ohio's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum = Landmark holds a haul of cool fun memories!

12

  Adie Pena

5  

Maitre d' = I'm rated.

13

  Hans-Peter Reich

3  

The Great Steamship RMS Titanic = 'Captain Smith team' regrets this.

 

  Total points:

200 

from 35 votes     (DFE factor: 0.371)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Dharam Khalsa

51  

Blonde to the supermarket manager on the teleph... = "Just a minute," the man remarked to the blond...

2

  Adie Pena

28  

"We always want the best man to win an election... = We narrowly learn when one wastes votes TWICE ...

2

  Scott Gardner

28  

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, "The Hound of ... = A huge serial novel by Sherlock author, it is ...

4

  Rosie Perera

16  

Obama Names Desiree Rogers as his White House S... = I assume big career as America's honored wealt...

5

  David Bourke

14  

Barack Hussein Obama, the president-elect of th... = Pacifist Senate Democrat in estate of the rena...

6

  View

13  

Foreign Reporters Fight Israeli Prohibition on E... = Zion prefers to ignore high-opining of irritati...

7

  Christopher Sturdy

11  

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be c... = Hell, we elected Barack "Goody" Obama presiden...

8

  Tony Crafter

10  

'Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inhe... = Mercy be! A rather drab mamma's boy off on a s...

 

  Total points:

171 

from 31 votes     (DFE factor: 0.258)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Scott Gardner

44  

A brainy Democrat from the Senate is proud to take that office after Bush.

2

  Dharam Khalsa

23  

The first to dare aim at YouTube fans, and first to reach them per Facebook.

3

  Christopher Sturdy

21  

Be frank, that Democrat in a top office has made history, so a better future.

4

  Adrian Hickford

17  

See if a peacemaker's better than that mad, atrocious forty-third buffoon!

4

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

17  

I beat the pants off McCain to strike my forbears' road ahead to the future.

6

  Rick Rothstein

16  

"A rare pity... I need to correct a raft of mistakes that the buffoon Bush made."

6

  Tony Crafter

16  

A fit testament to a dark race? You bet! Can't his forefathers be proud of him!

8

  View

6  

OK, a first African-American head of the Dem. Party - boost to the best future.

9

  Rosie Perera

4  

Sarah, petty if media-battered, returns back to home office at north of USA.

9

  Ellie Dent

4  

Bah! I protest! Today, I fear, more debate affection for that man. True? Shucks!

11

  Adie Pena

3  

Any bureaucrat trade off in office? Smoke matters! Had to stop habit there!

 

  Total points:

171 

from 30 votes     (DFE factor: 0.367)

LONG:

1

  Tony Crafter

48  

A man and his wife are woken at 3 a.m. by a lou... = The duty-sergeant answered the police station...

2

  Dharam Khalsa

46  

A depressed and lonely frog telephones the Psyc... = The frog is thrilled. He shouts out, "Whoope...

3

  Adie Pena

35  

... = WINDOWS: What you jump out of when you're the...

4

  View

20  

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United St... = I, B.H. Obama, new leader of the Free World, j...

 

  Total points:

149 

from 27 votes     (DFE factor: 0.148)

SPECIAL:

1

  Adie Pena

56  

Phrase Shaper

2

  Tony Crafter

31  

SIXTEEN GOING ON SEVENTEEN (from 'The Sound of Music').

3

  Dharam Khalsa

23  

Layla (Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon--from Derek and the Dominos)

4

  Dharam Khalsa

15  

Poem by J. A. Shedd

 

  Total points:

125 

from 24 votes     (DFE factor: 0.167)

RUDE:

1

  Adie Pena

35  

She's a virgin at forty = It's her frosty vagina!

2

  Scott Gardner

32  

Mating spree ~ impregnates.

3

  Christopher Sturdy

22  

Forty-eight inch bust = Fight her bouncy tits.

4

  Zoran Radisavlevic

18  

The act of masturbation = Fantastic to rub at home!

5

  Dharam Khalsa

11  

"A hard man is good to find." - Mae West = Wood organ then satisfied madam.

6

  Rick Rothstein

5  

Masturbating with a vibrator = I savor mirth at rubbing a twat.

6

  View

5  

The masturbating with a vibrator = Ah, orgasm with vibrant attribute!

6

  David Bourke

5  

Stephen Fry in America = Any sphincter, I am free!

9

  Tony Crafter

2  

'Incest in altar boy'! = An obscenity trial.

 

  Total points:

135 

from 25 votes     (DFE factor: 0.360)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Scott Gardner

69.77

 

Ellie Dent

25.32

Adie Pena

69.42

 

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

23.56

Tony Crafter

60.88

 

Adrian Hickford

21.99

Dharam Khalsa

56.62

 

David Bourke

20.83

Andrew Brehaut

33.97

 

Hans-Peter Reich

14.17

Rosie Perera

33.41

 

Neil Ramsay

7.74

Rick Rothstein

28.64

 

Zoran Radisavlevic

6.48

Ed Pegg Jr

26.58

 

Chris

6.21

Christopher Sturdy

25.97

 

Larry Brash

2.14

View

25.67

 

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

 

High Standings

Name

1st

2nd

3rd

Adie Pena

3

2

1

Tony Crafter

2

1

0

Scott Gardner

1

4

0

Dharam Khalsa

1

2

1

Andrew Brehaut

1

1

0

Adrian Hickford

1

0

0

David Bourke

1

0

0

Ellie Dent

0

1

0

Christopher Sturdy

0

0

2

Rosie Perera

0

0

2

Ed Pegg Jr

0

0

1

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

0

0

1

Rick Rothstein

0

0

1


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