Anagrammy Leaders' Board - February, 2010 - 30 votes cast

30 votes

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

GENERAL:

1

  Adie Pena

33  

Solitary confinement = Myself. No interaction.

2

  Tony Crafter

32  

The melting polar ice caps = Climate change's top peril.

3

  Meyran Kraus

20  

A field surgeon = Dangerous life.

4

  Adrian Hickford

14  

I am hornier, 'cos ~ I'm a rhinoceros! (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

5

  Richard Grantham

13  

Yoga's ~ so gay.

6

  Scott Gardner

10  

The California Deer Mouse = Here I run, else I am cat food!

7

  Larry Brash

9  

Solitary confinement = Felony can merit it, son.

7

  Dharam Khalsa

9  

The physical examination = Hospital machine anxiety.

9

  Rosie Perera

8  

The circumcision debate = Hebraic cut incited some.

9

  Ellie Dent

8  

Energy giants ‡ Staying green?

11

  Christopher Sturdy

5  

"One size fits all" = Laziest of lines.

12

  Hans-Peter Reich

4  

The straightjacket = Jerk tight at a chest.

13

  View

2  

The kindergartens = Kids regnant there.

13

  Nikola Zivanovic

2  

Computer magazines = Amiga-Spectrum zone.

15

  David Bourke

1  

Divorced, or separated? = A teardrop discovered.

15

  Jesse Frankovich

1  

Festa = feast.

 

  Total points:

171 

from 30 votes     (DFE factor: 0.533)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Rosie Perera

53  

Dante's Divine Comedy = Vice, demons, and deity.

2

  Ed Pegg Jr

34  

New Orleans Saints = Winner, last season.

3

  Tony Crafter

18  

The Federico Fellini motion picture 'La Strada'. = One deep circus film. (Title: Italian for 'The Road')

4

  Ellie Dent

14  

Claude Monet's paintings of 'Gardens at Giverny' = Verdant landscape, so using green to magnify it.

5

  Meyran Kraus

12  

Television drama "C.S.I." = A tissue hint solved a crime.

6

  Scott Gardner

10  

The book "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens = Oh, mean boss's clerk Cratchit had real sick boy!

6

  View

10  

Sylvester Stallone in the Rambo series = Artist's silent, lonely hero seems brave.

8

  Nikola Zivanovic

7  

Poker strategy = Try to keep rags!

8

  Adie Pena

7  

The 25th anniversary 'We Are The World' remake for Haiti = Reinvent, refresh a worthwhile idea to mark a 25th year!

10

  Dharam Khalsa

4  

Fine aid used by man on a flight in "Toy Story" = Lightyear's famous, "To Infinity and beyond!"

 

  Total points:

169 

from 30 votes     (DFE factor: 0.333)

TOPICAL:

1

  Meyran Kraus

34  

Tiger Holds Press Conference = Confess, regret, consider help.

2

  Rosie Perera

30  

The Vancouver Winter Olympics = I've pretty much a nil snow cover.

3

  Dharam Khalsa

24  

Vancouver Twenty-ten Winter Olympic Games = Top men vying at ice events want low mercury.

4

  Adie Pena

23  

President Barack Obama = Top American's bad break.

5

  Rick Rothstein

14  

The latest earthquake's in Chile = Thence, it's quite a lethal shaker.

6

  Ellie Dent

7  

Washington = Hat? Snowing!

6

  Nikola Zivanovic

7  

Lufthansa pilots begin strike = No flights, take a bus lines trip.

8

  Ed Pegg Jr

6  

Let's do anti-filibuster ~ leaflet distributions.

8

  Tony Crafter

6  

Bill Clinton is detained for heart-artery surgery = Stent? (Or did they balefully insert a cigar in error...?)

8

  View

6  

Beyonce Knowles gets six Grammy awards = Sexy singer's work was commented by Gala.

11

  Steve Stein

5  

A birthday, Abe Lincoln's = Tall boy's heard in cabin.

11

  David Bourke

5  

The Abbey Road Studios up for sale = A Beatles duo buy it for spare dosh?

13

  Christopher Sturdy

2  

The boss's rejection of adultery. = Fabio deselects. John Terry's out!

 

  Total points:

169 

from 30 votes     (DFE factor: 0.433)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Scott Gardner

43  

Post-Impressionist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec = Oil painter chose Rue des Moulins prostitutes.

2

  David Bourke

31  

Singer Lady Gaga = Already sagging!

3

  Dharam Khalsa

18  

President Barack Obama ~ absorbed a market panic.

4

  Mike Keith

14  

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir = Met virtuoso dance artists.

5

  Rosie Perera

12  

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein = Gad! Shall bank's economic folly end?

6

  Tony Crafter

11  

Terpsichorean artiste Darcey Andrea Bussell = Superior dancer? Yes! The ballet dancer is a star.

6

  View

11  

Alison Moyet = Solo, anytime.

8

  Nikola Zivanovic

9  

Yulia Tymoshenko ~ may lose. You think?

9

  Ellie Dent

7  

Obama: the American President = Dream then became aspiration.

9

  Adie Pena

7  

The singer Clay Aiken = Real gay scene, I think.

9

  Meyran Kraus

7  

Michael Jackson's cardiologist Conrad Murray = Real-daring hack doctor slays major music icon.

 

  Total points:

170 

from 30 votes     (DFE factor: 0.367)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  David Bourke

32  

Waitrose Cashmere Toilet Paper = There to wipe a most special rear!

2

  Rick Rothstein

24  

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention = Send doctors an alert on perverse infection.

3

  Tony Crafter

20  

English Collective of Prostitutes. = Sect to help lots of vice girls unite.

4

  Christopher Sturdy

16  

Her Britannic Majesty's Government = Members scent gravy train, then join!

5

  Dharam Khalsa

12  

New Orleans' Mardi Gras ("Fat Tuesday") = Many a rogue said, "Lent's afterwards!"

5

  Ed Pegg Jr

12  

Nintendo + Cisco = Disconnection.

5

  Meyran Kraus

12  

Games of the Two Thousand Ten Winter Olympics = We compete to win medals, though in nasty frost!

8

  Rosie Perera

9  

Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show = Gunmen know Scottish breeds well.

9

  Adie Pena

7  

The Internal Revenue Service = Never unnerve a rich elite set!

10

  Scott Gardner

6  

The iPad tablet computer = It much bettered a laptop.

11

  View

3  

Sea of Galilee (Kinneret) = Gee, not fen, Israeli lake!

12

  Nikola Zivanovic

2  

Belarusian vodka = Drink, use a lavabo!

 

  Total points:

155 

from 28 votes     (DFE factor: 0.429)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Adie Pena

44  

The Top Three Richest People in the World: Wa... = Billionaires: I'm the Super Capitalist, the...

2

  Tony Crafter

25  

Two elderly widows, Sue and Eve, are on the bac... = SUE: "What d'you generally, er... do about it?...

3

  Ellie Dent

21  

A drunk fellow leaving a bar, sees a nun waitin... = Unhappy but pure, virtue intact, her hidden kn...

4

  Andrew Brehaut

17  

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysi... = Pray, who will cry long, long, long, goggling ...

5

  Dharam Khalsa

16  

Former US Vice President Dick Cheney was releas... = Taxidermist: "So I preserved his lifelike form...

6

  David Bourke

12  

'The Surrendered Wife - a step-by-step guide to ... = Australian went: "Do get me my pipe and slippe...

7

  Rosie Perera

9  

"Perfection is achieved not when there is nothin... = Work, in hope, at removing what you can, and th...

8

  View

8  

A senior Hamas military commander Mahmoud Abdel... = A harmful, amoral man. A team murdered him. C...

9

  Christopher Sturdy

6  

Peter Andre's fury as Katie Price gives toddler ... = Some people are an utter disgrace, as real crap...

 

  Total points:

158 

from 28 votes     (DFE factor: 0.321)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Meyran Kraus

30  

...

2

  Scott Gardner

27  

Gravely rare fauna: 1. Large cat 2. Animal up north 3. Long tusk 4. Antarctic fowl 5. Reptile 6. Canned fish 7. B...

3

  Dharam Khalsa

21  

...

4

  Tony Crafter

16  

All in danger because of: Pollution Global warming Tree clearance Animal butchery Pursuit of profit 'That' ju...

5

  Larry Brash

15  

Baa! In principal, I blame the uncaring lumberjacks, arranging to manually cut down all the trees for another big agricu...

6

  David Bourke

8  

Global temperature warming? All a heap of crap. Utter, asinine bilge...but purely that conniving rich crank Al Gore's f...

6

  Adie Pena

8  

URGENT! Calling all superior men! It's a big crucial job for humankind but we can help protect every natural animal hab...

8

  Ellie Dent

7  

IN TROUBLE: 1. A cat... but grr! 2. Icy ocean plunger 3. Love 'tache! 4. Man's garb? 5. Flipper 6. In a net....

9

  Neil Ramsay

6  

Cite a crap, pitiful plight. All are alive, but less abundant than A Jabberwocky, Gremlin, Minotaur. A Unicorn. ...

10

  Adrian Hickford

5  

Tearful for that animal group? Humans rollick along, carry on procreating, precipitating unbelievable, unwarrantable an...

10

  Paul Pan

5  

We protest too! Bee, Aardvark, Lamb, Pig, Ram, Tuna, Crab, Corn, Lichen, Fungus, Tulip, Geranium, Chili plan an urgent "...

12

  Rosie Perera

4  

I'll jump at enraging human caprice, rail at built-in neglect, flog aberrant bureaucracy, and rebuke that lunatic Palin ...

13

  View

1  

We must protect all animals in peril of annihilation. Human race culpable of annihilation. 'Burglar', partake in very u...

13

  Christopher Sturdy

1  

Many will face an uncertain future till a popular American burger chain go to hell... or stop funding a lumberjack inten...

 

  Total points:

154 

from 27 votes     (DFE factor: 0.519)

LONG:

1

  Larry Brash

50  

An eighty-six year old man went to the local do... = "Now, on the lengthy trek north-west, nearing...

2

  Tony Crafter

42  

An Irishman was stumbling through the woods, to... = A woman went to a store to buy her husband a ...

3

  Dharam Khalsa

29  

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappoi... = Ten hypothetical things to do before I die: ...

4

  Adie Pena

12  

"Avatar" "The Blind Side" "District Nine" "A... = Is it "Na'vi-in-Pandora" rubbish or should th...

 

  Total points:

133 

from 24 votes     (DFE factor: 0.167)

SPECIAL:

1

  Meyran Kraus

40  

Short verse outlining Mount Etna in Virgil's Aeneid, Book III

2

  Tony Crafter

32  

THE GODFATHER OF GREEK PHILOSOPHY.

3

  Adie Pena

29  

SINCE MY VALENTINE GOT A COMPUTER By Joanna Fuchs

4

  Tony Crafter

13  

PIDDLING PETE

5

  Dharam Khalsa

9  

Jabberwocky

6

  David Bourke

8  

THIS OLE HOUSE

 

  Total points:

131 

from 23 votes     (DFE factor: 0.261)

RUDE:

1

  David Bourke

28  

TENA ladies' incontinence pads ~ contain and seal pee incidents.

2

  Tony Crafter

23  

A surefire constipation remedy = I insert dynamite up core of arse!

3

  Meyran Kraus

21  

"Dad, tell me how kids are born!" = "Well, dear, dad boinks mother!"

4

  View

17  

She's having a period = He-he! So, vagina drips!

5

  Adie Pena

9  

An asshole = A hassle, no?

6

  Rick Rothstein

8  

The crime of passion = Rape of nice, hot miss.

 

  Total points:

106 

from 20 votes     (DFE factor: 0.300)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Tony Crafter

80.24

 

Christopher Sturdy

12.84

Meyran Kraus

69.40

 

Nikola Zivanovic

10.59

Adie Pena

66.02

 

Adrian Hickford

10.06

Dharam Khalsa

51.49

 

Richard Grantham

6.93

Rosie Perera

48.16

 

Andrew Brehaut

5.46

David Bourke

46.27

 

Mike Keith

5.13

Scott Gardner

41.00

 

Neil Ramsay

3.11

Ellie Dent

24.91

 

Paul Pan

2.59

Larry Brash

20.91

 

Steve Stein

2.17

View

20.51

 

Hans-Peter Reich

2.13

Ed Pegg Jr

19.08

 

Jesse Frankovich

0.53

Rick Rothstein

18.75

 

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

 

High Standings

Name

1st

2nd

3rd

Meyran Kraus

3

0

2

David Bourke

2

1

0

Adie Pena

2

0

1

Rosie Perera

1

1

0

Scott Gardner

1

1

0

Larry Brash

1

0

0

Tony Crafter

0

5

2

Ed Pegg Jr

0

1

0

Rick Rothstein

0

1

0

Dharam Khalsa

0

0

4

Ellie Dent

0

0

1


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