Anagrammy Leaders' Board - July, 2010 - 29 votes cast

29 votes

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

GENERAL:

1

  Meyran Kraus

32  

Really bad eyesight = Barely see daylight!

2

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

25  

The recreational nudist ~ is unclothed in a retreat.

3

  Tony Crafter

13  

Doleful evening ~ feeling unloved.

4

  Scott Gardner

12  

The free online dictionaries = Clear definition here on site.

4

  Andrew Berhaut

12  

First Crusade = Turf is sacred.

6

  Zoran Radisavlevic

11  

Fischer's clock = Click for chess!

6

  Ed Pegg Jr

11  

Open microphone = Nincompoop here.

6

  Ellie Dent

11  

That towering skyline = It's late night New York!

9

  Adie Pena

8  

The full-body airport scanner = I probe frontally nude charts.

10

  View

7  

Velocipedist = Device's pilot.

10

  David Bourke

7  

The prostitutes in Amsterdam's red light district = This trade is permitted...its girls, most aren't Dutch.

12

  Christopher Sturdy

5  

Demonstrably unintelligent = Blonde girlies - nutty 'n' mental.

13

  Dharam Khalsa

4  

Mineral supplement = Superman impellent.

13

  Rik Sengupta

4  

A cruise ~ is a cure.

15

  Rick Rothstein

3  

A police escort = Cite a cop's role.

16

  Rosie Perera

2  

Balloon animals = Lion. Alas, no lamb?

17

  Ernesto Guiraldes

0  

Toddler's diarrhoea ‡ A harder, dried stool

 

  Total points:

167 

from 29 votes     (DFE factor: 0.586)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Rosie Perera

33  

Paul the Prognosticating Octopus was right! = Spain won a historic cup struggle. Go top that!

2

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

21  

Macbeth by William Shakespeare = A witch bespeaks liberal mayhem.

3

  Ellie Dent

16  

Monsieur Edgar Degas = So, regard nude images.

4

  Adie Pena

13  

The impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir = His art emerges in Europe. Isn't it superior?

4

  Rik Sengupta

13  

"On My Own", from Les Miserables = Woman remembers loss; if only...

6

  Ivan Andonov

12  

Joel and Ethan Coen's "The Big Lebowski" = The Jews behind one likable goon cast.

6

  Dharam Khalsa

12  

Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? = Did comedic flock phrase help inspire kids to read?"

6

  Scott Gardner

12  

"Impression, Soleil Levant" = Or "loveliness in pale mist".

9

  David Bourke

9  

The American singer David Lee Roth = Eddie Van Halen's geriatric mother.

10

  Meyran Kraus

8  

"How the Grinch Stole Christmas", a Dr. Seuss tale = So, that rescued heart grows in his small chest!

11

  Tony Crafter

7  

The crime novelist Miss Patricia Cornwell = Evil-clashes-in-a-post-mortem-clinic writer!

12

  View

6  

Eminem's album 'Recovery' = My more venerable music.

 

  Total points:

162 

from 28 votes     (DFE factor: 0.429)

TOPICAL:

1

  Rick Rothstein

38  

Gulf shoreline = Oil's flung here.

2

  Tony Crafter

24  

Snooker player Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins dies = As a sorry, hellraising king, he expired on cue.

3

  Dharam Khalsa

17  

As oil paints our ~ Louisiana ports.

3

  Neil Ramsay

17  

BP failure not ~ unprofitable.

5

  Scott Gardner

14  

Actress Lindsay Dee Lohan = A hedonist earns cell days.

6

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

10  

Actress Lindsay Lohan = Lass or lady's in the can.

6

  David Bourke

10  

Chelsea Clinton's wedding reception = Contended speech? Well, no cigars in it!

8

  Adie Pena

8  

Paul the Octopus was right in his prediction = Shit! It's got a euphoric Spain in the World Cup!

9

  Ellie Dent

6  

I can see loss first ~ as recession lifts.

10

  Meyran Kraus

5  

The audio tapes of Mel Gibson rants = It's a startling mode of phone abuse.

10

  View

5  

Germany crush Argentina to reach last four = A great match! Aryans rung the score: Four-nil!!

12

  Rosie Perera

4  

United States Cyber Command = Combat demands 'net security.

13

  Ed Pegg Jr

2  

Presidential scholar = E. list: Daniel Schorr (AP).

14

  Rik Sengupta

1  

Nostradamus merely prognosticates; ~ Octopus remonstrates Germans daily.

 

  Total points:

161 

from 28 votes     (DFE factor: 0.500)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Adie Pena

45  

The assassin Lee Harvey Oswald = Analyses revealed shot was his.

2

  Ellie Dent

27  

The inventor, Elisha OTIS = One hint: It's his ELEVATOR!

3

  Rik Sengupta

22  

Nixon: Let's watch. ~ Clinton: What, sex?

4

  View

16  

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela = All shall honor name in lead.

5

  Scott Gardner

15  

The Austrian composer Gustav Mahler = He arranges that marvelous, top music.

6

  Rosie Perera

8  

Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson = Old male's becoming cruel, girl.

7

  Ed Pegg Jr

7  

Mel Gibson fact = Self-combating.

7

  Tony Crafter

7  

The guitarist Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend = Led band, 'The Who'. Interests: Drugs, diet, infant-porn.

9

  David Bourke

5  

Simon Le Bon, the lead singer of Duran Duran = Dour, ignorant man. File under "Old has-beens".

9

  Meyran Kraus

5  

Obama, the president of the United States = He is not that amused after BP, I tend to see.

9

  Dharam Khalsa

5  

Vincent Damon Furnier, also known as Alice Cooper = Unconventional look in performance - I was scared!

9

  Ivan Andonov

5  

The football player Andres Iniesta = His feet portray a one-nil lead blast.

13

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

3  

Irene and Vernon Castle = An event in dancers' lore.

 

  Total points:

170 

from 29 votes     (DFE factor: 0.448)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  Tony Crafter

25  

The Egyptian Pyramids = A head-tipping mystery!

2

  Rik Sengupta

22  

St Helena: one reports ~ Napoleon rests there. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

3

  Rosie Perera

19  

Eternal manly recognition at ~ Arlington National Cemetery.

4

  Adie Pena

16  

U.S.A. admen vie on ~ Madison Avenue.

5

  Meyran Kraus

15  

A vacation in the most romantic places on earth = Paris, Monaco or Venice, then that coast in Malta.

5

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

15  

The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia = A big volume of earth is enduring in it.

7

  Scott Gardner

13  

Times Square, New York = Marquees tower in sky.

8

  Ellie Dent

10  

Bastille Day in France = Liberated! Fancy snail?

9

  Dharam Khalsa

9  

The Internet Movie Database = Matinee's better than a video.

10

  Ivan Andonov

8  

Vietnam War = Warm in a vet.

11

  David Bourke

4  

Tory/LibDems coalition = Mediocrity, it balloons!

12

  View

2  

Balfour Declaration = Bad control, a failure.

 

  Total points:

158 

from 27 votes     (DFE factor: 0.444)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Meyran Kraus

35  

The Kubler-Ross model, also known as the five s... = Five stages of BP drilling: 1. Get bad rig 2...

2

  Adie Pena

18  

The Top Three Religions In The World Are: 1. ... = Similar High Opiates: 1. Written Theism, 2. ...

3

  Tony Crafter

16  

Help! I just heard that movie star George Cloon... ~ major pic about Gary Glitter! One wit has call...

4

  Andrew Berhaut

14  

The dramatic film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" = A choice subject: birth, immature old man, infant, foetus.

4

  Ellie Dent

14  

Dr. Watson to his detective friend: 'Do you see... = 'The ratio of black to white sheep is one to t...

6

  David Bourke

9  

The United States of America and Great Britain'... = Together in defence, both parties are capitali...

7

  Ernesto Guiraldes

7  

American Society for Neurogastroenterology, Mot... = Find in Google if a steroid or soya or yogurt c...

8

  Dharam Khalsa

6  

"I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of... = So, I create my life, then a flimflammer hits ...

8

  Rik Sengupta

6  

Les Miserables: Javert runs, Cosette loves, Epo... ~ Valjean resists, sincere rebels lose to corrup...

10

  View

5  

Only two things are infinite: the universe and ... = There is no limits to heavens and our, your - ...

10

  Rosie Perera

5  

Breach in the Pentagon's Secret Internet Protoco... = Not-bright recruit leaks not-open content: cen...

 

  Total points:

135 

from 24 votes     (DFE factor: 0.458)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Meyran Kraus

32  

... = courier>Dash...

2

  Larry Brash

17  

Approaching an unfortunate lady: "Oh, has great legs! Oh Hell, shame about that face!"

3

  Adie Pena

13  

An unhappy large-eared Charles has often thought about that nose of hag Camilla.

4

  Ellie Dent

11  

A poet chap holds that though a fault's ugly, each one has a noble, fair arrangement.

5

  Christopher Sturdy

9  

Half hag, he thought. Oh, nasty phantom creature, And all along be a Picasso feature!

6

  Richard Brodie

8  

Half mouth? Her nose notably half attached? Gorgeous in appearance? That's a laugh!

6

  Tony Crafter

8  

Ah, Ann! Shall I compare thee to a dog's arse? Thou art affable, tho' pug-ugly, 'n' Hath acne.

8

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

6  

She has to bag her ugly head to feel A catch to man in sauna through frontal appeal

9

  Rosie Perera

5  

No treasure, she hath a laughable deformity: all chaos on that oppugnant hag face.

9

  Dharam Khalsa

5  

I, a famous chap and a fool, thought her unpalatable, yet the Archangels sang to her!

9

  Neil Ramsay

5  

A lad; a run for thy laugh. Not then alas, a photograph. (Nice legs, shame about the face)

12

  David Bourke

4  

HRH The Princess Anne, Had that hell of a boat! A-A-A plum-fugly! Enough to scare a goat!

13

  Ed Pegg Jr

3  

A man. A plan. A canal. A hope. Thus haunts all the shy. There but for the grace of God go I.

13

  View

3  

She has that gallant grace, gallant untouched oomph, fain hopes for a hearty beau.

15

  Adrian Hickford

2  

Has a noble appearance, thought Mr Dali. Ah! Hateful faces! That's enough! Too gnarly!

16

  Andrew Berhaut

1  

Ha! One chap's encouraged enough that that half foul lamb has a great personality.

 

  Total points:

132 

from 23 votes     (DFE factor: 0.696)

LONG:

1

  Tony Crafter

41  

A husband wrote the following letter to his wif... = 'To My Dear Husband, Well, I've read your l...

2

  Ellie Dent

32  

A lawyer, a doctor and a mathematician were disc... = The mathematician said: 'If we're to accept la...

3

  Adie Pena

26  

... = ...

4

  Dharam Khalsa

9  

"Apocalypse Now" "Do the Right Thing" "Touch ... = The top ten films highlighting a theme of hea...

 

  Total points:

108 

from 20 votes     (DFE factor: 0.200)

SPECIAL:

1

  Meyran Kraus

19  

OCTOPUS'S GARDEN

2

  Neil Ramsay

15  

Foliage rouses.

3

  Adie Pena

14  

JULY by Hilaire Belloc

4

  Tony Crafter

13  

OCTOPUS'S GARDEN By The Beatles

5

  Richard Brodie

12  

What's in the brain that ink may character

6

  Tony Crafter

8  

A man was driving through the backwoods of Montana when he saw a sign in front of a broken down shanty-style house: 'Ta...

6

  Christopher Sturdy

8  

Reader, the artful verse below has stored a cryptic message concealed within.

8

  Dharam Khalsa

7  

OCTOPUS'S GARDEN

8

  Meyran Kraus

7  

"We Didn't Start the Fire" By Billy Joel

10

  Dharam Khalsa

2  

Bad to Good Poem (Author's alias: "Neurosis Before Hope")

 

  Total points:

105 

from 18 votes     (DFE factor: 0.556)

RUDE:

1

  David Bourke

20  

A cunt often has ~ a stench of tuna.

2

  Rick Rothstein

15  

Real big tits? ~ Bet it's a girl.

3

  Meyran Kraus

14  

The sex-change operations = "She" organ, except it's on a "he"!

4

  View

13  

The precoital stimulation = Ah, operate until clit moist!

5

  Adie Pena

9  

High sperm count = So much per night!

6

  Andrew Berhaut

8  

I'm having anal intercourse = No cum is in her vagina later.

7

  Rik Sengupta

5  

Your mother is so fat, ~ she's roomy; four a tit.

7

  Tony Crafter

5  

She ruined his scrotum. = Or: "Me? I crushed his nuts!"

 

  Total points:

89 

from 16 votes     (DFE factor: 0.500)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Meyran Kraus

93.34

 

View

28.11

Adie Pena

76.32

 

Neil Ramsay

20.31

Tony Crafter

72.13

 

Andrew Berhaut

18.15

Ellie Dent

53.32

 

Christopher Sturdy

13.64

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

40.84

 

Ed Pegg Jr

12.67

Dharam Khalsa

35.26

 

Richard Brodie

12.23

Rosie Perera

35.12

 

Larry Brash

11.83

David Bourke

33.89

 

Ivan Andonov

10.94

Rik Sengupta

33.31

 

Zoran Radisavlevic

6.45

Scott Gardner

31.68

 

Ernesto Guiraldes

3.21

Rick Rothstein

28.26

 

Adrian Hickford

1.39

*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

4

0

1

Tony Crafter

2

1

2

Adie Pena

1

1

3

Rick Rothstein

1

1

0

Rosie Perera

1

0

1

David Bourke

1

0

0

Ellie Dent

0

2

1

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

0

2

0

Neil Ramsay

0

1

1

Rik Sengupta

0

1

1

Larry Brash

0

1

0

Dharam Khalsa

0

0

1


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