Anagrammy Leaders' Board - August, 2010 - 36 votes cast

36 votes

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

GENERAL:

1

  Rik Sengupta

41  

What in god's name ~ was the man doing?

2

  Meyran Kraus

27  

Define the world in a thesis? = Life is short and then we die.

3

  New Kid

25  

True happiness = It sure happens.

4

  Adie Pena

23  

Computer hacker = A PC mother*ucker.

5

  Tony Crafter

14  

Scented aromatherapy candles ~ can secretly add an atmosphere.

6

  David Bourke

13  

The Powers That Be = Hebrews at the top.

7

  Larry Brash

10  

Psychopharmacology = Gloom, cry, chaos... Happy!

7

  View

10  

Congeals = So, can gel!

9

  Dharam Khalsa

9  

Enchanted? = Then dance!

10

  Neil Ramsay

6  

Nuclear weaponry = Any power can rule.

11

  Ed Pegg Jr

5  

RNA nucleotidyltransferases = Senior lecturer's fantasyland.

12

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

4  

Spinsterhood = Sirs? Don't hope!

12

  Christopher Sturdy

4  

A pair of trousers (England) = I read are 'long pants' for US.

14

  Tom Myers

3  

Amoebic dysentery = Nasty microbe eyed.

14

  Rosie Perera

3  

A total eclipse of the moon = Neat photos of time, locale.

14

  Ivan Andonov

3  

Clandestine chemistry = End is nice crystal meth.

17

  Ellie Dent

0  

Must grow ~ Mugworts.

 

  Total points:

200 

from 36 votes     (DFE factor: 0.472)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Ellie Dent

35  

Claude Monet's 'Impression: Sunrise' = It seems sun and colours inspire me.

2

  Meyran Kraus

32  

The Mona Lisa in the Louvre, Paris = Oh, she's a true marvel in oil paint!

3

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

25  

World of Anagrams by Zoran Radisavljevic = A major canvassing of old verbal wizardry. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

4

  View

21  

'Dracula' by Bram Stoker = Dark or subtly macabre.

5

  Tony Crafter

16  

The movie Captain Corelli's Mandolin = Romantic love set in mid Cephallonia.

6

  David Bourke

15  

Pakistani cricketers ~ in practice, take risks.

7

  Scott Gardner

11  

The Taiwanese film "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" = Ang Lee'd direct two-hour fighting drama in Chinese.

7

  Andrew Brehaut

11  

Top Gear with host Jeremy Clarkson = Wealthy jerk promoting those cars.

7

  Ivan Andonov

11  

A very labile teen on ~ "Leave Britney Alone".

10

  Dharam Khalsa

8  

The film "Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky" = Lovely historic frocks and cheating man.

11

  Adie Pena

7  

Aphrodite of Milos [or the "Venus de Milo"] = Idiot hopes arms of model in the Louvre!

12

  Rosie Perera

5  

The Lonely Goatherd = Hero, yodel at length!

13

  Don Rogers

3  

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid = Shy in cash at end, buddies can't duck!

 

  Total points:

200 

from 35 votes     (DFE factor: 0.371)

TOPICAL:

1

  Neil Ramsay

43  

Pope said religion had ~ organised pedophilia.

2

  Meyran Kraus

37  

A collapsed mine = One dismal place!

3

  Ellie Dent

30  

The thirty-odd trapped Chilean miners = It's hot, dirty and cramped in there...HELP!

4

  Tony Crafter

19  

We're approaching a 'double-dip' recession. = i.e: Up (bear) Down (panic...

5

  Adie Pena

17  

Opinion: Recreational pot's fine in ~ California Proposition Nineteen.

6

  Dharam Khalsa

16  

Henson's wife gave original Kermit to Smithsonian = What an emotional vision! I miss the green-skin frog!

7

  Rosie Perera

11  

The so-called "Ground Zero Mosque" = Some God-quarrel clouds the zone!

8

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

7  

"Estamos bien, en el refugio, los 33" = No miner eulogies: Lost 33 be safe!

9

  Ivan Andonov

5  

Fires teasin’ around ~ Russian Federation.

10

  Tom Myers

4  

The United States of America's political process = A forum is set to elect a socialist chap President.

11

  View

3  

Senate Confirms Kagan to Supreme Court = No true arguments, no fear. OK, accept miss!

12

  Andrew Brehaut

2  

Its falling apart at the seams = This parliament's fatal stage.

 

  Total points:

194 

from 34 votes     (DFE factor: 0.353)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Neil Ramsay

44  

Springsteen = Spent singer.

2

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

25  

Hans Christian Andersen = Danish sir's an enchanter.

3

  Rik Sengupta

24  

Frank Sinatra = Rank first, an "A"!

4

  View

18  

Mahatma Gandhi = A man had a might.

5

  Scott Gardner

17  

The television producer Simon Cowell = He will curse even competitors on Idol.

6

  Rosie Perera

15  

Chelsea Clinton Mezvinsky = NY: "She's nice. Clink! Mazel Tov!"

7

  Adie Pena

14  

The pornographic movie actress Marilyn Chambers = Chaps remember that nice girl's charm on Ivory Soap.

8

  Meyran Kraus

8  

B.H. Obama, the current US president = I'm a better person than crude Bush!

9

  Tony Crafter

6  

Stars Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones = Jeez! Throat cancer's diagnosis haunts lead male.

10

  Ivan Andonov

5  

Alphonse Gabriel 'Al' Capone ~ ails on one palpable charge.

10

  Dharam Khalsa

5  

Hans Christian Andersen, author of "The Snow Queen" = He can fashion a quest around northern whiteness.

12

  Ellie Dent

3  

Dickens haunted ~ The Sundance Kid.

13

  David Bourke

2  

The actress Susan Penhaligon = Patent as such an English rose.

 

  Total points:

186 

from 34 votes     (DFE factor: 0.382)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  Meyran Kraus

51  

National Geographic Magazine = Going to an amazing place, I hear!

2

  Tony Crafter

32  

Positano, Italy = Oily antipasto!

3

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

23  

The Rational Dress Society = I resist the corset on a lady.

4

  Adie Pena

21  

Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, London, England = Nation heard planned bongs of huge bells on time.

5

  Rosie Perera

20  

Apple, Incorporated = Not a proper ideal PC.

6

  View

16  

Brat still eatin' ~ Ritalin tablets.

7

  Christopher Sturdy

14  

The Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion. = Twelve rounds hope aided with a mighty punch.

8

  Rik Sengupta

11  

Appassionata = As a piano taps.

9

  Rick Rothstein

5  

The Obama Administration = I'm that idea man (brains too).

10

  Ivan Andonov

4  

In need of Nokia piles, mail ~ Keilaniemi, Espoo, Finland.

11

  Ellie Dent

1  

The Elemis Facials = Smile... it heals face!

12

  Dharam Khalsa

0  

Mountain Standard Time Zone = Amendment: DST out in Arizona!

 

  Total points:

198 

from 36 votes     (DFE factor: 0.333)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Meyran Kraus

42  

A highly ruthless remark of a lad to a lady in a... = "Rhett! If you go, where shall I go? What shall...

2

  Adie Pena

30  

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: 1. Self-Actualiza... = Man's Lifestyle Needs: 1. Gee, a Wife! 2. Lu...

3

  Tony Crafter

28  

Chelsea Clinton's bridal gown is most sumptuous... = Amen! Proud day, chic gesture. It's not the fi...

4

  David Bourke

22  

Wendy Lewis of Blackpool in Lancashire - "The M... = Dunce was distinctly shown pissing on a war me...

5

  Ellie Dent

15  

"When summer gathers up her robes of glory, and... = Oh, warmth and sweet perfume; animals play, go...

6

  Rosie Perera

14  

"There is more to life than increasing its spee... = I maintain that less haste in the mad herd is ...

7

  Larry Brash

13  

Journal of the Royal Australian and New Zealand... = Why has it an annoying article on Prozac, just...

8

  Dharam Khalsa

5  

R. Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" = Frenzied man concentrates on metaphysical or grit.

9

  View

4  

Eggs from Iowa farms could come to a table near you = Omelet food-bug's long way from America to a saucer.

10

  Christopher Sturdy

3  

The extraordinary lengths some people go to to ... = Trapped in a gold mine, no cigars...? Aye, s...

 

  Total points:

176 

from 31 votes     (DFE factor: 0.323)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Meyran Kraus

63  

...

2

  Tony Crafter

33  

"What a year it's been running our US! The Libyan bomber stuff; the effect of BP's leak; our destabilized economy; wars;...

3

  Neil Ramsay

20  

Ford informed the FBI, Carter's cold war fed them lies. Reagan's shot was a furtive act, Bush's Storm - an oily pac...

4

  Larry Brash

16  

Chart a course for the United States of America. He does it: by better business/work stuff, by faster government, b...

5

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

11  

"Severely frustrated by a Republican system whose dumbheads act stubborn to thus block key reforms, I often wish you ha...

6

  David Bourke

7  

Succeeds deflated, seedy cowboy "Dubya". Transforms from a virtuous but scruffy bat-eared basketball player to first bla...

7

  Adie Pena

6  

Because the fifty states' so stuffy Republicans couldn't care to offer a needed break to somebody who inherited all the...

8

  Andrew Brehaut

3  

I remember by February house prices suffered, the crazy global financial crisis 'fad' started - the knockout was that ...

8

  Ivan Andonov

3  

A tree cut, coups burst, firestorm of war descends, so observe the beauty of the analysis of freedom by this allegedly m...

10

  Ellie Dent

2  

Black and white brothers, we're the same underneath, but I'm boss; hybridized, imperfect, yes, but of good stock, ...

11

  View

1  

United States of America and me are ONE! We can make our lives of mostly satisfactory depth better, surer, hurt-free, b...

11

  Dharam Khalsa

1  

My entry: Bravo, fantastic! Buffs say he's got backbone! But, test a full busy four-year term; then, if he's a failure o...

 

  Total points:

166 

from 30 votes     (DFE factor: 0.400)

LONG:

1

  Tony Crafter

42  

SENIOR CENTRE It was entertainment night at t... = SENIOR ROAD TRIP Whilst away on a road tri...

2

  Dharam Khalsa

41  

A blonde in pigtails, seeking to earn some mone... = A blonde housewife is tired of all the blond...

3

  Meyran Kraus

39  

A few public flashes of wit we value, by some w... = And, sadly, here is this bunch of citations f...

4

  Adie Pena

24  

TOP TEN THINGS NOT TO DO ON THE INTERNET WHEN D... = TOP TEN REASONS TO GET DRUNK 1. New Year 2....

5

  Ellie Dent

11  

The quiet biologist says: 'I study the principl... = The economist says coolly: 'Well, the forces ...

 

  Total points:

157 

from 28 votes     (DFE factor: 0.179)

SPECIAL:

1

  Meyran Kraus

31  

Sonnet Thirty

2

  Tony Crafter

27  

NELSON AND HARDY ON THE EVE OF BATTLE.

2

  Dharam Khalsa

27  

"One Hundred Love Sonnets" ("Cien Sonetos de Amor") by Pablo Neruda.

4

  Meyran Kraus

18  

Stopping by woods on a snowy evening...

5

  Tony Crafter

15  

JENNIFER JUNIPER By Donovan Leitch

6

  Adie Pena

14  

"AUGUST rushes by like desert rainfall...

7

  Ellie Dent

9  

A SILLY POEM (Spike Milligan)

8

  Neil Ramsay

5  

Learn To Like by Robert Service

9

  Dharam Khalsa

3  

The Victor by C. W. Longenecker

10

  Christopher Sturdy

0  

You sunburnt sicklemen, of August weary...

 

  Total points:

149 

from 26 votes     (DFE factor: 0.385)

RUDE:

1

  Adie Pena

43  

Natural bodily functions = I'd continually fart on bus.

2

  Tony Crafter

26  

She disappointed the man. = She'd a tampon in... T h i s d e e p

3

  Rik Sengupta

24  

Foot fetish = "Oh, stiff toe!"

4

  Rick Rothstein

20  

Rear-entry positions, ~ or try "penis into arse".

5

  View

8  

Precoital stimulation= A male oils cunt to rip it.

6

  Christopher Sturdy

5  

Toilet humours = True loo - it hums!

7

  Meyran Kraus

4  

The Hasidic couple relations = I cut a hole in a crisp old sheet.

 

  Total points:

130 

from 24 votes     (DFE factor: 0.292)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Meyran Kraus

123.48

 

Larry Brash

15.32

Tony Crafter

85.69

 

New Kid

11.81

Adie Pena

66.10

 

Ivan Andonov

11.71

Neil Ramsay

44.76

 

Scott Gardner

10.59

Rik Sengupta

39.20

 

Christopher Sturdy

8.98

Ellie Dent

36.13

 

Rick Rothstein

7.50

Dharam Khalsa

35.65

 

Andrew Brehaut

5.99

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

35.27

 

Tom Myers

2.83

View

29.82

 

Ed Pegg Jr

2.36

Rosie Perera

24.07

 

Don Rogers

1.11

David Bourke

22.37

 

*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

3

1

Neil Ramsay

2

0

1

Tony Crafter

1

4

1

Adie Pena

1

1

0

Rik Sengupta

1

0

2

Ellie Dent

1

0

1

Dharam Khalsa

0

2

0

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

0

1

2

New Kid

0

0

1


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