Anagrammy Leaders' Board - December, 2010 - 39 votes cast

39 votes

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

GENERAL:

1

  Meyran Kraus

40  

Premenstrual = Lunar tempers.

2

  Adie Pena

22  

Cold weather = Read the low °C.

3

  Rick Rothstein

15  

A violent criminal = Manic evil on trial.

4

  David Bourke

13  

Driving in treacherous weather conditions = Oh, shivering winter...routine road accidents!

4

  Ed Pegg Jr

13  

Free dating website = Estranged wife, I bet.

4

  Rosie Perera

13  

Suffering a concussion = Surface sign: confusion. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

7

  Chris Chatfield

12  

Do Eskimos rub noses? = Or does one kiss bums?

7

  Tom Myers

12  

do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti = Material of Idols.

7

  Larry Brash

12  

General Adult Psychiatrist = Testing heads, particularly.

10

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

11  

European colonialism = A comer upon alien soil.

11

  Ellie Dent

9  

A North-Easterly wind = Another winter, sadly...

11

  Harshal M

9  

Restaurant = Star nature.

13

  Dean Mayer

8  

To be amongst friends = Mates fostering bond.

14

  View

7  

Unrestrained = Ire and unrest.

14

  Christopher Sturdy

7  

One tequila, Two tequila, Three tequila ...Floor! = Not equal to the A-rate liquor, I feel quite low!

14

  Paul Pan

7  

Teen suicide = Seen cut, I die.

17

  Dharam Khalsa

4  

Pancreatitis = It rates panic!

17

  Tony Crafter

4  

Despairingly ~ replying, "AIDS."

17

  Ivan Andonov

4  

The arsonists = Stair hotness.

20

  Sofi Ikonic

1  

Plates trap ~ apple tarts.

 

  Total points:

223 

from 39 votes     (DFE factor: 0.513)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  View

34  

'The Social Network' = Owner likes to chat.

2

  Dean Mayer

27  

The inaugural 'Slips of the Tongue' Awards = Guess Sarah Palin would feature tonight.

3

  Adie Pena

25  

Mary Shelley's Victor Frankenstein ~ clearly invents his freaky monster!

3

  Tony Crafter

25  

'A Christmas Carol'. A novel by Charles Dickens = Callers' visions badly shock mean character.

5

  Meyran Kraus

22  

William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon = He's won avid praise for a bleak 'Hamlet'.

6

  Rosie Perera

17  

The traditional song "Auld Lang Syne" by Robert Burns = Tune sung boldly at bars and brothels to ring in year.

7

  Dharam Khalsa

16  

Talent for anagramming ‡ Mangling a neat art form.

8

  Ivan Andonov

15  

Play it again, Sam! = A pianist may lag.

9

  Tom Myers

13  

Admirable works did reflect ~ film director Blake Edwards.

10

  Harshal M

10  

Famous blockbuster "The Social Network" = Mark's countless trouble with Facebook.

11

  Ellie Dent

9  

Master detective, Sherlock Holmes ~ solved latest crime theme shocker.

12

  Larry Brash

7  

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, The Stig = Jerks enjoying dream cars, models that may charm him.

 

  Total points:

220 

from 38 votes     (DFE factor: 0.316)

TOPICAL:

1

  Harshal M

50  

New Year coming soon = A worsening economy?

2

  Meyran Kraus

28  

US president Obama's two years in office = Enormous spirit of "Yes We Can" fades a bit.

3

  Adie Pena

21  

United Nations: Cholera epidemic threatens = A concerned team help out residents in Haiti.

4

  Larry Brash

19  

England wins the Ashes Series against Australia = War, in a sense, Aussies all get a thrashing instead.

4

  David Bourke

19  

A pair of antlers = A peril for Santa!

6

  View

18  

Total Lunar Eclipse is coming = It is alluring moon-spectacle.

7

  Dharam Khalsa

17  

Julian Assange, founder of the website WikiLeaks = We sense a weekend out of jail, if UK grants his bail.

8

  Rosie Perera

15  

Official engagement photos of William and Kate = Good looking man fits with fine female at palace.

9

  Tony Crafter

9  

Britain grinds to a halt in the snow and ice = White and not nice. And, alas, no British grit!

9

  Ed Pegg Jr

9  

Diplomatic cables rehash ~ Bhopal chemical disaster.

11

  Christopher Sturdy

7  

Welcome, first of January twenty-eleven = Act intense from twelve. Joyful New Year.

12

  Rick Rothstein

6  

Weather conditions? Harsh, treacherous, etc. = Cars crash due to the rain, the snow or the ice.

12

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

6  

Time's Person of the Year Mark Elliot Zuckerberg = Facebook marketer rules: I'm the Net's prize glory!

14

  Ellie Dent

1  

The legendary Sir Elton = Hail! Tenderly greet son.

 

  Total points:

225 

from 39 votes     (DFE factor: 0.359)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Larry Brash

39  

Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love = Canny rocker duo, but not alive.

2

  Dharam Khalsa

35  

Actress Natalie Portman = Spot an American starlet.

3

  View

27  

Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav = He's some kind of rare, evil, master rapist.

4

  Meyran Kraus

24  

The USA environmentalist Al Gore = A nut is enrolling me to save Earth.

5

  Dean Mayer

22  

Dino Paul Crocetti = Old action picture.

6

  Harshal M

18  

How is Einstein so smart? = Answer: It's his emotions!

7

  Tony Crafter

15  

Captain Lawrence Edward Grace 'Titus' Oates = Antarctic leader's gone. Crew awaits update...

7

  Ellie Dent

15  

Cleopatra VII, a Queen of Egypt = Quite, very, appealing face, too.

9

  Adie Pena

12  

Stage actor and assassin John Wilkes Booth = This jackass shoots down large nation's Abe.

 

  Total points:

207 

from 37 votes     (DFE factor: 0.243)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  Tony Crafter

55  

The wonder of Salisbury's 'Stonehenge' = Hey, it's renowned for huge stone slabs!

2

  Adie Pena

40  

Niagara Falls in New York, United States = It is known as a great and really fun site.

3

  Larry Brash

30  

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome = Cynic: "Many queer men died from suicide."

3

  Meyran Kraus

30  

Department of Homeland Security = I'd protect the US from an enemy lad.

3

  Rosie Perera

30  

The Cardiac Intensive Care Unit = Inactive ancient heart is cured.

6

  Dharam Khalsa

22  

Department of Homeland Security = Responded to much fear mentality.

7

  View

9  

The International Space Station = Is Planet Earth nations' action, E.T.!

 

  Total points:

216 

from 38 votes     (DFE factor: 0.184)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Meyran Kraus

46  

Male puberty entails: - Hairiness issues - Fi... = Men's mid-life crisis contains: - Loss of hai...

2

  David Bourke

29  

The weather conditions across the United Kingdom = Most ignored the radio...stuck in the snow and the ice!

3

  Ellie Dent

27  

Why would a frog enjoy reading any of Conan Doy... = Why, only nature: evidence shows he's enormous...

4

  Adie Pena

23  

Why did God create woman? Catholic men want bea... = Why did God create man? Because the vibrator c...

5

  Tony Crafter

18  

... = A Chapter of Trollope's An Anthology of Pro's...

6

  Christopher Sturdy

14  

Happy Birthday, Weatherfield. Here's to five m... = Viewers of that Soap Opera adore it! Do cheer...

7

  Larry Brash

13  

The Republic of Korea (South) and the Democrati... = The elected pair of cock-heads are both in a p...

8

  Dharam Khalsa

12  

Pentagon sees little risk in allowing gay men a... = Yet, will witnesses overlook any paired gentle...

9

  Dean Mayer

7  

I deplore those paedophiles hanging around on t... = Oh so dangerous "pretend" people online - ain'...

10

  View

6  

Council of Europe report accused Hashim Thaci of... = Hi, pigs, I concede! I flagrant crook, Head, Ki...

 

  Total points:

195 

from 35 votes     (DFE factor: 0.286)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Meyran Kraus

27  

Now, folks are much too naughty here, So I'll provide that sad decree: One nice man won his gift this year, But he, ...

1

  Larry Brash

27  

OK Santa, here's the new list I have compiled for you: Nice: Most humanist aborigines. Naughty: Each of the world ...

3

  View

24  

...

4

  Dharam Khalsa

22  

...

5

  Christopher Sturdy

17  

The good: Me You The undeserving: The footballers Oasis The Houses of Parliament China The wicked Any war cri...

6

  Tony Crafter

16  

...

6

  Adie Pena

16  

Attach feature to one: ...

6

  Ellie Dent

16  

NAUGHTY: Usual senators here Tightwad oilmen Fascist dictator NICE: Wise men Holy folk Brave heroes... Oh, ...

9

  Rosie Perera

10  

Boys are naughty. Those macho kids run all over, shout, fool, and hit. Girls are nice. Ah...sweet, feminine, modest, ...

10

  David Bourke

8  

Heaven is: Found shitfaced on Scotch whisky with anagram genius Rosie Perera under the mistletoe. A hell: A lobotomy...

11

  Dean Mayer

7  

...

12

  Tom Myers

3  

I do not know what became of "Nice." I hear Tom Myers, a deep devil, has stolen a list of the raunchier "Naughty" girls'...

12

  Harshal M

3  

Hooray! Teacher (I) Knowledge Be present with us here each time. Alas... Truant Infamy Sadism Fugitives Hold on... no...

 

  Total points:

196 

from 35 votes     (DFE factor: 0.371)

LONG:

1

  Dharam Khalsa

62  

A shepherd was herding his flock into a remote ... ~ "I have determined that you handle exactly 95...

2

  Tony Crafter

43  

THE DEVOTED HUSBAND A man had two of the best... = AN E-MENDED GAFFE! A Yorkshireman's wi...

3

  Ellie Dent

25  

Conan Doyle gets in a car, to have a cab driver... = Holmes: ' Watson, I can in fun recount ...

4

  Larry Brash

20  

Travels into Several Remote Nations of the Worl... = It is Swift's clever full-length moral satire...

5

  Adie Pena

11  

There will be no Nativity Scene in Washington t... = Poor Jesus! They simply can not find THREE WI...

6

  Harshal M

9  

You can thrive In the face of adversity If yo... = Everyday Very falsified air Of fulsome ire ...

 

  Total points:

170 

from 30 votes     (DFE factor: 0.200)

SPECIAL:

1

  Tony Crafter

32  

ANNOUNCEMENT: International Alert Levels Raised!

2

  Dharam Khalsa

30  

Verses by Pablo Narudo to you, first in the original Spanish, then translated into English.

3

  Meyran Kraus

28  

'All Saints' by Christina G. Rossetti

4

  Tony Crafter

15  

WINTER WONDERLAND (A Song for Christmas)

5

  Ellie Dent

13  

Shivering --

5

  David Bourke

13  

Christmas time Mistletoe and wine

7

  Adie Pena

10  

CHRISTMAS HAIKU by Alan Harris

 

  Total points:

141 

from 25 votes     (DFE factor: 0.280)

RUDE:

1

  Meyran Kraus

43  

Horse's genitalia = This is a large one!

2

  Tony Crafter

26  

I am inbreeding = I been riding ma!

3

  Larry Brash

19  

Girls clamor to a ~ clitoral orgasm.

4

  Dean Mayer

14  

A semi-erection ‡ I come as I enter.

5

  Dharam Khalsa

13  

Teenaged girl: "So, Ma, how do I know if the ma... = Mom: "Girl, I knew! When a noose was tight eno...

6

  Ivan Andonov

11  

Reluctant = Later, cunt!

7

  David Bourke

10  

South African president Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma = Basically, the cunt's a huge-nosed prize joke, I'm afraid.

8

  Adie Pena

8  

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus = Mum was saying, "O, St. Nick's salami!"

9

  Rick Rothstein

7  

An orgasmic release = Realises organ came.

10

  View

6  

The world's oldest profession = Words define hostess (trollop).

11

  Tom Myers

2  

Topless go-go dancers = O God! Gasp! Let's censor!

 

  Total points:

159 

from 28 votes     (DFE factor: 0.393)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Meyran Kraus

96.78

 

Rosie Perera

26.66

Tony Crafter

70.02

 

Christopher Sturdy

16.42

Dharam Khalsa

63.28

 

Rick Rothstein

12.60

Adie Pena

57.66

 

Tom Myers

12.16

Larry Brash

55.40

 

Ivan Andonov

11.11

View

42.00

 

Ed Pegg Jr

9.90

Ellie Dent

33.76

 

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

7.79

Harshal M

33.01

 

Chris Chatfield

6.15

David Bourke

32.31

 

Paul Pan

3.59

Dean Mayer

28.08

 

Sofi Ikonic

0.51

*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

1

2

Tony Crafter

2

2

1

Larry Brash

2

0

2

Dharam Khalsa

1

2

0

View

1

0

2

Harshal M

1

0

0

Adie Pena

0

2

2

David Bourke

0

1

0

Dean Mayer

0

1

0

Ellie Dent

0

0

2

Rick Rothstein

0

0

1

Rosie Perera

0

0

1


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