Anagrammy Leaders' Board - November, 2011 - 31 votes cast

31 votes

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

GENERAL:

1

  Meyran Kraus

33  

The moment I value more is very brief ~ but the memory is alive in me forever.

2

  nedesto

28  

Healthy mood? = Hold the mayo!

3

  Tony Crafter

23  

A gender transition = An interesting road.

4

  Harshal M

20  

The asteroid = Earth's to die.

5

  Rosie Perera

16  

The performing circus animals = Champion tigers in cruel farms.

6

  Adie Pena

12  

"Falsities" ~ is "fat lies."

7

  David Bourke

11  

Desert safari = Saif arrested.

8

  Christopher Sturdy

10  

Accelerates = Ace, let's race!

8

  Ed Pegg Jr

10  

A telemarketing SOB may ~ make me stay a bit longer.

10

  Larry Brash

7  

Trolls ~ stroll!

11

  Dharam Khalsa

4  

"Return in original condition" = No credit on ruin in tailoring.

11

  Ivan Andonov

4  

An accidental overdose = One Veronal addict case.

13

  Paul Klenk

2  

Nudnik = Unkind.

14

  View

0  

The tropical islands ‡ Is that called prison?

 

  Total points:

180 

from 31 votes     (DFE factor: 0.452)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Christopher Sturdy

36  

To make the dish delicious ~ I'd use the cook Delia Smith.

2

  nedesto

29  

A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney = How I made ninety two years fun.

2

  Adie Pena

29  

The Beatles' "The Long and Winding Road" = We had then a grand old song in "Let It Be."

4

  Dharam Khalsa

19  

"This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius" = A fan of the unique stage show "Hair" digs it!

5

  Tony Crafter

18  

Edouard Manet's painting 'Olympia' = I am a lady posing nude; am I not pert?

6

  Ivan Andonov

14  

“Portishead” by Portishead = The bassy trip hop I adored!

7

  Meyran Kraus

10  

'The Silence of the Lambs', a novel by Thomas Harris = Hannibal has her solve most of the beastly crime.

8

  Rosie Perera

9  

The Muppets - In Theatres This Thanksgiving = That Kermit/pig thing hits venues then? Pass.

9

  View

6  

Coldplay 'Paradise' = i.e. Lads do play crap.

10

  David Bourke

5  

Get sheer fictionality... = The Cottingley Fairies.

10

  Harshal M

5  

Painter Claude Oscar Monet = A man traces one old picture.

 

  Total points:

180 

from 31 votes     (DFE factor: 0.355)

TOPICAL:

1

  Adie Pena

35  

The Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi = Politician bullshit is over. Amen!

2

  Rob Bretveld

21  

Penn State's Coach Paterno fired amid scandal = An icon replaced for inept act stands ashamed.

3

  Rosie Perera

19  

The Kate Middleton pregnancy rumours = Could her tummy, so tender, parent a king?

4

  View

15  

Asteroid to Narrowly Miss Earth = A disaster nearly hits tomorrow.

4

  Meyran Kraus

15  

Colonel Gaddafi and former president Hosni Mubarak = Arabs kill a pure demon, and force his damn friend to go!

6

  Christopher Sturdy

14  

Night as November endeth, ~ here Advent month begins.

7

  Daniel Austin

10  

Game over for Berlusconi = Glorious November farce.

8

  Larry Brash

9  

World Toilet Day = Allowed to dirty.

8

  Ember Nickel

9  

Death of Gary Speed = Tragedy; hope fades.

10

  Ivan Andonov

7  

Newcastle United's Saint James’ Park = Jerks seal its past, induct a new name.

11

  nedesto

6  

November eleventh is U.S. Veterans Day = Brave silent men thus saved everyone.

11

  Tony Crafter

6  

The spoils of war in Libya = What... a finer oil possibly?

11

  Dharam Khalsa

6  

Conan O'Brien officiates the gay wedding = One significant benefit: we had a good cry!

14

  Neil Ramsay

5  

Servicing billions of Euros = Signore Silvio F****** Berlusconi.

15

  David Bourke

3  

Thanksgiving Day in the United States of America = And eating signified a vast turkey in the stomach!

15

  Harshal M

3  

Herman Cain has "Oops!" moment on Libya's deal = Ho ho! Lay one comment as bare as Palin's mind.

 

  Total points:

183 

from 31 votes     (DFE factor: 0.516)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  David Bourke

36  

The Tory Prime Minister, David Cameron = Pardon my advice to him... retirement, sir!

2

  Adie Pena

31  

The actor Laurence Olivier = I never caricature Othello.

3

  Tony Crafter

23  

US Secretary of State Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton = Once held 'First Lady' status. (Royal throne in America!)

4

  View

19  

Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich = Wrong when trying election.

5

  Rosie Perera

17  

Former head football coach Joseph Vincent Paterno = Men that conceal reports of rape of child have no job.

6

  Dharam Khalsa

12  

Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno = Face the perpetrator! No cojones, man?

7

  Meyran Kraus

11  

Stalin, Premier of the Soviet Union = Top heir moves in after Lenin is out.

8

  nedesto

10  

The Renaissance master artist Leonardo da Vinci = A venerated creation hints a star sardonic smile.

9

  Harshal M

8  

The serial killer Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer [1960-1994] = Morally deaf jerk lies there in hellfire.

9

  Ivan Andonov

8  

Sofia Carmina Coppola = I am cool for I scan papa.

 

  Total points:

175 

from 31 votes     (DFE factor: 0.323)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  Ivan Andonov

37  

The Commonwealth of Australia = A home to all who can surf it, mate!

2

  nedesto

26  

The Veterans of Foreign Wars = We fight overseas near front.

3

  Adie Pena

25  

Area Fifty-One = A fine ET foray.

4

  Tony Crafter

21  

The UK's 'National Counter Terrorism Security Office' = It's to check our country is free from irate alien nuts!

4

  Rosie Perera

21  

Emirates Airlines = I see Islam terrain.

6

  Christopher Sturdy

15  

Staines-upon-Thames = A shit name upsets, no?

7

  Harshal M

11  

Al-Qaeda's organization ~ antagonizes Iraq a load.

8

  View

5  

The First American National Bank = Makin' their blatant finance soar.

9

  Ed Pegg Jr

4  

Ganymede, Callisto, Io, Europa = Aye. I, Galileo, captured moons!

9

  Dharam Khalsa

4  

Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus = Ignore mishandling, burns, barbaric cruelty?

9

  Meyran Kraus

4  

The Mont Blanc summit in the Graian Alps = Human climbers plan on taming that site.

 

  Total points:

173 

from 30 votes     (DFE factor: 0.367)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Meyran Kraus

28  

Mankind's Evolution: Eukaryotic cells Vertebrate... = Human Devolution: Keats Odes Albert Einstein To...

2

  Harshal M

26  

Buddha's Eightfold Path: Right - View - Inte... = Evolution: - Inception - Child phase - Insi... (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

3

  Dharam Khalsa

22  

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily... = I do suppose an artist of abstract figures show...

4

  Tony Crafter

19  

Those X-Factor Judges: 1. Louis Walsh 2. Tuli... = 1. Adorably shallow 2. Cor, just too sexy!...

4

  David Bourke

19  

The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has... = This impolite political businessman's done...a ...

6

  nedesto

13  

Allie and Sasha were discussing surgery one da... = Sasha: "I was going to get my revolting little...

6

  Rosie Perera

13  

Dr. Conrad Murray has been found guilty of invol... = Reckon that manly man used an overdose of a fri...

8

  Adie Pena

10  

THE EIGHT PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM Mercury, ... = TURN! TURN! TURN! See our present lives, the ...

9

  Daniel Austin

6  

Silvio Berlusconi had expected to win more of th... = Pathetic sex-obsessed old pervert wants honour ...

 

  Total points:

156 

from 28 votes     (DFE factor: 0.321)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Dharam Khalsa

47  

Here's a secret: I'm old. How old? Gangs of vultures sit eyeing me from nearby branches!

2

  Adie Pena

15  

Formerly huge-fortunes obsessed, I'm now this college teacher driven by anagrams.

3

  Maurice Goddard

11  

Forum urged Answer here! I sing songs To stomach cheer! My belly's fat, And I love beer!!

4

  Meyran Kraus

10  

Strong sorrow can find me, Eager to bruise; Love harshly cheats me, Feeding my blues.

4

  Rosie Perera

10  

I created the lean Microsoft Word. Hey, never blame me for any bugs or sluggishness!

6

  Ivan Andonov

9  

Thoroughly free-minded, can feel Serbia's struggle, saw many Coen brothers' movies.

6

  David Bourke

9  

I'm as French as frogs' legs! What's more (mon dieu!) They're beyond revolting! Sacre bleu!

8

  Harshal M

7  

A strong, cheerful boy who comes by, delivering these true, endless anagrams I form.

8

  Dean Mayer

7  

Gorgeous, flamboyant, cheerful, shrewd, borderline sane, sometimes very scathing.

10

  Paul Pan

6  

I'm a homeless scraggly Athenian wretch in debt. Do offer me Euros, burly governess!

10

  Zoran Radislavlevic

6  

Cheerful hero, Serb born in Novi Sad, may suggest fellow chess game. Not married yet!

10

  nedesto

6  

He's that bold, nosy, sincerely unreserved, swaggering fool. He must be from America.

10

  Tony Crafter

6  

...

14

  Christopher Sturdy

4  

Man of letters, who sees endless vocabulary, for he remembers hugging dictionary.

14

  Larry Brash

4  

Clever bastard from Aussie, now going grey. Cheerful, brash (only sometimes). The End.

14

  View

4  

No guess - Smashing sweet loverboy, friendly charmer, modest benefactor, huge liar

14

  Ellie Dent

4  

A busy mother, me, reveling in old words, by shuffling manages to create scores here!

18

  Rob Bretveld

2  

Former Boy Scout who earned several badges for highly useless canteen trimming.

18

  Daniel Austin

2  

I humbly serve my regal breed as Official Nonsense-Word Suggester to the Monarch.

18

  Neil Ramsay

2  

Crass, lying bugger-of-hell who everyone abhors; don't misunderestimate me, farces!

21

  Andrew Brehaut

0  

Me? I resemble a gruffest cad stressing HRH by moving around to a colony elsewhere.

21

  Ember Nickel

0  

She's Ember, a rhyming Cub fan who needles at grounders, yells for victories. Go team!

 

  Total points:

171 

from 29 votes     (DFE factor: 0.759)

LONG:

1

  Meyran Kraus

38  

... = ...

2

  nedesto

32  

A trooper pulled a car over and asked the man d... = The juggler said yes, so the cop lit and hand...

3

  Adie Pena

30  

... = ...

3

  Tony Crafter

30  

THE SIX WIVES OF KING HENRY VIII 1. Catherine... = 1. A brainy Spanish wife 2. In Heaven - exec...

5

  Maurice Goddard

10  

Five Most Popular Recipes of the Day 1. Junip... = Grab a seat! Scoff esteemed eats! 1. Scrump...

5

  Rosie Perera

10  

A joke circulating on the Web: "The problem wit... = Nice thing, eh? Actually, I just discovered t...

7

  Dharam Khalsa

8  

"When the moon is in the Seventh House, And Ju... = The shrewd astrologer's view: "That 'Hair' ...

 

  Total points:

158 

from 27 votes     (DFE factor: 0.259)

SPECIAL:

1

  Meyran Kraus

55  

A song by Amy Winehouse anagrammed into another song from her perspective, which also contains a visual tribute.

2

  Tony Crafter

34  

ON APPROACHING ITALY A Sonnet by Oscar Wilde

3

  Tony Crafter

25  

An Arab had spent several long days wandering the desert without locating any water...

4

  Adie Pena

23  

NOVEMBER by Elizabeth Coatsworth

5

  nedesto

10  

November by Sara Teasdale

5

  Dharam Khalsa

10  

November by Thomas Hood

 

  Total points:

157 

from 27 votes     (DFE factor: 0.222)

RUDE:

1

  nedesto

40  

His epic orgasm = Seismographic!

2

  Christopher Sturdy

27  

Respiratory failure = Your fart is real ripe.

3

  David Bourke

22  

The Restroom Association of Singapore = Someone certain to go for a shit or a piss!

4

  Maurice Goddard

12  

See-through lingerie = Urge is "Get in her hole!!"

4

  Zoran Radislavlevic

12  

Four gays = Your fags!

6

  Ivan Andonov

11  

Sperm donation = No-name rod spit.

7

  Dharam Khalsa

10  

"Please, no rude anagrams in subject lines" ~ alas, means "penis" rule can just be ignored.

8

  Adie Pena

8  

Genital reconstruction surgery = Sir or gent surely got a nicer cunt.

9

  Meyran Kraus

7  

I think mom has a huge pile of letters now... = (She likes to go up with her mailman often.)

10

  View

4  

Casual relationship ‡ Assault, necrophilia.

 

  Total points:

153 

from 26 votes     (DFE factor: 0.385)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Adie Pena

83.50

 

Rob Bretveld

12.36

nedesto

73.42

 

Larry Brash

10.84

Meyran Kraus

72.56

 

Zoran Radislavlevic

9.17

Dharam Khalsa

67.85

 

Daniel Austin

8.61

Tony Crafter

66.54

 

Ed Pegg Jr

5.98

Rosie Perera

47.77

 

Dean Mayer

5.31

Christopher Sturdy

43.44

 

Ember Nickel

4.65

David Bourke

41.30

 

Paul Pan

4.55

Ivan Andonov

37.59

 

Neil Ramsay

4.10

Harshal M

32.64

 

Ellie Dent

3.03

View

22.41

 

Paul Klenk

0.90

Maurice Goddard

15.55

 

*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

0

nedesto

1

4

0

Adie Pena

1

3

2

Christopher Sturdy

1

1

0

David Bourke

1

0

1

Dharam Khalsa

1

0

1

Ivan Andonov

1

0

0

Tony Crafter

0

1

4

Harshal M

0

1

0

Rob Bretveld

0

1

0

Maurice Goddard

0

0

1

Rosie Perera

0

0

1


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