Anagrammy Leaders' Board - August, 2014 - 29 votes cast

29 votes

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

GENERAL:

1

  nedesto

30  

A supervolcano = Cone pours lava.

2

  Jason Lofts

27  

Low salaries? = Allow raises!

3

  Tony Crafter

22  

Senior has ~ nose hairs!

4

  Andrew Brehaut

16  

All was art and fiction ~ in a fantastical world.

5

  David Bourke

13  

Personal hygiene problem = Being more lonely, perhaps?

6

  Meyran Kraus

12  

Dreadful times ~ after mudslide.

7

  View

10  

A self-immolation = I'm in a lot o' flames.

7

  Tyler Severance

10  

Fried Potatoes = Poor diet feast!

9

  Adie Pena

6  

Fictitious = I tout sci-fi.

10

  Ed Pegg Jr

5  

Apparent suicide ~ is unappreciated.

10

  Rick Rothstein

5  

An apparent suicide = Acute pain 'n' despair.

10

  Christopher Sturdy

5  

[Anything War Can Do Peace can do better] = Act nicer; get on and we'd party on a beach!

10

  Rosie Perera

5  

"Shirts done on the premises" = She'd press/iron them on site.

14

  Adrian Hickford

4  

Door-to-door salesmen = No loaded storerooms.

15

  Ellie Dent

3  

Truly inspirational = It's plainly in our art!

16

  Scott Gardner

0  

Moral rectitude ‡ Tortured malice.

 

  Total points:

173 

from 29 votes     (DFE factor: 0.552)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Meyran Kraus

38  

And Now For Something Completely Different = Sentence of a weird gent from old Python film.

2

  nedesto

23  

Film director Sir Peter Jackson = Credit for JRR Tolkien escapism.

3

  Tyler Severance

21  

Plot necessary ~ to screenplays!

4

  Jason Lofts

16  

"Lord of the Rings" film director Peter Jackson ~ profited from JRR Tolkien's staged chronicle.

5

  Ellie Dent

14  

The Claude Monet masterpiece, Water Lilies = A mere petal, in delicate white, seems to curl.

6

  Tony Crafter

11  

The Bard's 'King Lear' as portrayed on the English stage = Shakespeare's tragedy brings London theatre alight!

7

  David Bourke

10  

Singer Bonnie Raitt = Snorting inebriate!

8

  Adie Pena

9  

The Isleworth Mona Lisa = Also with another smile.

9

  Ed Pegg Jr

8  

Saturday Night Live = It's avid NY laughter.

10

  Scott Gardner

7  

Van Gogh's masterpiece The Starry Night = Ah, Vincent's gem portrays great heights!

11

  Dharam Khalsa

5  

'The Wizard of Oz' was the ultimate Chick Flick = Film with dazzle factor, cute shoe with a kick!

11

  Christopher Sturdy

5  

Thine Be The Glory = The otherly being.

 

  Total points:

167 

from 28 votes     (DFE factor: 0.429)

TOPICAL:

1

  Scott Gardner

31  

The Ebola virus in West Africa = A cure for this was inevitable.

2

  Julian Lofts

23  

US actor and comedian Robin Williams found dead = Tabloids mourn suicidal man, faded icon, a wonder.

3

  Jason Lofts

18  

Israel's Operation Protective Edge ~ overstepped - atrocities are legion!

3

  nedesto

18  

An epidemic of Ebola virus ~ embodies evil upon Africa.

3

  Dharam Khalsa

18  

Don't waste water on the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS = No need to get wet, but let's reach for a check, as all win!

6

  Rosie Perera

15  

The riots in Ferguson, Missouri = Rogues in uniform hit, so resist!

7

  Tony Crafter

13  

Catherine 'Kate' Bush CBE has returned to the st... ~ she's back, at her best, yet true and authenti...

8

  Adie Pena

10  

The Ebola epidemic = I become death pile.

9

  Josiah Winslow

5  

The protests in Ferguson = Nonstop grief tethers us.

10

  Ellie Dent

4  

The conflict-torn Eastern Ukraine = Force is taken: later innocent hurt.

10

  Meyran Kraus

4  

The Israeli strikes on Gaza = It's, like, razing those areas!

10

  Christopher Sturdy

4  

Mysterious crack, it appears in the ground = A drone captures history-making pictures.

10

  David Bourke

4  

Creation of The Islamic State = Christians face "Too late!" time.

14

  View

3  

Ebola's current outbreak = True troubles are back, no?

 

  Total points:

170 

from 29 votes     (DFE factor: 0.483)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Rick Rothstein

43  

The comedian and actor Robin Williams = A more-than-brilliant comic is now dead.

2

  Zoran Radisavlevic

21  

The late American actor Robin Williams = IMO, he was a brilliant comic, rare talent.

3

  Richard Grantham

20  

President Barack Hussein Obama = A Bush spent and America is broke.

4

  Meyran Kraus

15  

The comedian Robin Williams = I'm cool... and miserable within.

5

  Jason Lofts

12  

George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin = Glamour and money-goaded alliance.

6

  View

10  

Painter Claude Oscar Monet = A neat-colored pictures man.

6

  Scott Gardner

10  

The actress and model Lauren Bacall = A late blonde charmed us all, can rest.

8

  Tony Crafter

8  

Andre Citroen = Car nerd, I note.

9

  Christopher Sturdy

7  

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria = Dark affair ran into crazed Huns' feud.

10

  David Bourke

5  

Obama, President of America = Obtain arms...I dream of peace!

10

  Ellie Dent

5  

American President Obama = Top banana cries 'Admire me!'

12

  Rosie Perera

4  

The cinema great Richard Attenborough = Mourn a big character in death together.

12

  nedesto

4  

The American writer and poet Sheldon Silverstein = He penned warm satire and hot little ironic verses.

 

  Total points:

164 

from 28 votes     (DFE factor: 0.464)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  Julian Lofts

34  

The San Andreas Fault = Unsafe land's a threat.

2

  Scott Gardner

27  

Gallup, Incorporated = A giant poll producer.

3

  Meyran Kraus

20  

The ingredients of a meal in a McDonald's restaurant = Salt, refined sugar and relish on contaminated meat.

4

  Tony Crafter

17  

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) = Smite this faction! It's eviller than Al Qaeda.

5

  View

12  

Hurricane Bertha = I churn bare earth.

5

  Ivan Andonov

12  

Spaghetti Carbonara = Organic pasta breath.

7

  Jason Lofts

11  

Israel's Operation Protective Edge = To reiterate: genocidal, oppressive!

8

  Tyler Severance

7  

The Statue of Liberty = Thereby fit to salute.

8

  nedesto

7  

The domesticated housecat Felis Catus = Estates had to use us to catch fieldmice.

10

  Adie Pena

6  

The McDonald's fast food chain of stores ~ do so affect the innards of old stomachs.

11

  Dharam Khalsa

5  

McDonald's Corporation = Do normal doctors panic?

12

  Larry Brash

4  

The "Troubles" in Ireland = Her disunion all better.

13

  Rosie Perera

2  

Teen Suicide Prevention Summit = Meet, input, ensure no victims die.

13

  David A Green

2  

The Association of Professional Mole Catchers = So, its traps soon echo to a screech of animal life.

15

  David Bourke

1  

The Good Morning Cleaners in West Point Grey = I enter to drop my clothes in...owner's engaging!

 

  Total points:

167 

from 28 votes     (DFE factor: 0.536)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Meyran Kraus

35  

1. Star Wars: A New Hope 2. The Empire Strikes... = 1. "Perfect!!!" 2. "A gem!!" 3. "Ewoks stink...

1

  Tony Crafter

35  

(... = "Sorry, he's gone for lunch." "Can I speak to...

3

  Christopher Sturdy

22  

Matthew 19:14 But Jesus said, 'Suffer little c... = August 1914 But who in Christ told men: 'Off ...

4

  David Bourke

11  

A couple of nuns were sitting in the bath. On... = The other one (with less faith!) opens up a ...

5

  Jason Lofts

10  

Edward Grey: 'The lamps are going out all over ... = Elegy World War I ...

6

  Rosie Perera

7  

"Lord, what fools these mortals be" (William Shakespeare) = Miserable fellows make apartheid walls, shoot others.

7

  Julian Lofts

6  

The American comedian and actress Joan A. River... = Thespian has just braved throat operation and ...

7

  Maurice Goddard

6  

Solar 'super-storms' pose a catastrophic threat ... = To sum this matter up is: Apocalypse's horror ...

9

  View

5  

The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center = We discover the scare peril - marine threat to continent.

10

  Ellie Dent

4  

A ... ~ to get mail, answer phone, hang out wet washin...

11

  Tyler Severance

3  

A walk in the woods helps me relax and release tension = Like to exhale a new morn's splendid seasonal weather.

 

  Total points:

144 

from 24 votes     (DFE factor: 0.458)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Meyran Kraus

37  

...

2

  Tony Crafter

15  

"An unsuccessful man: A man who's fed on a Spam sandwich so his former wife can munch a steak." (Cleese announces a n...

3

  nedesto

13  

"Madam, I'm Adam", a hunk confesses; "Wench, not a clown, half-insane!" "I see your nuts, chum", our fawn assesses; ...

4

  Rosie Perera

12  

Now in a successful couple there is sane no-fuss romance, woman can make as much as man in the office, and man washes o...

5

  Julian Lofts

10  

Nonsense! Now we found a few. An actress, Marilyn, who cons and fucks a famous alumnus chap, A. Einstein. Has she commer...

6

  Dharam Khalsa

9  

As we know, affluence means he (a success) can't reconcile his own funds. Amorous harmony means a woman can manipulate...

7

  Jason Lofts

8  

A Moroccan (a Mussulman) concurs: "Why, a penniless eunuch suffices for wanton 'new' women like Madonna. She is a sham...

7

  Larry Brash

8  

Each has found it's simple financial economics, not seen as much as funny human weakness nor was a woman's own cruel fra...

9

  Ellie Dent

6  

Assumes a chance: as women know choice of a secure mate, ninety-plus, lone man, who's warm, fun, can amass her sound f...

10

  View

5  

Casual, incompetent man makes no success and finances. An awful man!? Crude, awful scum!? He has no money, has no wife...

11

  Adie Pena

3  

How a sinful woman, aware of such an escape, screws a stunned man to amass such immense checks -- an unannounced alimony...

12

  David Bourke

2  

Woman: Safe economic acumen and unshaken awareness from shrewd accountants Man: Was usually up in foolish finance sch...

12

  Christopher Sturdy

2  

Finance and usury - a pun in common, Women want use of a man's ...

 

  Total points:

130 

from 22 votes     (DFE factor: 0.591)

LONG:

1

  Meyran Kraus

24  

THE 12 GREATEST MINDS IN HUMAN HISTORY 1. Albert Einstein 2. William Shakespeare 3. Leonardo da Vinci 4. Charles Darwin...

2

  Jason Lofts

23  

... = ...

3

  Ellie Dent

22  

A truck driver from Manhattan frequently trave... = Accelerating quickly, he veered his truck to...(Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

3

  Tony Crafter

22  

LIST OF SOME FRAGRANCES NAMED AFTER CELEBRITIES ... = 1. Bananas with a hint of nuts! 2. Jolly nice ...

5

  nedesto

19  

... ~ experience comes from bad judgment. Never a...

6

  Tyler Severance

10  

These top twenty one fears 1. Flying 2. Publi... = 11. Grief 12. Panic 13. Time 14. Judgment ...

7

  Julian Lofts

9  

List of The World's Top Ten Most Infectious Dis... = 1. Retrovirus. 2. Without a cure! Test ...

8

  Dharam Khalsa

5  

Ten Old English words you could be using: 1. ... = 1. Vague worry at night 2. Can alarm us fr...

9

  David Bourke

3  

Paddy Kelly phoned up his best friend Sean Magui... = Soon, Maguire did indeed oblige, to be conside...

 

  Total points:

137 

from 23 votes     (DFE factor: 0.391)

SPECIAL:

1

  David Bourke

42  

Rolling Stone magazine's list of the one-hundred greatest singers of all time

2

  Meyran Kraus

40  

As a tribute to the late Robin Williams, the song ...

3

  Tony Crafter

35  

The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God An Ode by John Milton Hayes

4

  Snafu I'll Jot

15  

Holocaust by Barbara Sonek

 

  Total points:

132 

from 22 votes     (DFE factor: 0.182)

RUDE:

1

  David Bourke

31  

The lesbian relationship = Oh, interest in labia helps!

2

  nedesto

30  

Men's huge erections = Ten gruesome inches!

3

  Andrew Brehaut

24  

Fucking the ugly ones = Lucky the fungi's gone.

4

  Rick Rothstein

13  

The Statue of Liberty = Both tits rate "Eyeful".

5

  Christopher Sturdy

11  

After a couple too many beers, ~ your nob's erect at female OAP.

6

  Meyran Kraus

9  

The time when "Aunt Flo" comes = The women emit a foul stench.

7

  Tyler Severance

6  

These pole dancers = Topless adherence.

7

  Julian Lofts

6  

Penetration of the anus by a priest means ~ semen up the arse by rape - it's an infant too!

9

  View

4  

To experience orgasms = Great sex or penis-come.

 

  Total points:

134 

from 23 votes     (DFE factor: 0.391)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Meyran Kraus

100.61

 

Dharam Khalsa

20.79

Tony Crafter

75.83

 

Andrew Brehaut

18.22

nedesto

67.56

 

Adie Pena

16.98

Jason Lofts

60.22

 

Zoran Radisavlevic

9.75

Julian Lofts

43.85

 

Richard Grantham

9.29

David Bourke

43.41

 

Larry Brash

6.87

Scott Gardner

37.07

 

Ivan Andonov

6.43

Rick Rothstein

27.81

 

Ed Pegg Jr

6.19

Tyler Severance

25.90

 

Maurice Goddard

2.75

Ellie Dent

25.90

 

Snafu I'll Jot

2.73

Christopher Sturdy

25.65

 

Josiah Winslow

2.41

View

24.85

 

Adrian Hickford

2.21

Rosie Perera

23.23

 

David A Green

1.07

*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

1

David Bourke

2

0

0

nedesto

1

2

2

Tony Crafter

1

1

3

Julian Lofts

1

1

0

Scott Gardner

1

1

0

Rick Rothstein

1

0

0

Jason Lofts

0

2

1

Zoran Radisavlevic

0

1

0

Andrew Brehaut

0

0

1

Christopher Sturdy

0

0

1

Dharam Khalsa

0

0

1

Ellie Dent

0

0

1

Richard Grantham

0

0

1

Tyler Severance

0

0

1


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