Anagrammy Award Winners - 2005

Here are all the winners of Anagrammy Awards in 2005. All anagrams have been checked for accuracy by the Anagrammy Checker.

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January 2005

General Category:
- eq.1st place:
  Richard Grantham with:
  A breathalyser test =
  That says "Beer alert!"
- eq.1st place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  Coins kept ~
  in pockets.
- 3rd place:
  Hans-Peter Reich with:
  Astonishment =
  "That son's mine???"
Entertainment Category:
Adrian Hickford with:
Academy Award nominees =
Cinema nowadays... Dear me!
Topical Category:
Toby Gottfried with:
The Second Bush Inauguration =
In truth, USA, once is bad enough.
Rude Category:
Larry Brash with:
The Guinness Book of Records =
Fuck! So boring! Needs hooters!
People's Names Category:
View with:
Actor Sylvester Stallone =
Very cool talentless star.
Other Names Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The Leaning Tower of Pisa =
I spot one giant flaw here...
Medium Length Category:
Scott Gardner with:
The children's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland =
Discusses a rich, enchanted land Lewis Carroll invented.
Long Category:
Richard Grantham with:
Piano
Special Category:
- 1st place:
  Mike Keith with:
  To Helen by Edgar Allan Poe
- 2nd place:
  David Bourke with:
  A Peter Cook/Dudley Moore sketch
- 3rd place:
  Richard Grantham with:
  The Ode to the Amoeba
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Tony Crafter with:
Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese. There are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mother or father or it's my older brother Colin or it's my younger brother Ho Cha Song Sa Chu. But I think it's Colin.
=
Inferior logic. It obviously can't be my mom or my pop, for neither venture anywhere near the Chinese restaurant. Furthermore, my brother Colin (timid poof) likes pie 'n' chips. Ho politely doesn't say a thing. Therefore it has to be... Oh hell! It's me!

List of all nominated anagrams for January 2005

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February 2005

General Category:
- 1st place:
  Rick Rothstein with:
  Premenstrual syndrome =
  Tampons render me surly.
- 2nd place:
  Tony Crafter with:
  Death before dishonor =
  Defines a brotherhood.
- 3rd place:
  David Bourke with:
  In rehabilitation ~
  I halt inebriation.
Entertainment Category:
Dan Fortier with:
Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" =
So I'll bet it'll win old boy a damn Oscar!
Topical Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
Charles to wed Camilla Parker Bowles on April Eighth =
Pale old Brit will plan marriage? So, who the heck CARES?!
Rude Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The art of seduction =
Need that for coitus.
People's Names Category:
Don Rogers with:
Eldrick "Tiger" Woods =
Stick wielder, or God?
Other Names Category:
Paul Lusch with:
Bureau of Economic Analysis =
I balance USA's income for you.
Medium Length Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The Oscar nominees for Best Motion Picture: 'Sideways', 'Million Dollar Baby', 'Finding Neverland', 'The Aviator', 'Ray' =
Meet a sad vino-lover, an ambitious fighter, a children's writer, a simply intense flyboy - and a blind crooner, too!
Long Category:
Larry Brash with:
The Three Laws of Robotics
Special Category:
- 1st place:
  Mike Keith with:
  Shakespeare's 115th sonnet
- eq.2nd place:
  David Bourke with:
  Slough
- eq.2nd place:
  Richard Grantham with:
  Shakespeare's 135th sonnet
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
View with:
Chairman Gates =
A magnate's rich.

List of all nominated anagrams for February 2005

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March 2005

General Category:
- 1st place:
  Paul Lusch with:
  The crime investigator =
  He interrogates victim.
- 2nd place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  A trained sushi chef =
  He's a tuna-fish dicer!
- 3rd place:
  Dean Mayer with:
  Asteroid threats =
  Disaster to Earth.
Entertainment Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
'Travel Guide To London' =
I'd love to tour England!
Topical Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The Chicago millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett =
See, this noted flier loves to circumnavigate Earth!
Rude Category:
Adrian Hickford with:
Relationship expert =
Rotten sex? I help pair.
People's Names Category:
Rick Rothstein with:
The Norwegian artist Edvard Munch =
Tortured hand-waving in "The Scream".
Other Names Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
Eastern Africa =
A safari center.
Awardsmaster's Challenge Category:
Richard Grantham with:
The Passion and the Resurrection =
Death upon cross, inter, then arise.
Medium Length Category:
Larry Brash with:
What a piece of work is man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! =
What a fool is Mr Bush! how extreme in opinion! how wet and vapid in mind! in waffle so fancy, in ignorance so remarkable!
Long Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
A news story clip from the DeHavilland website
Special Category:
- 1st place:
  Mike Keith with:
  Nine Anagrammatic Views of Mt. Fuji (with Kanji)
- 2nd place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  A sonnet by Keats, anagrammed into three poems each in the style of different poet
- 3rd place:
  David Bourke with:
  Afroman - 'Because I Got High'
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Tony Crafter with:
A mortal sin =
Moral stain.

List of all nominated anagrams for March 2005

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April 2005

General Category:
- 1st place:
  Dean Mayer with:
  Familiarity breeds contempt =
  Bet it's typical of married men.
- 2nd place:
  Scott Gardner with:
  A depression =
  One's despair.
- 3rd place:
  David Bourke with:
  The typical blonde-haired woman =
  On the whole, rated incapably dim.
Entertainment Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
Star Clint Eastwood ~
also wants to direct.
Topical Category:
Scott Gardner with:
The traditional Passover meal =
To have a Seder is all-important.
Rude Category:
Mike Keith with:
His large penis ~
is pleasing her.
People's Names Category:
Ellie Dent with:
Will Shakespeare ~
speaks well, I hear.
Other Names Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
London's Westminster Abbey =
One wanders by silent tombs.
Medium Length Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The movie 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', directed by Steven Spielberg =
It's a biblical trove from God they seek, preserved in the desert.
Long Category:
Tony Crafter with:
One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord
Special Category:
- 1st place:
  Mike Keith with:
  Shakespeare's 66th sonnet
- 2nd place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  An excerpt from The Parson's Tale
- 3rd place:
  Richard Grantham with:
  Shakespeare's 97th sonnet
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
ofap with:
Labour Party Manifesto =
Tony Blair maps our fate.

List of all nominated anagrams for April 2005

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May 2005

General Category:
- 1st place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  The legal profession =
  One gets help of liars.
- 2nd place:
  Matthew O'Dempsey with:
  Treadmill =
  I melt lard.
- 3rd place:
  Adrian Hickford with:
  Thai food =
  A hot Fido.
Entertainment Category:
David A. Green with:
The terracotta soldiers of Emperor Shi Huang Ti =
Here march the rigid statues of Oriental troops.
Topical Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
Saddam pictures in 'The Sun' =
Captured this man's undies.
Rude Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The nude resorts =
There to undress!
People's Names Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The indicted singer Michael Jackson =
"Get in, scared child! Join me in the sack!"
Other Names Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The Parisian street =
A painter sits there.
Medium Length Category:
Tony Crafter with:
People who take an instant dislike to politicians are merely saving time. =
Please note it, as we also don't like a vain, lying, pathetic Prime Minister. OK?
Long Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep
Special Category:
- 1st place:
  Mike Keith with:
  Stars of the Seasons
- 2nd place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  Christina Rossetti: A Birthday
- 3rd place:
  David Bourke with:
  'Don't Let's Be Beastly To The Germans' - Noël Coward [version I]
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Ellie Dent with:
The motivational speakers =
Means to hear positive talk.

List of all nominated anagrams for May 2005

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June 2005

General Category:
- 1st place:
  Rick Rothstein with:
  For the evil that men do ~
  doth live on after them.
- 2nd place:
  Rosie Perera with:
  Internet addiction =
  Cannot end it. I tried.
- 3rd place:
  Dean Mayer with:
  "One small step for man, one giant leap for Mankind" =
  Neil's plan - speak for a moment after moon landing.
Entertainment Category:
zolrakk with:
Rap music ~
Is, um... crap.
Topical Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes =
OK, is the romance simulated?
Rude Category:
Rick Rothstein with:
A problem getting an erection =
Met girl... Nope! I can't get a boner.
People's Names Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The US astronaut Neil Alden Armstrong =
Let's send this great man on a lunar tour!
Other Names Category:
Rosie Perera with:
The Federal Witness Protection Program =
Tattlers get new ID, car, sniper-proof home.
Medium Length Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
In regard to his social security plan, Bush's stated that he 'remains undeterred'. =
He then burst into a manic laughter and told his press secretary: "See, I said TURD."
Awardsmaster's Challenge Category I:
Meyran Kraus with:
Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow =
Known pair declare: "Robbery!"
Awardsmaster's Challenge Category II:
Rick Rothstein with:
The Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud =
Guilt ensures anguish of a tortured mind.
Long Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
Top 20 picks of AFI's jury members for the most popular and lingering key quotes in motion picture history
Special Category:
- 1st place:
  Larry Brash with:
  When I was a lad I served a term
- 2nd place:
  Mike Keith with:
  A 935,763-letter anagram of Moby Dick
- 3rd place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  John Keats: To My Brother George
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Tony Crafter with:
Donatien Alphonse Francois De Sade =
Dreaded felon's an insane sociopath.

List of all nominated anagrams for June 2005

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July 2005

General Category:
- 1st place:
  Toby Gottfried with:
  Spaghetti & meatballs =
  Best light pasta meal.
- 2nd place:
  Ellie Dent with:
  The newly divorcing =
  End love with crying.
- 3rd place:
  rainwalker with:
  Charity event =
  Very nice, that.
Entertainment Category:
Toby Gottfried with:
A Steven Spielberg film: "War of the Worlds" =
H.G. Wells: Beware of visits from Red Planet.
Topical Category:
David Bourke with:
Iraq oil + arms trade =
Al-Qaida terrorism.
Rude Category:
Tony Crafter with:
A small dick =
Dismal lack.
People's Names Category:
Tony Crafter with:
Britain's Labour Party Leader =
Tony Blair (rated a superb liar).
Other Names Category:
Paul Lusch with:
The United States Postal Service =
That site directs envelopes at us.
Medium Length Category:
Christopher Sturdy with:
pan·gram (n): A sentence that uses all the letters of the alphabet. =
chal·lenge (n): An attempt at utter helplessness before that "Aha!"
Awardsmaster's Challenge Category:
This month's challenge was to create a "perfect pangram" by anagramming the alphabet.
Richard Grantham with:
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz =
A quiz by RJG: Os + V + Xe + Cl + Fm + ? = K + Pd + W + Th + N + ?
The solution
Long Category:
Larry Brash with:
The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous
Special Category:
- 1st place:
  Richard Brodie with:
  Psalm 46
- 2nd place:
  David Bourke with:
  'Don't Let's Be Beastly To The Germans' - Noël Coward [version II]
- 3nd place:
  Mike Keith with:
  Hamlet, act V, scene 1
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Rosie Perera with:
The archaeological survey =
They go shovel crucial area.

List of all nominated anagrams for July 2005

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August 2005

General Category:
- 1st place:
  Ellie Dent with:
  Archaeologists =
  Goal is to search.
- Eq 2nd place:
  dupe with:
  Islamic fundamentalism =
  Damn fanatic Muslim lies.
- Eq 2nd place:
  Mey Kraus with:
  The medical profession =
  Help to confirm disease.
Entertainment Category:
Ellie Dent with:
The James Bond movies starring Sean Connery =
His command's greatest: I never enjoy Brosnan.
Topical Category:
Dean Mayer with:
Threat to Iraq leaders? =
The Al-Qaeda terrorist.
Rude Category:
Rick Rothstein with:
Visit the bathroom =
Shit, bathe or vomit.
People's Names Category:
Rik Sengupta with:
Leonardo da Vinci =
Dead icon - no rival.
Other Names Category:
Larry Brash with:
Microsoft Developer =
Deliverer of compost.
Medium Length Category:
Mey Kraus with:
"If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world." =
And if a man tries to rationalize force to conduct wars, it shows us he is George Bush.
Long Category:
Ellie Dent with:
A MEDITATION FOR DE-STRESSING
Special Category:
- 1st place:
  Richard Brodie with:
  A poem by Lord Byron.
- 2nd place:
  Mey Kraus with:
  Charles Lamb's poem about a baby's death.
- 3nd place:
  Christopher Sturdy with:
  A beauty from The Sound of Music.
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Tony Crafter with:
Stonehenge and Avebury in Wiltshire =
When in England, base your visit there.

List of all nominated anagrams for August 2005 Available soon.

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September 2005

General Category:
- 1st place:
  Horrid Stretchy Pus with:
  A nasty derailment ~
  meant train delays.
- 2nd place:
  Ellie with:
  Life's too short =
  Foolish to rest?
- 3rd place:
  Mey Kraus with:
  Signboard =
  Boring ads.
Entertainment Category:
David Bourke with:
The American singer Sheryl Crow =
Why Lance Armstrong is cheerier.
Topical Category:
Tony Crafter with:
Britain's 'New Labour' Government =
Blair's vow? Reign on at Number Ten!
Rude Category:
Mey Kraus with:
The act of masturbation =
Ain't that a burst of come?
People's Names Category:
Ellie with:
His Royal Highness, Charles, Prince of Wales =
See which rich English Royal son flaps ears!
Other Names Category:
Tony Crafter with:
The Snowdon Mountain Railway Ride =
I do mean a windy tour in North Wales.
Medium Length Category:
Adrian Hickford with:
"Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation" by Lynne Truss =
Bet proven author's style can train us to analyze & use the apostrophe, colons, etc.
Awardsmaster's Challenge:
Cory Calhoun with:
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." =
I, George W. Bush, an evil Republican fascist, used God to inflict pain on the world, end life, facilitate death, create militant jihad rebels, and to let youths die for nothing.
Long Category:
Tony Crafter with:
A man in a supermarket line sees that a gorgeous blonde in front of him is waving hello...
Special Category:
- 1st place:
  Mey Kraus with:
  Two anagrams of a sonnet by Wilde.
- 2nd place:
  Horrid Stretchy Pus with:
  Blowin' in the wind by Bob Dylan.
- 3nd place:
  Ellie with:
  The Children's Bill of Rights.
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Scott Gardner with:
Undersecretary Michael Dewayne Brown =
Watched my career ruined by New Orleans.

List of all nominated anagrams for September 2005

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October 2005

General Category:
- 1st place:
  Paul Pan
  An equal opportunities employer =
  I put some inept queer on a payroll!
- 2nd place:
  Toby Gottfried with:
  An apple a day keeps the doctor away =
  So why not add a pear, papaya, leek, etc. ?
- Eq 3rd place:
  Ellie Dent with:
  A new laptop =
  Now at Apple.
- Eq 3rd place:
  Dean Mayer with:
  A game of Russian Roulette =
  So am I sure to get an earful?
Entertainment Category:
David Bourke with:
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit =
Blast the unwelcome big-eared raw carrot thief!
Topical Category:
Mey Kraus with:
The trial of president Saddam Hussein =
It sure is hard to defend this man's plea.
Rude Category:
Mike Keith with:
Serpentiform =
Term for penis.
People's Names Category:
Mey Kraus with:
G.W. Bush, the American president =
The man's screwing it up bad here!
Other Names Category:
David Bourke with:
The Medical Research Council =
"Ah, sod the mice, I'll cure cancer!"
Medium Length Category:
Mey Kraus with:
'Beyond Multiple Choice: Evaluating Alternatives to Traditional Testing for Selection' by Milton D. Hakel =
This guide is likely to be:
[ ] A little pedantic
[ ] Darn unconvincing
[ ] A totally tiresome torment
[*] All of the above.
Long Category:
Larry Brash with:
After the death of Quasimodo, the bishop of the Cathedral of Notre Dame sent out word that a new bell ringer was needed...
Special Category:
- 1st place:
  Mey Kraus with:
  The complete list of Shakespeare's plays anagrammed into a sonnet
- 2nd place:
  Tony Crafter with:
  'IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN'
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Hans-Peter Reich with:
The maternity hospital =
It has motherly patient.

List of all nominated anagrams for October 2005

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November 2005

General Category:
- 1st place:
  Larry Brash
  Driving under the influence of alcohol =
  On tour in a vehicle, drenched full of gin.
- 2nd place:
  Adrian Hickford with:
  Ancient armour on ~
  a Roman Centurion.
- 3rd place:
  David Bourke with:
  Colombian creep =
  Cocaine problem.
Entertainment Category:
Mey Kraus with:
Mike Newell's 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' =
Enthralling film, yet we prefer to read the books!
Topical Category:
View with:
Riots in French capital =
Conflict in Paris heart.
Rude Category:
Paul Pan with:
A fag + a fairy =
A gay affair.
People's Names Category:
Mey Kraus with:
The US comedian Seinfeld =
He's often induced a smile.
Other Names Category:
Toby Gottfried with:
The National Geographic Society =
A great lion photo is eye-catching.
Medium Length Category:
Tony Crafter with:
New movie: 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe' =
Worthwhile to see it on a whim, for it can enchant bored children. Heaven!
Long Category:
Ellie Dent with:
Element: MAN
Special Category:
- 1st place:
  James H. Young with:
  Comparisions
- 2nd place:
  Tony Crafter with:
  JERUSALEM
- 3rd place:
  Adrian Hickford with:
  An Austrian Army Alaric A. Watts.
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Linda Garner with:
Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens =
All Americans knew gentleman's humor.

List of all nominated anagrams for November 2005

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December 2005

General Category:
- 1st place:
  Mey Kraus
  Abusive relationships =
  Pain? Bruises? I have lots.
- 2nd place:
  Rick Rothstein with:
  Cognitive therapist: ~
  "I've got rich patients!"
- 3rd place:
  Tony Crafter with:
  "Hope is a waking dream." - Aristotle =
  So heartwarming. Said like a poet!
Entertainment Category:
Mey Kraus with:
The Mona Lisa drawing =
A damsel with a grin on.
Topical Category:
Mey Kraus with:
Sir Elton's big day =
Not by a girl's side...
Rude Category:
Tony Crafter with:
The hardcore-porno star Linda Lovelace =
Deep Throat's carnal icon loved her oral!
People's Names Category:
Larry Brash with:
Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone =
He began on an experiment: A "Hello?" travelled forth.
Other Names Category:
View with:
The Polaroid cameras =
Clear photo is a dream.
Awardsmaster's Challenge
To find the best Christmas anagram.
Tony Crafter with:
The Christmas movie 'It's A Wonderful Life' =
Festive old film hit is sure to charm anew.
Medium Length Category:
Tony Crafter with:
"I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened." Mark Twain =
"Whereas the others were all, thankfully, the imprudence of my phobic, misbehaving imagination."
Long Category:
Tony Crafter with with:
DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT by Dylan Marlais Thomas
Special Category:
- 1st place:
  Mey Kraus with:
  Ambigram of the first verse of Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky.
- 2nd place:
  James H. Young with:
  Google = Glugle
- 3rd place:
  Tony Crafter with:
  Annabel Lee
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Toby Gottfried with:
"It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas." =
Tell Santa, "Come in! Bring those gifts I like!"

List of all nominated anagrams for December 2005

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