Anagrammy Award Winners - 2004

Here are all the winners of Anagrammy Awards in 2003. All anagrams have been automatically checked for accuracy by the Anagrammy Checker.

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January 2004

General Category:
- 1st place:
  Adrian Hickford with:
  International Airports =
  Airline transportation.
- 2nd place:
  Jaybur with:
  Legal separations =
  Agree on split, alas.
- 3rd place:
  David Bourke with:
  Meal for one ~
  for me, alone.
Entertainment Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
Peter Jackson, the director of the LotR series =
Three hits recreate Tolkien's Frodo projects.
Topical Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
Images from the NASA Spirit rover =
Impart great visions of Mars here.
Rude Category:
Hans-Peter Reich with:
A nudist resort =
Round arse, tits.
People's Names Category:
Jaybur with:
Nurse Florence Nightingale, Lady with the Lamp =
Helping men who fell: it's rather an angelic duty.
Other Names Category:
Allan Morley with:
The Leaning Tower of Pisa =
A spire of note, with angle.
Awardsmaster's Challenge Category:
Richard Grantham with:
New Year's Resolution =
Only we aren't serious!
Medium Length Category:
Adrian Hickford with:
There are 10 kinds of people: those who understand binary and those who don't. =
Ho ho! The sharp-eyed nerd! How wonderful not to be trained to speak in 1's and 0's.
Long Category:
Adrian Hickford with:
The Marriage
Special Category:
- 1st place:
  Adrian Hickford with:
  Tarzan's Cheetah's Life As A Retired Movie Star
- 2nd place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  A Jonathan Swift poem, which can be presented as a riddle when its title is obscured.
- 3rd place:
  Richard Grantham with:
  A simultaneous anagram and approximate translation of J'allais par des chemins perfides by Paul Verlaine.
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Jesse Frankovich with:
President Bush's State of the Union Address =
Phrases used had tidbits of utter nonsense.

List of all nominated anagrams for January 2004

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February 2004

General Category:
- 1st place:
  David Bourke with:
  Pure animal lust =
  Natural impulse.
- 2nd place:
  Adrian Hickford with:
  A perfectionist =
  I often practise.
- 3rd place:
  Larry Brash with:
  An appointment diary ‡
  Pop in at any darn time.
Entertainment Category:
Adrian Hickford with:
"On the Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin =
Chronicle brings new ideas of ape history.
Topical Category:
Don P. Fortier with:
The Passion of the Christ =
His fine path to the cross.
Rude Category:
Jesse Frankovich with:
Bare breast on television =
Observable tit seen on air!
People's Names Category:
Richard Grantham with:
Prime Minister Tony Blair =
I misreport interminably.
Other Names Category:
View with:
The Titanic disaster =
Death, it starts in ice.
Medium Length Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
Director Peter Jackson's 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring' =
First of three long hits which respect the prose of long-dead J.R.R. Tolkien.
Long Category:
Toby Gottfried with:
The first sentence of the Gettysburg Address
Special Category:
- eq.1st place:
  Richard Grantham with:
  Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
- eq.1st place:
  Adrian Hickford with:
  Ten things you didn't know
- 3rd place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  Smart
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Zoran Radisavlevic with:
Adios, amigos =
I go, so I am sad.

List of all nominated anagrams for February 2004

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March 2004

General Category:
- 1st place:
  Zoran Radisavlevic with:
  A drunk Soviet has ~
  the Russian vodka.
- 2nd place:
  Jesse Frankovich with:
  Dusty room =
  Musty odor.
- 3rd place:
  Paul Lusch with:
  Intensive care =
  I can't even rise!
Entertainment Category:
Toby Gottfried with:
Beethoven's Eroica Symphony =
Oh yes... by the Vienna composer.
Topical Category:
Paul Pan with:
Spiritual leader Ahmed Ismail Yassin =
An Israeli raid slayed him, upset Islam.
Rude Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
"So, would you like to go up to my flat for some coffee?" =
"To follow, I must see you offer a *good* ploy to fuck me."
People's Names Category:
Jesse Frankovich with:
Famous director Steven Spielberg =
Genius observer created top films.
Other Names Category:
Adrian Hickford with:
Castle, knight, armour... =
King Arthur's Camelot.
Medium Length Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The Collection of Tragedies by William Shakespeare =
Weepy as I detail crises of Othello, Macbeth, King Lear...
Awardsmaster's Challenge Category:
David Bourke with:
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach =
That is *a* way...another's ammo through his chest!
Long Category:
Larry Brash with:
INTERNATIONAL LOTTO
Special Category:
- eq.1st place:
  Richard Grantham with:
  A quintuply-true anagrammed list of elements.
- eq.1st place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  The Oscars and the Golden Raspberries
- 3rd place:
  Scott Gardner with:
  A quintuply-true anagrammed list of Kentucky Derby winners.
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Jaybur with:
The old movies =
I loved them so!

List of all nominated anagrams for March 2004

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April 2004

General Category:
- 1st place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  A Siberian tiger =
  It is a rare being.
- 2nd place:
  Zoran Radisavlevic with:
  Religious leaders =
  I realise God rules.
- 3rd place:
  Jesse Frankovich with:
  Computer station meltdown =
  We lost important document!
Entertainment Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The impressionist landscape =
This sad place inspires Monet.
Topical Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The White House Daily Press Briefing =
Hey, I air the lies of president G.W. Bush!
Rude Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
Her best asset =
These breasts!
People's Names Category:
Jesse Frankovich with:
William Shakespeare, the Immortal Bard of Avon =
I am a hero and master of verbal skill with a poem.
Other Names Category:
Jesse Frankovich with:
Asian Continent =
Ancient nations.
Medium Length Category:
David Bourke with:
The RSPCA (The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) =
If (in error) a vile person flattens your cat Sooty, they help to catch 'em!
Long Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
Ironic by Alanis Morissette
Special Category:
- 1st place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  A sample from an Astrology site, anagrammed into 12 weekly predictions.
- 2nd place:
  David Bourke with:
  A "two-dimensional" anagram using all the (non-blank) Scrabble® tiles on a Scrabble® board.
- 3rd place:
  Adrian Hickford with:
  Ironic by Alanis Morissette
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Toby Gottfried with:
William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon ~
knew Hamlet favors Ophelia as a bride.

List of all nominated anagrams for April 2004

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May 2004

General Category:
- 1st place:
  Larry Brash with:
  Sudden Infant Death Syndrome =
  Enter and thus find my son dead.
- 2nd place:
  Adrian Hickford with:
  A knight in armour =
  I am no King Arthur.
- 3rd place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  Cigarette machines =
  The aim is 'Get cancer'.
Entertainment Category:
Larry Brash with:
"It's been a Hard Day's Night" =
And, hey, this band is great!
Topical Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The Olympic Games in Athens =
Ah, hasten! Gym is incomplete!
Rude Category:
Rick Rothstein with:
An incestuous act =
Eat a cousin's cunt.
People's Names Category:
Adrian Hickford with:
Surrealist Salvador Dali =
All art's a visual disorder.
Other Names Category:
Richard Grantham with:
A McDonald's restaurant =
Standard U.S. carton meal.
Medium Length Category:
Larry Brash with:
The late John Lennon, Sir Paul McCartney, the late George Harrison, and Ringo Starr =
In long careers, they all once sang major hits in a rather talented Northern group.
Awardsmaster's Challenge Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
Senator Kerry claims that Bush's foreign policy is "Ineffective" =
So sorry if I'm coarse, but try asking if the chief can even *spell* it.
Long Category:
David Bourke with:
I, George Walker Bush, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
=
I, Tony Blair, swear I will ignore the wishes of the electorate, veto, not listen, feed the media tittle-tattle/hype, suck up to Bush, fix-up student fees, defeat the lefties, and stuff Gordon Brown. Democracy? Totally finished!
Special Category:
- 1st place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  A Tribute to the Month of May
- 2nd place:
  Scott Gardner with:
  A loose rendition of Jesus' life in anagrams of "The Gospel According to Saint Matthew."
- 3rd place:
  Richard Grantham with:
  Elegy for a Bachelor Uncle
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Toby Gottfried with:
The President of the United States =
The nut pretends to defeat Shi'ites.

List of all nominated anagrams for May 2004

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June 2004

General Category:
- 1st place:
  David Bourke with:
  A domestic housecat =
  Does it catch a mouse?
- 2nd place:
  Adrian Hickford with:
  Theological discussions =
  Go inside Catholics' souls.
- 3rd place (tie):
  Jesse Frankovich with:
  Cigarette caution labels =
  I'll abuse it to get a cancer.
  Rick Rothstein with:
  A college graduate =
  Goal? Actual degree.
Entertainment Category:
Adrian Hickford with:
The Harry Potter series of movies =
Three stories, more heavy profits.
Topical Category:
Chris Doyle with:
A father's day card =
Dad has a cry after.
Rude Category:
Adrian Hickford with:
Teenagers (boys) ~
get easy boners.
People's Names Category:
Scott Gardner with:
Pierce Brosnan of County Meath, Ireland =
I prefer actual Bond (Sean Connery) to him.
Other Names Category:
Chris Doyle with:
The U.S. Bill of Rights =
Bush: "I'll forget this."
Medium Length Category:
Jesse Frankovich with:
Idol (n.) 1, an image of a deity, used as an object of worship. 2, a person or thing adored or revered. 3, a phantom; a false idea. =
American Idol (n.) 1, a phone-judged affair. 2, beloved performer it adopted as its winner. 3, a so-so yahoo heard on a stage.
Awardsmaster's Challenge Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The American President Ronald Wilson Reagan =
A real moron, in acting AND western leadership.
Long Category:
Larry Brash with:
To be or not to be: that is the question
Special Category (2 awards):
- 1st place:
  Richard Grantham with:
  An anagrammed crossword puzzle.
- 2nd place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  A Shakespeare sonnet anagrammed into a loose paraphrase poem, with an additional constraint.
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Tony Crafter with:
Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain =
Naughty aliens responsible?

List of all nominated anagrams for June 2004

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July 2004

General Category:
- 1st place:
  Christopher Sturdy with:
  Week ashore =
  Seek a whore!
- eq.2nd place:
  Toby Gottfried with:
  Enemy combatant =
  Cannot be my team!
- eq.2nd place:
  Adrian Hickford with:
  Eyes naturally show ~
  she really wants you.
Entertainment Category:
Jaybur with:
The new SPIDERMAN movie =
Made with even MORE spin!
Topical Category:
Chris Doyle with:
The former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay is indicted =
Nice! "Felony" is the one market he didn't corner.
Rude Category:
Larry Brash with:
The Missionary Position =
So, I say, it's: "I'm in her, on top".
People's Names Category:
Larry Brash with:
The actor Marlon Brando =
Born to act hard-man role.
Other Names Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The Microsoft products =
Third of computer's cost...
Medium Length Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The new Bond girl in Lee Tamahori's 'Die Another Day' =
I admit, I had to see renowned Halle Berry in a thong!
Long Category:
David Bourke with:
"I think I did something for the worst possible reason - just because I could."
Special Category (3 awards):
- 1st place:
  Larry Brash with:
  May I take the liberty to introduce myself as; Mr. Yeng Zang, Bank Manager of a reputable bank in Taipei, Taiwan
- 2nd place:
  Richard Grantham with:
  Australia
- 3rd place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  If by Rudyard Kipling
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Jesse Frankovich with:
Apprentice (n.): one bound by indenture to serve another for a prescribed time period, so as to learn an art or trade. =
'The Apprentice' (n.): an adored on-air contest -- observe as arbiter Donald Trump berates one poor intern: "You're fired!"

List of all nominated anagrams for July 2004

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August 2004

General Category:
- 1st place:
  Chris Doyle with:
  Familiarity breeds contempt =
  It's one cramped, bitter family.
- 2nd place:
  Allan Morley with:
  Valentine amulets =
  Sentimental value.
- 3rd place:
  Tony Crafter with:
  It's no big deal =
  Bigot's denial.
Entertainment Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The DreamWorks Studio =
Our team did two 'Shreks'.
Topical Category:
Toby Gottfried with:
The Republicans' National Convention =
Bush live on CNN. I note total, inane crap.
Rude Category:
Jesse Frankovich with:
The symptoms of diarrhea =
A hot shit sprayed from me!
People's Names Category:
Jesse Frankovich with:
Republican Candidate George W. Bush =
Build on war; bugger peace and ethics.
Other Names Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
Abstinence Education Program =
Campaigned to ban intercourse.
Medium Length Category:
Larry Brash with:
Computer (n), Electronic device which performs computations according to a series of instructions, known as a program. =
Microsoft Windows (n), A program that is defective, crack-prone (on purpose). In time, continual crashes occur, costing more.
Awardsmaster's Challenge Category:
Richard Grantham with:
The Games of the Twenty-eighth Olympiad =
Go play with the mighty then defeat some!
Long Category:
Richard Grantham with:
Two true stories from my life
Special Category (3 awards):
- 1st place:
  David Bourke with:
  PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- 2nd place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  Wilde: The Grave of Shelley
- 3rd place:
  Allan Morley with:
  What A Wonderful World, antigrammed
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
J.J. Gertler with:
Famed terpsichorean Isadora Duncan =
Dame untied her scarf in a car and... oops!

List of all nominated anagrams for August 2004

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September 2004

General Category:
- 1st place:
  Hans-Peter Reich with:
  An endangered species =
  See a race's end pending.
- 2nd place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  A speeding car =
  Daring escape!
- 3rd place:
  Jaybur with:
  Anonymous message =
  No name, so may guess.
Entertainment Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
Ceiling murals of the Sistine Chapel =
Hail Michelangelo's finest pictures!
Topical Category:
David Bourke with:
The Presidential election =
Select the perennial idiot!
Rude Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The bikini model =
"I'm, like, hot in bed!"
People's Names Category:
Jaybur with:
Nurse Florence Nightingale, the Lady with a Lamp =
This Crimea War angel, on duty helping the fallen.
Other Names Category:
Chris Doyle with:
The National Rifle Association =
Fanatical loonies are into this.
Medium Length Category:
Larry Brash with:
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months (Oscar Wilde) =
I exclaimed: "How is it women's favorite outfits or best silver shoes last no longer than half a year?"
Awardsmaster's Challenge Category:
[This month's challenge was to provide anagrammed speech bubbles for a photograph from the recent anagrammatists' get-together in London.]
Meyran Kraus with:
Long Category:
Jaybur with:
'A Story Wet As Tears' by Marge Piercy
Special Category (2 awards):
- 1st place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  Sonnet Number Two by William Shakespeare
- 2nd place:
  David Bourke with:
  Piano Man
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Jesse Frankovich with:
Adult film star =
A tall, firm stud.

List of all nominated anagrams for September 2004

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October 2004

General Category:
- 1st place:
  David Bourke with:
  The cosmetic dental practitioner =
  I implant nice teeth at record cost.
- eq.2nd place:
  Richard Grantham with:
  "The best thing since sliced bread" =
  Bad cliché needs better insights.
- eq.2nd place:
  Christopher Sturdy with:
  No doubt =
  Bound to.
Entertainment Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The movie 'Apocalypse Now' =
How Coppola eyes Vietnam.
Topical Category:
Toby Gottfried with:
November second, two thousand four =
And we counted Morons-for-Bush vote.
Rude Category:
Christopher Sturdy with:
A woman having triplets =
Won't ma split her vagina?
People's Names Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
Bill Clinton, the former president of the USA =
On reflection, I'd still prefer the man to Bush!
Other Names Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
Microsoft Internet Explorer =
Expect online terrors from it.
Medium Length Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The Mad Hatter's question to Alice: "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?" =
Ah, I got it! I created an answer: "It seems the two have inky-dark quills!"
Awardsmaster's Challenge Category:
Richard Grantham with:
Who, you may ask, will be the next American President? =
I expect Dubya has won: a new term is more than likely.
Long Category:
Jaybur with:
A duck walks into a bar and orders a beer and a sandwich.
Special Category (3 awards):
- 1st place:
  Richard Brodie with:
  Shakespeare's 17th sonnet anagrammed five different ways
- 2nd place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  Shakespeare's 76th sonnet anagrammed into a paraphrase
- 3rd place:
  Tony Crafter with:
  In the Garden of Eden lay Adam
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Larry Brash with:
The Seven Ages of Woman

List of all nominated anagrams for October 2004

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November 2004

General Category:
- 1st place:
  Rosie Perera with:
  An apple each day keeps the doctor away =
  Hey, claptrap! We eat peaches and do okay.
- 2nd place:
  Christopher Sturdy with:
  Someone who says "rubber" in England =
  Nobody's blushing. No, we mean "eraser".
- 3rd place:
  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons with:
  Sleep deprivation =
  Tip: naps do relieve.
Entertainment Category:
David Bourke with:
A Christmas number one ~
means abhorrent music.
Topical Category:
Adrian Hickford with:
US Election Day ‡
Easily counted.
Rude Category:
Matthew O'Dempsey with:
Penthouse Magazine =
Ménage-à-one... shut zip.
People's Names Category:
Scott Gardner with:
President of the United States of America =
Seems that one stupid rat retained office.
Other Names Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The ingredients of a McDonald's Shake =
Gee, that's odd - a scan finds no 'Milk' here.
Medium Length Category (tie):
Larry Brash with:
The Palestinian Liberation Organisation chairman, Yasser Arafat =
He is an agitator for a tiny Arab nation. Rests in Peace in Ramallah.
Joel Davey with:
Martin Luther King Junior's "I Have A Dream" speech was delivered on the steps of The Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C., August, 1963. =
Though he was discriminated against then, this outspoken gentleman overwhelmed racial prejudice norms in US over Fall 1963.
Long Category:
David Bourke with:
A duck walks into a bar and orders a beer and a sandwich.
Special Category (3 awards):
- 1st place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  Remember me when I am gone away
- 2nd place:
  Richard Grantham with:
  The sonnet in Shakespeare's series that had the misfortune to be number 69.
- 3rd place:
  David Bourke with:
  'Do They Know It's Christmas?' - Band Aid
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Tony Crafter with:
The leader of the conquistadores, Hernando Cortez =
He rode forth on a desire to conquer the Aztecs' land.

List of all nominated anagrams for November 2004

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December 2004

General Category:
- 1st place:
  Hans-Peter Reich with:
  What is the square root of nine? =
  THREE, for an equation shows it!
- eq.2nd place:
  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons with:
  Separation of church and state =
  Sane courts don't preach a faith.
- eq.2nd place:
  Zoran Radisavlevic with:
  True lottery =
  Try roulette!
Entertainment Category:
David A. Green with:
'Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds' by Joy Adamson =
Enjoy sober story of a woman's bond for wild Elsa.
Topical Category:
Alan Yoshioka with:
Sumatra =
Traumas.
Rude Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
The airport security guard =
Stretch a digit up your rear.
People's Names Category:
Meyran Kraus with:
General A. Pinochet =
Great Chilean? Nope.
Other Names Category:
Tony Crafter with:
The Beaches of Normandy =
Death on some French bay.
Medium Length Category:
Richard Grantham with:
If it squirms, it's biology
If it stinks, it's chemistry
If it doesn't work, it's physics
And if you can't understand it, it's mathematics.
=
If it's wordy, it's English
If it's knotty, it's economics
If it squeaks, it's music
And if it's run by the Antichrist, dammit, it's sport day.
Awardsmaster's Challenge Category:
Mike Mesterton-Gibbons with:
Christmas Greetings =
Grinch misses target.
Long Category:
Jaybur with:
The Christmas Story from Luke, Chapter Two
Special Category (3 awards):
- 1st place:
  David Bourke with:
  The Grinch
- 2nd place:
  Allan Morley with:
  On the first day of Christmas
- 3rd place:
  Meyran Kraus with:
  Paddy's Song (The Bricklayer's Lament)
Awardsmaster's Choice Award for a non-winning anagram:
Scott Gardner with:
Steinway "Model A" Grand Piano =
We'd played a sonata in G minor.

List of all nominated anagrams for December 2004

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