Anagrammy Placings by Adrian Hickford in 2003
All the highly-placed anagrams by Adrian Hickford from the 2003 Anagrammy Awards.
ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY, January 2003:
3rd - Adrian Hickford with:
Australian Open Tennis =
Presentation is annual.
TOPICAL CATEGORY, January 2003:
1st - Adrian Hickford with:
New Year's Resolution =
Notions we rarely use.
LONG CATEGORY, January 2003:
2nd - Adrian Hickford with:
Considered by many as the best film ever made, this is the story of Charles Foster Kane. The film opens with a long shot of Xanadu - the private estate of one of the world's richest men. In the middle of the estate is a castle. We see, inside the castle, a dying man examining a winter scene within a crystal ball. As he drops it, it smashes, and one word is heard - "Rosebud"... What follows are pieces of newsreel like footage detailing how Kane amassed his fortune, and turning around full circle at the end.
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Orson Welles' exalted masterpiece of the life of a fearless, distinguished news magnate (based on William Randolph Hearst) was elected the greatest of any, by all the American Film Institute. It harnesses extraordinary direction and novel cinematography.
Here's what the critics said: "Flawless!", "Glorious!", "Wondrous Kick-Off!", "Effervescent!", "An Astounding Phenomenon!", "The Shawshank Who?"
(His deathbed dream: "Rosebud" was the name etched on a toy; it identifies a sled lost in the sleet of time!)
GENERAL CATEGORY, February 2003:
3rd - Adrian Hickford with:
Remains hot ~
in a Thermos.
ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY, February 2003:
eq.2nd - Adrian Hickford with:
Gilbert and Sullivan's "Yeomen of the Guard" =
All raving old Beefeaters hum & sing on duty.
RUDE CATEGORY, February 2003:
eq.2nd - Adrian Hickford with:
Prosthetic breast implants =
I'm the best (plastic) porn star.
LONG CATEGORY, February 2003:
3rd - Adrian Hickford with:
From http://www.voy.com/fowner.html:
"VoyForums is planning a scheduled downtime within the next few days. The downtime is for the purpose of upgrading the VoyForums software to the newest version. We expect the downtime to last hours, and may be prolonged to ensure a clean upgrade."
So if you can't get through, try again in a few hours or the next day. With luck, the delay won't be long enough to cause major disruption.
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What an outrageous announcement! What overblown hogwash! They're going to withdraw the opportunity to post up my mixture of exceedingly dreadful, overweeningly wretched, filthy ass-powered anagrams for a few exceptional moments? I'm dumbfounded! How are we to function or survive without the system? Just how? It's shocking. You offhandedly suggest post-postponement henceforth. Well, I'd rather not!
Adrian
GENERAL CATEGORY, March 2003:
2nd - Adrian Hickford with:
A multiple personality disorder =
Ordeal promises plural identity.
TOPICAL CATEGORY, March 2003:
2nd - Adrian Hickford with:
The war correspondent =
Do a 'trench' news report.
MEDIUM LENGTH CATEGORY, March 2003:
1st - Adrian Hickford with:
"We must be the great arsenal of democracy" - Franklin D. Roosevelt =
"Can't anyone ever, sort of, kill Saddam? Or re-elect me, after?" - G. W. Bush
TOPICAL CATEGORY, April 2003:
3rd - Adrian Hickford with:
Reconstructing Iraq =
Requiring contracts.
RUDE CATEGORY, April 2003:
3rd - Adrian Hickford with:
Shitful =
Flush it!
LONG CATEGORY, April 2003:
1st - Adrian Hickford with:
Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Peregrin Took, Gimli, son of Gloin, Legolas Greenleaf of the Wood-Elves, Boromir, son of Denethor, Aragorn, son of Arathorn, and Gandalf the Grey.
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"Lord of the Rings": Four small, shy Hobbits (one Ring-Bearer), a common, disagreeable dwarf, a good-looking elf, two savage men (one ranger King), and an aged fogey/sorceror plan going to the Fires of Doom.
SPECIAL CATEGORY, April 2003:
3rd - Adrian Hickford with:
[A famous mnemonic for the digits of pi (HOW=3, I=1, NEED=4 etc.) anagrammed into another pi mnemonic.]
How I need a drink, alcoholic in nature, after the heavy chapters involving quantum mechanics.
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Can I coin a chant equalling pi? Harken: "Three and unity sevenths." "Void-match", however formulaic.
RUDE CATEGORY, May 2003:
1st - Adrian Hickford with:
She's performing fellatio =
Offering her lips to males.
PEOPLE'S NAMES CATEGORY, May 2003:
1st - Adrian Hickford with:
Admiral Horatio Nelson =
A national hero, milords.
PEOPLE'S NAMES CATEGORY, June 2003:
1st - Adrian Hickford with:
Alan Mathison Turing =
An original maths nut.
SPECIAL CATEGORY, June 2003:
3rd - Adrian Hickford with:
My Garden, by
Thomas Edward Brown
PEOPLE'S NAMES CATEGORY, July 2003:
2nd - Adrian Hickford with:
Athlete Carl Lewis =
Will steal the race.
ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY, September 2003:
eq.2nd - Adrian Hickford with:
'The Muppets' creator Jim Henson =
Then triumph on 'Sesame' project.
RUDE CATEGORY, September 2003:
3rd - Adrian Hickford with:
Meeting the in-laws =
"I'm the new genitals."
RUDE CATEGORY, November 2003:
eq.2nd - Adrian Hickford with:
A stretch in prison =
O! Sphincter strain!
PEOPLE'S NAMES CATEGORY, November 2003:
2nd - Adrian Hickford with:
John Cleese in 'Fawlty Towers' =
Ah! Joy of well-written scenes!
OTHER NAMES CATEGORY, November 2003:
3rd - Adrian Hickford with:
His crimes proven =
HM Prison Service.
AWARDSMASTER'S CHALLENGE CATEGORY, November 2003:
2nd - Adrian Hickford with:
The fortieth anniversary of the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy =
Jets in on a
Friday in Nov... Eyes
Keen to gaze first-hand...
Rifle-shots
In the head's front
Part...
ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY, December 2003:
2nd - Adrian Hickford with:
Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan =
Damn pair! Connery is THE total Bond.
LONG CATEGORY, December 2003:
1st - Adrian Hickford with:
People are occasionally having problems with nominations. Teething problems are common with new changes.
The most common problem is making mistake on their nomination, pressing "Post Now", rather than "Review Message", then trying to correct the mistake on their reply (not the original post). The end-result is that the anagram becomes attributed to the nominator not the author.
Helpful tips to overcome this:
1. With all nominations, please use the "Review Message" button.
2. If you have made a mistake, then use your browser's back button and correct the error, and review the message again.
3. If it is correct, then press: "Post this message"
I hope this helps and will mean less work for me to look out for and correct mistakes.
Larry
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Thanks, Larry (our sometimes spokesperson) for the enlightenment; these three top troubleshooting tips are marvellous.
Nevertheless, more things we must remember when posting to the Forum:
1. When Meyran Kraus has an anagram nominated within a particular category, you might as well not bother posting your pointless one - as he will win the competition himself!
2. Note: please check both the archives prior to being tempted to post discoveries like "A carton of cigarettes - I got a taste for cancer", "A ten-inch dick - Nice and thick" and "Astronomer - Moon-starer."
3. Larry will prohibit, or even remove without comment, bothersome posts (like this unwholesome abomination) that attempt to anagram his messages.
Best wishes,
Adrian.
AWARDSMASTER'S CHALLENGE CATEGORY, December 2003:
1st - Adrian Hickford with:
A school nativity play =
So plan a holy activity.
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