Anagrammy Leaders' Board - May, 2007 - 49 votes cast

49 votes

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

GENERAL:

1

  Richard Grantham

37  

Widescreen plasma televisions = View in detail seems no less crap.

2

  Tom Myers

31  

Solar experts ~ explore stars.

3

  Chris Sturdy

26  

What is the capital of Samoa? = Fetch atlas to show I am Apia.

4

  Ellie

23  

The medical practitioners = Ethical creed is important.

5

  David Bourke

22  

Blair's lies ~ raise bills.

6

  Neil Ramsay

21  

(a german : manager) = an anagram merge.

7

  Meyran Kraus

19  

A godparent = Aged patron.

7

  Tony Crafter

19  

A relationship expert = I explore inapt hearts.

9

  Simon Woodard

15  

Airline stewardess ~ wanders aisle. I rest.

10

  Scott Gardner

14  

Herbal conditioner = Nicer to blonde hair.

10

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

14  

The also-ran ~ has to learn.

12

  View

12  

Compensation = On past income.

12

  Rosie Perera

12  

Searching to find sunken treasure = Get coins in a trunk under fresh sea.

14

  Andrew

9  

The manic depressives = Even chemists despair!

15

  Adie Pena

7  

Are striped zebras ~ rare prized beasts?

16

  Paul Pan

5  

PC emulation ~ lit up one Mac.

17

  Hans-Peter Reich

4  

Mentally disturbed = Term insulted badly.

18

  Larry Brash

3  

Religious dogma ~ is our gold image.

 

  Total points:

293 

from 49 votes     (DFE factor: 0.367)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Meyran Kraus

54  

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End = The noble epic of bandits was rated "Arr!"

1

  Scott Gardner

54  

Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea = Inhaled pot drug may have big effects!

3

  Ellie

42  

Claude Monet's famous paintings of Water Lilies = Images of a flower in actual sunlit pond, it seems.

4

  Neil Ramsay

27  

Literary reviews = Ails every writer.

5

  Tony Crafter

26  

Singer Melinda Doolittle = Some talented girl in 'Idol'.

6

  Chris Sturdy

18  

Windows Vista for Dummies - Andy Rathbone = forum saved many idiots with brand new OS.

7

  Don Rogers

14  

Cable television = Viable selection.

8

  Zoran Radisavlevic

13  

The music of The Beatles = Much of these, as "Let It Be".

9

  Rosie Perera

12  

Dreamworks Animation's "Shrek the Third" movie = Kids' warm devotion marks him as their net hero.

10

  View

9  

'The Lion King' (Walt Disney) = Ain't the kids yelling now!

11

  Adie Pena

8  

Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece 'Notorious' = Director's perfect (i.e., "I am no slouch at shock.")

12

  Paul Pan

7  

Blind Faith's notorious cover = Turns vision of child too bare.

13

  Andrew

4  

The Gospel Singer Whitney Houston = She's not white, young or English, pet!

14

  David Bourke

3  

'Tony Blair - The Man Behind the Smile' - Leo Abse = Bemoaned in shame, one shabby little Hitler.

 

  Total points:

291 

from 49 votes     (DFE factor: 0.286)

TOPICAL:

1

  Scott Gardner

76  

1. Lindsay Lohan 2. Britney Spears 3. Paris Hilton = 1. Lady in rehab 2. Lass in therapy 3. Lost in prison

2

  sundogg99

37  

Al Gore's rambling wail = Global warming is real!

3

  David Bourke

35  

PM Tony Blair's resignation speech = Phenomenal ego-trip by narcissist.

4

  Neil Ramsay

33  

Tony Blair stands down = Sadly, Brown to stand in.

5

  Rosie Perera

18  

Female shark gives birth by parthenogenesis = No father's sperm, eh? She gets baby like a virgin.

5

  Tom Myers

18  

The U.S. price of gasoline = Oil can see huge profits.

7

  Meyran Kraus

16  

Heiress Paris Whitney Hilton = Wealthy shit is here, in prison!

8

  Tony Crafter

14  

Tornadoes have wrecked most of Greensburg, Kansas = Nature's gone berserk! Savaged farm-town so shocked.

8

  Chris Sturdy

14  

Mister A. Salmond is elected = erm, it seems I lead Scotland.

8

  Adie Pena

14  

Labour Party line: "Things can only get better." = Celebrating Tony Blair's tenth year? (Gulp!) NOT!

11

  Michael Omstead

9  

A 41-cent stamp resolution's hearsay? ~ U.S. postal rates increase on May 14th!

12

  View

6  

The tornado destroys Kansas town = No roads and estates; thrown to sky.

13

  Andrew

2  

USA's President George W Bush ‡ I suggest he persuades Brown.

14

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

1  

First lady of the chieftain = I fit Cherie, Tony's daft half.

 

  Total points:

293 

from 49 votes     (DFE factor: 0.286)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Meyran Kraus

44  

Kate Moss, a supermodel = So, most meals are puked?

2

  Scott Gardner

39  

Thomas Edward Lawrence = War-decorated Welshman.

3

  Chris Sturdy

23  

Lafayette Ronald Hubbard = Bar that dreadful baloney. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

4

  Ellie

19  

C O Monet and P A Renoir = In art, none do compare.

4

  Tony Crafter

19  

Cherie Blair, 'The First Lady of Downing Street' = i.e.: Cold heart, terrible grin AND she's fifty-two!

6

  Paul Pan

16  

Keira Knightley = Keek a thin girly!

6

  Tom Myers

16  

Nicolas Sarkozy = Nazi looks scary.

6

  David Bourke

16  

Mister Anthony Blair = I'm nastily abhorrent!

9

  Andrew

15  

Hess = S.S., eh?

9

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

15  

Paris Whitney Hilton ~ lay within the prison.

11

  Rosie Perera

13  

Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton = Horribly inane hot-lip lasses party and sin.

12

  View

12  

The chairman Mao Tse Tung = Giant man? Scum o' the Earth!

13

  Adie Pena

11  

"Imelda's defender and partner in crime": Short for ~ "The former president Ferdinand Edralin Marcos."

13

  Zoran Radisavlevic

11  

Daniela Pestova = A pleasant video.

15

  Don Rogers

8  

Our plan = Ron Paul.

16

  Neil Ramsay

5  

Tony Crafter OBE = Tory benefactor.

 

  Total points:

282 

from 49 votes     (DFE factor: 0.327)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  Adie Pena

49  

"Come to Marlboro Country" = Cancer, tumor or lobotomy?

2

  Scott Gardner

39  

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory = The tale of candy-o-holic character.

3

  Meyran Kraus

36  

Mount Everest in the Himalayas = Heaven's a reality on the summit!

4

  sundogg99

32  

Microsoft Vista customers = Victims, of a sort. Most curse.

5

  View

28  

The Kalahari Desert = Heat, real death-risk.

6

  Neil Ramsay

19  

The University of Saint Andrews = Even students hit fairway irons.

7

  David A Green

17  

The Indoor Tanning Association = I soon noticed an orangish taint.

8

  David Bourke

16  

The Tony Blair Foundation = No faith in a bloody nutter!

9

  Rosie Perera

15  

Florence, Italy, in the Tuscany region = They continually recognise fine art.

10

  Chris Sturdy

13  

The National Hockey League = A tall, tough Yankee on ice, eh?

11

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

8  

One Laptop Per Child = Oh, Dell PC to a nipper?

12

  Tony Crafter

5  

The Villa of the Mysteries ~ left a theme - 'History lives'!

 

  Total points:

277 

from 47 votes     (DFE factor: 0.255)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  David Bourke

44  

It is better to say nothing and be thought a foo... = Proved by Tony Blair (at the long, monotonous "...

2

  Adie Pena

39  

Mary Poppins had a grand plan. She retired in S... ~ She penned an ad in a magazine, plus placed a ...

3

  Chris Sturdy

37  

It is better to say nothing and be thought stup... = Too bad no-one told tough top man President Bu...

4

  Meyran Kraus

33  

"Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" ... = The best-seller following the thrilling winter ...

5

  Richard Brodie

26  

Hillary Clinton is running for president of the... = Don't let philanderer's menacing hussy, an irr...

6

  sundogg99

15  

Give a man a match, and he'll be warm for a minu... = The brave man with inflammable underclothes an...

7

  Neil Ramsay

14  

Sorry, can I add - That arse Brown will soon no... ~ but worryingly, also in Scotland, Wales and in...

8

  Tony Crafter

13  

"Gold is good in its place but living, brave, p... = "Painted glitter? It's good - but epic, God-gi...

9

  Ellie

11  

O, what a tangled web we weave, when first we p... = We see sweet wee bairn...oh gawd, view that co...

9

  Andrew

11  

Bitter divorce proceedings of Greg "The Shark" Norman. = Ogre traded going broke for tennis champ Chris Evert.

 

  Total points:

243 

from 42 votes     (DFE factor: 0.238)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Ellie

35  

Hindsight is wonderful. And know what? No one knew then, when we went, whether any WMD's were found there or not. Talks...

2

  Tony Crafter

30  

"What-ho, Blair! Ok?" "Who's there?" "War-Winner!" "George! Ok!" "Found any lawless nukes yet?" "We went downtown...

3

  Richard Grantham

24  

Most Westerners now know that his unenlightened guesswork back then was utter twaddle. Therefore we intend not to kowtow...

4

  Chris Sturdy

22  

"A think tank's what we think we want and when we think, we want tanks. No-one's keener to make tracks or bucks. One ...

5

  Neil Ramsay

19  

OK, so we knew we went to war with no UN Mandate. OK, so we knew that we alienated thousands of tense, unthankful, no...

6

  David Bourke

13  

"Ok...I lied, then! When there's the watered-down known utter lies that we know of, and there's the known huge "unknown"...

7

  Andrew

12  

Now, George's token hero doesn't warrant new knowledge about: - when to hunt unwanted Kurds - when to concede to the...

8

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

11  

"We knew not when we'd want to hoodwink the US, take on one sunken weak-kneed tyrant, watch men go knock down renowned o...

9

  Paul Pan

9  

"One ruthless hawk's token trek of WMD was inane 'n' tacky nonsense. We keek in shock 'n' awe-torn downtown Baghdad. Nuk...

10

  Adie Pena

7  

Attention, brethren. Who knew? Are shrunken growth trends, nuke warhead hunts nonsense? World news, detentes, death w...

11

  Meyran Kraus

6  

Keen on "unknown" stuff? OK, here's how G.W. answered "When was WWI?" on CNN in 1992: "Don't know. Was that the old 'Wo...

12

  Michael Omstead

5  

Unkennelled Westerner war-hounds wow the States with foreknown WMD untruths (nowhere!), engineer keen "Baghdad network" ...

12

  Dee4j

5  

"Terror threatens us. Young Sunni gents threaten us. Freedom's a threat. Heck, you're a threat! (French wanker!)...

14

  Rosie Perera

4  

Hell, not new; when sung, it's a koan -- you know, that kind of fresh, haiku-like work of debunked nonsense art that ren...

14

  View

4  

Wow, wow, wow, wow,wow,wow,wow ! When known keen snot insane American general rants, trying to talk raft, token, with...

16

  Adrian Hickford

2  

The Front-to-End Ten-Word Association Nonsense :: George W. Bush :: Saddam :: Loathe :: Hate :: The Holy War :: Dea...

 

  Total points:

208 

from 36 votes     (DFE factor: 0.444)

LONG:

1

  Tony Crafter

52  

An Englishman, Reg, was out walking with a Fren... = Vladimir Putin, George Bush and Tony Blair we...

2

  Meyran Kraus

46  

Below are a few favored entries from the Washin... = Let me try the unique concept, by anagramming...

3

  Adie Pena

32  

Clinton was the guest of an African leader who ... ~ "You can pick any one of these fashionable sv...

4

  Neil Ramsay

27  

"But believe one thing if nothing else, I did wh... = Tony, is it RIGHT that our brave, ambitious of...

5

  Rosie Perera

20  

"What this country needs -- what every country ... = Oh, no! What this country needs is a new pres...

6

  David Bourke

6  

The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blai... = You embodiment of a scheming, domineering, abh...

 

  Total points:

183 

from 32 votes     (DFE factor: 0.188)

SPECIAL:

1

  Neil Ramsay

51  

Desiderata

2

  Meyran Kraus

44  

A sonnet by Alfred Lord Tennyson anagrammed into another sonnet.

3

  David Bourke

32  

Tony Blair was visiting a primary school...

4

  Tony Crafter

30  

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN by Arther Freed and Nacio Brown

5

  Richard Grantham

18  

MORNING SONG

 

  Total points:

175 

from 31 votes     (DFE factor: 0.161)

RUDE:

1

  Scott Gardner

52  

Impotence treatment = Men attempt erection.

2

  Adie Pena

39  

A penis in shit area ~ is a pain in the arse.

3

  Neil Ramsay

31  

Finding the clitoris = Fingers toil in ditch.

4

  Meyran Kraus

25  

Genital herpes infection = The inelegant price of sin.

5

  Paul Pan

17  

Parthenogenesis = No penises gather.

6

  Andrew

15  

The movie "Brokeback Mountain" = Reckon hobo men take it via bum?

7

  Tom Myers

13  

Lesbian websites = I nibble sweet ass.

8

  sundogg99

11  

Perform the act of fellatio = Offer a little hot face romp.

9

  Tony Crafter

10  

An extremely messy act = Lays steamy excrement!

10

  View

6  

Stimulation of anus with lips or tongue = Anilingus - few oral motions...output shit!

11

  Chris Sturdy

5  

The really fat cunt = Flatulency threat.

11

  David Bourke

5  

Rotten stench...a plan to kill many Arabs in Holy War! = Anthony Charles Lynton Blair MP is a total wanker.

13

  Richard Grantham

0  

"Bring It On" = Bint groin.

 

  Total points:

229 

from 40 votes     (DFE factor: 0.325)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Meyran Kraus

84.91

 

Andrew

22.75

Scott Gardner

81.88

 

Paul Pan

18.59

Neil Ramsay

66.48

 

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

17.26

Tony Crafter

60.16

 

Zoran Radisavlevic

7.31

Adie Pena

56.03

 

Don Rogers

6.61

David Bourke

52.41

 

Richard Brodie

6.19

Chris Sturdy

49.74

 

Simon Woodard

5.51

Ellie

44.83

 

Michael Omstead

4.79

Richard Grantham

27.16

 

David A Green

4.34

Rosie Perera

26.58

 

Dee4j

2.22

Tom Myers

25.98

 

Hans-Peter Reich

1.47

sundogg99

25.89

 

Larry Brash

1.10

View

23.49

 

Adrian Hickford

0.89

*Adjusted Points = Sum of (Points * 'DFE factor')
DFE factor is (No of Noms) / (No of votes) for category

 

High Standings

Name

1st

2nd

3rd

Scott Gardner

3

2

0

Meyran Kraus

2

2

1

Adie Pena

1

2

1

Tony Crafter

1

1

0

David Bourke

1

0

2

Ellie

1

0

1

Neil Ramsay

1

0

1

Richard Grantham

1

0

1

Tom Myers

0

1

0

sundogg99

0

1

0

Chris Sturdy

0

0

3


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