Anagrammy Leaders' Board - January, 2009 - 33 votes cast

33 votes

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

GENERAL:

1

  Tony Crafter

36  

At the vicar's sermon, I think: ~ 'Is it over? Thank Christ! Amen.'

2

  View

26  

Persist = Press it.

3

  Rosie Perera

22  

Genetically modified organisms = A farm site is meddling in ecology.

4

  Meyran Kraus

21  

Old or senile, in a car = A rear-end collision.

5

  Dharam Khalsa

16  

Time flies like an arrow = We are main killers of it.

5

  Adie Pena

16  

Human rights abuses = U.S.A.'s Bush nightmare.

5

  Ellie Dent

16  

Must get up if ~ tempus fugit!

8

  Ed Pegg Jr

12  

Economist = :( :( :( emoticons.

9

  Neil Ramsay

9  

Celebrity chefs ~ rectify belches?

10

  Larry Brash

8  

A tribute = "Ta," I rebut.

11

  Rick Rothstein

7  

An over-active imagination = "I am a great, innovative icon."

 

  Total points:

189 

from 33 votes     (DFE factor: 0.333)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Dharam Khalsa

62  

Conceptual artist Andy Warhol = A red soup can! Why not call it art?

2

  Scott Gardner

34  

Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express = Expert sees through crime on a train. Read this!

3

  Rosie Perera

26  

Ledger now belongs in ~ Golden Globe winners.

4

  Tony Crafter

25  

Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D H Lawrence. = All very racy... Bed. Screw. Tally-ho! THE END.

5

  View

22  

Choosing one best play? ~ 'Antigone' by Sophocles.

6

  Ellie Dent

17  

Claude-Oscar Monet's 'Water Lilies' = A color seemed clear... it was sunlit!

7

  Adie Pena

7  

"Twilight," "New Moon," "Eclipse" and "Breaking Dawn" = Edward getting his woman Bella in known epic.

 

  Total points:

193 

from 33 votes     (DFE factor: 0.212)

TOPICAL:

1

  Adie Pena

32  

The U.S. says "Good-bye!" = Yes, Bush goes today!

2

  Christopher Sturdy

31  

The Inauguration of President Obama = No More Bush fatigue - a nation partied.

3

  Neil Ramsay

27  

We yelled as one final ode for George W Bush ~ So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

4

  Jesse Frankovich

18  

The Inauguration of President Obama = Bet on their dreaming of a utopian USA.

5

  Tony Crafter

16  

Captain Chesley Sullenberger = Yell, "Cut engine! Brace! er..." (splash!)

6

  Ellie Dent

13  

A new American President = Emancipated are winners.

7

  View

12  

Israeli Troops Mass Near Gaza Border = Zion releases programs to raid Arabs.

8

  Dan Fortier

10  

"Prisoner" = RIP, senor.

8

  Rosie Perera

10  

Presidential inaugural parade = USA applauding rare leader in it.

10

  Rick Rothstein

9  

Peanut Corporation of America men tell lads, ~ "Salmonella contaminated part of our recipe."

11

  David Bourke

8  

The new U.S.A. President = Pure whiteness at end!

12

  Meyran Kraus

3  

The US elects Barack Hussein Obama for president = A boss needs to cure the selfish, bankrupt America.

13

  Dharam Khalsa

1  

The New York junior senator, Kirsten Gillibrand = Broken-in network insider, just no great Hillary.

 

  Total points:

190 

from 33 votes     (DFE factor: 0.394)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Dharam Khalsa

30  

Ernest Hemingway = His mane went grey.

1

  Meyran Kraus

30  

The former American president George Walker Bush = Some supreme brain-lacking we'd rather forget here!

3

  Scott Gardner

25  

Mister Alphonse Gabriel Capone = Help begin La Cosa Nostra empire.

4

  Tony Crafter

18  

Cynthia Ann Stephanie ("Cyndi") Lauper = Happy, rich, cute, and innately insane!

4

  Rick Rothstein

18  

The actress Kate Winslet = We cast this keen starlet.

6

  Dan Fortier

13  

Patrick McGoohan = Magic pro, not hack.

7

  Adie Pena

12  

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie = Neat lad-gal pair in joint bed.

8

  Rosie Perera

11  

President B. Obama = Abbas' redemption?

9

  Ellie Dent

10  

Edouard Manet: The Father of Modern Art = The nude form, and drama thereafter, too.

9

  View

10  

A star in ~ Sinatra.

9

  Paul Pan

10  

Barack Hussein Obama's ~ abs ace Hosni Mubarak's!

 

  Total points:

187 

from 33 votes     (DFE factor: 0.333)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  Rosie Perera

36  

The Central African Republic = Interracial place, but French.

2

  Tony Crafter

34  

The Atkins Diet Plan = Patients' death link?

3

  Scott Gardner

26  

United States Military Academy = Male army cadets initiate study.

4

  View

21  

Bermuda triangle = A gamble, intruder!

5

  Adie Pena

19  

The Abbey Road Studios, Westminster, England = As The Beatles try adding more new sound bits.

6

  Neil Ramsay

18  

Mount Redoubt = Burnt-out dome?

7

  Rick Rothstein

15  

The Peanut Corporation of America = Part of our recipe? Oh... a contaminate.

8

  Dharam Khalsa

5  

Favorite Girl Scout cookies, 'Thin Mints' ~ invite a glucose shock; monitor it first!

9

  Albert the Fox

4  

Big Cat Rescue = But Graces' ice.

 

  Total points:

178 

from 31 votes     (DFE factor: 0.290)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Christopher Sturdy

37  

President Obama - so good they inaugurated him twice = George Bush - a dimwit idea you'd spit at more than once!

2

  View

29  

Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata (Comm... = Mozart's famous opera: a comic dialog realizin...

3

  David Bourke

28  

The former President of the United States of Am... = A "misunderestimated" cretin buggers off...aft...

4

  Dharam Khalsa

23  

Tyrant George W. Bush can't outline a past mist... = "Ultimately there is no way to escape taking r...

5

  Adie Pena

19  

"This is an inauguration for all Americans." (Pr... = Truth: A nation's leader can create a big fami...

6

  Tony Crafter

14  

BUMPER STICKERS. If those voices calling are n... = I have opted to heed advice I got from my lega...

7

  Rosie Perera

12  

Thousands of Army families receive letters begin... = An insensitive error or gaffe, reinflaming a lo...

 

  Total points:

162 

from 29 votes     (DFE factor: 0.241)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Meyran Kraus

39  

S - ome happen to be calm when cold, N - ear still and mythic English lakes; O - n hills amazing to behold, W - hich Win...

2

  Ellie Dent

22  

When feeling hot on Brazil's soil, When I look back, I miss the chills. A happy charm'ed land, England, Thatch'ed ho...

3

  View

20  

W - eather chills, cold I - ce on the plaza and on the road N - ight became kinky, dim T - his snow hobbled him. E ...

4

  Dharam Khalsa

18  

Barack Obama solemnized his oath, Spoke flawless in the winter chill; Shamed W, shamed Cheney--both, God and Lincoln...

5

  Tony Crafter

16  

Ah! Lines from 'Winter' by William Shakespeare, In which hands clench on cold limbs, Logs blaze hot, And an English...

6

  Adrian Hickford

13  

Homeless. The arctic winter, Blows freezing chill-- Old, abandoned, shaking, He shambles, ill; Like Phantom Death--...

7

  Adie Pena

11  

Obama gazes on Capitol Hill While holding back a wicked chill. Blessed hymns from the hinterlands Oh, means hope in t...

8

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

8  

An Elizabethan winter cold: Brass Monkey might lose both his pills ... At which one candle flame he'd hold And keep o...

9

  David Bourke

7  

"Global warming" link? Oh, balls! What tosh! The P.M. fiddles on...more dosh! Cold 'n' chi-chi-chilly...then I sneeze! W...

10

  Rosie Perera

5  

Now is the hellish long winter of America's discontent made all splendid by Barack Obama's phenomenal skill which the Ze...

11

  Christopher Sturdy

2  

Mey K. saw some hellish snow, A London winter I'm afraid, Met HSP, tc 'n' co.; A highlight in his third decade? Hel...

 

  Total points:

161 

from 28 votes     (DFE factor: 0.393)

LONG:

1

  Dharam Khalsa

45  

Basic Wedding Cake Recipe 6 cups soft cake fl... = Recipe for Upkeep of a Happy Marriage 1/2 g...

2

  Rosie Perera

43  

One day, when a seamstress was sewing while sit... = Some years later, the shrewd seamstress was s...

3

  Tony Crafter

39  

MY NEXT LIFE I want to live my next life back... = TO ATTAIN A CALM LIFE I'm passing this on t...

4

  Adie Pena

17  

The Top Ten Most Literate U.S. Cities [Year 2008... = Top Ten Entrants In 2008 Anagrammatists List ...

 

  Total points:

144 

from 26 votes     (DFE factor: 0.154)

SPECIAL:

1

  Adie Pena

41  

THE NEW YEAR NIGHT POEM

2

  Tony Crafter

32  

WHAT PARENTS THINK

3

  Dharam Khalsa

30  

A man and his wife were watching 'Who Wants To Be a Millionaire'

4

  Adie Pena

10  

Scramblegram

5

  Dharam Khalsa

5  

Scramblegram

5

  Dharam Khalsa

5  

Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America<

7

  Tony Crafter

4  

Scramblegram

 

  Total points:

127 

from 22 votes     (DFE factor: 0.318)

RUDE:

1

  Scott Gardner

26  

The consummation of a relationship = That's some hip name for coital union.

2

  Adie Pena

25  

The successful penis enlargement operation = A useful nine-incher plans to get some respect!

3

  Tony Crafter

18  

Boy George sentenced to fifteen months in jail = Gay offender entices men in to get BJs in the loo!

4

  Rick Rothstein

17  

Her first time = It's firm 'there'.

5

  View

16  

Persistence ~ erects penis!

6

  David Bourke

9  

Eight years of President George W. Bush = A swift "goodbye"...the Supernigger's here!

7

  Paul Pan

8  

Moist vagina ~ vomits again!

 

  Total points:

119 

from 21 votes     (DFE factor: 0.333)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Tony Crafter

72.60

 

Neil Ramsay

18.86

Adie Pena

65.02

 

David Bourke

15.66

Dharam Khalsa

62.60

 

Dan Fortier

8.27

View

47.68

 

Jesse Frankovich

7.09

Rosie Perera

42.38

 

Paul Pan

6.00

Meyran Kraus

33.50

 

Adrian Hickford

5.11

Scott Gardner

31.76

 

Ed Pegg Jr

4.00

Ellie Dent

26.04

 

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

3.14

Christopher Sturdy

21.93

 

Larry Brash

2.67

Rick Rothstein

21.90

 

Albert the Fox

1.16

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

 

High Standings

Name

1st

2nd

3rd

Dharam Khalsa

3

0

1

Adie Pena

2

1

0

Meyran Kraus

2

0

0

Tony Crafter

1

2

2

Rosie Perera

1

1

2

Scott Gardner

1

1

2

Christopher Sturdy

1

1

0

View

0

2

1

Ellie Dent

0

1

0

David Bourke

0

0

1

Neil Ramsay

0

0

1


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