Anagrammy Leaders' Board - August, 2009 - 34 votes cast

34 votes

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

GENERAL:

1

  Rick Rothstein

25  

The past generations = Teenager: "Piss on that!"

2

  Tom Myers

23  

Lasting relationship = Thrilling, passionate.

3

  SpursKevin

19  

Diabetics = Basic diet.

3

  Andrew Brehaut

19  

Teen reactions ~ create tension.

5

  Ellie Dent

17  

The newest laptop = Hottest new Apple! (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

6

  Rosie Perera

14  

Mental illness ~ lets all men sin.

6

  Dharam Khalsa

14  

A Category Five strength hurricane = Terrifying surge! Have a trenchcoat?

8

  View

13  

A cursed ~ used car.

9

  Paul Lusch

10  

Artificial growth hormones = Worries from high lactation.

10

  Meyran Kraus

9  

A finger with frostbites = Fire's best for thawing it.

11

  Neil Ramsay

8  

Motor insurance ~ mentions our car.

11

  Ed Pegg Jr

8  

Official reports = Politics for fear.

13

  Adie Pena

6  

A spectacular show = How pure! A class act!

14

  Tony Crafter

5  

The professional dancer = So, I hold partners en face.

14

  Scott Gardner

5  

The alpine marmot = Mt. top animal here.

16

  K Smiles Mascarenhas

0  

Total Solar eclipse of the Sun = Threatful as polite coolness.

 

  Total points:

195 

from 34 votes     (DFE factor: 0.471)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Scott Gardner

38  

Rodgers and Hammerstein, "South Pacific" = I do hear the cast sing and perform music.

2

  Tony Crafter

34  

A collection of Sherlock Holmes detective stories. = Coveted crime classics tell of hooknose title-hero.

3

  Dharam Khalsa

27  

The old Glenn Campbell song, "Like a Rhinestone Cowboy" = One well-clothed gentleman is loping by on horseback.

4

  Meyran Kraus

25  

Caravaggio's "Judith Beheading Holofernes" = Ah!! Veins are discharging a huge jet of blood!

5

  Andrew Brehaut

23  

Girl bands ~ bring lads.

6

  View

20  

Japanese sport of sumo wrestling = As pros, fat men jostle using power.

7

  Paul Pan

14  

Amélie = L'Aimé.

8

  Rosie Perera

9  

The painter Sandro Botticelli = Ah, let's point to incredible art!

9

  Adie Pena

6  

Heiress Records of singer Paris Hilton = Ah, inept series of girlish errors on CDs!

10

  Ellie Dent

5  

Seventy-ninth birthday of Sir Sean Connery = Bond, on set, is very canny, a fresh thirty-nine.

11

  David Bourke

0  

Omer Jamal Bhatti = Alarm! M.J.: "Oh! Beat it!"

 

  Total points:

201 

from 34 votes     (DFE factor: 0.324)

TOPICAL:

1

  Tony Crafter

33  

More wildfires rage around Athens = Flames worsen in dire drought area.

2

  Ellie Dent

26  

The American Senator Teddy Kennedy = Meant a dynasty ended there, I reckon.

3

  Scott Gardner

24  

South African athlete Caster Semenya = He's out: A test can certify he's a real man.

4

  Andrew Brehaut

18  

Usain Bolt's one hundred metre world record = Ultrasonic rewrote, no, SHREDDED old number!

5

  Rosie Perera

15  

United States Senator Edward Moore Kennedy = Ardent Easterner, one most know, died Tuesday.

6

  Christopher Sturdy

13  

The Australians lose ~ Ashes urn, also a title.

6

  Larry Brash

13  

Miss Jaycee Lee Dugard = Jailed guy "caressed" me.

8

  Rick Rothstein

11  

The Los Angeles wildfire = Tree lines flash, glow, die.

8

  Meyran Kraus

11  

The death anniversary of Princess Di = Perish in France on this very sad date.

10

  Tom Myers

10  

The Los Angeles wildfire = It's raged on; we flee hills.

11

  David Bourke

9  

Phillip Garrido = Liar Pop hid girl.

12

  View

4  

Claudette hits Florida = Title it 'Dreadful Chaos'.

13

  Adie Pena

3  

American "Birther" Movement = Vermin emit: "Retrench Obama!"

14

  Dharam Khalsa

1  

Terracotta Warriors of China may visit balmy Peru = What a victory it is for pre-Columbian art era's army!

 

  Total points:

191 

from 33 votes     (DFE factor: 0.424)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  David Bourke

51  

Caster Semenya = Yes, a secret man!

2

  Tom Myers

29  

The late Elvis Aaron Presley = A theory: several pills eaten.

3

  Rick Rothstein

28  

U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy = Earnest... drunk... yes, now dead.

4

  Scott Gardner

18  

Senator Edward Kennedy = Rest dead, renowned Yank.

5

  Rosie Perera

16  

American chef and TV hostess Julia Child = Ah, I act calm, and I just love French dishes!

6

  Ellie Dent

11  

August Ferdinand Mobius = I'd fun reading about sums.

7

  Meyran Kraus

10  

The Tonight Show's comedian Conan O'Brien = So, I'm the nice host with an orange 'do on NBC!

7

  Dharam Khalsa

10  

Supermodel Gisele Caroline Bundchen = A pronounced child bulge, serene smile.

9

  Adie Pena

8  

The U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy = Renowned? True, thanks! Dead? Yes.

10

  Tony Crafter

6  

The Right Honourable Peter Mandelson = English. Baron. A Lord. Three-up to me, then!

11

  View

1  

Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi = As a big Allah liberated me!

 

  Total points:

188 

from 34 votes     (DFE factor: 0.324)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  Tony Crafter

51  

California State = Arnie fails to act.

2

  Neil Ramsay

22  

The Dell Corporation = I'll order a PC too then.

3

  Adie Pena

21  

He can openly hear good overtures at ~ the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

3

  Dharam Khalsa

21  

Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) ~ stirred invasion on Semenya's dignity.

5

  Tom Myers

15  

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV = It is valid to tag lunatics and maniacs.

6

  Rosie Perera

14  

I never study law in ~ Walden University.

6

  Meyran Kraus

14  

The Disney store chain = I snatched toys in here.

8

  Andrew Brehaut

8  

Tarmac = Car mat.

8

  Rick Rothstein

8  

Merriam Webster Dictionary = Name words by criteria, merit.

10

  David Bourke

2  

Duchy Originals = Your idling 'Chas'.

11

  View

1  

Removed

 

  Total points:

177 

from 31 votes     (DFE factor: 0.355)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Scott Gardner

40  

Thomas Stearns Eliot, "Old Possum's Book of Pra... = Classic book of short poems, as translated to ...

2

  Dharam Khalsa

23  

The Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" wa... = Asked about "Wizard of Oz" phenomena in the hi...

3

  Andrew Brehaut

20  

The FIFA International Swimming Championships in Italy = Michael Phelps is off initiating many wins in that in Roma.

3

  Rosie Perera

20  

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of Am... = I'm a real fat cat. A rapid cure can sure earn...

5

  Tony Crafter

17  

I saw the popular new Harry Potter film today. ... = Terrible immorality: I heard news of a dwarf g...

6

  Adie Pena

16  

[1915-2009] The guitarist and electronics maste... = Still, lifeless. We'll miss the late great U....

7

  David Bourke

14  

Roger Daltrey's forthcoming North American 'Use... = In farcical, grim horror...he's sure too old t...

8

  Ellie Dent

10  

'Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home ... = Mentioning Commander Neil who enjoyed a first ...

 

  Total points:

160 

from 28 votes     (DFE factor: 0.286)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Rosie Perera

32  

Oh, that penman's unbroken personal cranial brilliance is seen in an equivalent, though briefer, familiar axiom: "Those...

2

  Larry Brash

25  

A quote that mirrors the reason people like to die a hero in a racial war, commit an abhorrent offense, begin using her...

3

  Meyran Kraus

20  

So? That is an opinion of an arrogant man unable to remember that a literary sequel can be a pile of trash - who exploi...

4

  Adie Pena

17  

His terms for obstinate people who repeat history: - Adamant - Anachronous - Unoriginal - Oblique - Inflexible -...

5

  Adrian Hickford

11  

An historian, pondering the Question of Life, the Universe, etc. (Hitch Hiker's Guide...) A real barbarian moron Homo...

6

  Ellie Dent

9  

Then see the further ironic little quip by Parker: Ooh, this life is but a song, See... all extemporanea; And love...

7

  Tony Crafter

8  

'He 'tilts at windmills'. He is a high-foe-mania bloke Cervantes refers to in 'Don Quixote', I hear. (Though can refe...

8

  David Bourke

7  

Irish anagrammatists here, who ordinarily have a quite phenomenal lexicon, prefer to spend hours online to submit trite,...

8

  Neil Ramsay

7  

after marriage vow -- homosexual ministers do the fandango? lies in a chamber -- quotable politician is he in kenne...

8

  Dharam Khalsa

7  

One may observe the sharp exploitation Of human nature in harsh book translation; (The original smooth Latin, if prefer...

 

  Total points:

143 

from 25 votes     (DFE factor: 0.400)

LONG:

1

  Tony Crafter

63  

THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE TODAY. The teleph... = NO MORE TOMORROWS A solemn Stephen Stein re...

2

  Ellie Dent

34  

THE CAT AND THE KING (An Old Fable) A cat was... = WOMEN LIKE CATS Spike is horrified to see a...

3

  Dharam Khalsa

24  

Two Afternoon Fables A Rose Chafer By chanc... = The Capricious Fly A capricious fly once sa...

4

  Adie Pena

22  

Please Please Me, With The Beatles, A Hard Day'... = We hear all those big hits from studio LPs (p...

 

  Total points:

143 

from 26 votes     (DFE factor: 0.154)

SPECIAL:

1

  Tony Crafter

41  

THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN

2

  Tony Crafter

35  

COPY OF A LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN IN MELBOURNE AFTER RECEIVING A FINAL INCOME TAX DEMAND

3

  Adie Pena

22  

FOR MUSIC by Lord Byron

4

  Don Fortier

14  

PUT ON A HAPPY FACE (LEE ADAMS) WARNING SEXUAL REFERENCES

5

  Dharam Khalsa

13  

At California's Disneyland Theme Park

6

  Ellie Dent

8  

For swelling waves our panting breasts...

 

  Total points:

133 

from 23 votes     (DFE factor: 0.261)

RUDE:

1

  Meyran Kraus

31  

A lower-cut T-shirt = Her tits crawl out.

2

  Larry Brash

26  

Masturbatory fantasies = A man says to rub it faster!

3

  Neil Ramsay

23  

Any groin ~ in an orgy.

4

  Adie Pena

21  

The singer Paris Hilton = Penis in girl's throat, eh?

5

  View

19  

The menstruation cycle = Cunts eerie monthly act.

6

  Andrew Brehaut

17  

A topless girl ~ is legal sport!

 

  Total points:

137 

from 24 votes     (DFE factor: 0.250)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Tony Crafter

84.97

 

Larry Brash

22.02

Rosie Perera

44.52

 

Neil Ramsay

20.12

Dharam Khalsa

42.89

 

View

19.71

Scott Gardner

42.08

 

SpursKevin

8.94

Adie Pena

41.82

 

Christopher Sturdy

5.52

Meyran Kraus

40.94

 

Paul Lusch

4.71

Ellie Dent

37.98

 

Paul Pan

4.53

Andrew Brehaut

36.82

 

Adrian Hickford

4.40

Tom Myers

29.77

 

Ed Pegg Jr

3.76

Rick Rothstein

28.33

 

Don Fortier

3.65

David Bourke

27.83

 

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

 

High Standings

Name

1st

2nd

3rd

Tony Crafter

4

2

0

Scott Gardner

2

0

1

Meyran Kraus

1

0

1

Rick Rothstein

1

0

1

Rosie Perera

1

0

1

David Bourke

1

0

0

Ellie Dent

0

2

0

Larry Brash

0

2

0

Tom Myers

0

2

0

Dharam Khalsa

0

1

3

Neil Ramsay

0

1

1

Adie Pena

0

0

2

Andrew Brehaut

0

0

2

SpursKevin

0

0

1


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