Anagrammy Leaders' Board - October, 2009 - 38 votes cast

38 votes

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

GENERAL:

1

  Tony Crafter

30  

Racial tolerance = Alliance creator.

2

  Ellie Dent

22  

The late lamented = All meet at the end.

2

  Larry Brash

22  

Dehydration = Hot an' dry... die!

4

  Adie Pena

20  

Landscape architect = He plants cacti, cedar...

4

  Scott Gardner

20  

Fundamentalist religion = "God" is an influential term.

6

  Dean Mayer

16  

Monasticism ‡ Commits a sin.

6

  Paul Lusch

16  

School system = Oh, costly mess!

8

  View

15  

Take a gamble = Make a bet, gal.

9

  Linus Thoren

14  

I am God = I go mad!

10

  Ed Pegg Jr

11  

Near, opposite, aside from ~ are made of prepositions.

11

  David Bourke

10  

The Labour Party's lies = Say (or repeat) bullshit.

12

  Tom Myers

9  

An erotica shop = Cash operation.

13

  Rosie Perera

8  

Birds escape ~ space debris.

14

  Dharam Khalsa

7  

Near-death experience survivors ~ expire, or scare us, and then revive.

 

  Total points:

220 

from 38 votes     (DFE factor: 0.368)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Scott Gardner

50  

"The Emperor's New Clothes" fairy tale = Not aware he's completely shirt-free?

2

  Tony Crafter

46  

Walt Disney's new feature film, 'A Christmas Carol' = Classic treat! Awful miser, now freshly animated.

3

  Adie Pena

30  

"Astro Boy" = Say "Robot."

4

  Dharam Khalsa

21  

FarmVille on Facebook = A love of mock barn life.

4

  Rosie Perera

21  

Sarah Palin's book, "Going Rogue" = O, boring Alaskan prose. I go: "Ugh!"

6

  Tom Myers

15  

Fox's TV series "Dollhouse" = Foolish over-sexed sluts.

7

  View

12  

'Message in a Bottle' = Gee, I am lost, absent!

7

  Ellie Dent

12  

Sir J E Millais's painting of 'Autumn Leaves' = Image in Fall just inspires... outlives a man.

9

  David Bourke

8  

The vocalist Al Martino = Claimant to this: "Volare!"

 

  Total points:

215 

from 37 votes     (DFE factor: 0.243)

TOPICAL:

1

  Adie Pena

53  

The Andre Agassi autobiography = Into a drug habit phase years ago!

2

  Tony Crafter

36  

US balloon mother admits it was a con. = A helium antic blows a son to stardom!

3

  Rick Rothstein

26  

Permanent peace in the Middle East = An ethnic dilemma penetrates deep.

4

  Rosie Perera

21  

Bush makes debut as motivational speaker = A stupid bum markets his tale as a book, even!

4

  Larry Brash

21  

National Coming Out Day = Latino gay man: "Do I count?"

6

  David Bourke

14  

Adroit ladies' man ~ Al Martino is dead.

7

  Dharam Khalsa

12  

The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge = A roadblock sign at ends if any breach.

8

  Ed Pegg Jr

11  

DSL around the world = Two hundred dollars.

9

  Paul Pan

9  

Geocities ~ goes, I cite.

10

  View

8  

Shalit deal = Still ahead.

11

  Ellie Dent

4  

Halloween Celebrations: October the Thirty-First = Toothless witch to be airborne: thence terrify all!

11

  Adrian Hickford

4  

Facebook's question: "Whats on your mind?" = Quote confessions about my handiwork.

 

  Total points:

219 

from 38 votes     (DFE factor: 0.316)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Adie Pena

40  

Michel de Nostredame = Omens? I declared them!

2

  Tony Crafter

30  

The late children's author Hans Christian Andersen = Ah, his rated stories enrich, enthrall and enchant us!

3

  Scott Gardner

28  

Actor Michael Myers = My, America chortles!

4

  David Bourke

27  

EU President Blair = Undesirable tripe!

5

  Zoran Radisavlevic

19  

Ashley Tisdale ~ has ideal style.

6

  Dharam Khalsa

17  

Michel Nostradamus = Much maladroitness.

7

  Rick Rothstein

15  

Christiane Amanpour, ~ "Ah, I am superior at CNN."

8

  Ellie Dent

13  

Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin = Desolation and lunar dawn stirring star men.

9

  Rosie Perera

5  

Christiane Amanpour = I am a CNN hero, a purist.

10

  Paul Pan

4  

Louis-Ferdinand Destouches = Odd SS-infused author Cèline.

11

  View

2  

Andrea del Sarto = One dear lad's art.

 

  Total points:

200 

from 36 votes     (DFE factor: 0.306)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  Dharam Khalsa

53  

Golden Anniversary = Dear Granny's in love.

2

  Dean Mayer

28  

Pan-Islamism ~ is imam's plan.

3

  Scott Gardner

26  

The city of Boston, Massachusetts = Mass boycott of tea shut in chests.

4

  Rosie Perera

22  

The National Bed Bug Summit = 'Guest' bit human in bad motel.

5

  Adie Pena

19  

The U.S. Health Care System = They let hurt masses ache!

5

  Larry Brash

19  

The Pharmaceutical Industry ~ has put in that crucial remedy.

5

  Tony Crafter

19  

The World Formula One Drivers' Champion. = Vroom! Red-hot man led in his powerful car!

8

  Ed Pegg Jr

11  

West Virginia State Capitol = It wins "a great place to visit."

9

  View

8  

The Lesser Antilles = There all isles nest.

10

  Zoran Radisavlevic

7  

Kings of Leon ‡ One folk sing.

11

  Ellie Dent

5  

The United Kingdom's National Apple Day = Putting on a display: one Adam liked, then?

 

  Total points:

217 

from 37 votes     (DFE factor: 0.297)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Tony Crafter

56  

Walt Disney's 'Pinocchio' was a feature-film an... = A classic story, and what a wonderful piece of...

2

  Scott Gardner

33  

The portrait "Young Girl in Profile in Renaissance Dress" = This fingerprint is genuinely Leonardo--art price soars!

3

  Ellie Dent

32  

WATSON: "Holmes, I have a stomach ache. What do... = WATSON: "Ah, a postman. He may use the smart b...

4

  Rosie Perera

18  

Fingerprint unmasks recently auctioned painting... = If an optical scan stunningly revealed an orig...

5

  View

14  

I am confident that I made decisions based on pr... = I'm still stupid as I had been before. I accede...

6

  Adie Pena

13  

Damn hell, people! Criticisms and old soles fly ... = "I am confident that I made decisions based on ...

7

  Dharam Khalsa

6  

'So You Think You Can Dance' flash: contestant e... = Heh, look at FOX channel's nasty uncut video o...

 

  Total points:

172 

from 32 votes     (DFE factor: 0.219)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Dharam Khalsa

40  

Conspiracy theorists reuse the medieval seer's manipulated terms.

2

  Paul Lusch

32  

Supreme master seer devises predictions that seem hallucinatory. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

3

  Adie Pena

21  

I must have seen a people's destiny: disaster tales, much terror, crime...

4

  Larry Brash

20  

Reveals the usual hysterics. Dreams, predictions, omens, permeate it.

5

  Ellie Dent

15  

Impressive soothsayer miscalculated; then, reinterpreted, amuses.

6

  Tony Crafter

13  

I see prime disasters as truly demonic computers enslave the Earth.

7

  Paul Pan

11  

Sorcerer, he suavely predicted Hitler's SS state, Osama, Putin, Eminem!

8

  Adrian Hickford

8  

Let's see the Sun-Oracle's impressive prediction summary data there.

9

  Christopher Sturdy

5  

I'm clever, mysterious, understated seer or cheat in hapless pastime?

9

  David Bourke

5  

The evil Peter Mandelson creates a Euro Superstate. "Dismiss him!" cry.

11

  Rosie Perera

4  

America's revered, Russia's reunited, Spain settles. Oh, complete myth!

12

  View

3  

Thru time, apical time, hundreds years I see most relevant processes

 

  Total points:

177 

from 31 votes     (DFE factor: 0.387)

LONG:

1

  Dharam Khalsa

52  

The U.S. Postal Service created a postage stamp... = After a month of extensive tests, the appoint...

2

  Tony Crafter

43  

Married Irishman James O'Malley went into the c... = Seamus Muldoon lived on his own in the Irish ...

3

  Ellie Dent

42  

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, that talented creator o... = "The newspaper today had alluded to your vaca...

4

  Adie Pena

16  

"So getting people's hands off their phones and ... = Arnie effused as he himself officially signed ...

 

  Total points:

153 

from 26 votes     (DFE factor: 0.154)

SPECIAL:

1

  Adie Pena

45  

OCTOBER by Robert Frost

2

  Tony Crafter

36  

THE DISOBEDIENT WIFE. THE OBEDIENT WIFE.

3

  Dharam Khalsa

35  

A Sonnet Upon Sonnets Robert Burns

4

  Ellie Dent

16  

TEARS, IDLE TEARS

5

  Tony Crafter

12  

RUBY TUESDAY By Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

 

  Total points:

144 

from 25 votes     (DFE factor: 0.200)

RUDE:

1

  Larry Brash

45  

Praise genitals = "It's a large penis!"

2

  Scott Gardner

29  

An erotica shop = It has ace porno.

3

  Rick Rothstein

27  

Prefer it anal = Felt rear pain.

4

  View

23  

The strip show = He throws tips.

5

  Tony Crafter

12  

The late-life crisis = Lies: "It is half-erect!"

5

  Adie Pena

12  

End the U.S. military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy = Ladylike cunts entitled to hold posts in Army!

7

  Tom Myers

4  

Actress Lindsay Lohan = Sod in the ass carnally.

 

  Total points:

152 

from 27 votes     (DFE factor: 0.259)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Tony Crafter

85.03

 

Paul Lusch

18.28

Adie Pena

74.82

 

Dean Mayer

14.22

Dharam Khalsa

64.22

 

Ed Pegg Jr

10.80

Scott Gardner

50.55

 

Paul Pan

8.32

Ellie Dent

40.21

 

Tom Myers

8.00

Larry Brash

39.79

 

Zoran Radisavlevic

7.89

Rosie Perera

28.24

 

Linus Thoren

5.16

View

24.15

 

Adrian Hickford

4.36

David Bourke

20.24

 

Christopher Sturdy

1.94

Rick Rothstein

19.79

 

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

 

High Standings

Name

1st

2nd

3rd

Adie Pena

3

0

2

Dharam Khalsa

3

0

1

Tony Crafter

2

5

0

Scott Gardner

1

2

2

Larry Brash

1

1

0

Ellie Dent

0

1

2

Dean Mayer

0

1

0

Paul Lusch

0

1

0

Rick Rothstein

0

0

2


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