Anagrammy Leaders' Board - March, 2011 - 67 votes cast

67 votes

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

GENERAL:

1

  Tony Crafter

74  

Money is the root of all evil = Yet the love of oil is normal?

2

  Larry Brash

59  

North American Indian = Red man in a rich nation.

3

  Ivan Andonov

46  

The spoiler = Plot is here.

4

  Rosie Perera

36  

Another spectacular ~ nuclear catastrophe!

5

  Christopher Sturdy

27  

Smoking is harmful to your health = Inhale, almost sky-high, for tumour.

6

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

26  

Domestic harmony ‡ I do cheat on my Mrs.

7

  Meyran Kraus

19  

Quit it 'cold turkey' = Do it utterly quick!

8

  David Bourke

16  

Paid intercourse = Pernicious trade.

9

  Richard Grantham

15  

A scoundrel = No-rules cad.

10

  View

14  

Kilometers = Trek 'o miles.

11

  Dharam Khalsa

13  

Damaged infrastructure = Dramatic future dangers.

11

  Adie Pena

13  

Computerised accounting systems = U.S. company's cost-cutting remedies?

13

  Harshal M

12  

Say "Be good," ~ as "Good-bye."

14

  Ed Pegg Jr

6  

LAN for a video monitor = Information overload.

15

  Ellie Dent

5  

Simple and elegant = Let me design a plan.

16

  Dikensi

4  

Verbalists = Best rivals.

17

  Dean Mayer

2  

Is rape, then manslaughter, not ~ something rather unpleasant?

 

  Total points:

387 

from 66 votes     (DFE factor: 0.258)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Adie Pena

64  

Bond's adversary = Very badass Dr. No.

2

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

48  

The Tinman, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion = Still an enchanted crew on camera with Dorothy.

3

  David Bourke

39  

The singer and blues guitarist Eric Clapton = Regrets cocaine...but still standing up, I hear!

4

  Meyran Kraus

33  

The historical drama film 'The King's Speech' = This does help a stammering rich chief talk!

5

  Ed Pegg Jr

32  

Headline chaser = Charlie Sheen ad?

6

  Harshal M

31  

'The Social Network' = ...now Like the actors!

6

  Ellie Dent

31  

Oscar winning movie, 'The King's Speech' = Showing speaking voice's enrichment.

8

  View

28  

Best actor Colin Firth = Lift the Os-c-c-ar, Briton!

9

  Christopher Sturdy

27  

Actress Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers in Black Swan = Takes an insane ballerina, cast many parts; wins Oscar.

10

  Dharam Khalsa

18  

Actress Elizabeth Taylor = Eyes blitz Scarlett O'Hara.

11

  Tony Crafter

9  

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler = I'm the very toneless star.

12

  Rosie Perera

8  

John Cage's musical composition "Four, thirty-three" = Major iconic piece's shy silent format throughout.

12

  Ivan Andonov

8  

Aragorn the Second = A Gondor chastener.

 

  Total points:

376 

from 64 votes     (DFE factor: 0.203)

TOPICAL:

1

  View

59  

Nuclear disaster at Fukushima = Tsunami rush caused a rift & leak.

2

  Meyran Kraus

46  

Eastern cougar = Rare US cat gone.

3

  David Bourke

44  

Power stations in meltdown ~ is news to an impotent world.

4

  Dean Mayer

35  

Passing of screen icon Elizabeth Taylor = Once fashionable actress (glitzy one) - RIP.

5

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

28  

Egyptian rebels ~ get Libyan peers.

6

  Christopher Sturdy

27  

England falters in the Cricket again = Getting decent, Sri Lanka reach final.

7

  Tony Crafter

23  

The AC Milan presidente Silvio Berlusconi = Nuisance loves illicit three-in-a-bed romps!

7

  Rosie Perera

23  

Spent nuclear fuel rods ~ could present funerals.

9

  Rick Rothstein

19  

The legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor = Geez y'all, another celebrity star's death.

9

  Ed Pegg Jr

19  

Raise the US debt ceiling? Them? = Laughter is the best medicine.

11

  Dharam Khalsa

13  

Celebrating the great man Theodor Seuss Geisel = Ooh, I select literature's best: "Green Eggs and Ham."

12

  Ivan Andonov

12  

A West African ~ awaits France.

13

  Larry Brash

10  

New South Wales Labor Party = Alas, we're thrown out by pals!

14

  Ellie Dent

9  

Modern nuclear installations = Electrons roll ... and in a tsunami?

15

  Adie Pena

5  

The eruption of Kilauea Volcano = Look out! Notice upheaval in fear!

 

  Total points:

372 

from 65 votes     (DFE factor: 0.231)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Adie Pena

58  

Sir Thomas Sean Connery ‡ He is an ornery Scotsman.

2

  Dharam Khalsa

53  

The US President Barack Obama = Skeptic: "Oh dear, must be an Arab!"

3

  Meyran Kraus

52  

The Libyan leader Gaddafi = A hated reign failed badly.

4

  Christopher Sturdy

48  

The Libyan leader is Colonel Muammar Gaddafi = Media's alleged I am one mad North Africa bully.

5

  Harshal M

34  

President George Bush = Bugger! He is so pretend!

6

  Tony Crafter

24  

Wallis, The Duchess of Windsor = Edward's selfish, no-soul witch!

7

  Ellie Dent

20  

Sir Sean Connery, the greatest ever 'Bond' = Best screen god: one stern hairy veteran!

7

  Larry Brash

20  

Carlos Irwin Estevez (actor Charlie Sheen) = Ironic answer: he's the craziest local ever.

7

  David Bourke

20  

John Galliano, former designer with Christian Dior = Horrid, racist, Jew-hating moron all ignore. Finished!

10

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

19  

Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor = Need boys to thrill or amaze!

11

  View

13  

The architect Antoni Gaudi = A neat church got initiated.

12

  Ivan Andonov

10  

Prince Albert the Second of Monaco = Chap scored benefit on Monte Carlo.

 

  Total points:

371 

from 64 votes     (DFE factor: 0.188)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  Adie Pena

51  

The Statue of Liberty, New York = To be truly free, as they know it.

2

  Rosie Perera

39  

George Bush Intercontinental Airport = Nice big plane-terror target in Houston.

3

  Tony Crafter

36  

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota = Ah, look! A monument in art to our immortal US heads!

4

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

30  

The port of Tripoli, Libya = I help rat to profit by oil.

4

  Dharam Khalsa

30  

The Seven Deadly Sins, Capital Vices or Cardinal Sins = Classic evils ascertained, as in sloth, pride and envy.

4

  View

30  

"Ras Lanuf, Libya = Unify all Arabs!"

7

  Ivan Andonov

28  

The A.C. Milan board = Lombardian cheat.

7

  David Bourke

28  

The Office of National Statistics = Fiction as "facts"...it often has to lie!

9

  Ed Pegg Jr

22  

Diploma of Collegial Studies = Life so simple a gal could do it.

10

  Ellie Dent

20  

Optical Express = Top specs! I relax!

11

  Christopher Sturdy

16  

Assured Safe Catering = Suss cafeteria danger.

12

  Harshal M

12  

Universal Studios Company = Class upon a movie industry!

12

  Larry Brash

12  

The Veterans Review Board = The war brave need vote, sir.

 

  Total points:

354 

from 61 votes     (DFE factor: 0.213)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Ellie Dent

57  

One day, this bear walked up to the Hogshead Ba... = 'Cool. But why the big pause?' asked the barte...

2

  Tony Crafter

56  

It is stated that one in five people born in the... ~ of them! It's either Ma, Pa, or one of my brot...

3

  Harshal M

39  

ANAGRAMMY CATEGORIES 1. General 2. Entertainm... = 1. Common 2. Nice amusement 3. Darn Israel g...

4

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

31  

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental... = It's still a tome a mind doctor reads if sat h...

5

  Adie Pena

22  

The Australian model George Lazenby in "On Her ... = Everyone surely still can't recognize him as a...

6

  Dharam Khalsa

21  

"No matter how long the winter, spring is sure ... = Moonlit night plowers Volunteer powers To ad...

7

  Dean Mayer

20  

The bigamist is described as a man who has one ... = Idiotic statement of misogynism ('woman-hating...

7

  David Bourke

20  

The late actress Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Hilton-... = The serially-horizontal film legend tyrant rom...

9

  Christopher Sturdy

18  

It's rather obvious that people are angry and h... ~ a huge critical mob had a gun, a bastard they ...

9

  View

18  

Royal Wedding Reception Guests Will Get the 'Be... = We'd get glorious fish and chips; beer in wet,...

 

  Total points:

302 

from 52 votes     (DFE factor: 0.192)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Meyran Kraus

55  

...

2

  Rosie Perera

41  

Whether it happens in Haiti, N. Zealand, or a coastline tsunami north of Tokyo, we see all victims became quite equal ag...

3

  Larry Brash

37  

When you are in that danger zone, it is best to quit that whole place in a calm fashion, please. (I mean MOVE IT, as in...

4

  Christopher Sturdy

36  

Men honour stricken people who, alone in a crisis, show enviable qualities that amaze; a quiet dignity, then a calm at ...

5

  Ellie Dent

35  

Earth rumbles awhile a grotesque evil tap dance: inconsistency. Pain to hit in a moment, take who has a life: eq...

6

  Dean Mayer

19  

There's a qualification to that - it is amazingly hard to maintain some equivalence when we people are unstable / in sho...

6

  Tony Crafter

19  

"Hell, we who can rise from Hiroshima's intense devastation, can equally unite to beat a titanic 'quake hit." Amazin...

8

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

18  

Even Queen Elizabeth is initially shook up when a tectonic plate motion's aftermath is a hair's damage in a croquet lawn

9

  View

15  

Aye, amazing consequence of earth's shake is a total 'people equilibrium', tie rich with an insolvent; town, ait and a...

9

  David Bourke

15  

Sizeable tectonic plate movements, aquatic hell...anyone Kiwi, Nip and Hawaiian (also fish!) sure get more than their q...

11

  Harshal M

14  

Well, I sight the said quality, In true care of an equal citizen: One pal's name is top; have that be ME, Oh, know Am...

12

  Adie Pena

10  

Not a tremble in Christchurch, an ooze of lava in Hawaii, a leakage in Sendai? Now's a quietest time to quell the empty...

13

  Dharam Khalsa

9  

Wealthiest queen, pithiest democrat, czar, general, his foe, woman, man, youth - no inhabitant is special in a volatile ...

 

  Total points:

323 

from 55 votes     (DFE factor: 0.236)

LONG:

1

  Tony Crafter

67  

I was alone at the bar, just staring at my Scot... = A smart-looking lady went into a pharmacy, wa...

2

  Dharam Khalsa

54  

Six Irishmen are playing poker in O'Leary's apa... = Mary O'Donnell goes up to old Father O'Grady'...

3

  Adie Pena

43  

The 12 Oscar Nominations of Katharine Hepburn 1... = The 12 Major Failures of George Bush 1. Annoy...

4

  Ellie Dent

21  

My Dear Sir In reply to your request to send ... = For my own safety, I am required to carry lif...

5

  Christopher Sturdy

11  

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, ... = Charity did much good and delight. No humane...

6

  Rosie Perera

6  

Irish Blessing: "May the road rise up to meet y... = May you have a blessed Saint Paddy's Day. May...

7

  View

5  

"In this world there are only two tragedies. One... = The witty honest Oscar Wilde statement. We are...

 

  Total points:

207 

from 36 votes     (DFE factor: 0.194)

SPECIAL:

1

  Dharam Khalsa

51  

AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

2

  Meyran Kraus

35  

Comfort Elizabeth Barrett Browning

3

  Tony Crafter

21  

HOW TO GET ON IN SOCIETY by John Betjeman

3

  Adie Pena

21  

CLXVII The Lost Love

5

  Harshal M

17  

None of the seventy-one countries in the anagram contain the letter 'e'

6

  Harshal M

15  

Parts of Larry Brash's write-up honoring Mey's record breaks at the 2010 Grand Anagrammy Awards are anagrammed into a mu...

7

  Tony Crafter

14  

As a bagpiper, I play many unusual gigs.

8

  Dharam Khalsa

11  

A Spring Sonnet (Arthur Henry Adams)

9

  Dharam Khalsa

7  

Little Jack Horner

 

  Total points:

192 

from 33 votes     (DFE factor: 0.273)

RUDE:

1

  Rick Rothstein

50  

Making love in bed = Medieval "bonking".

2

  Christopher Sturdy

46  

Spread your legs = Red pussy galore! (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

3

  Adie Pena

30  

Clitoral stimulation techniques = Listen! I'll acquire a hot moist cunt!

4

  Ivan Andonov

29  

The prostitute's vagina = Vaster gate to push it in.

5

  Larry Brash

24  

Defloration = Tool a friend.

6

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

22  

Premature ejaculations ~ are junior male upset act

7

  View

20  

Fukushima nuclear plant = Fuck up, hurt all Asian men!

8

  David Bourke

16  

Poofter: "Hey, lads ~ sod the foreplay!"

9

  Tony Crafter

12  

The AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi = One clitoris can result in a VIP blemished!

 

  Total points:

249 

from 43 votes     (DFE factor: 0.209)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Tony Crafter

78.71

 

Harshal M

37.86

Adie Pena

66.21

 

Larry Brash

37.58

Dharam Khalsa

61.82

 

Rosie Perera

35.37

Christopher Sturdy

54.82

 

Ivan Andonov

30.15

Meyran Kraus

54.51

 

Ed Pegg Jr

17.12

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

47.69

 

Dean Mayer

16.93

View

43.91

 

Rick Rothstein

14.85

David Bourke

42.65

 

Richard Grantham

3.86

Ellie Dent

40.99

 

Dikensi

1.03

*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

3

Tony Crafter

2

1

2

Meyran Kraus

1

2

1

Dharam Khalsa

1

2

0

Ellie Dent

1

0

0

Rick Rothstein

1

0

0

View

1

0

0

Rosie Perera

0

2

0

Larry Brash

0

1

1

Christopher Sturdy

0

1

0

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

0

1

0

David Bourke

0

0

2

Harshal M

0

0

1

Ivan Andonov

0

0

1


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