Anagrammy Leaders' Board - July, 2012 - 35 votes cast

35 votes

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

GENERAL:

1

  Scott Gardner

42  

A silver medal = Rival leads me.

2

  Adie Pena

29  

The divorce lawyers ~ declare why it's over.

3

  Rosie Perera

23  

The equestrian competition = Quite a competent horse in it.

4

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

22  

An old-fashioned marriage = A man had ideas for one girl.

5

  Zoran Radisavlevic

17  

The fast food restaurant = Fat-ass, do not eat further!

6

  nedesto

16  

I told a grasshopper, "We do have drinks named a... = "Odd" said the grasshopper, "You've a drink nam...

7

  Meyran Kraus

13  

A days-of-the-week calendar: 1. MON 2. TUE 3... = 1. Work-a-thon 2. Defeated 3. Midway 4. Ent...

7

  Dharam Khalsa

13  

Stereotypical = Role I typecast.

9

  Ellie Dent

10  

Idealists denounced ~ delusions and deceit.

10

  View

9  

The youngster = Short teen guy.

11

  Tony Crafter

7  

A male virgin = Am girl-naive.

12

  Richard Grantham

5  

An autotuned singer = One nauseating turd.

13

  Christopher Sturdy

2  

'You swallowed the dictionary at birth, man!' = What he actually meant - 'wordy idiot is born.'

14

  Blacklightmusicstudiosbirmingham

1  

Alphabetical order = A calibrator helped.

14

  Shane

1  

They say money doesn't buy happiness = Nonsense! It pays to buy hemp heydays!

 

  Total points:

210 

from 35 votes     (DFE factor: 0.429)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Christopher Sturdy

22  

'Smile, you're on Candid Camera' = Comedy ruse and malice on air.

2

  David Bourke

18  

The "Fifty Shades" trilogy = "God yes, Father! It's filthy!" (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

2

  View

18  

The 'Man of Steel' = He's often metal.

4

  Ellie Dent

16  

Henri Matisse's 'Le Grand Nu, Large Nude' = Learn it means an undressed, huge girl.

4

  Scott Gardner

16  

The television producer Simon Cowell = Ridicule one complete loser in TV show.

4

  Meyran Kraus

16  

Christopher Nolan's feature 'The Dark Knight Rises' = Fans like the script... and then a huge horror strikes.

4

  David A Green

16  

The Chippendales Ultimate Girls Night Out Tour = Up to eight males strip until unclothed, I gather.

8

  Rosie Perera

12  

"Composition in Red, Blue, and Yellow" = Piet Mondrian? Swell! Cool! I'd buy one.

9

  Tony Crafter

11  

Sir Tim Rice and Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber = A lined word scribbler and melody writer.

9

  Larry Brash

11  

The Merchant of Venice, a play by William Shake... = It nearly became: "Me, Shylock I have a paper...

9

  Ivan Andonov

11  

Arctic Monkeys: ~ McCartney is O.K.!

12

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

10  

Manet's Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus = Art model still on a famous masterpiece.

13

  Andrew Brehaut

9  

A lead hobbit = Bilbo at head.

13

  nedesto

9  

Christian Bale star of The Dark Knight Rises movie = Brave retired Gotham hero kicks ass in last hit. FIN.

15

  Adie Pena

3  

The Amazing Spider-Man [Three-D] = The man did zip a sheer garment.

15

  Ed Pegg Jr

3  

Coming out stories = Tom Cruise: It's no go.

17

  Dharam Khalsa

2  

American Singer Roy Kelton Orbison = Look, I insert a reborn "Mercy!" in a song.

 

  Total points:

203 

from 34 votes     (DFE factor: 0.500)

TOPICAL:

1

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

46  

The Olympic Games in London = Home city plans on gold mine.

2

  Meyran Kraus

33  

Fatalities in our theaters = That is no feature. It is real.

3

  Scott Gardner

27  

The Olympic athletes = They'll chase top time.

4

  Adie Pena

24  

Anderson Cooper in "Three Hundred Sixty Degrees" = No other CNN reporter exudes hidden gay desires.

5

  Dharam Khalsa

12  

Romney's "retroactive retirement" from Bain Capital = Fine, accept time travel, or arbitrary senior moment.

6

  Christopher Sturdy

11  

In a so-called "Broken Britain" ~ billionaire banks don't care!

7

  Tony Crafter

10  

The Duke of York is planning to abseil down the Shard = Gosh! Unwise, I think. Odds on fat Andy'll break the rope!

8

  Rosie Perera

9  

James Holmes, "Dark Knight Rises" shooter in Aurora, CO = Horrors as armed sicko laughs, intones, "I am the Joker."

8

  View

9  

Damascus, the capital of Syria = Chaps outface Assad military.

10

  nedesto

7  

Independence Day in the USA is on the Fourth of July = 'House United' held hope in just defiance of tyranny.

11

  Paul Pan

5  

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad = Arabs trap leary hidden assassin.

12

  Ed Pegg Jr

3  

Death Risk Rankings ‡ Dark Knight Rises: N/A.

12

  Shane

3  

Revolutionary war's slogan, "Don't tread on me!" = Warrants: Remove London's regulation today!

14

  Ellie Dent

2  

The Denver, Colorado 'Batman' shootings = Cannot rate a movie throng's bloodshed.

14

  Andrew Brehaut

2  

The Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics = My plot: One of honored English incompetency!

 

  Total points:

203 

from 35 votes     (DFE factor: 0.429)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Dharam Khalsa

40  

Actress Natalie Wood = Dies on coastal water.

2

  nedesto

27  

Neuroticism ~ in Tom Cruise.

3

  View

24  

Dani Pedrosa = Sped in a road.

4

  Meyran Kraus

20  

The US movie stars Thomas Cruise and Kate Holmes = Makes me sad that true love such as this is no more!

5

  Christopher Sturdy

17  

Wiggins ~ wins gig.

6

  Shane

15  

The infamous Bonny and Clyde = Handsomely financed bounty.

7

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

13  

Sprinters Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake ~ shoot by in a blink past a runner's lead.

7

  Rosie Perera

13  

Mitt Romney, the would-be "private equity president" = Inept, resolute, worth quite a bit, very empty minded.

7

  David Bourke

13  

Thomas Robert Daley = Broadly, "The Maestro!"

10

  Ivan Andonov

6  

Charlotte Gainsbourg = A huge girl's born to act.

10

  Tony Crafter

6  

The Colorado killer James Holmes = Cold, loathsome aimer. Hell's Joker.

12

  Ellie Dent

5  

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, Russia's Mad Monk = I'm a visionary: I might spark rumors of seducing.

12

  David A Green

5  

Albertan forensic pathologist Dr. Anny Sauvageau = Favouring an autopsy in lab coat, garters and heels.

14

  Scott Gardner

3  

Medalist Ye Shiwen = Teen swims headily.

 

  Total points:

207 

from 35 votes     (DFE factor: 0.400)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  View

30  

Bethlehem Nativity = Believe in that myth.

2

  Adie Pena

26  

Republicans and Democrats = Cults spend and rob America!

3

  Meyran Kraus

24  

Two Thousand Twelve Olympics in London = Only the top icons would win medals on TV.

4

  Scott Gardner

20  

The Revolutionary War = How I overrule a tyrant.

5

  Dharam Khalsa

19  

The Higgs boson, often referred to as "God particle" = Prolonged egghead effort bothers creationists!

6

  Tony Crafter

17  

The Euro Lottery = Roulette theory.

7

  Larry Brash

16  

Transferring money using Western Union ~ or Nigerians running new fortune system.

8

  Rosie Perera

11  

Crepitus, the Roman god of flatulence = Call on me to produce finest huge fart.

9

  Ivan Andonov

10  

Adriatic coastline = Dialects in Croatia.

9

  Dean Mayer

10  

The athlete Oscar Pistorius = A clothes tip: I hate trousers.

11

  nedesto

8  

The Olympics at Olympic Stadium in London, England = Lining up to eat moldy chips... only in McDonalds, mate!

12

  Shane

7  

U.S.A. Olympic team trials ~ impress automatically.

13

  Ed Pegg Jr

0  

Net "Higgs boson" game = Something goes bang.

 

  Total points:

198 

from 34 votes     (DFE factor: 0.382)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Tony Crafter

40  

I answered a knock at the front door today and ... = Once in, he said, "I'm Danny Letts Jr.!" "W...

2

  Meyran Kraus

26  

Women say: "This boss, I fear he's genuinely a... = Men say: "That's OK, sweetheart." But they ...

3

  Ellie Dent

17  

"I use flake white, cadmium yellow, vermilion, ... = Monet: ...

4

  Dharam Khalsa

16  

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."... = Most remain between looming aspiration and lit...

5

  Adie Pena

15  

TOP 10 HORNIEST COUNTRIES 1. Greece 2. Brazil... = TOP 10 IN DIRTY SEX 1. Crudites 2. Banana 3....

6

  Scott Gardner

13  

Republican presidential candidate Willard Mitt R... = Muddle in Britain; I'm declared national "Uppe...

6

  nedesto

13  

The copper was asking the old Scotsman Ruairidh... = Our very bloodied Scotsman replied, "Och! So I...

8

  Shane

9  

The famous grimoire, The Necronomicon by H.P. Lovecraft. = Tale of truths overcome by horrific magic phenomenon.

9

  Rosie Perera

8  

An eleven-year-old boy flies from England to Rom... = And we all feel safe in airports? Somebody mig...

9

  David A Green

8  

The Kamikaze Memorial Society of the Philippines. = I penalize irksome pilot chaps if they make it home!

11

  Maurice Goddard

5  

Gor Blimey!! Really novel cheerful scene adorni... ~ are five great Olympic Rings in the colours, b...

11

  Larry Brash

5  

You can lead a horticulture but you can't make h... = Huh? But I may reckon a cute unruly harlot can...

11

  Andrew Brehaut

5  

The Scottish Tennis player Andy Murray lost at ... = Watery eyed lower British citizen got trample...

14

  View

2  

Bulgarian president: Mossad did not warn attack... = Madcap carnage was strong. Israel minds didn't...

15

  Christopher Sturdy

0  

U.K. Calls in The Troops to London Olympics Aft... = Hapless security firm oft don't go to plan. Sh...

 

  Total points:

182 

from 31 votes     (DFE factor: 0.484)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Meyran Kraus

34  

Oh, you have got to locate: * ...

2

  Christopher Sturdy

26  

I read the runes, I rolled the dice - Oh, dear woman, do not worry; Note my prognosis as good health advice - Let th...

3

  Ellie Dent

17  

Oh, my dear, do let that poor child rest to heal those humors. And then, one day soon, we two'll unite to be one. Your ...

4

  Tony Crafter

15  

(Decodes here as:) "Let me into your bedroom tonight at twelve; and then I'll do that hoodoo that I do so well! G. R...

5

  Maurice Goddard

10  

Trial deal is more: Odds you'll win our Lotto here? Pray choose hot numbers clear! Do good thirty, three, and two, H...

6

  Rosie Perera

9  

Oh, but do not carry the poor little toddler into Colorado movie theatres, where real gloomy nuts shoot guns nowadays! H...

6

  Larry Brash

9  

"Ra.. Ra.. Rasputin" Ooh! Hello! So, Boney M wrote this really odd, over-rated, idiotic song to the most hugely loathed...

8

  Adie Pena

7  

"Do stop giving our dearest child more arsenic! Heed today OR I'll relate to the whole world our trysts -- and then abou...

8

  Paul Pan

7  

"Don't worry about a thing, 'cause every little..." "We interrupt the good old melody to hear Lenin drool 'I shot the ...

8

  Dharam Khalsa

7  

The "new drug" your royal doctor ordered was merely aspirin, the anticoagulant to thin the blood...overdosed! Toss them...

11

  nedesto

5  

Beloved... oh, how do you spell Csarina? ... Tsarina? The tortured ardor we tried to hold to together can hold me no lon...

12

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

2  

Do not tell the horror Nicholas about torrid Thursday. Dodgy to enter here. Let me show you passionate love in hotel. Ge...

13

  View

1  

Sending you 'wonder drug'. Will arrest haemophilia totally. Don't voodoo-doctor methods rather create bother? See you i...

14

  Shane

0  

Be wary lord, he's doomed I lot, the revelation dawned on me today. There are no solutions to this plight. The horror! D...

 

  Total points:

149 

from 27 votes     (DFE factor: 0.519)

LONG:

1

  Tony Crafter

40  

The board of a very large international company... = A female CNN journalist heard about a devout ...

2

  Dharam Khalsa

29  

Martin was on his death bed. His family called ... = The Illinois man left his Chicago habitat in ...

3

  nedesto

25  

This sloth named David is creeping through the ... = An old vampire bat dripping with blood flies ...

4

  Christopher Sturdy

16  

1. Philosopher's Stone 2. Chamber of Secrets ... = Harry Potter: 1. Spell on long life ...

5

  Shane

12  

Two of the scruffiest slobs ever, Zeke and Stev... = A desperate man ran into the police station b...

6

  Adie Pena

9  

TOP TEN WEDDING FLOWERS 1. Rose 2. Tulip 3. C... = TOP TEN EASY WEDDING GIFTS FOR ANY RANDY COUPL...

7

  Rosie Perera

7  

"You know, it's hard to know just how well it w... = (We retweet actual speech.) Mitt Romney ticks...

8

  naturegirl

5  

In 1944 Max Planck, the father of quantum physi... = Eight huntsmen carved a square piece of lumbe...

 

  Total points:

143 

from 24 votes     (DFE factor: 0.333)

SPECIAL:

1

  nedesto

40  

This crossword includes two revolutionary scient... = blue>blue...

2

  Meyran Kraus

33  

Shakespeare's star-themed sonnet anagrammed into a poetic model of the solar system, which is also illustrated.

3

  Tony Crafter

22  

A series of short jokes

4

  Tony Crafter

17  

EL PUSO

5

  Dharam Khalsa

14  

You have 2 cows

6

  Rosie Perera

5  

Batman: The Dark Knight Rises

7

  Adie Pena

4  

Here's the message that's coming from Mitten

 

  Total points:

135 

from 23 votes     (DFE factor: 0.304)

RUDE:

1

  Adie Pena

22  

An arse licker ~ can like rears.

2

  Andrew Brehaut

19  

A fungal infection = Cunt offline again!

3

  nedesto

18  

Explosiveness = Penis loves sex!

3

  Christopher Sturdy

18  

Forbidden desires = Does friend's bride.

5

  Meyran Kraus

17  

Saving yourself for marriage = A virgin fear of orgasm, surely!

6

  Rick Rothstein

10  

She tried anal intercourse = Adult erection's in her arse.

7

  Paul Pan

7  

Hooters Girls = Shorts-ogler, I.

8

  Tony Crafter

5  

Lady Boys of Bangkok = Gay, sad, knob-yob folk.

8

  Shane

5  

Mounting a woman = Now, into a Magnum!

10

  View

4  

I found my perfect girl = Glorify firm, deep cunt!

 

  Total points:

125 

from 22 votes     (DFE factor: 0.455)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Meyran Kraus

92.87

 

Andrew Brehaut

16.41

Tony Crafter

76.29

 

David Bourke

14.20

nedesto

65.79

 

David A Green

13.87

Dharam Khalsa

60.28

 

Ivan Andonov

11.72

Adie Pena

59.26

 

Paul Pan

8.95

Scott Gardner

52.71

 

Maurice Goddard

7.60

Christopher Sturdy

50.37

 

Zoran Radisavlevic

7.29

Rosie Perera

41.51

 

Rick Rothstein

4.55

View

41.09

 

Dean Mayer

3.82

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

40.38

 

Ed Pegg Jr

2.79

Ellie Dent

32.18

 

Richard Grantham

2.14

Shane

21.02

 

naturegirl

1.67

Larry Brash

18.70

 

Blacklightmusicstudiosbirmingham

0.43

*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

2

0

1

Meyran Kraus

1

3

1

Adie Pena

1

2

0

nedesto

1

1

2

Christopher Sturdy

1

1

1

View

1

1

1

Dharam Khalsa

1

1

0

Scott Gardner

1

0

1

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

1

0

0

Andrew Brehaut

0

1

0

David Bourke

0

1

0

Ellie Dent

0

0

2

Rosie Perera

0

0

1


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