Anagrammy Leaders' Board - January, 2013 - 32 votes cast

32 votes

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

GENERAL:

1

  Ellie Dent

31  

Gun rights = Thugs grin.

2

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

18  

Rules are made to be broken = No rebuke to a rebel's dream!

3

  Meyran Kraus

17  

Taking down your Christmas lights = Guy's task list: "Do right now in March".

3

  nedesto

17  

A thoroughbred stallion = That old labouring horse!

5

  Dean Mayer

16  

The professional musician = House contains amplifiers. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

5

  Tony Crafter

16  

Adage: 'You only live once'. A very true one; yo... = I don't agree at all. You only ...

7

  Rosie Perera

14  

Three-dimensional sidewalk art ~ seems real, like I had not drawn it.

8

  Scott Gardner

10  

Marital infidel = I'm a flirt, and lie.

8

  Ed Pegg Jr

10  

Confirmation hearings = Information searching.

10

  Adie Pena

9  

Cold weather in January ‡ Worth a clear day in June.

10

  Dharam Khalsa

9  

"Smile, breathe and go slowly." - Thich Nhat Hanh = Ah, why is this both normal and the challenge?

12

  naturegirl

8  

First date = Tired fast.

13

  Christopher Sturdy

7  

To default on payment = Too late - an empty fund.

14

  View

5  

Unslaked thirst = Taste drink, lush!

15

  David Bourke

2  

Money is the root of all evil = A lottery line...foolish move?

 

  Total points:

189 

from 32 votes     (DFE factor: 0.469)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Scott Gardner

34  

New Line's Hobbit = Bilbo in the news.

2

  Meyran Kraus

25  

Monet's pic 'Iris' is ~ impressionistic.

3

  View

19  

The motion picture Les Miserables = This item captures some rebellion.

3

  Dharam Khalsa

19  

"You are old Father William", the young man said = A youth was merely humiliating a darned fool.

3

  Dean Mayer

19  

Lead guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and vocals = Marvellous as a rock band? I say best add drugs.

6

  Ellie Dent

17  

Claude Monet: Poplars on the Epte = Happened to come upon tall trees.

7

  nedesto

13  

Monet's iris paintings assure ~ an impressionist's signature.

8

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

12  

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo = Musical ye blighters sob over.

9

  Tony Crafter

9  

Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's 'Les Mis' = Musical brilliance, man! Behold class. Behold genius.

9

  naturegirl

9  

MacGyver = My CV? Gear!

11

  Adie Pena

4  

Monsieur and Madame Thénardier = Inn master and dearie made humor.

12

  Christopher Sturdy

2  

The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things - ... = See that fan's January plan - be selling all h...

 

  Total points:

182 

from 31 votes     (DFE factor: 0.387)

TOPICAL:

1

  Meyran Kraus

43  

President Obama's second administration = A man promised to end a nation's debt crisis.

2

  Ellie Dent

21  

Algerian hostage crisis = The aggression is racial.

3

  nedesto

18  

President to ban assault rifles = Portends less urban fatalities.

4

  Scott Gardner

17  

Mali's insurgents = Islamist gunners.

5

  Rosie Perera

15  

Deadly hostage crisis in Algeria = A shady disgrace in large oil site.

6

  Dharam Khalsa

13  

Wildfires rage across Australia amid searing heat = Air gust damage, as if all was charred in a rotisserie!

6

  Tony Crafter

13  

Elton John and David Furnish become fathers again = Famed grand diva announces the birth of son Elijah!

8

  Adie Pena

11  

A horsemeat scandal = Tesco has a darn meal!

9

  Maurice Goddard

10  

Kate Middleton and Camilla Parker-Bowles at War! = A palace battle marks a tired wrinkled old woman!

9

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

10  

President Obama's second inauguration = Period as US's manager continued on a bit.

11

  David Bourke

8  

Helicopter hits a crane on a skyscraper in London = A chopper seen to crash in really rank conditions.

12

  View

7  

Indian rape = Pain and ire.

13

  Christopher Sturdy

3  

Legend has it, they say: When a clock strikes thirteen ~ they start new year tonight like headless chickens.

 

  Total points:

189 

from 32 votes     (DFE factor: 0.406)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Adie Pena

27  

President Obama = A pro; Biden's mate.

2

  View

26  

Lance Edward Armstrong = Man declared 'Star'... Wrong!

3

  Ivan Andonov

25  

Vinicius de Moraes = Divine music arose!

4

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

24  

Diane Sawyer = I read ya news.

5

  Ed Pegg Jr

23  

Gerard Depardieu = A red! A pudgier red.

6

  Dharam Khalsa

15  

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton = Central drama of the clot is nearly history.

7

  Maurice Goddard

13  

Lance Edward Armstrong = Garland-crowned rat's me!

8

  Christopher Sturdy

10  

The Reverend Thomas Reginald "Reg" Dean = Rare Englishman revered God at the end.

9

  nedesto

9  

The Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton = As horror fell: "Clots in my head!? Can they... treat it?"

10

  Scott Gardner

8  

The actress Amanda Michelle Seyfried = Each film, she's certainly deemed a star.

11

  Tony Crafter

4  

Eddie Redmayne ‡ Red-eyed maiden!

 

  Total points:

184 

from 31 votes     (DFE factor: 0.355)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  nedesto

27  

Lamb of God threatened at ~ the Battle of Armageddon.

2

  Meyran Kraus

22  

A Chevrolet Sprint = Transport vehicle.

3

  Scott Gardner

19  

The San Francisco International Airport = I transport Californian to eastern China.

4

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

18  

The House of Representatives = A nest of horse thieves' repute.

4

  Hans-Peter Reich

18  

Boeing Dreamliner = Beginner air model.

6

  Dharam Khalsa

16  

Consumer Electronics Show = We clinch customers sooner.

7

  Shane

14  

Elantra = A rental.

8

  Adie Pena

11  

Wall Street, Lower Manhattan, New York City = Men at work scorn it yet really want wealth!

8

  Christopher Sturdy

11  

Operation Yewtree = I try to rape wee one.

10

  Tony Crafter

10  

Montessori Education Theory = You teach minors to endorse it.

11

  View

6  

Senate Democrats = Statesmen do care.

12

  Ellie Dent

4  

A Surface Tablet= Usable artefact.

12

  Ed Pegg Jr

4  

Sicherman dice = DM chicaneries.

14

  Rosie Perera

3  

National Medal of Arts = A man is a lord of talent.

 

  Total points:

183 

from 31 votes     (DFE factor: 0.452)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Scott Gardner

48  

1. Mona Lisa 2. Starry Night 3. The Last Sup... = 1. A portrait 2. Southeast France 3. Mural ...

2

  Tony Crafter

28  

The Top Five Most Memorable Erotic Movies 1. Bas... = 1. Stone gives a close view within 2. Spicy sen...

3

  Ellie Dent

20  

A gent goes into his local inn. 'Better get me... = 'I care for the Royals' pets. Inbreeding has l...

4

  Maurice Goddard

16  

Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey in the South... = Once top wits At metre best, Pen's then brai...

4

  Adie Pena

16  

THE TOP TEN APHRODISIAC FOODS* 1. Honey 2. Oy... = 1. Has boron 2. A sea of orgasms! 3. Allicin...

6

  View

14  

Film - Everything You Always Wanted to Know Abou... = The witty Woody Allen work is about a taut war...

7

  Dharam Khalsa

9  

Four kinds of sentences: 1. Declarative 2. In... = Sentence of case read: 1. Mutiny 2. Extortio...

8

  David Bourke

5  

The singer Shakira has become a mother for the ... = One Mr Tony Crafter (her British fan) sobs, "A...

8

  Rosie Perera

5  

Pauline Phillips, longtime Dear Abby advice col... = Dear Abby, I'm 49. Hoping I'll live until I'...

10

  Christopher Sturdy

4  

UK's first hand transplant op: Grandfather with ... = Refers to that new part as a second hand organ...

11

  Larry Brash

3  

The film: "Everything you always wanted to know ... = Great if somewhat awkward take on fine sexy be...

 

  Total points:

168 

from 28 votes     (DFE factor: 0.393)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Meyran Kraus

33  

There is no damn chance, Jean, if even Paris Hilton reels in a creepily huge number of Twitter friends.

2

  Dharam Khalsa

21  

A flippant friend is even thrice more dangerous than the sincere foe, as he will injure by increment.

3

  Tony Crafter

20  

The cynical, ever-fluent, French philosopher jeers: "Dimwits ne'er find a genuine mate. It's a no-brainer!"

4

  Christopher Sturdy

13  

Jealousy on the other hand is flipping rife between unrefined chavs (career criminal men in street).

5

  Rosie Perera

11  

He refers to a fact: imbecile men can never join hands in fellowship, despite near ruin trying. True, eh?

6

  Maurice Goddard

10  

"Subjective, permanent and true, I agree, as in the fresh inner circle of all my friends!" - Winnie the Pooh

7

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

9  

"Conniving French jester herein deemed himself an unfit hire to be truly a peer pal." -Sir Isaac Newton

8

  Ellie Dent

8  

"Witless are safer in tent peein' out; never outside peein' in." - LBJ heard firmly echoing arch Frenchman.

8

  Adie Pena

8  

"One enemy is a noted rich man in a different Republican universe who rejects all the things I prefer."

10

  nedesto

4  

In the friend, chap, is someone you can just never baffle with mere thrilling and insincere repartee.

11

  View

3  

Therein new reference: fertile philanthropy and justice is for emotive, caring and sensible human.

 

  Total points:

140 

from 24 votes     (DFE factor: 0.458)

LONG:

1

  nedesto

35  

Harry was finally going to be a groom and he w... = While Charley was at a marriage seminar, ever...

2

  Tony Crafter

31  

THE NATION'S FAVOURITE NO. 1 SINGLES (Since cha... = 10. Kylie 'I'm bubbly!' Minogue 9. The Whit...

3

  Dharam Khalsa

27  

Twenty Things You Must Give Up to Be Happy: 1... = Twenty Suggestions for Gaining Happiness: 1...

4

  Ellie Dent

20  

SECRETS FROM WOMEN: ... = Never let your young man's mind wander - it's...

5

  Scott Gardner

18  

(1) Amour (2) Argo (3) Beasts of the Southern... = (1) Old French (2) Out of Iran (3) Schoolgi...

6

  Adie Pena

15  

The Top Ten Commonly Broken New Year's Resoluti... = Reasons Why Those New Year's Resolutions Are ...

7

  Rosie Perera

4  

Hail to the Chief we have chosen for the nation... = Hail to Barack Obama! We the people voted yo...

 

  Total points:

150 

from 26 votes     (DFE factor: 0.269)

SPECIAL:

1

  Meyran Kraus

44  

To The Evening Rainbow by Robert Southey

2

  Tony Crafter

29  

An Englishman, a Mexican and an Irishman were carrying out some construction work on scaffolding on the 50th floor of a...

2

  Tony Crafter

29  

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY

4

  Christopher Sturdy

14  

There was an old man from Peru...

5

  Dharam Khalsa

13  

Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover

6

  Adie Pena

6  

New Year's Resolutions by Mrs. Khan

7

  Richard Brodie

5  

L'An Quarante Cinq, deux Cités bruslent...

8

  Dharam Khalsa

3  

HIGH is our calling, Friend!--Creative Art

 

  Total points:

143 

from 24 votes     (DFE factor: 0.333)

RUDE:

1

  View

36  

Multiple orgasm = Emit plural OMG's?

2

  Christopher Sturdy

33  

Phallic masturbation = A lubricant to his palm.

3

  Maurice Goddard

23  

Gents WC or urinals had lewd ~ crude drawings on the walls!

4

  Tony Crafter

22  

What do elephants use for tampons? = On farms? A sheep up the twat, old son.

5

  Larry Brash

13  

Bondage and Discipline = One digs placed in a bind.

6

  Adie Pena

7  

Erotic fetishist: ~ "The tits, orifices..."

 

  Total points:

134 

from 23 votes     (DFE factor: 0.261)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Tony Crafter

75.79

 

Rosie Perera

22.09

Meyran Kraus

74.84

 

Dean Mayer

14.85

Scott Gardner

59.88

 

Ed Pegg Jr

14.66

Dharam Khalsa

55.17

 

Ivan Andonov

8.87

Ellie Dent

48.36

 

Hans-Peter Reich

8.13

nedesto

46.96

 

naturegirl

7.23

Adie Pena

42.60

 

Shane

6.32

View

40.74

 

David Bourke

6.15

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

37.92

 

Larry Brash

4.57

Christopher Sturdy

34.60

 

Richard Brodie

1.67

Maurice Goddard

25.54

 

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

 

High Standings

Name

1st

2nd

3rd

Meyran Kraus

3

2

1

nedesto

2

0

2

Scott Gardner

2

0

1

Ellie Dent

1

1

1

View

1

1

1

Adie Pena

1

0

0

Tony Crafter

0

4

1

Dharam Khalsa

0

1

2

Christopher Sturdy

0

1

0

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

0

1

0

Dean Mayer

0

0

1

Ivan Andonov

0

0

1

Maurice Goddard

0

0

1


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