Anagrammy Leaders' Board - February, 2013 - 31 votes cast

31 votes

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

GENERAL:

1

  Scott Gardner

36  

One's valentine = An intense love.

2

  Ed Pegg Jr

27  

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions = Apt to do no wrong? Oh, the devil is in the details.

3

  View

20  

Ladies wish to get ~ a weight loss diet.

4

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

19  

The professional criminal ~ has a cell for time in prison.

5

  Adie Pena

14  

An editor-in-chief = I hear of incident.

6

  Rosie Perera

11  

The romantic date = One attracted him.

7

  Maurice Goddard

9  

Marriage is a lottery = A trial I may so regret?

7

  nedesto

9  

Relationships ~ lit her passion.

7

  Christopher Sturdy

9  

Advantageous ‡ Gave nada to us.

10

  Ellie Dent

8  

An England Spring = Planning gardens.

11

  Ivan Andonov

6  

Omertá = A morte!

12

  Tony Crafter

5  

A model's figure ~ defies glamour.

13

  David Bourke

4  

Men + the post + ladies balancing = A pole dancing establishment.

14

  Dharam Khalsa

3  

Children's breakfast cereal = Lacks fibre, dental research.

14

  Meyran Kraus

3  

The suicide prevention hotlines = I helped one, so their vein isn't cut.

14

  Rick Rothstein

3  

Lady Godiva on horseback = Havoc? O, a girl's naked body.

 

  Total points:

186 

from 31 votes     (DFE factor: 0.516)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Rosie Perera

31  

The Monopoly game = Money; map; hotel; "Go!"

2

  Scott Gardner

29  

Super Bowl advertisements = Budweiser's most prevalent.

3

  Meyran Kraus

26  

Iran hostage crisis = This scare is in Argo.

4

  Ellie Dent

14  

Adele's Oscar: the winning Skyfall theme = She sang sweetly on headline film track.

4

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

14  

"L'Origine du Monde" = I model nude groin.

6

  Adie Pena

13  

La Desintegracíon de la Persistencia de la Memoria = Dali's old timepieces re-imagined on ancestral area.

7

  nedesto

12  

Richard III: "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!" = Heard heroic roaring die as his army forsook him.

8

  Rick Rothstein

10  

The Baltimore Ravens = A nobler team thrives.

9

  Tony Crafter

9  

"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." = Late Henry was neurotic as he saw death.

10

  Ed Pegg Jr

8  

The Tragedy of Hamlet = Tamely, The Godfather.

11

  Dharam Khalsa

6  

"Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition" = Wild souls strip to semi-nudist attire.

12

  Christopher Sturdy

5  

Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word = Both rowed yet had remorse stress.

12

  David Bourke

5  

Gustave Courbet's 'L'Origine du Monde' = Game slut gets uncovered in boudoir.

14

  View

3  

'Whose line is it anyway?' = Yea, it's inane, wily show.

15

  David A Green

1  

Hiram Bingham: 'Lost City of the Incas' = A nifty man climbs so high to reach it.

 

  Total points:

186 

from 31 votes     (DFE factor: 0.484)

TOPICAL:

1

  Adie Pena

31  

Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp = As police ask, "Can a star sprinter murder a loved one?"

2

  Richard Grantham

23  

Position vacant = Spot in Vaticano.

3

  Adrian Hickford

16  

Lasagne = Nag sale.

4

  Ellie Dent

15  

Pope Benedict has left the Vatican = Chaps debate the pontifical event.

5

  Scott Gardner

14  

The Boy Scout organization = About to honor gay citizens.

6

  Christopher Sturdy

13  

Situation vacant = Vatican saint out.

7

  Rob Bretveld

11  

Senate confirmation hearings = Researching nomination's fate.

7

  Dharam Khalsa

11  

Sequestration = A request? It's "No!"

9

  Rosie Perera

10  

Pope Emeritus = Time up! Repose.

10

  Tony Crafter

8  

Tesco burgers and hot Findus lasagne - the furore = Get set, for this horse-beef saga could run and run!

10

  nedesto

8  

A rather sudden retirement for the Pope, Benedict XVI = Numb experts never pontificated he'd retreat or hide!

12

  David Bourke

7  

Pretoria Magistrates' Courts = Great Oscar Pistorius matter.

13

  naturegirl

5  

Richard the Third, remains found = Raid further: he's in random ditch.

14

  View

4  

Oscar Pistorius - Reeva Steenkamp tragedy = Naive-scared mistake, strategy or purpose?

15

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

3  

Reeva Steenkamp and Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius = Love in error makes a corpse and a suspect and trial.

15

  Meyran Kraus

3  

The Israeli Iron Dome system = It is one army's remote shield.

17

  Andrew Brehaut

2  

Horse meat stuck in garnish ~ in 'nightmares' across the UK.

 

  Total points:

184 

from 31 votes     (DFE factor: 0.548)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Scott Gardner

24  

The double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius = He is absolute top suspect in Pretoria murder.

2

  nedesto

22  

Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis = Is war-weary indeed as Lincoln. (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

3

  Larry Brash

19  

Cardinal Keith O'Brien = Heck! Irrational in bed!

4

  Ellie Dent

17  

The paralympian, Oscar Pistorius = Papers say it is our champ on trial.

4

  Adie Pena

17  

Mayor Ed Koch = Croaked. Oh my!

6

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

15  

His Holiness, The Pope-Emeritus = Tie these house slippers on him!

6

  Dharam Khalsa

15  

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge = Careful, she's cherished by the dashing groom!

6

  Meyran Kraus

15  

The amputee "Blade Runner", Oscar Pistorius = An athlete is a suspect in our murder probe.

9

  Christopher Sturdy

11  

Swansea Manager, Michael Laudrup = Man has real drama - wins League Cup!

10

  Rick Rothstein

10  

The US Secretary of State John Kerry = Fussy North Korea rejects treaty, eh?

11

  Tony Crafter

9  

The sprinter Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius = Star lies accused in partner pistol horror.

12

  View

6  

Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger = I just gossip or real Nazi, eh?

 

  Total points:

180 

from 30 votes     (DFE factor: 0.400)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  Meyran Kraus

36  

Vatican's palace = A place is vacant.

2

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

31  

Asperger's syndrome = Pardon my regresses!

3

  Andrew Brehaut

27  

The Findus Corporation = Horse fat in production.

4

  View

22  

Australopithecus = It has our past clue.

5

  Tony Crafter

18  

DIGNITAS (the assisted suicide organisation) = Aiding a death is not God's cause. It is sinister.

6

  Scott Gardner

9  

The University of California = Faculty I have is not inferior.

6

  David A Green

9  

The Vestibular Disorders Association (VEDA) = Tries so hard to divert/avoid balance issues

6

  Dan Fortier

9  

New Orleans Half Marathon = When all honor a faster man.

9

  nedesto

7  

Pinterest = 'Net esprit.

9

  Adie Pena

7  

The O2, Greenwich Peninsula, South-East London = Thought I'll now spend to see U2 in chosen arena.

11

  David Bourke

6  

Thousands die from thirst and other stuff, in ~ the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.

12

  Christopher Sturdy

4  

Commonwealth of Independent States = Men and women open to the leftist cads.

13

  Dharam Khalsa

1  

DIGNITAS (assisted dying organisation) ~ is degrading dignity to assassination.

 

  Total points:

186 

from 31 votes     (DFE factor: 0.419)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Scott Gardner

41  

Top five best sellers 1. A Tale of Two Cities... = 1. Paris embattled 2. Big three-part Frodo ...

2

  Dharam Khalsa

34  

The First Five Presidents of the US: Washingt... = Founding Father Statesman John The vision pe...

3

  Adie Pena

16  

POPE BENEDICT'S NICKNAMES 1. German Shepherd ... = 1. Chaperoning tempted sheep? 2. Asked strict...

4

  Richard Brodie

14  

A meteor explodes a fireball terror above Russia... = Galaxy wanderer recently strikes over populous ...

5

  David Bourke

13  

The South African Police Service's detective Hi... = If I bet, he'll not have the evidence to catch...

6

  nedesto

11  

"Hey hey hey! Guess what Honey? At long last we... = The eager wife loudly asks, "Why, you mean to ...

7

  Ellie Dent

10  

A haughty camel walks into one Irish bar with a... ~ then makes his way up to the bar. 'What'll I g...

7

  Maurice Goddard

10  

Ahmadinejad says Iran can create nuclear weapon... = One can't trust that paranoiac wild-eyed jacka...

9

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

6  

The skeletal remains of the last Plantagenet, K... = Leicester has seen the main kill after that di...

9

  View

6  

Former Chicago-area police officer Drew Peterson = Eager crime-concealer. Proof: corpse of a third wife.

11

  Meyran Kraus

5  

"Iceland is considering a ban on Internet porn.... = "China tried to censor online porn. Now the de...

12

  Tony Crafter

4  

Wear tight shoes and you will forget all your o... = I tell you, world, the foot-blister onslaughts...

13

  Christopher Sturdy

2  

Why Humans Like to Cry: Tragedy, Evolution, and... = Death or Maternal Bonding I think, but I cure ...

 

  Total points:

172 

from 29 votes     (DFE factor: 0.448)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Tony Crafter

35  

"Do all you freeloading buggers realise, this one wedding day cost me a humungous eleven grand?!" Tony - Bride's Papa

2

  Dharam Khalsa

22  

The cued bride giggles "I do! Gad, he's noble and true!" As up from a pew A young girl yells, "Me too!" And a nun sa...

3

  Ellie Dent

14  

As you see, my daughter Pauline is now pregnant, and I do urge you all, get moving... before a blessed grandchild does....

4

  Meyran Kraus

13  

Our eager plea confused a livid grandma, who misunderstood and obeyed... by plugging her eyeglasses in an outlet.

4

  Larry Brash

13  

"As this bloody enormous event cost me a few hundred grand, you idle gaggle are being seriously unappealing," - Dad.

4

  Christine Parker

13  

Husband and wife united; one young couple, legally married; spouses tightly bonded and marriage goes over ages.

7

  View

10  

Unbiased lad persuaded graceful lady: 'So gorgeous' 'We are young' 'Love is a many-splendored thing' 'Be mine ton...

7

  Christopher Sturdy

10  

A swooning young man truly loved a gorgeous girl, dared hope I'd be speechless and must be due a fairytale ending.

9

  David Bourke

9  

...and applied to a Civil Union, by default you generally see "a Groom and Groom" used when addressing these buggers!

9

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

9  

So many years of cuddling up to tease a beau's love sees our model girl hiding a pregnant bulge on her wedding day

11

  nedesto

7  

"Peggy's an untidy underdressed outgoing open slut. Woody's a gullible fool... A bad marriage made in heaven! Cheers!"

12

  Rosie Perera

5  

Gee, a mere sluggard, a goon, pursued peaceful Sis and is even going to be my brother-in-law?! Dad, didn't you say "Hel...

13

  Richard Brodie

4  

Enamoured couple had rehearsed obligations. "Rise mugs, even if only staggeringly, you deadbeats, and gulp down!"

13

  Adie Pena

4  

Boys and Girls; I do suggest a generous alimony plan agreed upon... you'll meet the divorced Husband and eager Wife!

15

  Maurice Goddard

2  

"Guess? I later divorced after a sublime honeymoon shagging and sleeping nude. A sure rule: God! DON'T wed a Playboy!"

 

  Total points:

170 

from 29 votes     (DFE factor: 0.517)

LONG:

1

  Tony Crafter

46  

The elderly couple, who had been courting a lon... = I got dancing with an older woman at a club l...

2

  Meyran Kraus

30  

...

3

  Christopher Sturdy

21  

Naturalization Oath of Allegiance to the United ... = The undertaking one willingly subscribes to wh...

4

  Adie Pena

12  

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop of Rome,... = CONTROVERSIES OF THE PAPACY - Offensive tho...

5

  Dharam Khalsa

6  

After being married for going on 50 years, I to... = My wife gave me her 2 cents. Okay, the upshot...

5

  Richard Brodie

6  

A fireball terror as a meteor explodes above Rus... = Recently both an unpleasant boom heard and a f...

 

  Total points:

121 

from 21 votes     (DFE factor: 0.286)

SPECIAL:

1

  Meyran Kraus

43  

A Shakespearean sonnet is anagrammed into 2 poems containing 3 relevant acrostics.

2

  Tony Crafter

33  

The best-selling novel 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' has seduced women and baffled men. Now a clever spoof, 'Fifty Sheds Of ...

3

  Tony Crafter

16  

SUPER TROUPER By Abba.

4

  Dharam Khalsa

14  

Proverbs.

5

  Adie Pena

13  

Alexander Pope's VERSES LEFT BY MR. POPE is anagrammed into another poem (about another Pope) with an acrostic constrain...

6

  Christopher Sturdy

6  

One careless young queer in Khartoum.

 

  Total points:

125 

from 21 votes     (DFE factor: 0.286)

RUDE:

1

  Meyran Kraus

27  

The film actresses of porno = Lots of sperm on their faces.

2

  Christopher Sturdy

22  

The three most useful parts of a woman = For the pleasure of men: mouth, ass, twat.

3

  Christine Parker

18  

Pope Benedict the Sixteenth ‡ I expect he's potent in the bed!

4

  Maurice Goddard

14  

Once upon a time as a boy I had wet dreams = A noisy "Whoopee!" I masturbated and came!

4

  Adie Pena

14  

A peeping tom = Open gap time!

6

  nedesto

11  

This man's got weird sexual fantasies ~ of latex nursemaids with giant asses!

7

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

9  

Lady Godiva on horseback ~ gave ol' boy's dick a hard-on.

8

  Tony Crafter

5  

She's as thin as a catwalk model = Lacks that ideal woman's ass, eh?

9

  Dharam Khalsa

2  

Lady Godiva on horseback = Heavy locks and a big odor.

 

  Total points:

122 

from 21 votes     (DFE factor: 0.429)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Meyran Kraus

78.27

 

Maurice Goddard

16.16

Scott Gardner

72.04

 

Christine Parker

14.44

Tony Crafter

71.65

 

Larry Brash

14.32

Adie Pena

62.64

 

Richard Grantham

12.61

Dharam Khalsa

50.10

 

Andrew Brehaut

12.42

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

48.43

 

Rick Rothstein

10.39

Christopher Sturdy

43.48

 

Richard Brodie

10.06

nedesto

39.84

 

Adrian Hickford

8.77

Ellie Dent

37.65

 

Rob Bretveld

6.03

View

33.46

 

David A Green

4.26

Rosie Perera

28.75

 

Dan Fortier

3.77

David Bourke

21.32

 

Ivan Andonov

3.10

Ed Pegg Jr

17.81

 

naturegirl

2.74

*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

1

1

Scott Gardner

3

1

0

Tony Crafter

2

1

1

Adie Pena

1

0

1

Rosie Perera

1

0

0

Dharam Khalsa

0

2

0

Christopher Sturdy

0

1

1

Ed Pegg Jr

0

1

0

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

0

1

0

Richard Grantham

0

1

0

nedesto

0

1

0

Adrian Hickford

0

0

1

Andrew Brehaut

0

0

1

Christine Parker

0

0

1

Ellie Dent

0

0

1

Larry Brash

0

0

1

View

0

0

1


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