Anagrammy Leaders' Board - October, 2013 - 35 votes cast

35 votes

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

GENERAL:

1

  Andrew Brehaut

47  

Giant hornets = Another sting.

2

  Meyran Kraus

39  

Two bullets in the head = I bet the wound's lethal!

3

  Tony Crafter

19  

Prenuptial contracts = I can plot partner's cut.

4

  Christopher Sturdy

14  

Futile decision = Suicide, not life.

4

  Larry Brash

14  

Multiple personalities = Is it Pete, Paul, Len or Slim?

6

  View

11  

Nuclear weapon = Cue one war plan.

6

  nedesto

11  

Abstentious = Uses not a bit.

8

  Dharam Khalsa

10  

Countries made ~ documentaries.

9

  Julian Lofts

8  

One thing you should never do is ~ shooting heroin venously, dude!

10

  Ellie Dent

7  

Feline actions ~ in one cat's life.

11

  Adie Pena

6  

The igloo of an Eskimo = I got a home. Looks fine.

12

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

5  

A split personality ~ instils a polar type.

13

  Tyler Severance

4  

An image dims, weary of ~ memories fading away.

13

  Scott Gardner

4  

Temperate rainforests = Pine trees after a storm.

15

  Robert Jordan

3  

Something you should never do is ~ go video surly homos in the dunes

15

  Dean Mayer

3  

Family-owned = Old man / wifey.

17

  Ed Pegg Jr

2  

Eleventh hour deal = Heaven or Hell duet.

18

  Josiah Winslow

0  

Not allowed ‡ "Do let on" law.

 

  Total points:

207 

from 35 votes     (DFE factor: 0.514)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Ellie Dent

27  

The Surrealist, M. Henri Rousseau = Treasure his sheer luminous art.

2

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

16  

The Cowardly Lion = Wild cat, only hero.

2

  Mark Huffman

16  

Orlando Bloom, Miranda Kerr separated = Bra model and "Pirate" man look sad. Error?

4

  Tony Crafter

15  

The Rolling Stones hit 'Sympathy For The Devil' = Old stars' lengthy hymn to the spirit of evil, eh?

4

  Scott Gardner

15  

The surrealist René François Ghislain Magritte = Rather strange illusions there in images I craft.

4

  Christopher Sturdy

15  

Stairway to Heaven = It has a wavery tone.

4

  nedesto

15  

Charles Dickens' eighth novel, David Copperfield = London's vivid grip deals chap the checkered life.

8

  Rosie Perera

14  

The Old Masters ~ sold art themes.

9

  Meyran Kraus

13  

The videos of Miley Cyrus = Miss, they fled your voice.

10

  View

11  

Captain America: The Winter Soldier = A rapid, titanic hero's new crime tale.

11

  Dharam Khalsa

10  

Heart's Ann Wilson covers "Stairway to Heaven" = Version chosen as an alternative was worthy.

12

  Julian Lofts

9  

Game of Thrones ~ of hatemongers.

13

  Ivan Andonov

8  

The emo haircuts = I’m hot as The Cure.

13

  Zdenko

8  

Scarlett O' Hara = Oscar a la Rhett!

15

  Adie Pena

6  

The Puccini opera in four acts 'La boheme' ~ can be a hit musical of hope: our epic 'Rent.'

 

  Total points:

198 

from 33 votes     (DFE factor: 0.455)

TOPICAL:

1

  Christopher Sturdy

35  

The brilliant, prized results: 4-1 Montenegro, 2-0 Poland = Thrilled England supporters on to meet in Brazil, 2014.

2

  nedesto

29  

A cheap costume = Cape, moustache.

3

  Meyran Kraus

23  

The late singer Lou Reed = I lost a true legend here.

4

  Scott Gardner

16  

The US federal debt = There'd be defaults?

5

  Mark Huffman

12  

Angela Merkel's phone tapped = Helped NSA peek at German pol.

5

  Rosie Perera

12  

This is Pastor Appreciation Month = That option impacts parishioners.

7

  Ellie Dent

10  

The occasion of baby Prince George's Christening = Recognising gift: this boy can be, or echo, a Spencer.

8

  Julian Lofts

9  

Greek police appeal over mystery blonde girl =  Tell cop - Greek gypsy or proverbial Madeleine?

8

  David Bourke

9  

Lewis Allan Reed ~ dies, we all learn.

8

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

9  

The United States of America = A site enacted shut for a time.

8

  Tyler Severance

9  

Debt ceiling reached seventeen trillion = Inside the eternal collective green bind.

12

  Adie Pena

6  

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act = Not acceptable to a darn fanatic or the fetid Rep.

12

  Andrew Brehaut

6  

Miriam Carey can ~ cry "I am American!"

14

  Tony Crafter

4  

Own up! Who taped Angela Merkel's cell-chats? (N... = "Well, did the USA tap a German Chancellor's ph...

15

  Dharam Khalsa

2  

Earthquake strikes not far from Fukushima = Affirm rather Kafkaesque hum on outskirts.

15

  George Sicherman

2  

Halloween candy? ~ Chew none all day.

15

  View

2  

Anti-NSA protest calls for end to US spying = Data control left suppression. Nasty sign!

 

  Total points:

195 

from 33 votes     (DFE factor: 0.515)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  nedesto

37  

German physicist Albert Einstein = This gentleman I respect is brainy.

2

  Tony Crafter

36  

English actress Dame Helen Lydia Mirren, DBE = Desirable thing elderly men chase in dreams!

3

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

23  

François Rabelais = An alias for scribe.

4

  Meyran Kraus

21  

The criminal Pablo Escobar = Colombian's a terrible chap!

5

  Dharam Khalsa

12  

Germany's Chancellor Angela Dorothea Merkel = No sorry old male challenger can take her game!

5

  Christopher Sturdy

12  

James Kimberley Corden = Can idly remember jokes.

7

  David Bourke

11  

Lewis Allan 'Lou' Reed = We're all delusional.

8

  View

10  

Dario Franchitti = Fit in car, hit road.

8

  Maurice Goddard

10  

The Nazi Leader Adolf Hitler = Head zealot rat fried in Hell!

10

  Zdenko

7  

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni = I'll come in void basilica in Rome to honour God!

11

  Adie Pena

6  

The composer Charles-Camille Saint-Saens = Classic "Animals." Cheers to more elephants!

12

  Andrew Brehaut

5  

Dread Pirate Roberts = Brat arrested. Period!

12

  Rosie Perera

5  

The Senate Chaplain Barry Black = He prays, then can't back a liberal.

14

  Julian Lofts

3  

Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed ~ as lewd, lean, ill roué

 

  Total points:

198 

from 33 votes     (DFE factor: 0.424)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  Adie Pena

31  

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London = Other noble lads speak here on stage.

1

  Tony Crafter

31  

The Global Positioning Systems = Smooth going by satellite’s spin.

3

  View

30  

The Amstel beer = Best ale here! ™ (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

4

  Rosie Perera

23  

Tea Party Republicans = Be a tyrant. Cripple USA!

5

  Julian Lofts

22  

Lithium carbonate = Oh let it curb mania.

6

  Meyran Kraus

15  

The popular hit Candy Crush Saga = Had such an urge to play this crap!

7

  Mark Huffman

13  

"Global warming," aka "climate change" = "All melting?" Maniac whacko garbage.

8

  Ed Pegg Jr

10  

National Electronics Museum = LAN telecommunications user.

9

  Christopher Sturdy

9  

The Dam Busters ~ made the bursts.

9

  Ivan Andonov

9  

Gethsemane = The sage men.

11

  Scott Gardner

5  

The House of Representatives = Entire U.S. shape vote for these.

12

  nedesto

4  

Blockbuster's chain of video and game rental stores = Another fat re-organised LLC moved back to business.

13

  Dharam Khalsa

3  

The Food and Drug Administration = Oh damn, did it test on a fairground?

14

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

2  

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act = The data of doctor plan finance at a better price.

15

  Zdenko

1  

The Supermarine Spitfire = RAF: The nipper is emeritus!

 

  Total points:

208 

from 35 votes     (DFE factor: 0.429)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  Dharam Khalsa

43  

Most famous artworks by Da Vinci: 1. Mona Lisa... = 1. Attractive smile 2. Savior's fabled lunch ...

2

  Scott Gardner

27  

Maxim's top five hottest women (2013): 1. Mile... = 1. She'll "twerk" on MTV 2. Latina honey 3. ...

3

  Tyler Severance

24  

Tin Man's heart Scarecrow's brain Cowardly Lion's courage = Oil with screws A cranial bone organ Must carry on scared.

4

  nedesto

16  

A guy walked into the doctor's office. He had t... ~ He said, "Doc, any idea what's wrong with me?...

5

  Adie Pena

13  

The Beatles: John Winston Ono Lennon, James Pau... = As Northern sons join together, ably plan, mak...

6

  Christopher Sturdy

12  

What can one make with those most basic ingredi... = Answer was: A loaf of bread. Not: A sticky me...

7

  David Bourke

10  

IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), otherwise known... = A stinker. "Down below" in crisis... a colosto...

8

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

9  

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemica... ~ won that high honorific of a Nobel Peace Prize...

9

  Ellie Dent

6  

This tourist bloke, Benny, walks into a fish a... = 'Ah, OK. Fresh in daily from the sea! And I...

9

  Maurice Goddard

6  

A grotesque unjust being! An inhuman Commie! Se... ~ The Mao Tse-tung Mausoleum in Tiananmen Square...

11

  Tony Crafter

4  

“If at first the idea is not absurd, then there... = I spot the bare bones of truth in this earnest...

12

  Zdenko

0  

Phidias, an Ancient Greek sculptor, painter and... = Artist's epic crack art, nice gilded Athena, u...

 

  Total points:

170 

from 29 votes     (DFE factor: 0.414)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Christopher Sturdy

27  

Rightly kept, this image of people who I love never fades.

2

  Meyran Kraus

16  

The evil theory spoke of film. Perhaps we've gone digital?!

3

  Julian Lofts

15  

...

4

  Tony Crafter

14  

I prefer the positives: Faith; Love; Hope; Knowledge; My gal!

5

  Hans-Peter Reich

11  

Highly vivid mistakes we offer get people to learn hope!

6

  Josiah Winslow

10  

Tragedy forgiven will help make these of hope positive.

6

  Adie Pena

10  

While I've liked every snapshot of great people of might.

6

  Rosie Perera

10  

Life's a Polaroid: foggy white prints evolve; keep them, eh?

9

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

9  

One might see happy folk evolve with pedigree of trials.

10

  Jason Lofts

8  

OK, get the HIV positive feel - see a lewd pornography film!

11

  Larry Brash

7  

The gag proves why people like life in the video formats.

11

  Dharam Khalsa

7  

Love helps Improve, if gray; Feeling askew? Edit the photo!

13

  Andrew Brehaut

6  

Life's like love for we might pay OR get shipped to heaven.

13

  nedesto

6  

To golf is like orgasm - happy event if we drive the pole, eh?

15

  View

5  

Life is POSITIVE. Keep gathered love of many, help growth.

16

  Ellie Dent

4  

Why, folk emerge positive: the Lord's people given a faith.

17

  Zdenko

3  

Every weird image shot kept half of those people living.

18

  Mark McNamara

2  

Evil kilo pegged, I even stop for pose with healthy frame!

19

  Tyler Severance

0  

Weed/pot - Oh gosh it feels like moving happily ever after.

 

  Total points:

170 

from 29 votes     (DFE factor: 0.655)

LONG:

1

  Tony Crafter

34  

A woman asked her husband at breakfast time, "W... = After thirty years of being stuck in a joyles...

2

  Dharam Khalsa

30  

Ron, an elderly Australian man, had owned a far... = As he moved forward with a flashlight, Ron ob...

3

  nedesto

27  

... = Golfer: You must be the most terrible, awkwar...

3

  Adie Pena

27  

ABBEY ROAD 1. "Come Together" 2. "Something" ... = 1. Catchy humour by John 2. Hush! George's g...

5

  Ellie Dent

12  

Benjamin, a teenager in love, is getting ready ... = Then he goes to rent a flashy, white limo. Un...

6

  Tyler Severance

9  

15 places you can't visit 1. Area fifty one, ... = 1. X Files 2. Ten Commandments at resting pl...

7

  Christopher Sturdy

8  

What we've got here is failure to communicate. ... = The esteemed lines are in Cool Hand Luke, a t...

 

  Total points:

147 

from 25 votes     (DFE factor: 0.280)

SPECIAL:

1

  Meyran Kraus

32  

Perfect Day by Lou Reed

2

  Tony Crafter

28  

THE STORIES OF TWO BRAVE MEN.

3

  Meyran Kraus

27  

A sonnet from Caelica

4

  Adie Pena

21  

EARTHQUAKE

5

  Tony Crafter

11  

PAMELA, PAMELA By Wayne Fontana

6

  Dharam Khalsa

9  

O, that thou wouldst as well afford a grave...

7

  Christopher Sturdy

7  

You cannot bring hope...

 

  Total points:

135 

from 23 votes     (DFE factor: 0.304)

RUDE:

1

  Christopher Sturdy

51  

"I can please her four times a night" = Hearing it puts a smile on her face :-)

2

  Meyran Kraus

28  

Gastrointestinal discomfort = I got colitis and monster farts.

3

  View

26  

First time having intercourse = Firm at coitus, he enters virgin.

4

  nedesto

16  

Esquire's Sexiest Woman Issue: Scarlett Johansson = Nor just a star's exquisite wholesomeness... NICE ASS!

5

  Tony Crafter

15  

Repeating sex act to ~ great expectations!

6

  Adie Pena

7  

The lady is a virgin = Idly, it's her vagina!

7

  Zdenko

4  

Erectile dysfunctions = Deny, reflects in coitus!

 

  Total points:

147 

from 26 votes     (DFE factor: 0.269)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Meyran Kraus

89.13

 

Mark Huffman

19.03

Tony Crafter

83.46

 

David Bourke

13.44

Christopher Sturdy

81.75

 

Larry Brash

11.79

nedesto

67.25

 

Zdenko

10.08

Adie Pena

52.50

 

Ivan Andonov

7.49

Dharam Khalsa

50.61

 

Hans-Peter Reich

7.21

View

39.06

 

Maurice Goddard

6.73

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

34.72

 

Josiah Winslow

6.55

Julian Lofts

33.37

 

Ed Pegg Jr

5.31

Andrew Brehaut

33.31

 

Jason Lofts

5.24

Rosie Perera

31.08

 

Dean Mayer

1.54

Scott Gardner

30.43

 

Robert Jordan

1.54

Ellie Dent

29.49

 

Mark McNamara

1.31

Tyler Severance

19.14

 

George Sicherman

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

Christopher Sturdy

3

0

0

Tony Crafter

2

2

1

Meyran Kraus

1

3

2

nedesto

1

1

1

Dharam Khalsa

1

1

0

Adie Pena

1

0

1

Andrew Brehaut

1

0

0

Ellie Dent

1

0

0

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

0

1

1

Mark Huffman

0

1

0

Scott Gardner

0

1

0

View

0

0

2

Julian Lofts

0

0

1

Tyler Severance

0

0

1


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