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In this week's New Yorker, Hendrik Hertzberg notes that "Samuel Alito" is an anagram of "I am a sellout."
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|11.11.05 @ 3:38PM|#
Everyone knew that.
|11.11.05 @ 3:40PM|#
Wow...that's amazing. I love anagrams.
|11.11.05 @ 3:47PM|#
Also, I just learned (but maybe you all knew this already) that Spiro Agnew is an anagram for "grow a penis."
|11.11.05 @ 3:53PM|#
Julian Sanchez is an anagram for "Injun cash zeal." Gambling problem, libertine?
|11.11.05 @ 3:55PM|#
He may be a sellout, but he's a libertarian sellout!
|11.11.05 @ 3:57PM|#
kc my as.
Rich Ard|11.11.05 @ 3:58PM|#
The Wine Commonsewer anagrams to "cite Homer, newswomen!"
If there were another "a" in "smacky", it could anagram to "yam sack".
|11.11.05 @ 4:05PM|#
I'm an anagram for myself.
|11.11.05 @ 4:22PM|#
I'm an anagram for "vax ire." Maybe I should join those anti-vaccine kooks?
Rich Ard|11.11.05 @ 4:31PM|#
Also, "Tim Cavanaugh" -> "hum, cat vagina".
Rich Ard|11.11.05 @ 4:32PM|#
Also, "Tim Cavanaugh" -> "hum, cat vagina".
|11.11.05 @ 4:47PM|#
I hate puzzles, including anagrams. I just hate them.
|11.11.05 @ 5:05PM|#
Douglas Fletcher = Laughs deflector
|11.11.05 @ 5:11PM|#
a nag rams
snag a ram
|11.11.05 @ 5:22PM|#
ramalamajama swiss cake roll in the disk drive.
|11.11.05 @ 6:16PM|#
Best of the Web BY JAMES TARANTO
Thursday, November 3, 2005 11:21 a.m. EST
http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110007496
On a related topic, reader "Damn! A Taxi!" points out that "Samuel Alito" is an anagram for "I am a sellout." We relay this news simply to pre-empt any Angry Left anagrammer from taking credit for the discovery.
|11.11.05 @ 6:35PM|#
george bush -> ore huggers
|11.11.05 @ 6:45PM|#
Stevo Darkly = "Vestal, dorky."
Vestal: Adj. "Chaste; pure."
Pretty much fits as a description.
|11.11.05 @ 7:34PM|#
Sorry to (semi) thread jack, but I need to share some humorous (IMO), hypothetical newspaper headlines that I created in order to assuage my non-existant self-esteem:
"Supreme Court: Bush taps Datazz"
"'Bush Sucks!' Mad Cox
Exclaims"
"Bush No Fan of T. Watts"
"Bush Licks Balzac
In Friendly Chess Game"
Ok, sorry. You may now resume your all-important discussion.
|11.11.05 @ 8:17PM|#
An anagram for my name is:
"a nigger yodler"
just thought I'd share.
|11.12.05 @ 6:09AM|#
This is not an anagram of my name.
|11.12.05 @ 10:12AM|#
Wow...that's amazing. I love anagrams.
Smacky, have you read Vapor, by Amanda Filipacchi? Though not as good as her first book (Nude Men), it's still excellent and relies heavily on anagrams. In fact, the heroine's name is Anna Graham.
John|11.12.05 @ 11:47AM|#
New Yorker = YEN WORKER.
|11.12.05 @ 3:37PM|#
H. Ross Perot = Short Poser
Robert Dole = Robot Elder
|11.12.05 @ 9:51PM|#
Ruthless=Hustlers
Vestal, Dorkly,
Your handle and anagram are where it's at...
my brother's and my "target market."
BTW, we have a little someting to tickle your dorkle.
Ironsides Larry
|11.13.05 @ 9:17AM|#
My name becomes FEMALE LICK HER or A CHEF KILLER ME. Fifty bucks if you can guess what my name is.
|11.13.05 @ 11:52AM|#
I'm going to guess Hef Male Licker.
|11.13.05 @ 3:53PM|#
Stretch,
No, I haven't read either of those. Nude Men....sounds like a book I would like.
Terrrorific,
Can we take more than one guess? I'd like to win $50.
Is it "Fecal He Milker"?
|11.13.05 @ 7:35PM|#
Is it "Fecal He Milker"?
Rumpleforestiltskin?
Work with me.
Larry
|11.13.05 @ 7:42PM|#
Terrorific, a.k.a. FEMALE LICK HER:
Could you be Hermie Falleck, the great percussionist musician? (Inventor of the Falleck cymbal.)