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ANAGRAMS

Stanley has long been a keen anagrammatist, a hobby developed by the need to undertake long rail journeys for the day-job where reading and writing are in cramped conditions.

In 1987, his entry to Private Eye was published, netting a £5 prize. (Norman Tebbit = Tom Bentbrain). This makes him a professional.

Stanley likes to anagrammise his playing venues and those he meets – to spooky effect – as well as aiming at obvious targets.

He is a protagonist of the “verbal anagram”, i.e. if spoken it is not easily checked for total accuracy.

Such looseness is not allowed in one of his favourite web-sites, Anagram Genius.
In the company of tireless expert Anagrammers, he has got up to number 12 in the compilers’ chart with around 500 entries and now has a page devoted to his efforts :-
Stan's Anagrams

Some of his favourites that he has discovered are:-

"Weapons of mass destruction"->"US team swoops. Finds no trace." (2003)
"Sir Denis Thatcher"->"Rich. Rests in death." (2003)
"Father Christmas"->"This charmer's fat." (2003)
"Tourist class"->"Louts. Racists." (1993)
"Mister Kipling, maker of exceedingly good cakes"->"Do real soggy mix in packet. Merde! Feeling sick, OK?" (2004)
"Amnesty International"->"An insanity! O, let me rant." (1995)
"Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome"->"Modern, creepy. Treat as very serious." (2003)
"Money is the root of all evil"->"Hey! Loan it for me? I love lots!" (2004)
"Draught Guinness"->"Hard guts ensuing." (1985)
"Otto Daimler"->"Motor detail." (1985)
"Derek Hatton"->"O, the red tank." (1985)
"Jeremy Thorpe"->"Romp. They jeer." (1985)
"Doctor Kurt Waldheim"->"Mock truth. Odd war lie." (1985)
"Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station"->"As new. Pollution terror by chance." (1985)
"Norman Tebbit"->"Tom Bentbrain" (1986)
"Sellafield"->"Defiles all." (1986)
"David Owen"->"Add no view." (1986)
"President Ronald Reagan"->"Ponder strange Iran deal." (1987)
"Baby Doc Duvalier, President of Haiti"->"O, No Dad. A fat chubby idle spiv. I retire." (1987)
"David Steel"->"Dead vilest." (1987)
"Rajiv Gandhi"->"Raving Jihad." (1987)
"Barrow-in-Furness"->"Brown if arse runs." (1988)
"West Midlands Metropolitan County"->"No cool tatty wilderness - dump it, man." (1988)
"Christopher Cockerill"->"Cor, rich pillock's there!" (1988)
"The Bishop of Durham"->"He oft proud - bash him." (1988)
"Apartheid"->"A dirt heap." (1988)
"Severn Trent Water Authority"->"Tatty river. Hunt one sewer rat." (1988)
"Pierre and Marie Curie"->"Merde! I repair an' I cure." (1989)
"Mikhail Gorbachev"->"A cover - KGB hail him." (1989)
"Warrington"->"Wrong train." (1990)
"Michael Faraday"->"A half-dim, ace ray." (1990)
"Michael Heseltine"->"He can lie - the slime!" (1990)
"University of Wales, Bangor"->"Swot, sauna - very boring life." (1990)
"British Geological Survey"->"Evil hairy buggers. It's cool!" (1990)
"Charlton Heston"->"Letch sat on horn." (1990)
"Thomas Edison"->"Atoms do shine." (1991)
"British Broadcasting Association"->"Go on air. Critics bash it as bad (is not)" (1991)
"Workington"->"Not working." (1992)
"Alexander Graham Bell"->"Real bad hex - all rang me." (1992)
"Mary Magdalen"->"My Angel drama." (1992)
"Greenham Common Airbase"->"Americans go home! Bar men." (1992)
"Ellesmere Port"->"Er, pee rot smell." (1992)
"Heswall"->"Was hell." (1992)
"Mikhail Gorbachev"->"I charm. Ah, I love KGB." (1992)
"Sir Keith Joseph"->"Oh spit! He is jerk." (1992)
"Francois Mitterand"->"Mad cretin is no fart." (1992)
"Colonel Gadafy"->"Ace gadfly. Loon." (1992)
"Edward G Robinson"->"Grow bored and sin." (1992)
"Michael Caine"->"A he-man icicle." (1992)
"Green Party"->"Trap energy." (1993)
"Simon Peter"->"Me no priest." (1993)
"Oxford University"->"Fury. No sex! VD? I riot." (1993)
"University of Cambridge"->"O, crave drugs - I'm fine by it." (1993)
"A Fistful of Dollars"->"Louts fall. Raid's off." (1993)
"Master of Arts"->"Most are farts." (1993)
"Inverness"->"Sins? Never!" (1993)
"Chesterfield"->"Filth recedes." (1993)
"Castleford"->"Fart. Closed." (1993)
"Wath Upon Dearne"->"Town under a heap." (1993)
"Burslem"->"Slumber." (1993)
"Strangeways Prison, Manchester"->"Rioters! Screws sent hangman pay." (1993)
"First class passenger"->"Farts, pisses, clangers." (1993)
"Bridgnorth"->"Grind, throb." (1994)
"Isaac Newton"->"Was once a nit." (1994)
"Merry Christmas"->"Smarmy retch, sir?" (1994)
"Bryan Adams, "Everything I do I do it for you""->"Very boring din, a samey hit - oo, did you fart?" (1994)
"Harold Macmillan"->"Old man. I charm all." (1994)
"Ernest Hemingway"->"Enigma - went shyer." (1994)
"National Travel"->"It ran late - no lav." (1994)
"Season Ticket"->"Is at keen cost." (1994)
"Traffic Warden"->"Write naff card." (1994)
"Ministry of Transport Test Certificate"->"Form? It's fiction. Pretty tat cars steer in." (1994)
"Inland Waterways Association"->"We can sin and sail away to riots." (1994)
"Manchester International Airport"->"Anti-terrorist machine - ran to plane." (1994)
"Stansted Airport"->"Departs - to trains!" (1994)
"Castle Donington Airport"->"Cor! Stop landing near to it." (1994)
"Boeing Aircraft Corporation"->"O no, poor fabric, erratic giant." (1994)
"Royal Bank of Scotland"->"Loons can fart badly, OK?" (1995)
"Legal and General Assurance Company"->"Alas, no clue. Clangers mean pay danger." (1995)
"International Monetary Fund"->"No talent in money - it ran fraud." (1995)
"Bank of Credit and Commerce International"->"To do criminal finance racket and enter Mob." (1995)
"Back to Basics"->"I back bosscat." (1995)
"Department of Social Security"->"Refer stupid claim case to Tony." (1996)
"Open Heart Surgery"->"Spurt any gore here." (1996)
"Eugenie Victoria Helena Windsor"->"One new caviare-diet girl in House." (1996)
"Agatha Christie"->"Rich hag is at tea." (1996)
"Tennessee Williams"->"Went senile as slime." (1996)
"Newcastle on Tyne"->"Yes, went. Not clean." (1996)
"National Union of Teachers"->"Aha, no action, no result - fine!" (1997)
"Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association"->"Tossers assess a mass action - it remains distant." (1997)
"National Association of Head Teachers"->"Ace fool, a hated anti-hero. Insist on ACAS." (1997)
"Association of Professional Teachers"->"O, its a choice of inane prats, arses, fools." (1997)
"University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology"->"Teach none, very chaotic, my students sniff glue, one incites riot." (1997)
"Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York"->"Oaf Andy rogers her. Such fuss, OK!" (1997)
"Worthington's"->"Worst on night." (1997)
"Ind Coope Ale"->"I pooed clean." (1997)
"Grunhalle Lager"->"Hurl a green gall." (1997)
"Higson's Ale"->"Gas in holes." (1997)
"Hardy Hanson's Ale"->"Hard slash anyone?" (1997)
"Mansfield Bitter"->"Fret. It's damn bile." (1997)
"Webster's Yorkshire Bitter"->"The beer's risky - it's rot brew." (1997)
"Heineken Lager"->"Leg, knee hernia." (1997)
"Younger's Scotch Bitter"->"I curse grotty B.O. stench." (1997)
"Les Dawson"->"Downs ales." (1997)
"Freddie Starr"->"Dire, red farts." (1997)
"Rowan Atkinson"->"Raw onion - stank." (1997)
"Woody Allen"->"Do one, wally!" (1997)
"Adrian Edmondson"->"Odd or damn insane." (1997)
"Mike Harding"->"He a grim kind." (1997)
"Yasser Arafat"->"'as a farty arse." (1997)
"Count Nikolai Tolstoy"->"A nutty tool, sick in loo." (1998)
"War and Peace"->"Crap and a wee." (1998)
"Woman's Realm"->"Warms no male." (1998)
"Woman's Own"->"Wows no man." (1998)
"The Spectator"->"Totes the crap." (1998)
"The Daily Mail"->"A hit. Lie madly." (1998)
"The Daily Star"->"Real shitty ad." (1998)
"Today"->"Toady." (1998)
"The Sunday Times"->"Seedy. Shut it, man." (1998)
"Crewe Station"->"Wait. (No secret.)" (1998)
"Camelot: The National Lottery"->"Total rat conmen - they lie a lot." (1999)
"The Governor of Texas George W Bush"->"Ohh no, bugger Gore's few extra votes!" (2000)
"The Millennium Dome at Greenwich"->"New tedium, no charm e.g. Time in hell." (2000)
"Alderhey Hospital"->"Hold parts? Lie? Yeah!" (2001)
"Peter Mandelson"->"Repent, sad lemon" (2001)
"Foot and mouth disease"->"So shun a meat food diet" (2001)
"Challenger Space Shuttle"->"The ascent. Gasp! Cruel hell." (2001)
"Second class passenger"->"Senseless. Dogs can crap." (2002)
"Saddam Hussein President of Iraq"->"I sad person if a hidden arms quest." (2003)
"Mother of all battles"->"Met Arab. Shot. Lot fell." (2003)
"Performance Pay"->"Many pee for crap." (2003)
"Manchester City"->"Cynic: meet trash." (2003)
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"->"Damn me! Marish drugs time." (2003)
"Hamlet, Prince of Denmark"->"Plonker. Damn me! Hit farce." (2003)
"Martin Sheen"->"Shite manner." (2003)
"How the West was won"->"What we shot we owns." (2003)
"I'm a Celebrity, Get me out of Here"->"O, a mighty bore. Flee. True emetic." (2003)
"Haemorrhoids"->"O horrid shame." (2003)
"Department for International Development"->"Plan to feed Poor - natter, lament it - never mind." (2003)
""In the beginning was the Word ...""->"Then God threw in a big new sin." (2003)
"Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid"->"I occur in ideal sex by code." (2003)
"The Eiffel Tower in Paris"->"At top we Irish feel finer." (2003)
""A stitch in time saves nine""->"Invest in machines, I state." (2003)
"Des O'Connor"->"O, no - scorned." (2003)
"Boston, Massachusetts"->"Chums toss tea at snobs." (2003)
"The Baghdad Archaeological Museum"->"U.S. came, had bag. Mega rich haul looted." (2003)
"Who Wants to be a Millionaire"->"Oo, Hit! Ambition, we all answer." (2003)
"It's love that makes the world go round"->"Lush sot drank, ate to vomit - he grew old." (2003)
"Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise - "Bring me Sunshine""->"We remember insane comedians cheering us in rib." (2003)
"Last of the Summer Wine"->"Note - mirth seems awful." (2003)
"The study of parapsychology"->"Out, shady foe! (Ghostly, crappy.)" (2003)
"The first cut is the deepest"->"Stitches feet deep - it hurts." (2003)
"King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table"->"Ohh no! Fit Dark Age thugs drink, battle then run." (2003)
"Lady of the Lake"->"Held a key aloft." (2003)
"Scottish Nationalist Party"->"Apathy in it costs. It ran - lost." (2003)
"The British National Party"->"Tribal rot - then apathy is in." (2003)
"Ernest Shackleton"->"Trek on - seal stench." (2003)
"Aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright"->"Hang on - our Bird will travel in air, i.e. top views." (2003)
"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"->"Horrid Snape threatens - hope trophy lost." (2003)
"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"->"Three chaps try to reach tomb - nerds fear." (2003)
"Keep the Home Fires Burning"->"Huns keep fit here, boring me." (2003)
"George Galloway"->"War elegy - go gaol." (2003)
"Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"->"Politics of invasion - sluice out rebs." (2003)
"African National Congress"->"Grass root can nail finance." (2003)
"Common Agricultural Policy"->"Gloom, ruin - cut crop, lay claim." (2003)
"Conservative Party Conference"->"Vote re perversion - fancy accent." (2003)
"Confederation of British Industries"->"Born idiots cut staff. Derision in here." (2003)
"Liberal Democrats"->"Liars led - mob react." (2003)
"National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers"->"Near chaos in nation as heads continue claim. Staff row, some loons too." (2003)
"The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race"->"O, faded. Grab oar! Came third (bent cox)." (2003)
"Palestine Liberation Organisation"->"I go plot a riot in Israel. An insane bet." (2003)
"European Monetary Union"->"A Euro? No penny amount? Ire!" (2003)
"The Meteorological Office"->"Oo, get hail, ice - feel comfort." (2003)
"The Chelsea Flower Show"->"O hell! Few watch roses, eh?" (2003)
"Pride comes before a fall"->""Do" - beer - affairs - mope - cell." (2003)
"Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones"->"Old lecher had a jet-set union - amazing case!" (2003)
"The Matrix Reloaded"->"Loth. Made extra dire." (2003)
"Tamil Tigers"->"Get mis-trial." (2003)
"Al Jazeera Television Station"->"A jeer at anti-zealots is on live." (2003)
"Information Technology Support Team"->"Firm's computer not on line. Apathy to go." (2003)
"Greene King India Pale Ale"->"Gee! Anglia alien drink. Pee." (2003)
"Actress Marilyn Monroe"->"Norma's secret: minor lay." (2003)
"Sexually Transmitted Disease"->"Lays. Extreme lust. AIDS instead." (2003)
"Weapons of mass destruction"->"Despots set in famous war con." (2003)
"Weapons of mass destruction"->"US tosspot's war. Made fine con." (2003)
"The British entry for the Eurovision Song Contest"->"Test tune. Horrific! Boring shit - they snore. No votes." (2003)
"Robert Mugabe, the President of Zimbabwe"->"Power mad thug, brazen fibber, it seem to be." (2003)
"David Beckham and Sir Alex Ferguson"->"Barcelona saga vexed. Mirk hid funds." (2003)
"Real Madrid star David Beckham"->"Am dark bastard Devil made rich." (2003)
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"->"Tepid horror, poxy rot then death. Fan here!" (2003)
"The Archbishop of Canterbury Doctor Rowan Williams"->"Faction warns Church - Mr Whispy-Beard too too liberal." (2003)
"Ragdoll Productions"->"Dour old crop, lasting." (2003)
"The Halifax Building Society"->"O, I fail clients by high tax due." (2003)
"Michael Schumacher"->"Claim much cash here." (2003)
"Michael Schumacher"->"Crash? Malice, eh, chum." (2003)
"Coronation Street"->"Terse no-action rot." (2003)
"Emmerdale"->"Lame. Merde." (2003)
"Eastenders"->"Sees rat "Den"" (2003)
"Serena Williams"->"Lean war missile." (2003)
"Wimbledon Tennis Championships"->"Miss chip, do no spin - Henman blew it." (2003)
"Stilton cheese"->"Slices on teeth." (2003)
"Starbucks coffee"->"Bet for cafe. Sucks." (2003)
"The charge of the Light Brigade"->"Cheer the goal! Big fright - death." (2003)
"Arsenal Football Club"->"Louts all clobber a fan." (2003)
"Andre Agassi"->"A nerd is a gas." (2003)
"Glastonbury Festival"->"Lavs often burst gaily." (2003)
"The Glastonbury Festival"->"Rave - by gnats. Flush toilet!" (2003)
"Glastonbury Festival"->"Lots raving. Flat. Buy "E's"" (2003)
"Alzheimer's Disease"->"Haze. Is real mess. Die." (2003)
"Bob Marley"->"Bomb early." (2003)
"President Silvio Berlusconi"->"Vitriolic slob's ruin deepens." (2003)
"Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor"->"Control crazed shagger? We ran!" (2003)
"The Wimbledon Mens Lawn Tennis champion Roger Federer"->"Note winning form. He ceded error balls? Tim Henman weeps." (2003)
"The Cameroon International Marc Vivien Foe"->"Heart fail once mean I cannot revive. Monitor?" (2003)
"Harry Secombe"->"Barmy - so cheer!" (2003)
"Spike Milligan"->"A simple liking." (2003)
"internet chat rooms"->"O mirth. Rat cons teen." (2003)
"George Bush and Tony Blair"->"Note darn huge gobby liars." (2003)
"Thompson Holidays, Tour Operators"->"Too unhappy set. Too dismal horrors." (2003)
"Airtours Holidays Limited"->"A multi-delay, so it is horrid." (2003)
"Stapler"->"Plaster!" (2003)
"Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Governor of California"->"Warning - crazed Frog Arnie! He can go for voters. O Hell!" (2003)
"Ariel Sharon"->"One rash liar." (2003)
"The General Certificate of Secondary Education"->"In acute rage. Face it - too easy for decent children." (2003)
"The Artist Formerly Known as Prince"->"Fit horny rocker's title-swap manner." (2003)
"Tottenham Hotspurs"->"Top? Shut rotten sham!" (2003)
"Heart triple by-pass operation"->"Rare palpitations hereby stop?" (2003)
"Tsing Tao"->"Toasting!" (2003)
"Conservative leader Michael Howard"->"He'll wee over IDS, man. Victor? A charade." (2003)
"Leeds United Football Club"->"Dull. If bounced, lose battle." (2003)
"Michael Parkinson"->"Is a plonker - Can him!" (2003)
"The season of goodwill"->"Oo, see! Go downhill fast." (2003)
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer"->"Rude herd sneered. Top loner hid." (2003)
"Away in a manger"->"Wean again Mary." (2003)
"Introduction of University top-up fees"->"Derive fun? It is opportunity to confuse." (2003)
"Beagle Two mission to Mars"->"Am missing: a lost wee robot." (2004)
"The racehorse "Rock of Gibraltar""->"Cheats break Alec, or horror gift?" (2004)
"Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea Football Club"->"Hell! Mafia Mob can bow! He has control over Rouble - fact." (2004)
"Shadow Chancellor Oliver Letwyn"->"Evil new Tory chancer who sold all." (2004)
"British Academy Film and Television Awards"->"Blimey! Is failed Oscar. View trash and damn it." (2004)
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"->"She ravished fans, went down wet." (2004)
"Atkins Diet"->"Eat! (It's kind.)" (2004)
"Novelist Catherine Cookson"->"I love innocent oats shocker." (2004)
"Romano Prodi"->"Moron Rapido." (2004)
"Haemorrhoids cream"->"Am horrid arse "chemo"" (2004)
"Robertson's Marmalade"->"Mortals smear on bread." (2004)
"Ovaltine"->"Not alive." (2004)
"Cadbury's chocolate"->"Lads buy cocoa: retch!" (2004)
"Saint Helens Rugby League Club"->"Rabble! (clue - see ungainly thugs)" (2004)
"Tennis player Greg Rusedski"->"is seeking plenty rare drugs?" (2004)
"Robinson's Barley Water"->"Narrow snobbery - it's ale." (2004)
"Lord of the Rings - Return of the King"->"Frodo's keen - hunting - terror - flight." (2004)