DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
General Discussions => Current Talk Archive => Current Talk '24 I => Current Talk '02 II => Topic started by: ProfStokes on August 09, 2002, 08:21:31 AM
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Now I admire Professor Stokes's intelligence and appreciate how quickly he's able to solve problems and catch on to the various mysterious goings-on, but in today's episodes, he was just too good to be true. What put Stokes on to Danielle Roget's trail? Sure, he's bound to be suspicious of Adam's mystery woman, but where in the world did he get the idea that her name was an anagram? That one is just too far-fetched for me.
Then again, when I meet new people, I don't instantly demand to know how to spell their names just in case they turn out to be mass murderers from bygone centuries. Thus, I have no way of knowing if the seemingly-docile Abigail Courter is actually the reincarnation of Lucretia Borgia or if Harold Filet could be harboring the spirit of Adolf Hitler.
Those of you who wish to be on the safe side, however, may want to run the names of your family, friends, and local politicians through this website to make sure there are no historic villains among them.
http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/advanced.html
ProfStokes
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Wow! I entered my hubby's name and got:
BARRY ROGET
Should I be afraid?
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Those of you who wish to be on the safe side, however, may want to run the names of your family, friends, and local politicians through this website to make sure there are no historic villains among them.
http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/advanced.html
Hmm. One of the anagrams it coughs up for Criseyde is CRIED YES. <vbeg>
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I did my whole name and came up with "Call Roofers" lol!! (maybe someone is trying to tell me something.)
I did one for Dark Shadows and came up with "Dark Sad Show" hmmm...
Thanks Prof! :)
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Then again, when I meet new people, I don't instantly demand to know how to spell their names just in case they turn out to be mass murderers from bygone centuries.
Those of you who wish to be on the safe side, however...
ROFL. Yer funny.
Just to be on the safe side, I ran my husband's name. I'm a little worried:
FAMILIAL COUCH HEX
Ya know, ya live with someone for over 20 years and ya think ya know them....hmm. I KNEW something wasn't quite right.
In any event, I ran Quentin Collins and came up with something interesting:
LINCOLN INQUEST
A couple of noteworthy anagrams for David Selby:
AVIDLY BEDS (Yes! I like this!)
SLAVE BIDDY (Huh? LOL)
Anyway, thanks ProfStokes for the link to this valuable tool!
Keeping my eyes and ears open from now on,
I am,
-CLC
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ProfStokes,
Yes, I was thinking the same thing about Stokes; he is way too clever by half. The only explanation I can think of is that Stokes may have been aware of the spirit of Danielle Roget being summoned before when she used another anagram alias. It is still very hard to believe, however, especially because the name isn't even vaguely similar to Leona Helmsley ... uh, I mean Eltridge. ;) Gotta love that portly, sherry swilling Professor anyway. He would give even Columbo a run for the money!
Thanks, too, for the link to the anagram site. I'm passing this baby on to friends for some harmless Friday divertissement, Mademoiselle.
And thanks, Connie, for the laughs! Think I'll revisit the anagram site soon for more fun, but now it's back to work for me.
Sincerely,
Baroness Pecker (a.k.a Happybat)
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My name would have Stokes in his den for days. There were 73 pages of anagrams. Bed, Beer, and Bod, showed up and quite a few. Do you think that is a sign?
Birdie
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My name came up with: SNEAK EVERY TRYST
See ya soon Pokie one! lol (inside joke) ;)
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Dear Prof. Stokes,
Instead of concocting an anagram for Daniele Roget, wouldn't it have been far easier (not to mention less dangerous) for Nicholas simply to have given Daniele an alias like "Shirley Kowalski" or, perhaps, "Clementine Kadihiloffer"?
Sincerely,
Bob the Bartender, who reminds you that "a rose by any other name..."
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"Shirley Kowalski" or..."Clementine Kadihiloffer"?
I like you, Bob...
Not only do you pour a neat scotch...but you can also be counted on for the most arcane (and funny) references known to modern man.
I put my actual name in the anagram machine and came up with not only a new alias--Swami Karl Lim--but quite possibly the title of an arthouse film: Lila Warms Kim.
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Ringo Collins becomes:
Collins Groin
Rolling Coins
Sonic Gin Roll
and
In Girls Colon
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My name(Douglas Smith)came up with the following sampling(among the cleaner stuff):
A GOLDSMITH US
A DIG LUSH TOMS
A GILD SHOT SUM
A MIDGUT SLOSH
A DIGS SHOT LUM
A GOLD ISTHMUS
A GOLD SMITH US
A GOLD HITS SUM
A GOULDS SMITH
A GOULD SMITH
A DOG HIM LUSTS
A DOG HIT SLUMS
A DOG HUMS LIST
A DOG THUS SLIM
A GOD HITS SLUM
A GOD HUMS LIST
A MILD HOGS STU
A MILD THUGS SO
A MILD GUSTS HO
DIM HOGS LUST
A DIM HOGS SLUT
A DIM THUGS LOS
A OLD SIGH MUST
HAD GUMS I LOST
HAD MUGS I LOST
DASH LOG I MUST
AID GHOST SLUM
LAID SMUG HOST
DISMAL HOG STU
AMID HOG LUSTS
AMID HOG SLUTS
AMIDST GHOULS
SADIST MOGHUL
LAD GHOST I SUM
DAM GHOULS SIT
DAM GHOUL SITS
MAD GHOST LUIS
MAD GHOUL SITS
USA GOLDSMITH
USA GOLD SMITH
USA MILD GHOST
That's enough!I got what seemed to close to a thousand anagrams for my name!
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GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RICH DICK RASH
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My votes go to Sonic Gin Roll and A Gold Isthumus.
Here are some of my anagrams:
ABSENCES PORKER (Hate that!)
BACKER RESPONSE
BACKERS REOPENS
CARBONS KEEPERS (Maybe somewhere, in a galaxy far, far away, you will find this tucked in among the job ads)
BARKEEP CENSORS (Look out, Bob-the-Bartender!)
BARONESS PECKER (my fave!)
BORAK PRESENCES (perhaps a job benefit for carbons keepers?)
KNEECAPS RESORB (an as yet unidentified condition common among football players)
ESCAPER BONKERS [nuts] (Don't we all have days like this?)
PARKERS OBSCENE (Who, moi?)
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Collins Groin...
I had a bad case of Collins Groin once.
My doctor advised me to drink lots of sherry and quit marrying intense, crazed women with supernatural powers.
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Then again, when I meet new people, I don't instantly demand to know how to spell their names just in case they turn out to be mass murderers from bygone centuries.
ProfStokes
Did you catch this amusing exchange between Professor Stokes and Barnabas, the first time Stokes asked Barnabas "how does she spell her last name?" - and Barnabas looked down at the ground with the hang-dog expression of some little boy who didn't study for his spelling test, and mumbled sadly "I don't know."
Poor Barnabas. Failed the spelling bee again.
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Wow! I entered my hubby's name and got:
BARRY ROGET
Should I be afraid?
I'm sorry Midnite, but you have to kill him. After all, he is almost certainly the husband of the MOST EEEE-VILLL woman the world has ever known, and some of it HAD to rub off. You don't want to unleash him on the unsuspecting world do you?
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Now I admire Professor Stokes's intelligence and appreciate how quickly he's able to solve problems and catch on to the various mysterious goings-on, but in today's episodes, he was just too good to be true. What put Stokes on to Danielle Roget's trail? Sure, he's bound to be suspicious of Adam's mystery woman, but where in the world did he get the idea that her name was an anagram? That one is just too far-fetched for me.
Then again, when I meet new people, I don't instantly demand to know how to spell their names just in case they turn out to be mass murderers from bygone centuries.
And personally, I think that his solution to discovering her true identity may be just a TAD overstated given the lack of any kind of proof.
When I ran Leona Eltridge thru the amalgram I didn't even get Danielle Roget, though I did get at least two name possibilities: Leonard (I TOLD YOU!) Elegit and Oleander Legit. You don't hear Prof. Stokes saying "I'm telling you, she is really a man!" Nor even, "Oleander? Only someone REALLY named Leonard would use THAT name!"
(For my own real name, I rather liked "Black Neuron" and "Lunar Beckon". I may start going by Lunar any day now!)
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Gotta love that portly, sherry swilling Professor anyway. He would give even Columbo a run for the money!
Hi, Happybat! Missed you at the Anaheim Fest. :(
Your thought about the intellectual and enigmatic Prof. Stokes taking on the deceptively hapless Columbo is a brilliant one! Couldn't you see the two of them competing to be the first to solve the week's mystery?
The more I think of it, the more I'm convinced Thayer David could have pulled off a weekly prime-time DS spin-off -- solving capers of the supernatural with dream intervention strategies, I-Ching wands, time-travel, and ample glasses of sherry. I think he could have blown Columbo, McCloud, and McMillen & Wife out of the water. But I wouldn't mind him collaborating with the esteemed Jessica Fletcher -- couldn't you see them toasting to a mystery well solved, as the "Murder, She Wrote" theme music closes the scene? 8)
Ben
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Hey gang,
Did you notice the gleam in Prof. Stokes' eyes as he "interviewed" Leona Eltridge? (in Josette's bedroom, no less!) I thought for a second that Stokes' snazzy red and blue striped bow tie was going to start spinning as the professor feasted his eyes on the sultry Ms. Eltridge.
Wow, what would the members of the parapsychology department at Prof. Stokes' university have to say if they knew that their esteemed department chairman was spending the afternoon with some lovely young woman? For shame!!!
Sincerely,
Bob the Bartender, Collinsport's No. 1 quidnunc.
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GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RICH DICK RASH
Hey tripwire...ummm.. about our get together in september... well.. ummmm... something sort of came up... my grandmother died and my moms having surgery and i have to wash my hair and ..ummm.. well... maybe we can reschedule for a later date..ok? [shckd]
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This was interesting. I used my whole name, and came up with over 50 anagrams with Craig in them. I like that! Who would've thought that my name spells out, A CRAIG HERS YENTL LYNN? A Craig Hers hits the nail on the head, but forget yentl Lynn. Where did she come from?! ?!?
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LOL! I'm glad to hear that people are enjoying the site and I've really enjoyed reading the various anagrams that you've all found. Thank you for sharing. :) My own anagrams are pretty kooky: :-/
ARMADILLO JUNTA
MATILDA JOURNAL
LAUNDROMAT JAIL :P
ProfStokes
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Funny, I just did one on The Reverend Trask and these are what I came up with, (an interesting bunch)
Rat Dr. Eve Kern
Nerd Treks Rev
Dark Ernest Rev
Dark Enters Rev
Dna Trek Re Rev
Tsar Dr Eve Kern
Snake Dr Revere
Tavern Dr. Reeks
Snake Dr.Reverts
And last but not least, "Streak Nerd Rev."
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LAUNDROMAT JAIL :P
ProfStokes
I kinda like this one for you ProfStokes ;)
(I enjoyed using the toy...Thanks}
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Goodness, some of the names that came up for me! I typed in my first and last name and got tons of answers. Some of my favorites:
Hydes Nostril (it's wonderful to know how I am related to the infamous Dr. Jekyll)
Dines Shortly (I must be a quick eater!)
Lends Historys (a favorite of Barnabas Collins)
Styled Rhinos (great to know how up-to-date those huge mammals are in fashion)
Thanks Prof. Stokes!
-Lindsey
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;DOh my goodness, I don't know when I've had so much fun!!! I know-------get a life! Anyway, some of my 2000 anagrams were interresting, but not as good as some of those posted:
fleabag bar burrs
arab garb rub self (huh?)
aruba grab lbs ref
bear grabs lab fur
still hysterical, Misty
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Hi, Happybat! Missed you at the Anaheim Fest. :(
Your thought about the intellectual and enigmatic Prof. Stokes taking on the deceptively hapless Columbo is a brilliant one! Couldn't you see the two of them competing to be the first to solve the week's mystery?
The more I think of it, the more I'm convinced Thayer David could have pulled off a weekly prime-time DS spin-off -- solving capers of the supernatural with dream intervention strategies, I-Ching wands, time-travel, and ample glasses of sherry. I think he could have blown Columbo, McCloud, and McMillen & Wife out of the water. Ben
Ben,
Thanks for remembering me! Yes, I really wish I could have gone to Anaheim, too, but time and finances would not cooperate this year, alas! But there is always next year in New York. I have a hunch that GingerCat will want to come, too!
The idea for a Thayer David mystery with a supernatural spin is indeed a fine one. I can imagine the Professor unsuccessfully trying to persuade the local authorities that the crimes plaguing Collinsport (and maybe spreading much further afield) are supernatural in nature, and then having to crack the cases himself. The final scene of each case would feature Stokes in his dressing gown, comforably ensconced in his arm chair, sipping his sherry and explaining to the police just how he "dunnit". And what about a Stokes/Columbo crossover with the same supernatural overtones? I just finished a (first!) teleplay for a Columbo episode, so the lovable, rumpled Lieutenant has been on my mind a lot lately. I would like to say that a producer has optioned my script but that's just a warm and fuzzy fantasy and likely to remain so. :'(
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LOLOLOL.
Some of Mine (Patricia Feinberg):
A Cab Fingerer I Tip :o
A Cab Prefer Gin I It ;D
A Cab Free Gin I Trip ;D
A Cab Ferret Pig I In (oyevah)
A Cab Genre If I Trip 8)
A Cab Renter If Pig I ?!?
Okay...,I gotta bookmark this!
Thanks!
Patti Feinberg
a.k.a. cab fingerer