January 24 2012
Good, Better, George Best
A rough head count suggests we may have enough for a Storm this week. Or a quorum at least to test a flippant idea, where we put forward three notable names in a covert or lateral sequence. For example, going from headwaters to the sea, you could offer Mel Brooks, Joan Rivers, Billy Ocean.
Or big to small: Bob Carr, Van Morrison, Hugh Laurie
Or try a laddergram, stirring in a letter per step, such as Alan Alda, Rafael Nadal, Martin Landau
That’s the game – create a crafty triad, embedding a progression of pun or letter-play, where homophones are kosher, as are the use of first names or surnames. (Feel free to dip into celeb culture, politics, fiction or history to find the right name.) And if the sequence isn’t obvious then top your trio with a category. And let’s see what 1-2-3s we can conjure.
Oh, and if this games does attract a good bunch of entries, then let’s choose our own top 3 trios before 3 on Friday arvo, allowing for a 1-2-3 podium finale on the weekend. Menachem BEGIN.
Comments
Mr X — 24 January at 09:27AM
I'll kick it off with:
John Hurt, Auntie Mame and Jim Killen
Sam — 24 January at 10:03AM
Nice one Mr X. This needs a better sotto voce perhaps, but how about:
Holly Golightly - Lewis Carroll - Saul Bellow
KM — 24 January at 10:05AM
Nice, Mr X. Here's mine:
Al Green, Amber Petty and Red Symons
KM — 24 January at 10:08AM
Joseph Lyons, Tiger Woods and Bear Grylls (oh my!)
DC — 24 January at 10:15AM
Dirk Gently -> Lance Armstrong -> Joan Jett
Kate Moss -> JK Rowling -> John Logie Baird
Sam — 24 January at 10:22AM
V. Gordon Childe – Thomas Mann – Alexander Elder
SK — 24 January at 10:32AM
Robert Plant, George Bush, Tiger Woods
Sticking with the plant theme:-
Pol Pot, James Blunt, Tony Roche
SK — 24 January at 10:57AM
Max Walker, Winona Ryder, Minnie Driver
DA — 24 January at 11:12AM
Johnny Tapp, Warren Buffett, MC Hammer
AC — 24 January at 11:16AM
A. Bates, Tom Cruise, Chevy Chase
KM — 24 January at 11:37AM
Linda Tripp, Tom Cruise, Billie Holiday
DC — 24 January at 12:07PM
My attempt at a double list:
Rose Byrne, Lily Cole, Heather Black
DC — 24 January at 12:09PM
(And yes, the last one is real but too obscure for validity.)
JD — 24 January at 12:22PM
Peter Finch, Andrew Peacock, Bob Hawke.
KM — 24 January at 01:01PM
Heidi Montag, Tuesday Weld, Wednesday Addams
DA — 24 January at 01:22PM
Two can play at that game, KM:
Tim May, June Salter, Miranda July
SK — 24 January at 01:24PM
Jerry Springer, Suzanne Somers, Trish Fallon, Shelley Winters
ADB — 24 January at 01:29PM
Tony Abbott, Julie Bishop, Greg Chappell
SK — 24 January at 01:35PM
Huey Lewis, John Dewey, Louis Armstrong
KM — 24 January at 01:55PM
Nice work with Miranda July, DA (I could only think of Julies, etc). She's the missing link between June Salter and Auguste Rodin!
RK — 24 January at 02:13PM
Helen Reddy, Steady Eddy, Peter Cook
DA2 — 24 January at 02:22PM
Teehee RK
While Miranda July is a joy to read. Promise you
RM — 24 January at 02:29PM
Park Bom, Eddie Mabo, Barack Obama
RM — 24 January at 02:31PM
Ron Paul, Luis Palau, RuPaul
RM — 24 January at 02:31PM
Ignore that last one. It doesn't work.
RM — 24 January at 02:33PM
How about:
Phar Lap, Ron Paul, Luis Palau
RM — 24 January at 02:49PM
Carl Sagan, Gassan Sadatoshi, Julian Assange
RK — 24 January at 02:49PM
Jack Johnson, Queen Latifah, B.B. King
RobT — 24 January at 02:50PM
Newk (John N), Duke (John W) & Cuke (Warwick Capper aka Capt Cucumber)
RK — 24 January at 02:52PM
Sue Monk Kidd, Aimee Mann, Gary Oldman
RobT — 24 January at 02:52PM
Agassi, Bearse and Button
RobT — 24 January at 02:53PM
ie Andre, Amanda and John
RobT — 24 January at 02:55PM
WC Fields, John Gielgud and Can-dide
RK — 24 January at 02:55PM
Johnny Appleseed, Fiona Apple, Johnny Rotten
DA2 — 24 January at 03:07PM
Or Jonathan Biggins for Fiona
RK — 24 January at 03:11PM
I like it
RM — 24 January at 03:20PM
Huey Long, Clare Short, Wayne Shorter
RM — 24 January at 03:25PM
Alan Gold, Stephen Jay Gould, Father Dougal McGuire, Douglas Adams
RK — 24 January at 03:30PM
Johnny Bravo, Charlie Chaplin, Delta Goodrem
Sam — 24 January at 03:44PM
Julian Barnes – John Stuart Mill – Frank Moorhouse – Peter Temple
Roald Dahl – Tim Curry - Lassie
Geoff Bailey — 24 January at 04:06PM
The best example of this kind of thing that I recall is this physics paper.
RM — 24 January at 04:12PM
John Doe, Man Ray, Mini Me
RK — 24 January at 04:20PM
Good one RM. I was trying to make that work with Anh Do (an Aussie comedian) but I couldn't get the Mi. Doh!
RK — 24 January at 04:22PM
Some cricketers, tenuously linked...
Allan Lamb, Alan Butcher, Rodney Hogg
Victor Trumper, Doug Bollinger, Sir Garfield Sobers
SK — 24 January at 04:27PM
Freddie Mercury, Venus Williams, (Eartha Kitt), Bruno Mars
KM — 24 January at 04:38PM
Whitney Port, Cherie Blair, Brandi
KM — 24 January at 04:59PM
Osama Bin Laden, Michael Holding, Henry Poor
KM — 24 January at 05:00PM
Or:
Osama Bin Laden, Michael Holding, Eric Burden
RobT — 24 January at 06:17PM
Neville wRAN, Regnier de gRAAF, Tom hAIFe.
Lucasta — 24 January at 06:28PM
Paris Hilton, Brittany Murphy, Anatole France
Charles Lamb, Virginia Woolf, Karin Slaughter
Em — 24 January at 07:09PM
Greg Page, Tony Squires, Matthew Knights
RobT — 24 January at 08:44PM
Ringo Starr, Tina Arena, Andy Serkas
Em — 24 January at 09:03PM
Rafael Nadal, Donatella Versace, Leonardo di Caprio
Lucasta — 24 January at 11:31PM
Terence Stamp, Ezra Pound, MC Hammer
JD — 25 January at 09:44AM
Ernie Els, Meg Lees, Monica Seles
KM — 25 January at 11:23AM
Christian Bale, Robert Stack, Gomer Pyle
KM — 25 January at 11:25AM
Lance Bass, Rosamund Pike, Kilgore Trout
Em — 25 January at 05:05PM
Milo Ventimiglia, Tea Leoni, Kofi Annan
Em — 25 January at 05:13PM
Borrowing from Lucasta (thanks for the inspiration):
Rosemary Clooney, Jack Lemmon, Charles Lamb
Lucasta — 25 January at 06:20PM
Sounds tasty.
Ben Jonson, Aphra Behn, Brendan Behan
JPR — 25 January at 07:34PM
Breaker (WOW!) Morant; Kenny Ball; Harry Potter
Nib — 25 January at 09:20PM
Mark Twain, Ke$ha, Frank Schilling.
(Frank Schilling makes for a double there, whilst also being an aptonym.
On another 'note', I think "vereinsthaler" has plenty of cryptic potential.)
Lucasta — 25 January at 11:53PM
Jon English, Dawn French, Roman Polanski
DA — 26 January at 10:16AM
George Sand, Sharon Stone, Chris Rock
David Flint, Britney Spears, Aeneas Gunn
RK — 26 January at 03:01PM
Nick Cave, Jabba the Hutt, Dr Gregory House