BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples

Subject: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: michaelr
Date: 11 Nov 15 - 09:01 PM

Simple minds are easily entertained. I often amuse myself by imagining people with the same surnames as married couples, e.g.

Buster and Parker Posey
Colonel and Bernie Sanders

Anyone game? Extra credit if one or both are musicians. I'll start things off with:

Phil and Shirley Collins
Yitzak and Rhea Perlman
Richard and Emma Thompson
Bradley and Alice Cooper

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Rapparee
Date: 11 Nov 15 - 09:43 PM

Phil and Judy Collins
Mark and Shania Twain
Dooley and Nancy Wilson
Jim and Eve Bridger
Henry and Mary Travers

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Nov 15 - 10:07 PM

Dewitt and Hilary Clinton
John Quincy and Maude Adams
James and Marilyn Monroe
George and Kelly Washington
Stonewall and Kate Jackson
Ulysses and Lee Grant
Woodrow and Rebel Wilson
Calvin and Rita Coolidge
John F and Jessica Parker Kennedy

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: GUEST,HiLo
Date: 12 Nov 15 - 12:27 AM

Kate and George bush
Natasha and Ghengis kahn
Joni and Chad Mitchell
Maggie and Al Smith
Elizabeth andStephen Fry

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Rapparee
Date: 12 Nov 15 - 01:18 AM

Bob and Horatio Nelson

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: michaelr
Date: 12 Nov 15 - 02:12 AM

Great start!

Guest, 10:07 - I don't know who Dewitt Clinton is, but I had George Clinton in there with Hillary. Love your James and Marilyn Monroe!

And your focus on past presidents brought this to mind:

Richard and Cynthia Nixon

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: GUEST,HiLo
Date: 12 Nov 15 - 02:27 AM

Sarah andMichael Palin
Diane and Buster Keaton
Carly and Paul Simon
Olivia Newton and Elton John
Billie jean and Larry king

Doris Lessing and Henry More.....I know, I know, but I couldn't help myself!

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: fat B****rd
Date: 12 Nov 15 - 03:43 AM

Jim and David Bowie

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Michael
Date: 12 Nov 15 - 05:22 AM

Gordon and Arthur Brown would have enlivened Britain 's last Labour government.

Nigel and John F Kennedy

Lionel and Tony Blair

Lyndon B and Boris Johnson

Mike

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: GUEST,HiLo
Date: 12 Nov 15 - 05:39 AM

Ella and Scott Fitzgerald
Rosemary and George Clooney
Sarah and roger Waters
Serena and Hank Williams
George and T S Eliot

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: David C. Carter
Date: 12 Nov 15 - 07:17 AM

Groucho/Karl Marx

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Michael
Date: 12 Nov 15 - 07:41 AM

Naomi and Donald Campbell

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: GUEST,gillymor
Date: 12 Nov 15 - 12:30 PM

Abbey and Abe Lincoln
John and Wendy O. Williams
Patti and the Smith Bros. (a scandalous menage a trois)
Richard and Cynthia Nixon
Jennifer and John Nance Garner IV
Emma and Sly Stone
John and Shy Coltrane
Henry and Sonny Rollins
Robin and the Wright Bros.
Geena and Rev. Gary Davis

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: fat B****rd
Date: 12 Nov 15 - 12:32 PM

Huddie and Margo Ledbetter

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Rapparee
Date: 12 Nov 15 - 01:03 PM

Roy and Kenny Rogers
Cary and Ulysses Grant
Roger and Dale Evans
Natalie and Old King Cole
Macy and Gandalf D. Gray
Grace and Harry Potter
Ronald and Amy McDonald
Miss Piggy and anyone...

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: GUEST,achmelvich
Date: 12 Nov 15 - 01:18 PM

stir and steven fry?
tony and fancia currie?
dennis mac and virginia wade?

enough, stopping myself now before it gets silly

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: The Sandman
Date: 12 Nov 15 - 04:23 PM

Tom and Janet Jones.
Steve and Sandie Shaw.
Mark and Diana Ross.
Jim and Beryl Bainbridge

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: GUEST,gillymor
Date: 12 Nov 15 - 08:41 PM

Lindy and Dock Boggs
Bruce and Iris Murdoch
Martha and George Plimpton
Sara and Light Horse Harry Lee
Martha and E.B. White
Audra and Ronald McDonald
Red and Mrs. Callender

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Rapparee
Date: 13 Nov 15 - 12:16 AM

Red and John Skelton
Forrest and Tanya Tucker
Liberty and Phil Silvers
Abigail and Ansel Adams
Henry and Lita Ford
Cyrus and Maryann McCormick

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: frogprince
Date: 13 Nov 15 - 12:39 AM

Helen and Gabby Hayes

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Zhenya
Date: 13 Nov 15 - 01:37 AM

Emma and Doc Watson
Sandra Day and Mark O'Connor
Woody and Barbara Allen
George and William Henry Harrison
Carrie and Archie Fisher
Marilyn and Bill Monroe
Zachary and James Taylor

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: The Sandman
Date: 13 Nov 15 - 01:55 AM

olive green and oliver green

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Jack Campin
Date: 13 Nov 15 - 05:37 AM

Alfred and Nelson Man Deller
Vladimir and Grigori "Natty Dread" Ras Putin

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 13 Nov 15 - 09:15 AM

Republican Party Presidential Candidates and the truth?

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Kampervan
Date: 13 Nov 15 - 01:03 PM

Harry H and Ronnie Corbett

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 14 Nov 15 - 10:36 AM

Basil Brush and George Brush?

Spot the Dog and Snoop Dog?

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Jack Campin
Date: 14 Nov 15 - 11:52 AM

Francis and Julia Child.

What kind of recipes and ballads would they come up with?

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: David C. Carter
Date: 14 Nov 15 - 12:18 PM

Bat/Superman

Old King Cole/Nat King Cole

Don/Hank Williams

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Nov 15 - 01:30 PM

Donald Trump and Johnny Fartpants

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Rusty Dobro
Date: 14 Nov 15 - 03:44 PM

Rosemary and George Clooney really should remain in the realm of the unlikely - she was his aunt.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: michaelr
Date: 14 Nov 15 - 05:54 PM

Francis and Julia Child! I love it!

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Mrrzy
Date: 15 Nov 15 - 01:53 AM

Linda and Jimmy Carter

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Mr Red
Date: 15 Nov 15 - 06:59 AM

Gary Hart & Donald Trump
and in the next rubber: Anne Diamond and Donald Trump
no burning a Bridge there!

Not forgetting that old political slogan "In your heart you know its Bush" with the couplet (see what I did there?) "In your bush you know its Hart"

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Jack Campin
Date: 15 Nov 15 - 07:23 AM

Captain James Cook and his wife the expedition's artist, Beryl.

(In fact a lot of Polynesians look like Beryl Cook people anyway...)

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: GUEST,gillymor
Date: 15 Nov 15 - 07:54 AM

Rita Mae and Jim Brown
Belle and Ringo Starr
Blaze and Henry Starr
Gypsy Rose and Robert E. Lee
Tony and Condesleesa Rice
Blind and Amanda Blake
Jessica and Homer Simpson
Johnathan and Taylor Swift

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 15 Nov 15 - 09:39 AM

Johannes Brahms and Miss Brahms ("Are You Being Served?")
Dick Miles and Michael Miles (you're not having Sarah - bugger off!)
Ted Heath and Ted Heath
Andy Irvine and Andy Irvine
Guest and Guest
Benedict Cumberbatch and Cumberdick Bendybatch
Me and Suzanne Shaw (she's gorgeous and her dad Vinny was in my class)

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 15 Nov 15 - 01:45 PM

Three Dog Night and Snoop Dog (Night)

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: GUEST,Richard
Date: 16 Nov 15 - 05:53 AM

Anna Nutherthing and Tubby Shaw

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Janie
Date: 16 Nov 15 - 12:03 PM

Andy and Lucinda Williams
Blind Alfred and Ola Belle Reed
Scott and Janis Joplin
Martha and Rod Stewart

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: frogprince
Date: 16 Nov 15 - 01:50 PM

Patrick, James, John, and Martha Stewart.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Mr Red
Date: 16 Nov 15 - 04:13 PM

John Fitzpatrick and Patrick Fitzjohn (the old jokes are ............. still the old jokes)

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 16 Nov 15 - 04:25 PM

Demi and Patrick Moore

I would say Brian and Sarah Cox but it's not unlikely enough.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Leadfingers
Date: 16 Nov 15 - 06:47 PM

When I saw the Thread Title , all that came to MY mind was that at my age No One would want to couple with me !

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 17 Nov 15 - 02:44 AM

How about Leadfingers and Christopher Plumber?

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Nov 15 - 03:19 AM

Akenaton, Ben Doon and Phil McCavity

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: An Pluiméir Ceolmhar
Date: 17 Nov 15 - 09:09 AM

I know this game as "Swell Party". Names are cited in the format:

"The Fitzgeralds were there - Ella and Garret".

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: GUEST,RA
Date: 17 Nov 15 - 06:57 PM

"The Davises were there - Betty and Miles."

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 17 Nov 15 - 07:08 PM

Suzanne George and Asda George

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 17 Nov 15 - 07:10 PM

James Bond and Ernie Bond

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: GUEST, DTM
Date: 17 Nov 15 - 07:18 PM

Dino, pet of the Flintstones and Dino the Italian crooner

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Jack Campin
Date: 17 Nov 15 - 07:58 PM

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Big Daddy.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 17 Nov 15 - 08:43 PM

Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the Birmingham Six and the Guildford Four.

Sid Little and Tasmyn Little

Cat Stevens, Snoop Doggy Dogg, John The Fish, Alex Salmond, Jack The Kipper, Almighty Cod, Beefy Botham,

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: GUEST,Mrr
Date: 17 Nov 15 - 08:48 PM

Some people are unclear on the concept.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: GUEST,gillymor
Date: 18 Nov 15 - 02:53 AM

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: GUEST,gillymor
Date: 18 Nov 15 - 02:55 AM

Dang tablet...

Natalie and Smoky Joe Wood

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Mr Red
Date: 18 Nov 15 - 03:39 AM

David Camaroon & a cocoanut biscuit (anagramtically speaking)

The Harolds - MacMillan & Wilson

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 18 Nov 15 - 05:39 AM

I don't think we're unclear on the concept. We're just doing the inevitable. Let it fly!

Johnny Walker and Johnny Walker
Steve Wright and Steve Reich (heheh, I'm cheating)
Egon Ronay and egg on toast

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 18 Nov 15 - 05:47 AM

Josh and Ann Widdecombe.

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: GUEST,Richard
Date: 18 Nov 15 - 10:51 AM

Thomas and Francoise Hardy
Thomas Stearns and George Eliot

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: GUEST,Grishka
Date: 18 Nov 15 - 06:35 PM

Robin and Little Red Riding Hood

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: frogprince
Date: 18 Nov 15 - 07:07 PM

Did anybody beat me to James and Elizabeth Taylor?

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 18 Nov 15 - 07:14 PM

Miles, Dick and Turpin, Dick

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 18 Nov 15 - 08:44 PM

Reagan, Ronald and McDonald, Ronald

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 18 Nov 15 - 08:59 PM

Richard Burton and Beryl Burton

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 19 Nov 15 - 12:37 PM

Morgan Schneiderlin of Man Utd

& my maternal grandmother Sarah Schneiderman

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Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 19 Nov 15 - 01:28 PM

MGM•Lion and Lenny The Lion

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Nov 15 - 02:56 AM

OJ Simpson and Simba

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 20 Nov 15 - 05:52 AM

McGeorge Bundy and George McBundy

(Does anyone really call their kid McGeorge?)

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 20 Nov 15 - 08:29 AM

@SShaw

Grrrrr -- rrrrrrrr - rrrrrrrrrrr

Ooh don't embawass me

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Nov 15 - 12:40 PM

What was the name of that cross eyed lion?

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Michael
Date: 20 Nov 15 - 05:33 PM

What was the name of that cross eyed lion?

Clarence

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 20 Nov 15 - 06:17 PM

George Bernard Shaw & Unohoo·Of·This·Parish

Subject: RE: BS: Let's play Unlikely Couples
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 20 Nov 15 - 06:30 PM

I'll take that any time, Lenny.