Opposites Attract
Kath Day & Kel Knight are living proof. In the same way Daryl Somers and Shelley Winters may have missed their silk-sheet moment….
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, your Storm this week is to conjure couples – straight or gay, present or past – that can be viewed as verbal opposites.
As with the first two couples, spelling doesn’t need to be precise. Homophones will do, just as couples across the ages, across cultures, are also fine. Fictional characters are likewise. Hence Artemis Fowl and Gary Sweet have some conjugal potential.
You may also involve a first name as the antonym, such as Glenn Mitchell and Faith Hill (glen + hill). Nicknames can also be enlisted: this is the month of amore after all.
To sharpen your Cupid aim, let me recommend these items:
Conrad Black & Patrick White
Yahoo Serious & Conway Twitty
Orlando Bloom & Shane Dye
Gai Waterhouse & Ryan Cross
What more do you want? Get out among the masses and start match-making. Best three couples (and their dating agent) will win the appropriate honeymoon packages after late Friday’s deadline.
February 2nd, 2010 at 10:17 am
Politically mismatched couple:
Tori Amos and Red Symons
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:18 am
A union that could bring an end to Bathurst rivalry:
Gerald Ford and Holden Caulfield
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:53 am
An affair bridging the eternal divide between tennis players and fictional TV characters:
Venus Williams and Veronica Mars
February 2nd, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Uniting the extremes of Asian politics:
Ban Ki Moon and Sun Yat Sen
February 2nd, 2010 at 4:29 pm
Malcolm Speed & Alexander Downer
Plus two lovey-dovey actors: Geoffrey Rush & Tom Cruise
February 2nd, 2010 at 5:05 pm
Groucho Marx & Frank Spencer
An odd couple-style sitcom with clear commerical tie-in possibilities
February 2nd, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Sorry, I think my last one completely missed the point of the exercise…
Georgie Parker & Minnie Driver
February 2nd, 2010 at 6:38 pm
The Aussie-French Connection:
Bon Scott & Mal Walden
February 2nd, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Wait, maybe a chain…
Georgie Parker & Minnie Driver
Minnie Driver & Maxi Priest
Maxi Priest & Thelonious Monk
February 2nd, 2010 at 7:19 pm
Georgie Parker & Minnie Driver
Minnie Driver & Maxi Priest
Maxi Priest & Tony Abbott
Tony Abbott & Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde & Chris Tame
Chris Tame & David Cross
February 2nd, 2010 at 9:16 pm
Bill Leak & Seal?
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:46 pm
Wilt Chamberlain & Quentin Crisp
Maria Callas & Mariah Carey
(Both singers, both similar first names, shame carey isn’t quite a word…)
February 3rd, 2010 at 12:43 am
Kim Jong Il and Fran Fine
February 3rd, 2010 at 12:51 am
Alain de Botton and Wall-E
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:27 am
Maggie Beer / Roger Waters
John Butler / Aaron Lord
Eric Idle / Busy Phillips
Denzel Washington / Jack London
Mark Twain / Han Solo
February 3rd, 2010 at 11:58 am
Reaching a bit: Apple Martin / William of Orange
February 3rd, 2010 at 12:07 pm
I thought you were going elsewhere:
Bernie Mac & PC Plod
February 3rd, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Dizzy Gillespie & Steady Eddie
Jimmy Barnes & Sherlock Holmes
William Tell & Rolf de Heer
February 3rd, 2010 at 1:11 pm
John Hurt and Shane Heal
February 3rd, 2010 at 1:36 pm
James Bond / Severus Snape
February 3rd, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Genghis Khan and Immanuel Kant
February 3rd, 2010 at 5:28 pm
Some crafty stuff here. Welcome to newcomer Koan, and kudos to X for that last one, evoking a famous graffito at the perfect opportunity.
Meanwhile:
Guy Sebastian & Bob Dole
EB White & Flo Bjelke-Petersen
February 3rd, 2010 at 6:20 pm
The cockney afterlives:
Evan Rachel Wood & Elle Macpherson
February 4th, 2010 at 8:30 am
How about:
Eric Grothe and Tim DeKay
Rocky Elsom and Dusty Springfield
Chopper Read and Margaret Thatcher
February 4th, 2010 at 8:34 am
These ‘banns’ are growing impressive. Please add:
Vladimir Putin & Eric Idle
February 4th, 2010 at 10:13 am
Evel Knievel and Johnny B Goode
February 4th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Dwayne Bravo and Boo Radley
February 4th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Some corkers in the last wave. At the risk of nyuk-nyuk:
Dick Emery & Fanny Adams
February 4th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
After pairing up Venus Williams early on, it seems only fair to be match-maker for her little sister as well:
Serena Williams and Thornton Wilder
February 4th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
Winnie the Pooh and Wee Willy Winkie
I’m racking my brains for a double with both first and last name being two different opposites…
February 4th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
Muddy Waters and Rainbow Brite
February 5th, 2010 at 8:17 am
The bug bit last night:
Frank Woodley & Sly Stallone
Stephen King & Queen Latifah
Jeff Fatt & Slim Dusty
Nana Mouskouri & Iggy Pop
Ruby Wax & Wayne Goss
Shannon Lush & Red Baron
And one to ponder: Arthur Boyd & Osama bin Laden
And a variation on marmaloid’s good work: Linda Evans & Ernie Els
February 5th, 2010 at 6:30 pm
I’m having brain fade with this. I can’t get past Angelina Jolie. What’s the opposite of jolly? the Pits. But that’s just silly
February 5th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Angelina Jolie and…
Ernest Hemingway, Isaac Stern, Wilhelm Grimm, Joe Black [hey, wasn't that last character Brad Pitt anyway?!]
February 5th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Glenn Close & Miles Davis
February 6th, 2010 at 1:20 am
The Morality of Speech Impediments:
Patrick White & Penny Wong