The Honeymooners
No romantic picnic, believe me, trying to adjudicate this week’s Storm results, with a welter of good ideas and tangents, trying to find a couple with opposite meanings. As Valentine’s Day, this bunch of bloggers can offer Cupid a few suggestions for likely targets.
We had the numerical pairings from CRD (Mark Twain & Han Solo), the Cockney from marmaloid (Evan Rachel Wood & Elle Macpherson) and the lavatorial debut of Koan (Winnie the Pooh and Wee Willie Winkie) – all Fran Fine examples of this match-making art.
Loved how we turned to nicknames (Steady & Dizzy), Asian potentates (Sun & Moon) and Mr X’s dyed-in-the-wool duet: Tori Amos and Red Symons – all Eddie Perfect ideas.
So who won, you ask? This lot, with match-maker, honeymoon package and the lucky couple listed:
Bronze to X – a Caribbean cruise (which may not please one newlywed) for such an original pair of opposites, pulled from sport and Year 10 English: Dwayne Bravo & Boo Radley
Silver to marmaloid – a week in the Left Bank, all the medoc you can drink for breaking the monolingual ceiling with another pair of pink-voters – Mal Walden and Bon Scott
Gold to Simon L – heli-skiing in Whistler, so long as they send back photos. (Just to picture these two in the sack is priceless, not to mention the 5-star wordplay.) Away you fly, Chopper Reed and Margaret Thatcher.
Makes a grown man cry. Please leave all gifts with the mother-in-law.