Thursday 31 March 2011

Short Lists

Cities in France whose name, if listed next to their region, sounds like a chav and her daughter

1. Lorient, Brittany (submitted by EKTWP)
2. Nancy, Lorraine (submitted by John B)

Towns in Australia which sound as if they were named after a heavy metal magazine.

1. Kerang (winner: DBC Reed).

Next Short List: Famous people who shot somebody 'by mistake' (exclude accidental suicides).

11 comments:

Ross said...

I have a feeling that the list of famous people who've shot someone by mistake will be quite long. More than 2 anyway.

Mark Wadsworth said...

R, maybe I should caveat that - exclude people who are famous only because they shot somebody by mistake and only include people who were famous already.

Ross said...

Maybe- " People who have appeared on a US presidential ticket and have shot somebody 'by mistake' " would be a narrower category.

Jer said...

I believe Willie Whitelaw of "every prime minister should have a willie" fame qualifies.

Phil Spectre? Not sure about him, or the spelling...

Mark Wadsworth said...

Ross, Jer, top marks. I can think of at least two more.

J said...

John-Erik Hexum

DBC Reed said...

Willian Burroughs,the writer,shot his wife.

Mark Wadsworth said...

Jer, it is disputed whether Phil shot his wife/girlfriend, and assuming he did, it is likely he did it on purpose. So I'll caveat the definition by adding "and got away with it".

EKTWP, nice try, but he's not that famous and shooting yourself doesn't count. See also that bloke out of Chicago.

DBC, you are on a roll. If I were keeping tally, you'd be well ahead of the pack. Plus bonus points for Dylan/Elvis covers and that bloke who is married to that former PM out of NZ.

Anonymous said...

ashley cole
plaxico burress

Anonymous said...

oh, i see your previous comment now, why doesn't shooting yourself (burress) count? poorly worded question!

Mark Wadsworth said...

The23, Ashley Cole, top marks. As they said on 10 O'Clock live, it's amazing, he fires a gun in the Chelsea dressing room and manages to hit the one person who is not a compelte arsehole.

I'll rephrase the question.