Favorite Threes (right now)

[Elgarian]

Favorite names that probably wouldn't (at first glance) be mistaken for Brian
Awadagin
Maximilian
Elizabeth

For those who haven't yet discerned the full range of subtlety in this game, we should point out:

1. Brian's list is of three names that definitely wouldn't be mistaken for Brian.
2. My list consists of three names drawn from a curiously shadowy netherworld of names that we might think could be mistaken for Brian, but in fact probably wouldn't.
3. Whereas the Karl list really might be deceptive to the untrained eye.

You'll observe that there are three distinct categories here. They are my favourite three categories, of course.

But even if we're not understood, hey, we gave it a good three shots; and better to go down in failure, having tried to dream up three names gloriously, than never to have dreamed them up at all.

[Karl Henning]

Not to have tried, were the true failure.

[Elgarian]

Not to have tried, were the true failure.

Well said, Hari.
Yrs,
Eglantarianist.

I wonder what Brnniar thinks?

[Elgarian]

Favourite three empty spaces:

[Karl Henning]

Recordings of Haydn's Cat Symphony (№ 99):

1. Lenny/NY Phil
2. Minkowski/Louvrians
3. Szell/Cleveland

Impressionist canvases at the MFA

1. JMW Turner, Slave Ship



2. Jn Singer Sargent, Venice: La Salute



3. Monet, Flowerbeds at Vétheuil



Poe Short Stories

1. "The Cask of Amontillado"
2. "William Wilson"
3. "Ligeia"

[Karl Henning]

Oops! The Sargent is watercolor on paper . . . .

[TheGSMoeller]

Favorite Recordings of Haydn's Farewell
1.  Derek Solomons/ - L'Estro Armonico
2. Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
3. Bruno Weil - Tafelmusik

Favorite Recordings of Haydn's Le Matin
1. Apollo Ensemble
2. Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Concentus Musicus Wien
3. Sigiswald Kuijken - La Petite Bande

Favorite Recordings of Haydn's Symphony No. 98
1. Ton Koopman -  Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
2. Adám Fischer - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
3. Roger Norrington - Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

[Karl Henning]

Lakes:

1. Ladoga
2. Ontario
3. Champlain

Cartoon characters

1. Rocket J. "Rocky" Squirrel
2. Bullwinkle the Moose
3. Michigan J. Frog

Cheeses

1. Brie
2. Cow's milk feta
3. Sharp provolone

[Elgarian]

Oops! The Sargent is watercolor on paper . . . .

And Turner isn't an Impressionist, but he's still our pal.

[Sergeant Rock]

Recordings of Haydn's Cat Symphony (№ 99):

1. Lenny/NY Phil
2. Minkowski/Louvrians
3. Szell/Cleveland

Choosing just three Cats..well, it tears me apart...

Recordings of Haydn's Cat Symphony (№ 99):
1. Norrington/Stuttgart
2. Tate/ECO
3. Davis/Concertgebouw

Cartoon characters
1. Sterling Archer (Archer)
2. Stewie Griffin (Family Guy)
3. Ike Braflovski (South Park)

Mrs. Rock's middle names
1. Irene
2. Luise
3. Martha


Sarge

[North Star]

Renoir paintings

[Wanderer]

Favourite op.47's

1. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.9, "Kreutzer"
2. Alkan: Sonate de concert for cello and piano
3. Medtner: Second Improvisation

Favourite Brands of Ouzo (plural, ouza)

1. Alexandridi

2. 12

3. Plomariou


Television Shows

1. Breaking Bad
2. Sons of Anarchy
3. The Fall

Best Star Trek:

1. TNG
2. as above
3. as above

Threes (best category yet)

3
III
γ'

[Karl Henning]

Carbondales:

1. Colorado
2. Pennsylvania
3. Illinois

Opus 77's:

1. Shostakovich (a minor Violin Concerto)
2. Prokofiev (Hamlet)
3. Brahms (D Major Violin Concerto)

Finger Lakes:

1. Canandaigua
2. Skaneateles
3. Cayuga

[RebLem]

Movies

1) Meet Me in St Louis
2) The Life of Brian
3) The Icicle Thief

Architectural Styles

1) Prairie School
2) Art Deco
3) Southwestern Pueblo Style

TV Series

1) Doc Martin
2) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
3) Brooklyn Bridge

[Karl Henning]

Did you mean The Icicle Thief, not The Bicycle Thief? Just wondering, we awl make typos . . . .

[Elgarian]

Did you mean The Icicle Thief, not The Bicycle Thief? Just wondering, we awl make typos . . . .

I believe it's a common title. My three favourites are:

'The Icycle Thief', by B. Urglar
'The Icycle Thief' by B. Keeper
'The Icycle Thief' by B. Gonnaway


Adding to the confusion, there are also:

'The Frozen Bicicle' by B. Stuckinfront
'The Melting Bicicle' by I. Addabee
'A Bicicle in Antarctica' by A. B. Toomany

[Karl Henning]

What a curious object for thievery, though . . . .

Thread Duty:

Unusual weapons:

1. Frozen peas
2. Enhanced whoopie cushions
3. Atonal music

[Beorn]

1. Peace
2. Love
3. Understanding

What's so funny 'bout that? 

[TheGSMoeller]

1. Chico
2. Groucho
3. Harpo

1. Curly
2. Larry
3. Moe

(Three Amigos)
1. Chevy Chase
2. Steve Martin
3. Martin Short

[Wanderer]

Unusual weapons:

1. Frozen peas
2. Enhanced whoopie cushions
3. Atonal music

Splendid!

Unusual Deadly Weapons

1. Alexis Tsipras' speeches (death by apoplexy)
2. Theodoros Angelopoulos' movies (death by boredom)
3. "Death by Chocolate" dessert (death by chocolate)