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Title: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: modUltralaser on August 12, 2013, 09:05:19 PM
Fiction authors:
1. Andre Gide
2. Walt Whitman
3. Samuel Beckett

Video games:
1. Arcanum
2. Spycraft
3. Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Architecture:
1. Brutalism
2. Ottoman (Classical to Empire)
3. Arcology
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Drasko on August 13, 2013, 01:09:14 AM
Fiction authors:
1. Anton Chekhov
2. Jorge Luis Borges
3. Marcel Proust

Video games:
1. Blue Max
2. Usagi Yojimbo
3. Worms World Party

Architecture:
1. Romanesque
2. French Colonial
3. Minimalistic
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: North Star on August 13, 2013, 02:57:06 AM
Fiction authors:
Camus
Poe
Frost

Video games:
NHL 2011
Donkey Kong Diddy's Kong Quest
Super Mario Bros. 3

Architecture:
Neoclassicism
Alvar Aalto
Eero Saarinen
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 13, 2013, 03:09:59 AM
Fiction authors:
1. Vladimir Nabokov
2. J. P. Donleavy
3. Thomas Pynchon

Video games:
1. Wizardry (original Apple version...I'm old school  8) )
2. ....
3. ...

Architecture:
1. Tudor
2. Organic
3. Gothic


Sarge
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Brian on August 13, 2013, 04:44:44 AM
Nonfiction authors:
1. David Foster Wallace
2. Samuel Clemens
3. Mary Roach

Breaking Bad supporting cast performers:
1. Dean Norris
2. Aaron Paul
3. Betsy Brandt

Words beginning with "three":
1. threesome
2. threepeat
3. threep
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: dyn on August 13, 2013, 05:36:14 AM
Lists in this post:

1. List #3
2. List #2
3. List #1

Items in list #3:

1. Item #2
2. Item #3
3. Item #1

Items in list #2:

1. Item #1
2. Item #2
3. Item #3
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: modUltralaser on August 13, 2013, 06:31:54 PM
Thanks for the posts. I love these kind of lists. Helps me add things to my ever-growing lists.

Nonfiction authors:
1. Lisa Mazzei
2. Friedrich Nietzsche
3. Halford Mackinder

Television show:
1. 24
2. The Unit
3. Flight of the Conchords

Art:
1. Abstract expressionism
2. Mannerism
3. Islamic tiling

Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: North Star on August 14, 2013, 12:00:47 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 13, 2013, 04:44:44 AM
Words beginning with "three":
1. threesome
2. threepeat
3. threep
Why, oh why couldn't this have been a whisky? :(
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 14, 2013, 01:30:11 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 13, 2013, 04:44:44 AM
2. threepeat

Quote from: North Star on August 14, 2013, 12:00:47 AM
Why, oh why couldn't this have been a whisky? :(

;D :D ;D


Sarge
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 14, 2013, 01:48:18 AM


Nonfiction authors:
1. Harold Bloom
2. Camilla Paglia
3. Henry-Louis de La Grange

(Current) Television show:
1. Mad Men
2. Community
3. Archer

Art:
1. Photorealism
2. Pre-Raphaelite
3. Surrealism


Sarge
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Drasko on August 14, 2013, 02:35:50 AM
Quote from: Philo (Artist formerly known as) on August 13, 2013, 06:31:54 PM
I love these kind of lists.

I love all sorts of lists, just keep them coming.
You should really see this http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080715/ 

(Current) Nonfiction authors:
1. Georgy Ostrogorski
2. Michel Foucault
3. Ludwig Wittgenstein

(Current) Television show:
1. True Blood
2. Community
3. Californication

Art:
1. Suprematism
2. Rococo
3. Bauhaus
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 14, 2013, 02:37:44 AM
Quote from: Drasko on August 14, 2013, 02:35:50 AM
(Current) Television show:
1. True Blood
2. Community
3. Californication


(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/asheville/bUTTHEAD.gif)


Sarge
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Drasko on August 14, 2013, 02:45:10 AM
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Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: DavidW on August 14, 2013, 03:11:47 AM
I watched all of Community this summer, and have to agree that it is indeed awesome!

Top three ways to find relief from the heat (not counting a/c):
1. a gentle breeze
2. a cold pop
3. shade

Top three ways to feel happy about returning home:
1. someone to happily greet you, even if it's just your pet dog
2. a package waiting at your door
3. walking out of the heat into the a/c

Top three things I like about my new cd player:
1. It loads and starts playing a cd in roughly 10 seconds instead of a minute
2. Can quickly program tracks
3. Can see all relevant info without turning on the tv
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 14, 2013, 03:17:24 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 14, 2013, 03:11:47 AM
I watched all of Community this summer, and have to agree that it is indeed awesome!

Excellent  :)

Dan Harmon, the show's original creator, has been re-hired and will produce the fifth season. That should mean, I hope, better episodes than the somewhat disappointing fourth season. On the other hand, with Chevy Chase and Donald Glover gone, the show is going to have a different feel.


Sarge
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Brian on August 14, 2013, 05:00:56 AM
Community episodes
1. The one where Annie loses her pen
2. The first paintball episode
3. Troy turns 21

Community cast members
1. Donald Glover
2. Danny Pudi
3. Gillian Jacobs call me (and bring Alison)

Problems I have with Community
1. Chevy Chase's character is so consistently poorly written that I feel sorry for him because the writers so obviously didn't care to make him more than a cartoon "grumpy old man" villain
2. A lot of humor is built on references I don't get. Some episodes are parodies of movies I haven't seen, and I'm annoyed to miss half the jokes.
3. The show often has an uneasy relationship between making fun of cliches, and indulging in them.
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 14, 2013, 05:34:15 AM
Community episodes
1. A Fistfull of Paintballs (the spaghetti western/Sergio Leone parody)
2. Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
3. Critical Film Studies (the homage to My Dinner with Andre)

Community cast members
1. Annie's Boobs (and no, I don't mean the monkey  :D )
2. Danny Pudi (Abed)
3. Jim Rash (the Dean)

Problems I don't have with Community
1. Chevy Chase's character is so consistently evil I can't believe he was permitted to be in the group.....but I don't care  ;)
2. A lot of humor is built on references I do get. Some episodes are parodies of movies I have seen, and I'm pleased I get the jokes.
3. The show often exploits cliches in a way that makes them fresh and humorous.


sarge
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 14, 2013, 05:50:29 AM
Going off-topic for a moment:

Favorite Community Outtake

http://www.youtube.com/v/13mDq8i8reA


Sarge
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 14, 2013, 05:59:33 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 14, 2013, 05:00:56 AM
3. Gillian Jacobs call me (and bring Alison)

:D ;D :D  ...oh yes. One should always read the fine print.

Sarge
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Brian on August 14, 2013, 08:04:11 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 14, 2013, 05:34:15 AM
Community episodes
1. A Fistfull of Paintballs (the spaghetti western/Sergio Leone parody)
2. Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
3. Critical Film Studies (the homage to My Dinner with Andre)

Community cast members
1. Annie's Boobs (and no, I don't mean the monkey  :D )
2. Danny Pudi (Abed)
3. Jim Rash (the Dean)
Well, we at least have similar taste on the show - I seriously considered D&D and Film Studies for my top three. We're agreed on Annie's Boobs too.

Maybe it's a weird choice, but this is my favorite moment from the show.

http://www.youtube.com/v/vI2xWy9vI7o

-

Do you listen to podcasts? Gillian Jacobs recently made a series of appearances on the improv podcast "Comedy Bang! Bang!" with comedian Paul F. Tompkins, who was impersonating Happy Days creator Garry Marshall. Over three or four episodes, "Gilly and Garry" fell in love, murdered Garry's wife, got married, and split up (all through improv). If you're interested I'll dig up the links.
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 14, 2013, 08:39:37 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 14, 2013, 08:04:11 AM
Well, we at least have similar taste on the show - I seriously considered D&D and Film Studies for my top three.

And I debated between the first paintball episode (Modern Warfare) and Fistfull of Paintballs. Tough decision.


Quote from: Brian on August 14, 2013, 08:04:11 AM
We're agreed on Annie's Boobs too.


Yep, the two best things about the show  >:D


Quote from: Brian on August 14, 2013, 08:04:11 AM
Maybe it's a weird choice, but this is my favorite moment from the show

That is a great scene.

One of my favorites (don't know if it's on youtube) is when Jeff attempts to get a group of German students to stop playing Fussball. After one of them goads Jeff into playing, and then humiliates him instantly, the German guy says, "I wish there was a word to describe the pleasure I feel viewing misfortune."  :laugh:

Quote from: Brian on August 14, 2013, 08:04:11 AM
Do you listen to podcasts?

Rarely, but please, if you can find the links, I'd appreciate having them.

Sarge
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Brian on August 14, 2013, 09:00:57 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 14, 2013, 08:39:37 AM
Rarely, but please, if you can find the links, I'd appreciate having them.

Sarge
Part One, "Friends Without Words" (http://www.earwolf.com/episode/friends-without-words/) - Part Two, "Garry Unmarried" (http://www.earwolf.com/episode/garry-unmarried/) - Part Three, "A Peanut in the Rain" (http://www.earwolf.com/episode/a-peanut-in-the-rain/)
Disclaimer, I haven't listened to part three.

Quote from: Annie on August 14, 2013, 08:46:24 AM
thees
How do I love thee?
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Haply I think on thee and then my state sings hymns at heaven's gate
I think I'd put "summer's day" #1 but I like this list!

Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 14, 2013, 09:35:18 AM
Trees
1. Ohio Buckeye
2. Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa)
3. Willow

Singers
1. Emmylou Harris
2. Van Morrison
3. Iris DeMent

Movies
1. Dr. Strangelove
2. Manhattan
3. Five Easy Pieces


Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 14, 2013, 09:37:29 AM
Quote from: sanantonio on August 14, 2013, 08:19:03 AM
Singers
Van Morrison
Donny Hathaway
Lucinda Williams

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/asheville/thumbup.jpg)

Lucinda could have made my list. Don't know Hathaway.


Sarge
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 14, 2013, 09:56:22 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 14, 2013, 09:00:57 AM
Part One, "Friends Without Words" (http://www.earwolf.com/episode/friends-without-words/) - Part Two, "Garry Unmarried" (http://www.earwolf.com/episode/garry-unmarried/) - Part Three, "A Peanut in the Rain" (http://www.earwolf.com/episode/a-peanut-in-the-rain/)
Disclaimer, I haven't listened to part three.
I think I'd put "summer's day" #1 but I like this list!

Thanks  :)

Sarge
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 14, 2013, 10:12:55 AM
British TV Shows
Inspector Morse/Lewis
Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister
Poirot

Public Figures I admire (or admired), who lived at some point during my lifetime
Paul Newman
Roger Federer
Nelson Mandela

Musicals (on stage)
Les Miserables
Into the Woods
Chicago
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Brian on August 14, 2013, 10:29:16 AM
Miles Quintet(s)
1. Kind of Blue
2. E.S.P.
3. Some Day My Prince Will Come

Brubeck Quartet
1. At Carnegie Hall
2. Time Further Out
3. Time Out

Jazz Vocalists
1. Nina
2. Ella
3. Billie
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Drasko on August 14, 2013, 10:39:09 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 14, 2013, 08:39:37 AM
And I debated between the first paintball episode (Modern Warfare) and Fistfull of Paintballs. Tough decision.

Fistful of Paintballs is too broad-brushed for my taste, Modern Warfare is jawdroppingly awesome: Study group ... come out and plaaay!!

QuoteOne of my favorites (don't know if it's on youtube) is when Jeff attempts to get a group of German students to stop playing Fussball. After one of them goads Jeff into playing, and then humiliates him instantly, the German guy says, "I wish there was a word to describe the pleasure I feel viewing misfortune."

Yes! Yes! Yes! I'll give you a free shot ... won't even be touching my fussenschaft. :laugh: I probably played way too much fusball in high school.

And few obligatory gratuitous Annie clips

http://www.youtube.com/v/fAOoD4755pI

http://www.youtube.com/v/ZqB52bdaVTE

Annie is very young, we try not to sexualize her.

Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: DavidW on August 14, 2013, 11:29:38 AM
My favorite Community episodes are the fried chicken one (parody of Goodfellas), and the My Dinner with Andre parody.  There are so many awesome episodes, but if I were to pick one last one... instead of the paintball ones I would choose the video game one because Abed gets to go crazy (his army of children are just hilarious) and Pierce gets to have some less jerky moments, which is refreshing because post-season 1 that was rare.

Out of those three it is the fried chicken one that is my favorite.
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 14, 2013, 12:55:25 PM
Ok, I have to revise my earlier post:

Best Trek series:
TOS Star Trek
STar Trek: Next Generation
Voyager

Best Federation Enemy
Klingons
Borg
Romulans

Best Vulcan male:
Spock (Before he died)
Spock (after he was ressurected)
Spock (re-booted)
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: North Star on August 14, 2013, 01:15:31 PM
British TV

1. All Creatures Great & Small
2. Darling Buds of May
3. Morse

US TV

1. Frasier
2. Columbo
3. The Simpsons

Godfather movies:

1. I
2. II
3. I'm sorry, I refuse to believe that there are more than two.
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 14, 2013, 02:31:56 PM
Best Trek series:
1. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
2. Star Trek: Next Generation
3. Star Trek: Enterprise

Best Federation Enemy
1. The Dominion
2. Xindi
3. Q

Best Vulcan male:
1. Guess who  :D
2.
3.

Sarge
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: DavidW on August 14, 2013, 02:53:13 PM
Best Trek:

TOS
TNG
DS9

Best holodeck episodes:
first episode with Moriarty
second episode with Moriarty
episode with Barclay (with my favorite line Worf: "I am not a merry man!")

Most irritating episodes:
flashback episode in season 2 of tng
Spock's Brain
any episode with Troi's Mother
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Lisztianwagner on August 14, 2013, 02:59:03 PM
Authors:
1. Fyodor Dostoevsky
2. Charles Baudelaire
3. Émile Zola

Movies:
1. The Lord of the Rings - The fellowship of the ring
2. Metropolis
3. Love and Death

Football teams:
1. Inter
2. Arsenal
3. Bayern Munich
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: modUltralaser on August 14, 2013, 04:54:45 PM
So many threes.  ;D

Before I get to my lists, as to Community it really fell off after the first season, that was the only time they got the Pierce character right, and the 4th season was just a debacle, and now with the best character gone, Troy, I don't have any faith that Britta can save that show.

Public Figures I admire (or admired), who lived at some point during my lifetime:
1. Robert Bly
2. William Colby
3. Samuel Beckett

Living film directors:
1. Nicolas Winding Refn
2. Terrence Malick
3. Vadim Perelman

Dream jobs:
1. Spy
2. Professor
3. Archaeologist like Indiana Jones


Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Elgarian on August 15, 2013, 03:53:04 AM
Favourite three numbers
Three
Thirty three
Three hundred and thirty three

Favourite fiction writers
Audrey Niffenegger
Anne Tyler
Erin Morgenstern

Favourite non-classical singers
Bob Dylan
Tift Merritt
Alanis Morissette

Favourite words meaning 'favourite'
Tippety-toppetiest
Scrumptiously-bumptiousliest
Quaite-naiceliest

Favourite Turner engravings

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/SwissValley-Turnerreduced.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Alan_/media/SwissValley-Turnerreduced.jpg.html)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/ALPSATDAYBREAK.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Alan_/media/ALPSATDAYBREAK.jpg.html)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/DATURHORAQUIETIsmall.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Alan_/media/DATURHORAQUIETIsmall.jpg.html)




Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: modUltralaser on August 15, 2013, 06:26:20 PM
Quote from: Drasko on August 14, 2013, 02:35:50 AM
I love all sorts of lists, just keep them coming.
You should really see this http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080715/ 

Put on the top of my list, Drasko.

Living charismatic actors:
1. Tom Cruise
2. Dwayne Johnson
3. Will Smith

Subcultures:
1. Cybergoth
2. Mod
3. Straight Edge

Numbers:
1. 28
2. 48
3. 31
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: The new erato on August 15, 2013, 10:56:31 PM
Quote from: Philo (Artist formerly known as) on August 15, 2013, 06:26:20 PM


Numbers:
1. 28
2. 48
3. 31
What's wrong with 42?
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: North Star on August 16, 2013, 03:50:00 AM
My favourite numbers:

1. 3.14159265359...
2. i
3 mole
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: The new erato on August 16, 2013, 03:51:33 AM
Quote from: North Star on August 16, 2013, 03:50:00 AM
My favourite numbers:

1. 3.14159265359...
2. i
3 mole

You goy it almost right. It's pi, i and e.
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: North Star on August 16, 2013, 04:15:37 AM
Quote from: The new erato on August 16, 2013, 03:51:33 AM
You goy it almost right. It's pi, i and e.
e is in the top six, definitely, but not among my favourite three.
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: The new erato on August 16, 2013, 04:25:34 AM
Quote from: North Star on August 16, 2013, 04:15:37 AM
e is in the top six, definitely, but not among my favourite three.
As far as I can see, e is in three (twice).
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Brian on August 16, 2013, 04:46:40 AM
Quote from: Philo (Artist formerly known as) on August 15, 2013, 06:26:20 PM
Numbers:
1. 28
Good thing you didn't ask for Favorite Twenty-Eights.
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: DavidW on August 16, 2013, 04:54:48 AM
Favorite three numbers:

-1
0
1
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: North Star on August 16, 2013, 04:57:27 AM
Quote from: The new erato on August 16, 2013, 04:25:34 AM
As far as I can see, e is in three (twice).
Very clever  :D

Quote from: Brian on August 16, 2013, 04:46:40 AM
Good thing you didn't ask for Favorite Twenty-Eights.
Favourite solo piano works with opus number 28:

Chopin Preludes
Beethoven Pastorale Sonata
Suk About Mother
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Brian on August 16, 2013, 05:04:04 AM
Songs Back-to-Back on an Album That Really Do Sound Better When Played Back-to-Back Than When You Only Hear One of Them
1. "Strange Fruit," "Sinnerman," Nina Simone, Pastel Blues
2. "I Want You (She's So Heavy)," "Here Comes the Sun," The Beatles, Abbey Road
3. "Sgt. Pepper's Theme," "With a Little Help from My Friends," The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's

Eight-Plus-Minute Songs
1. "Sinnerman," Nina Simone
2. "American Pie," Don McLean
3. "The Mariner's Revenge Song," The Decemberists

Genre-Bending Covers
1. "Hurt," Johnny Cash (orig. Reznor)
2. "This Land is Your Land," Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (orig. Guthrie)
3. "Umbrella," The Baseballs (orig. Rihanna)
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Elgarian on August 16, 2013, 08:51:05 AM
Three Favourite sixteens

Sixteen
16
13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19.
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Elgarian on August 16, 2013, 08:57:40 AM
Three favourite smells

Roasting coffee beans
Aberlour a'bunadh
The inside of my Martin acoustic guitar
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Brian on August 16, 2013, 01:00:48 PM
Smells
1. vanilla
2. cumin
3. the minute after it stops raining

Overweight Actors
1. Philip Seymour Hoffman
2. John Goodman
3. Lavell Crawford

Unusual Food Retail Places in Dallas
1. Scardello

(http://b.vimeocdn.com/ts/330/644/330644297_640.jpg)

2. Super H Mart

(http://blogs.houstonpress.com/eating/superh.jpg)

3. Jimmy's Food Store

(http://alexadallasguide.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/p1020699.jpg)
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 17, 2013, 07:10:35 AM
Eight-Plus-Minute Songs
1. "Tunnel of Love" Dire Straits
2. "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" Iron Butterfly
3. "Land" Patti Smith Group

Genre-Bending Covers
1. "Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad" Grateful Dead (orig. Traditional)
2. "To Know Him Is To Love Him" Emmylou Harris with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt (orig. Phil Spector's The Teddy Bears)
3. "Sweet Jane" Cowboy Junkies (orig. Lou Reed)

Whiskies
1. Highland Park 18yo
2. Ardbeg 10yo
3. Bunnahabhain 12yo

Sarge
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 17, 2013, 07:11:59 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 16, 2013, 01:00:48 PM
Smells
1. vanilla
2. cumin
3. the minute after it stops raining

Ditto  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: mc ukrneal on August 17, 2013, 11:25:56 AM
Wines:
Red
White
Everything else
:)
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 17, 2013, 11:47:49 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 17, 2013, 07:10:35 AM

Genre-Bending Covers
1. "Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad" Grateful Dead (orig. Traditional)
2. "To Know Him Is To Love Him" Emmylou Harris with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt (orig. Phil Spector's The Teddy Bears)
3. "Sweet Jane" Cowboy Junkies (orig. Lou Reed)

Sarge

Amazing list, Sarge.  :)  Spot on.
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 17, 2013, 12:53:11 PM
White Wine
1. Riesling
2. Pinot blanc (Weissburgunder)
3. Sauvignon blanc

Blended Scotch
1. Dimple
2. Black & White
3. Ballantine's

Bier
1. Spaten Export
2. Weihenstephan Pilsner
3. DAB (Dortmunder Actien Brauerei) Pilsner


Sarge
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 17, 2013, 01:45:51 PM
Godard Films
1. Contempt
2. Alphaville
3. Passion

Fellini Films
1. 8 1/2
2. Amarchord
3. And The Ship Sails On
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Karl Henning on August 17, 2013, 02:24:34 PM
Vegetables:
1. red onion
2. plum tomato
3. ginger

King Crimson albums:
1. Larks' Tongues in Aspic
2. Red
3. Discipline

T. Coraghessan Boyle books:
1. Water Music
2. World's End
3. East Is East
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Mirror Image on August 17, 2013, 07:51:33 PM
Favorite Progressive Rock Bands

1. Genesis
2. King Crimson
3. Marillion

Favorite Video Games

1. Donkey Kong Country
2. Super Metroid
3. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Favorite Pastas

1. Linguine
2. Penne
3. Angel Hair Spaghetti

Favorite Superheroes

1. Daredevil
2. Batman
3. Spider-Man
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Brian on August 17, 2013, 08:06:04 PM
Noodles
1. 'angel hair'
2. spaghetti
3. rice noodles

Musicians Named Art
1. Art Blakey
2. Art Tatum
3. Art Garfunkel

Wine Types+Regions for Grabbing Off Shelf Without Researching Specific Wineries
1. New Zealand sauvignon blanc
2. Mendoza malbec
3. Oregon pinot noir
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Elgarian on August 18, 2013, 01:46:15 AM
Ways of being silly

1. Pretending to be normal
2. Jumping on the table, crooking one arm against my hip, sticking the other arm sideways, and shouting 'I'm a teapot!'
3. Thinking of new ways of being silly
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: pencils on August 18, 2013, 01:51:11 AM
Favourite atheistic philosophers:

1. Jean-Paul Sartre
2. Albert Camus
3. Friedrich Nietzsche

Favourite Calvinist cultural commentators:

1. Abraham Kuyper
2. Carl Henry
3. Henry Van Til

Favourite species of dwarf hamster:

1. Campbell's standard Russian Dwarf
2. Roborovski
3. Chinese
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 18, 2013, 02:06:28 AM
Tom Waits Albums
1. Frank's Wild Years
2. Closing Time
3. Alice/Blood Money

Bjork Albums
1. Vespertine
2. Homogenic
3. Soundtrack to Dancer in the Dark

Beans
1. Black
2. Green
3. Red Kidney
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 18, 2013, 03:33:43 AM
Tom Waits Albums
1. Closing Time
2. Small Change
3. Heart Attack and Vine

Beans
1. Cool
2. Goober
3. Baked

Poets
1. John Berryman
2. Charles Bukowski
3. T. S. Eliot
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 18, 2013, 03:34:58 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 18, 2013, 03:33:43 AM
Tom Waits Albums
1. Closing Time
2. Small Change
3. Heart Attack and Vine


8)
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Drasko on August 18, 2013, 03:59:21 AM
Tom Waits Albums:
1. Swordfishtrombones
2. Rain Dogs
3. The Black Rider

Beans:
1. Corbast*
2. Haricot bean
3. has been

Smells:
1. Woman
2. Mediterranean (lavander+pine+sea+heat+crickets)
3. parsnip

*
(http://srbijanatanjiru.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/srbija-na-tanjiru-corbast-pasulj-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 18, 2013, 04:08:59 AM
Quote from: Annie on August 18, 2013, 03:53:30 AM
(http://imageshack.us/a/img838/5899/0nsu.jpg)


"....These men, this particular three in brown
Witnessed by birds will keep the scene and say
By their configuration with the trees,
The small bridge, the red houses and the fire,
What place, what time, what morning occasion

Sent them into the wood, a pack of hounds
At heel and the tall poles upon their shoulders,
Thence to return as now we see them and
Ankle-deep in snow down the winter hill
Descend, while three birds watch and the fourth flies."

                 from "Winter Landscape" by John Berryman
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 18, 2013, 04:10:30 AM
Quote from: Drasko on August 18, 2013, 03:59:21 AM

Beans:
1. Corbast*
*
(http://srbijanatanjiru.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/srbija-na-tanjiru-corbast-pasulj-1.jpg)

I've never eaten Corbast but boy, it looks great.

Sarge
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Beorn on August 18, 2013, 04:59:29 AM
Robert E. Howard
H.P. Lovecraft
Clark Ashton Smith
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Elgarian on August 18, 2013, 11:01:23 AM
Three more favourite ways of being silly

1. Pretending to be silly but really being perfectly normal (so I get the last laugh, but no one realises)
2. Carrying a large pane of glass through the streets in such a way as to make people think I'm only pretending to carry a pane of glass
3. Feeling nostalgic about ways of being silly in the good old days
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Elgarian on August 18, 2013, 11:11:12 AM
Three beautifully composed scenes from Washington National Opera's fabulous production of Puccini's La Rondine (2009)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/Rondine1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Alan_/media/Rondine1.jpg.html)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/Rondine2.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Alan_/media/Rondine2.jpg.html)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/Rondine3.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Alan_/media/Rondine3.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Elgarian on August 18, 2013, 11:15:55 AM
Three most curiously intriguing wood engravings by Paul Nash illustrating stage sets for Wagner's Ring

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/ring1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Alan_/media/ring1.jpg.html)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/ring2.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Alan_/media/ring2.jpg.html)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Alan_/ring4.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Alan_/media/ring4.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Karl Henning on August 18, 2013, 01:49:08 PM
Non-strand pasta shapes:
1. farfalle
2. orzo
3. wagon wheels

Songs by The Bobs (not covers):
1. "Sign My Snarling Doggie"
2. "Cowboy Lips"
3. "Drive-By Love"

Things to eat after a visit to the beach:
1. boiled lobster
2. clam strips
3. sea scallops
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: drogulus on August 18, 2013, 02:54:52 PM

1
2
3


1
2
3


1
2
3
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: North Star on August 18, 2013, 03:13:58 PM
Eric Clapton
Jack Bruce
Ginger Baker

Bill Evans
Scott LaFaro
Paul Motian

Oscar Peterson
Joe Pass
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Karl Henning on August 18, 2013, 03:30:57 PM
Gidon Kremer
Misha Maisky
Martha Argerich

Robert Fripp
John Wetton
Bill Bruford

Benny Goodman
Joseph Szigeti
Béla Bartók
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: modUltralaser on August 18, 2013, 08:25:44 PM
Black Metal Albums
1. Mayhem's Live in Leipzig
2. Darkthrone's A Blaze in the Northern Sky
3. Emperor's Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk

Death Metal Albums
1. Incantation's The Infernal Storm
2. Deicide's Once Upon the Cross
3. Belphegor's Necrodaemon Terrorsathan

Thrash Metal Albums
1. Slayer's Reign in Blood
2. Venom's Welcome to Hell
3. Meshuggah's Contradictions Collapse
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: drogulus on August 18, 2013, 09:18:43 PM
     
     (http://jasta11.co.uk/USERIMAGES/Dr1_103-10Kopie.jpg)

     (http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSEiTImLro0q4iHUU21TmuUXOceIryp1VqsrjiL8V-c6JAVpJaa)
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Elgarian on August 19, 2013, 12:00:52 AM
Quote from: Annie on August 18, 2013, 02:18:00 PM
things to eat after a vacation attraction inspired by karl henning's:

after a visit to the ski lodge:
1. baked snow leopard
2. barbequed mountain goat
3. garlic yeti

after a visit to the lake house
1. oven roasted newt
2. pan-fried bull-frog
3. lemon piccata loch ness monster

after paragliding
1. grilled bald eagle
2. smoked vulture
3. pilot with lyme and thyme

These are my three favourite lists so far.
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Karl Henning on August 19, 2013, 03:55:07 AM
Bullfrogs are really more of a success alla griglia.

River cooters, though, pan-fry nicely.
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: pencils on August 19, 2013, 04:04:09 AM
Quote from: Philo (Artist formerly known as) on August 18, 2013, 08:25:44 PM
Black Metal Albums
1. Mayhem's Live in Leipzig
2. Darkthrone's A Blaze in the Northern Sky
3. Emperor's Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk

Death Metal Albums
1. Incantation's The Infernal Storm
2. Deicide's Once Upon the Cross
3. Belphegor's Necrodaemon Terrorsathan

Thrash Metal Albums
1. Slayer's Reign in Blood
2. Venom's Welcome to Hell
3. Meshuggah's Contradictions Collapse

Recent 'Non-Church Burning' Black Metal Albums (Alpha Order) ...

English Black Metal Albums
1. Old Corpse Road - 'Tis Witching Hour... As Spectres We Haunt This Kingdom
2. Windrider - To New Lands
3. Wodensthrone - Curse

Scottish Black Metal Albums
1. Arsaidh (now Saor) - Roots
2. Cnoc An Tursa - The Giants of Auld
3. Morlich - Demo 2012

American Black Metal Albums
1. Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
2. Caladan Brood - Echoes of Battle
3. Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 19, 2013, 04:07:04 AM
Trios
1. Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton
2. Kingston Trio
3. Carter Family
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Karl Henning on August 19, 2013, 04:11:13 AM
Brandenburg concerti:

1. № 3 in G
2. № 6 in Bb
3. № 4 in G

Auxiliary woodwinds:

1. Bass clarinet
2. English horn
3. Alto flute

Songs by The Bobs (not covers, today's picks):

1. "Share a Load"
2. "Weekend in Cincinnati"
3. "Lady Cop/Take Me In"
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Karl Henning on August 19, 2013, 04:21:49 AM
Mmm, it's that fresh salt air, gives a fellow an appetite!

I am quite well trained, though, and do not consume anyone I have been introduced to socially.
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: modUltralaser on August 19, 2013, 06:56:16 PM
LGBTQ Video Games:
1. Phantasmagoria 2: Puzzle of the Flesh
2. Fable series
3. Dragon Age 2

YouTube Whisperers:
1. VeniVidiVulpes
2. SoftsoulSoothingASMR
3. SavannahsVoice

Comic Books:
1. The Maxx
2. Tank Girl
3. Vampi


Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: HIPster on August 19, 2013, 07:40:41 PM
Studio Zappa Albums:

Hot Rats
Waka Jawaka
Grand Wazoo

Star Wars:

The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars (aka  A New Hope)
The Xmas Special

Sherlock Holmes:

Jeremy Brett
Benedict Cumberbatch
Basil Rathbone
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Elgarian on August 19, 2013, 11:26:29 PM
Favorite names that might (at first glance) be mistaken for Karl Henning

Karl Henring
Karl Herning
Kari Henning


[Of course some people might propose the merits of 'Karl Herring'. But I think everyone would realise there was something fishy about that one.]
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Karl Henning on August 20, 2013, 04:07:54 AM
Even I had to look closely . . . though not through a fish-eye lens.
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: DavidW on August 20, 2013, 04:09:01 AM
Fav 3 B's: Bach, Beethoven, Brahms 8)
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: North Star on August 20, 2013, 04:13:01 AM
BB King
Bill Evans
Black Sabbath
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: DavidW on August 20, 2013, 04:14:56 AM
Beatles
Bowie
Blondie

:)
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 20, 2013, 04:26:31 AM
Favorite Non-Alcoholic Drinks
1. Black Coffee
2. Chocolate Soy Milk
3. Cranberry Juice

Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: North Star on August 20, 2013, 04:37:39 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 20, 2013, 04:14:56 AM
Beatles
Bowie
Blondie

:)
I knew I forgot something  ::)


Pianists who played with Wayne Shorter

Herbie Hancock
McCoy Tyner
Bobby Timmons
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: pencils on August 20, 2013, 04:41:08 AM
Brunettes
Blondes
Boobs
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Karl Henning on August 20, 2013, 05:53:36 AM
Songs by The Bobs (covers):

1. "Free Falling"
2. "There Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens"
3. "I Was a Teenage Brain Surgeon"

Honorable Mention: "Li'l Red Riding Hood"

Songs by The Beatles (covers):

1. "Dizzy Miss Lizzie"
2. "Money (That's What I Want)"
3. "Matchbox"

Honorable Mention: "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby"

Zappa Songs Whose Title Refers to Another Musician:

1. "The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue"
2. "Igor's Boogie (Phases I & II)"
3. "Variations on the Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression"

Honorable Mention: "Elvis Has Just Left the Building"
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Elgarian on August 20, 2013, 06:12:15 AM
Favorite names that probably wouldn't (at first glance) be mistaken for Brian

Briar
Bniar
Briam
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Karl Henning on August 20, 2013, 06:14:25 AM
Favorite Alan wannabe names:

Elgernon
Eglantarian
Edge-o-larium
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Brian on August 20, 2013, 06:15:33 AM
Quote from: Elgarian on August 20, 2013, 06:12:15 AM
Favorite names that probably wouldn't (at first glance) be mistaken for Brian

Briar
Bniar
Briam
Favorite names that probably wouldn't (at first glance) be mistaken for Brian
Awadagin
Maximilian
Elizabeth
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: North Star on August 20, 2013, 08:38:12 AM
Favorite Threes

3
III
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Karl Henning on August 20, 2013, 08:51:52 AM
Quote from: North Star on August 20, 2013, 08:38:12 AM
Favorite Threes

3
III


Niiice!
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: North Star on August 20, 2013, 08:52:49 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on August 20, 2013, 08:51:52 AM
Niiice!
I see what you did there ;)
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Lisztianwagner on August 20, 2013, 11:05:11 AM
Conductors:

1. Karajan
2. Kleiber
3. Bernstein

Pianists:

1. Rubinstein
2. Ashkenazy
3. Richter
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Elgarian on August 20, 2013, 11:20:46 AM
Quote from: Brian on August 20, 2013, 06:15:33 AM
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.
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Karl Henning on August 20, 2013, 11:24:42 AM
Not to have tried, were the true failure.
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Elgarian on August 20, 2013, 11:30:07 AM
Quote from: harikemning on August 20, 2013, 11:24:42 AM
Not to have tried, were the true failure.

Well said, Hari.
Yrs,
Eglantarianist.

I wonder what Brnniar thinks?
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Elgarian on August 20, 2013, 11:32:40 AM
Favourite three empty spaces:
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Karl Henning on August 20, 2013, 11:42:07 AM
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

(http://zoom.mfa.org/fif=sc2/sc206842.fpx&obj=iip,1.0&wid=960&cvt=jpeg)

2. Jn Singer Sargent, Venice: La Salute

(http://zoom.mfa.org/fif=sc2/sc267813.fpx&obj=iip,1.0&wid=960&cvt=jpeg)

3. Monet, Flowerbeds at Vétheuil

(http://zoom.mfa.org/fif=sc1/sc194232.fpx&obj=iip,1.0&wid=960&cvt=jpeg)

Poe Short Stories

1. "The Cask of Amontillado"
2. "William Wilson"
3. "Ligeia"
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Karl Henning on August 20, 2013, 11:43:18 AM
Oops! The Sargent is watercolor on paper . . . .
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 20, 2013, 12:31:13 PM
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
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Karl Henning on August 20, 2013, 12:50:40 PM
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
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Elgarian on August 20, 2013, 12:52:06 PM
Quote from: harikemning on August 20, 2013, 11:43:18 AM
Oops! The Sargent is watercolor on paper . . . .

And Turner isn't an Impressionist, but he's still our pal.
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 20, 2013, 01:10:10 PM
Quote from: harikemning on August 20, 2013, 11:42:07 AM
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
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: North Star on August 20, 2013, 01:16:23 PM
Renoir paintings

(http://totallyhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ball-at-the-moulin-de-la-galette-renoir-large.jpg)

(http://uploads2.wikipaintings.org/images/pierre-auguste-renoir/young-woman-with-a-veil-1877.jpg)

(http://www.chinarhyming.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Renoir.jpg)
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Wanderer on August 21, 2013, 03:43:22 AM
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
(http://www.athinorama.gr/lmnts/umami/article_images/1657/alexandridi.jpg)
2. 12
(http://www.athinorama.gr/lmnts/umami/article_images/1657/ouzo12.jpg)
3. Plomariou
(http://www.athinorama.gr/lmnts/umami/article_images/1657/plomari.jpg)

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'
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Karl Henning on August 21, 2013, 04:00:58 AM
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
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: RebLem on August 21, 2013, 05:23:42 AM
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
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Karl Henning on August 21, 2013, 05:29:01 AM
Did you mean The Icicle Thief, not The Bicycle Thief? Just wondering, we awl make typos . . . .
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Elgarian on August 21, 2013, 05:51:08 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 21, 2013, 05:29:01 AM
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
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Karl Henning on August 21, 2013, 05:58:01 AM
What a curious object for thievery, though . . . .

Thread Duty:

Unusual weapons:

1. Frozen peas
2. Enhanced whoopie cushions
3. Atonal music
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Beorn on August 21, 2013, 06:02:11 AM
1. Peace
2. Love
3. Understanding

What's so funny 'bout that?  ;)
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 21, 2013, 06:42:28 AM
1. Chico
2. Groucho
3. Harpo

1. Curly
2. Larry
3. Moe

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

Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Wanderer on August 21, 2013, 07:46:10 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 21, 2013, 05:58:01 AM
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)
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Beorn on August 21, 2013, 07:50:50 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 21, 2013, 06:42:28 AM
1. Chico
2. Groucho
3. Harpo

Shoulda stopped there. ;)
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Elgarian on August 21, 2013, 07:51:06 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 21, 2013, 05:58:01 AM
What a curious object for thievery, though . . . .

Thanks for reminding me, Karl. I'd forgotten:

'A Curious Bobject for Thievery' by Ivor Nextrabee
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: RebLem on August 21, 2013, 08:50:13 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 21, 2013, 05:29:01 AM
Did you mean The Icicle Thief, not The Bicycle Thief? Just wondering, we awl make typos . . . .
I meant this film: 
The Icicle Thief (Italian: Ladri di saponette) is a 1989 Italian comedy film directed by Maurizio Nichetti, named in imitation of Vittorio De Sica's classic Italian neorealist film, The Bicycle Thief (Italian: Ladri di biciclette). Some feel "The Icicle Thief" was created as a spoof of neorealism, which predominated Italian cinema after World War II. However, it is generally understood to go beyond this and to take a stand against commercialism as destructive towards art. The film won the Golden St. George at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Icicle_Thief

The film has about 3 different threads, but one involves an Italian man who has extreme difficulty finding any sort of employment in the economic chaos following WWII, but finally lands a job in a chandelier factory.  His wife tempts him to steal a chandelier for her, because she has always wanted a chandelier because they remind her of a collection of icicles.  He succumbs to the temptation and steals a chandelier, putting it in the basket of his bicycle, with no covering over it, as he travels home after work.  He is caught, of course, and loses his job as a result.
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Lisztianwagner on August 21, 2013, 12:17:06 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 21, 2013, 06:42:28 AM
1. Chico
2. Groucho
3. Harpo

Were there more than three Marx Brothers?? :D
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: North Star on August 21, 2013, 12:22:56 PM
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on August 21, 2013, 12:17:06 PM
Were there more than three Marx Brothers?? :D
Gummo and Zeppo!
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Lisztianwagner on August 21, 2013, 12:32:24 PM
Quote from: North Star on August 21, 2013, 12:22:56 PM
Gummo and Zeppo!

I know, I'm a huge fan of their movies; but for me the Marx Brothers are Groucho, Chico, Harpo and that's that. :)
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: North Star on August 21, 2013, 01:09:39 PM
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on August 21, 2013, 12:32:24 PM
I know, I'm a huge fan of their movies; but for me the Marx Brothers are Groucho, Chico, Harpo and that's that. :)
Yeah, but, OTOH, Zeppo was involved in designing the clamps that held the bomb dropped on Hiroshima from Enola Gay. (yeah, I've been watching some QI lately, Nav ;) )
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: modUltralaser on August 21, 2013, 08:12:24 PM
Bourne Films (Damon)
1. Ultimatum
2. Identity
3. Supremacy

Batman Films (Nolan)
1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. Batman Begins
3. The Dark Knight

Matrix Films
1. Reloaded
2. Revolutions
3. The Matrix

Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Karl Henning on August 22, 2013, 04:52:31 AM
Quote from: North Star on August 21, 2013, 01:09:39 PM
Yeah, but, OTOH, Zeppo was involved in designing the clamps that held the bomb dropped on Hiroshima from Enola Gay. (yeah, I've been watching some QI lately, Nav ;) )

The other three did all the fun stuff, and Zeppo got tired of being the straight man/dullsville romantic lead.

I forget details, but I have an idea that Gummo was briefly part of their act during the pre-movie vaudeville days.

Thread Duty:

Fats Waller tunes:

1. "Louisiana Fairy-Tale"
2. "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter"
3. "Your Feet's Too Big"

Euclid Avenues:

1. Cleveland (OH)
2. Atlanta (GA)
3. Bristol (VA)

Towns/Hamlets in Oklahoma

1. Corn
2. Hydro
3. Concho (I once bought a poncho in Concho)
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 22, 2013, 07:20:01 AM
Quote from: Philo (Artist formerly known as) on August 21, 2013, 08:12:24 PM
Bourne Films (Damon)
1. Ultimatum
2. Identity
3. Supremacy


No way, Philo. Supremacy all the way for Damon kicking ass with a rolled magazine, and the almost unmatched car chase scene at the end.  :)
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: DavidW on August 22, 2013, 07:23:01 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on August 22, 2013, 07:20:01 AM
No way, Philo. Supremacy all the way for Damon kicking ass with a rolled magazine, and the almost unmatched car chase scene at the end.  :)

Yes that is my favorite one.
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: AnthonyAthletic on August 22, 2013, 07:48:12 AM
1. Tom Baker
2. David Tennant
3. Jon Pertwee

1. Dawn
2. Day
3. Night of

1. Julie Newmar
2. Anne Hathaway
3. Lee Merriwether
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: modUltralaser on August 22, 2013, 08:35:07 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 22, 2013, 07:23:01 AM
Yes that is my favorite one.

Apparently your threes world differ from mine.

Indiana Jones:
1. Raiders
2. Last Crusade
3. Temple

Star Wars (original):
1. New Hope
2. Return of the Jedi
3. Empire Strikes Back

LotR (Jackson):
1. Return of the King
2. The Two Towers
3. The Fellowship of the Ring
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: North Star on August 22, 2013, 08:42:59 AM
LotR

1. The book
2. Jackson
3. Bakshi
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: DavidW on August 22, 2013, 11:18:07 AM
Quote from: Philo (Artist formerly known as) on August 22, 2013, 08:35:07 AM
Apparently your threes world differ from mine.

Yes :D

Indiana Jones:
Raiders
Last Crusade
Young Indiana Jones

Star Wars:
Empire Strikes Back
A New Hope
Return of the Jedi

Lord of the Rings (film):
Fellowship of the Ring
Return of the King
The Two Towers
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: RebLem on August 22, 2013, 05:40:45 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on August 21, 2013, 04:00:58 AM

Opus 77's:

1. Shostakovich (a minor Violin Concerto)
2. Prokofiev (Hamlet)
3. Brahms (D Major Violin Concerto)
??? :-X  No room for the two Haydn Op. 77 string quartets?
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: modUltralaser on August 22, 2013, 06:28:25 PM
Alan Pakula's Paranoia:
1. Klute
2. The Parallax View
3. All the President's Men

Blade (Snipes):
1. Blade 2
2. Blade: Trinty
3. Blade

Cyborg (film series)
1. Cyborg 3: The Recyler
2. Cyborg 2
3. Cyborg
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Karl Henning on August 23, 2013, 04:24:32 AM
Quote from: RebLem on August 22, 2013, 05:40:45 PM
??? :-X  No room for the two Haydn Op. 77 string quartets?

I should have accorded them an honorable mention!
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 23, 2013, 10:40:24 AM
South Park Episodes
1. Cartman Gets An Anal Probe (s01e01)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/may2013/sp1.jpg)

2. Major Boobage (s12e03)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/may2013/sp2a.jpg)

3. Make Love, Not Warcraft (s10e08)

(http://photos.imageevent.com/sgtrock/may2013/sp3.jpg)


Barberton Chicken (Serbian style) Restaurants in Barberton Ohio
1. White House
2. Milich's Village Inn
3. Belgrade Gardens

Wiki article here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barberton_chicken)

Charlie's Angels
1. Tanya Roberts
2. Cheryl Ladd
3. Jaclyn Smith

Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 23, 2013, 01:27:26 PM
Three Consecutive Albums Sealing a Band's Greatness
1. Beatles: Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver (I suppose most would include Sgt Pepper...not me.)
2. Grateful Dead: Live/Dead, Workingman's Dead, American Beauty
3. Ramones: Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket to Russia
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: North Star on August 23, 2013, 02:07:14 PM
Deep Purple: In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head
Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Master of Reality
Miles Davis 60s Quintet:  E.S.P., Miles Smiles, Sorcerer
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 23, 2013, 02:09:48 PM
Quote from: North Star on August 23, 2013, 02:07:14 PM
Deep Purple: In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head
Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Master of Reality
Miles Davis 60s Quintet:  E.S.P., Miles Smiles, Sorcerer
Quote from: sanantonio on August 23, 2013, 01:31:02 PM
My variation:

Beatles: Rubber Soul, Revolver and Sgt Pepper
Led Zeppelin: I, II and III
Hendrix: Are You Experienced, Axis Bold As Love, Electric Ladyland.

Good stuff, guys, good stuff  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: TheGSMoeller on August 23, 2013, 02:18:15 PM
Instrument
1. Accordion / Bandoneon
2. Harpsichord
3. Horn (Natural, French, whatever)

Country Songs
1. Pancho and Lefty
2. Boulder to Birmingham
3. Amarillo by Morning

Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: North Star on August 23, 2013, 02:19:23 PM
Oh, and this trio:
1. Queen
2. Queen II
3. Sheer Heart Attack
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: North Star on August 23, 2013, 02:24:54 PM
Wayne Shorter:
JuJu
Speak No Evil
The Soothsayer
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: North Star on August 23, 2013, 02:26:06 PM
Albums that stand apart from the rest of the band's efforts:
Rainbow: Rising
Dire Straits: Dire Straits
Dio: Holy Diver
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Drasko on August 23, 2013, 03:06:40 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 23, 2013, 10:40:24 AM
Barberton Chicken (Serbian style) Restaurants in Barberton Ohio
1. White House
2. Milich's Village Inn
3. Belgrade Gardens

Wiki article here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barberton_chicken)

Ha! Never heard of those restaurants but the recipes sure look familiar: Chicken fried in lard is great but i rarely make it, oven roasting is just easier; vinegar coleslaw is one of my favorite salads; only that rice/tomato dip is really nowhere near djuvec (on which it is based on, according to wiki), which is far more complex rice/tomato/meat based ratatouille type of dish. My chicken soup is better than what theirs looks like though, way too much noodles and not enough meat (I use mainly necks, legs and wings) and vegetables (carrots, parsnip, parsley root).
Another interesting bit, I get few whole chicken from time to time from local farmer and I cut it in the exactly the same way they do.   
Title: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Sergeant Rock on August 23, 2013, 03:29:25 PM
Quote from: Drasko on August 23, 2013, 03:06:40 PM
Ha! Never heard of those restaurants but the recipes sure look familiar: Chicken fried in lard is great but i rarely make it, oven roasting is just easier; vinegar coleslaw is one of my favorite salads; only that rice/tomato dip is really nowhere near djuvec (on which it is based on, according to wiki), which is far more complex rice/tomato/meat based ratatouille type of dish. My chicken soup is better than what theirs looks like though, way too much noodles and not enough meat (I use mainly necks, legs and wings) and vegetables (carrots, parsnip, parsley root).
Another interesting bit, I get few whole chicken from time to time from local farmer and I cut it in the exactly the same way they do.

Most interesting. I've known this style of chicken dinner my entire life (and when I was in high school, I was employed part time at the White House, working the fryers on weekends). I knew the folks who owned these restaurants were Serbian immigrants and their children. I've always wondered how authentic the recipes were. Most food brought to the US by immigrants (Italian, Chinese, etc) becomes "Americanized" (spaghetti and meat balls; chop suey  :D ) The "hot sauce" (the tomato/rice dip as it's known in Barberton) may not be authentic, but damn, it's really good. Hope to try the real stuff someday. Thanks for commenting.

Sarge
Title: Re: Re: Favorite Threes (right now)
Post by: Karl Henning on August 23, 2013, 04:26:58 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on August 23, 2013, 01:27:26 PM
Three Consecutive Albums Sealing a Band's Greatness
1. Beatles: Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver (I suppose most would include Sgt Pepper...not me.)
2. Grateful Dead: Live/Dead, Workingman's Dead, American Beauty
3. Ramones: Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket to Russia

King Crimson: Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black, Red

Genesis: Selling England by the Pound, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, A Trick of the Tail

The Bobs: My I'm Large, Songs for Tomorrow Morning, Sing the Songs of....