by Chris Riordan
You know the game. Word association. Answer with the first thought.
For Joe Frazier, much, it seems, to his chagrin, it was Ali.
Some pairs just become inextricably linked.
Borg = McEnroe
Lou = Jack
play on…
Crio’s Q: word association
November 15, 2011 by 25 Comments
Premiership drought = Footscray
Premiership drought = St Kilda
no mate
EJ = Scray
Saints disco = StKilda
Roo and Dawse = Flash Dance
Underarm = Chappell
John Greening = Jimmy O’Dea
Dips = Diminutive
Flood = Swans
Phanto – I heard that!
Muralitharan = Camilla Parker Bowls
Dennis Lillee = Jeff Thomsom
WG Grace = beard
Leigh Matthews = point post
Cats = handbags (period specific)
That was the ‘naughty Phantom’ Dips. Sometimes I have no control over him.
Camilla Parker Bowles = Rottweiler
Tony Abbott = Action Man
John Butler = Endangered Species
That was ‘naughty’ JB. Ditto.
Greg Norman = Larry Mize & Bob Tway
Cullinan = Warne
Polly Farmer = Billy Goggin
Todd Woodbridge = Mark Woodforde
Jack Nicklaus = Arnold Palmer
And a couple of racing one’s where the trainer and horse were synonymous
Reckless = Tommy Woodcock
Vo Rogue = Vic Rail
Go = Pies
From a rugby league perspective:
Wally Lewis = The King
Billy Moore = “Queenslander!”
and that Roy and HG classic, Allan “Alfie” Langer= Deborah Kerr (as in “The King and I”)
Bart and The Professor
Ali = Frazier
Lawry = Simpson
AAMI Stadium = Waverley Park
Paul Kelly = Bob Dylan
Shane Warne = Rolf Harris/Bert Newton/Olivia Newton-John
The Dropkick = The Flick Pass
Sunday night = Monday morning
Anchovies = a cup of arsenic
mango = icecream
winter = braised rabbit
jeans = a T-shirt
a warm smile = a corrupt lawyer
the telephone ringing at 4.02pm = a telemarketing scam
a homemade pizza = a healthy friday night footy meal
Tony Abbott = No
Triple Brownlow Medallist = Bob Skilton.
Or is that really his full name ?