A list of 238 words by mollusque.
- good, bad or indifferentwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- pip, squeak and wilfridwas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- please, please, pleasewas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- zip zap zopwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- hatch, match and dispatchwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- affixes, prefixes, suffixeswas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- me, myself and irenewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- bailey banks and biddlewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- no shirt, no shoes, no servicewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- practice, practice, practicewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- gas, grass, or asswas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- nyah nyah nyahwas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- oro, plata, matawas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- sugar honey ice teawas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- work, finish, publishwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- serbs, croats, and sloveneswas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- pretty and witty and gaywas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- it's a bird, it's a plane, it's supermanwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- plink, plank, plunkwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- orddu, orwen and orgochwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- deadlines, deadlines, and more deadlineswas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's handwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- row, row, row your boatwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- onion, celery and bell pepperwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- cleanse, tone and moisturizewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- bed bath and beyondwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- hut, hut, hikewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- guns, germs, and steelwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- me and you and a dog named boowas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- eats, shoots and leaveswas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- maiden, mother, cronewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- wham, bam, thank you ma'amwas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- caspar, melchior, balthasarwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- coffee, tea or milkwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- england, scotland and waleswas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- up, down, turn aroundwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- ready, set, gowas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- ready, steady, gowas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- well, well, wellwas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- buy, sell, tradewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- king, queen, jackwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- hegel, husserl and heideggerwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- god, guns and gayswas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- inferno, purgatory, paradisewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- bach, beethoven, brahmswas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- ho, ho, howas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- rip, tear, shredwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- planes, trains and automobileswas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- kukla, fran and olliewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- peter, paul and marywas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- nina, pinta and santa mariawas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- food, clothing and shelterwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- sexus, plexus, nexuswas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- harry, ron and hermionewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- bifur, bofur and bomburwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- dori, nori and oriwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- flopsy, mopsy and cottontailwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- drip, drip, dripwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- hands, knees and bumps-a-daisywas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- dance, dance, dancewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- hee hee heewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- yeah, yeah, yeahwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- lower, middle, upperwas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- the way, the truth, and the lifewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- doric, ionic, corinthianwas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- do not fold, spindle or mutilatewas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- volume, volume, volumewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- reduce, reuse, recyclewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- once, twice, three times a ladywas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- one, two, threewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- bibbidi-bobbidi-boowas added by mollusque and appears on 3 lists
- vera, chuck and davewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- words, words, wordswas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- crosby, stills and nashwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- moe, larry and curlywas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburgerwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- papa bear, mama bear, baby bearwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- me me mewas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- romeo, romeo, wherefore art thou romeowas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- fight! fight! fight!was added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- executive, legislative, judicialwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- socrates, plato, aristotlewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- let it snow! let it snow! let it snow!was added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- gobble, gobble, gobble!was added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- smith, and wesson, and mewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- spiritually, ecumenically, grammaticallywas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- clotho, lachesis, atroposwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- goodbye, farewell and amenwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- the lion, the witch and the wardrobewas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- citius, altius, fortiuswas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- drink, drank, drunkwas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- phillips, craig and deanwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- tinker to evers to chancewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- amo, amas, amatwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- hic, haec, hocwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- hot hot hotwas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- sex, lies, and videotapewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- bish bosh bashwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- coulda, woulda, shouldawas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- hammer, anvil, stirrupwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- cha cha chawas added by mollusque and appears on 6 lists
- slip, slop, slapwas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- estonia, latvia, lithuaniawas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- acid, amnesty and abortionwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evilwas added by mollusque and appears on 4 lists
- blah blah blahwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- abraham, isaac and jacobwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- huey, dewey and louiewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- nattering nabobs of negativismwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- no no nanettewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- alpher-bethe-gamowwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- once, twice, thricewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- going, going, gone!was added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- lights, camera, action!was added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- of the people, for the people, by the peoplewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- duty, honor, countrywas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- small, medium, largewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- earth, sea and skywas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- peace, order and good governmentwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- yada yada yadawas added by mollusque and appears on 5 lists
- things to do, places to go, people to seewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- alive, alert, awakewas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- stay awake, stay alert, stay alivewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- a rose is a rose is a rosewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- virtue, liberty and independencewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- pounds, shillings, pencewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- yes, no, maybe sowas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- here, there and everywherewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- food, gas and lodgingwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- win, lose or drawwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- fat, dumb and happywas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- athos, porthos, aramiswas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- relief, recovery and reformwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- fidelity, bravery, integritywas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- you drink, you drive, you losewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- thesis, antithesis, synthesiswas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- deaf, dumb and blindwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- ready, willing and ablewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- length, breadth, depthwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- beginning, middle, endwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- morning, noon and nightwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- free at last, free at last, thank god almighty we're free at lastwas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- land, sea and airwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- army, navy, airforcewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- rum, sodomy and the lashwas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- rag, tag and bobtailwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- way, shape or mannerwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- breakfast, lunch and dinnerwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- do re mi, abc, 123was added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- knife, fork and spoonwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- left, right and centerwas added by mollusque and appears on 3 lists
- stop, look, and listenwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- vim, vigor and vitalitywas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- masculine, feminine, neuterwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- past, present, futurewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- gold, silver, bronzewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- good, better, bestwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- first, second, thirdwas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- judge, jury and executionerwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- hanged, drawn and quarteredwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- mind, body and soulwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- men, women and childrenwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- beg, borrow or stealwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- ear, nose and throatwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- bewitched, bothered and bewilderedwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- never above you, never below you, always beside youwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- anytime, anyplace, anywherewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- truth, justice and the american waywas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- peace, love and understandingwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- green, white and goldwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- manny, moe and jackwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- tom, dick and harrywas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- tic-tac-toewas added by mollusque and appears on 5 lists
- duck, duck, goosewas added by mollusque and appears on 4 lists
- rock, paper, scissorswas added by mollusque and appears on 4 lists
- fur, feather and finwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- thought, word and deedwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- stop, drop and rollwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- hither, thither and yonwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- obsequious, purple and clairvoyantwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- ready, aim, firewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- shit, shower and shavewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- signed, sealed and deliveredwas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- good afternoon, good evening, and good nightwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- a loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thouwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- the father, the son, and the holy ghostwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- jesus, mary and josephwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- gold, frankincense and myrrhwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- shadrach, meshach and abednegowas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- location, location, locationwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- wynken, blynken and nodwas added by mollusque and appears on 3 lists
- atchison, topeka and the santa fewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- the good, the bad and the uglywas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- dewey, cheetham and howewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- shake, rattle and rollwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- hip, hip, hurraywas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- wine, women and songwas added by mollusque and appears on 3 lists
- tall, dark and handsomewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truthwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- game, set, matchwas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- grammar, rhetoric and logicwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- on your mark, get set, gowas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- this, that and the other thingwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- sugar and spice and everything nicewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- life, liberty and the pursuit of happinesswas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- fair, fat and fortywas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- no ifs, ands or butswas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- eat, drink and be merrywas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- healthy, wealthy and wisewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- liberté, egalité, fraternitéwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- the butcher, the baker and the candlestick makerwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- pride, pomp and circumstancewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- a rag and a bone and a hank of hairwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- reading and writing and 'rithmeticwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- stop, look and listenwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- up, up and awaywas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- sex and drugs and rock 'n rollwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- earth, wind and firewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- coffee, tea or mewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- sun, moon and starswas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- blood, sweat and tearswas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- veni, vidi, viciwas added by mollusque and appears on 10 lists
- bacon, lettuce and tomatowas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- red, white and bluewas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- rum, romanism and rebellionwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- snap, crackle, popwas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- hop, skip and a jumpwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- snips and snails and puppy dogs' tailswas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- bell, book and candlewas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- friends, romans, countrymenwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- love, honor and cherishwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- cool, calm and collectedwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- lions and tigers and bearswas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- first, last and alwayswas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- me, myself and iwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
- lock, stock and barrelwas added by mollusque and appears on 5 lists
- hook, line and sinkerwas added by mollusque and appears on 3 lists
- animal, vegetable, mineralwas added by mollusque and appears on just this list
skipvia commented on the list triads
I love this list! How about "location, location, and location?"
November 16, 2007
trivet commented on the list triads
Fun! How 'bout Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?
November 17, 2007
sionnach commented on the list triads
How about "gold, frankincense, and myrrh"; for those with a Christian bent, there's "Jesus, Mary and Joseph!", or "the father, the son, and the holy ghost". or, "a loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou".
November 17, 2007
uselessness commented on the list triads
I favorited this list, it's great! No suggestions are really coming to mind right now except the line from The Truman Show -- "Good afternoon, good evening, and good night."
November 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the list triads
Excellent list! Definitely a favorite. :-)
November 17, 2007
oroboros commented on the list triads
I've always heard the version "snakes and snails...".
November 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the list triads
Signed, sealed, and delivered just popped into my head. (Oh, good grief--an earworm and eyeworm in one.)
November 17, 2007
skipvia commented on the list triads
But a very good earworm, reesetee. Maybe it will supplant Mac the Knife for a while.
November 17, 2007
skipvia commented on the list triads
"Ready, aim, fire," and "On your mark, get set, go" just occurred to me.
November 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the list triads
No, probably not, skipvia. My brain is on the fourth or fifth verse of Mack the Knife and there's no end in sight.
November 17, 2007
chained_bear commented on the list triads
Tom, Dick and Harry.
Also--this is one of my siblings' favorite sayings but I kinda hate it. I'm suggesting it in a spirit of comprehensiveness. That's all. Really. And I always thought they're kind of in the wrong order.
Shower, shit and shave.
November 17, 2007
mollusque commented on the list triads
Wow! What a hendiatristic outpouring! Keep those triads coming! In a couple of cases with alternative versions, I've used the one with the most Google hits.
November 17, 2007
oroboros commented on the list triads
I've always used shit, shower, shave and shinola. (Companion to preparation for leaving litany: spectacles, testicles, watch 'n wallet).
November 17, 2007
chained_bear commented on the list triads
oroboros, I always heard it in a slightly different order, and not about leaving someplace but about making a proper "sign of the cross": "spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch." Of course, no one really carries their wallet in their front left breast pocket anymore (do they?) so that doesn't really help anyone remember.
November 18, 2007
oroboros commented on the list triads
Nor do they carry a watch in a fob pocket! My context is military, specifically USAF.
November 18, 2007
oroboros commented on the list triads
Hither,thither and yon?
November 18, 2007
sionnach commented on the list triads
I would just like to make the following, slightly puzzled, observation:
In making the sign of the cross, when is it necessary to touch a body part below the waist?
Last time I checked, my testicles were below my waist.
Have I been doing something wrong? Please advise.
November 18, 2007
john commented on the list triads
Maybe if you're extra religious you make an extra-big cross, and give the family jewels a tap.
Oh, and how about "stop, drop, and roll?"
November 18, 2007
chained_bear commented on the list triads
No, sionnach, it's not literal. This usage, at least in the instances I've heard it, is for people who aren't Christian/Catholic to help them remember which of the four "directions" they tap and in which order. You don't actually tap your ellipsoid glandular bodies, but rather move your hand in that direction and tap somewhere around your tum-tum.
Come to think of it, it was in theater class, I believe, where certain individuals had to learn how to make the sign as convincingly as one who was raised in the Church, and could never get it right. Whatever the usage of the phrase, some actors never do quite get the hang of doing the gesture in a convincing way. I can tell, when watching films for example, if someone was taught how to do it or grew up doing it.
Wow, I'm sorry to hijack the thread.
November 18, 2007
skipvia commented on the list triads
Aside from being in a theater class, I can't think of too many other reasons that a non-Christian/Catholic would need to know this. :)
November 18, 2007
oroboros commented on the list triads
EVERYBODY needs to know this! Congrats c_b on ellipsoid glandular bodies! Has anybody done a list on same? Hmmmmm...
November 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list triads
Wait a minute c_b, how can you tell?
November 18, 2007
chained_bear commented on the list triads
Skipvia, you're right. :)
Jennarenn, when it's fake, it looks like they learned it five minutes ago and are trying to remember how to do it. (But then it probably doesn't look fake to most other people.) It's harder to perfect the faraway, distracted look of a Catholic who's trying to get into the groove of praying by doing the gesture, than it is to just do the gesture in the right order. (Of course if you don't do it in the right order, that's a dead giveaway too.)
Oroboros, I have a list that includes that term, but I can't take credit for creating it as it came from a dictionary.
November 19, 2007
oroboros commented on the list triads
Tic,tac,toe.
November 19, 2007
john commented on the list triads
How about "Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash"?
November 19, 2007
chained_bear commented on the list triads
Dude! I'm mad at myself that I didn't even think to suggest that one!
November 19, 2007
reesetee commented on the list triads
I'm amazed at how long this list has grown. You don't think about how many of these phrases we use until they're all in a neat little list. Thanks, mollusque. :-)
November 19, 2007
mollusque commented on the list triads
Thanks, reesetee! I thought I was scraping the bottom of the barrel when I got to 60. But contributions from Wordies, my wife and my daughter spurred me to Google deeper. And I've thought of five more since I logged off last night.
November 19, 2007
john commented on the list triads
No shirt, no shoes, no service.
November 20, 2007
uselessness commented on the list triads
How about bippety, boppity, boo?
November 21, 2007
mollusque commented on the list triads
Thanks again for all the contributions! I'd never heard of "Rum, Sodomy and the Lash". I must run with the wrong crowd. Regarding the three monkeys, there is some disagreement as to their proper order, but I went with "see no" rather than "hear no" first. Keep 'em coming (triads, not monkeys)!
November 21, 2007
uselessness commented on the list triads
Does cha cha cha count?
November 21, 2007
bilby commented on the list triads
veni, vidi, vici.
November 21, 2007
bilby commented on the list triads
Sex, lies, and YouTube.
Oops.
November 21, 2007
bilby commented on the list triads
Stock, lock and barrel.
November 21, 2007
uselessness commented on the list triads
There's also Zip, Zap, Zop, a silly game to play when you're bored with a group of people.
November 21, 2007
asativum commented on the list triads
Hey nonny no? More of a phrase than a list.
November 21, 2007
bilby commented on the list triads
There's this skin cancer awareness program in Australia that has lots of ads that go: Slip, Slop, Slap.
Slip on a shirt.
Slop on a sunscreen.
Slap on a hat.
Very lame, I know. Funny thing is the government paid zillions for this marketing brilliance.
November 21, 2007
uselessness commented on the list triads
Okay, I keep coming back with more... but does rub-a-dub-dub count?
November 21, 2007
bilby commented on the list triads
How many men in the tub uselessness?
November 21, 2007
bilby commented on the list triads
I notice many websites have this triad thing imprinted on their designer brains these days. "Click. Go. Earn." And so on.
3 is magic. Hash, mushrooms and single malt at each corner of the triangle.
November 21, 2007
bilby commented on the list triads
Sex, drugs, rock'n'roll.
Thanks to K.Richards.
November 21, 2007
yarb commented on the list triads
Bish bosh bash is a common alternative (at least in the UK) to bippety boppity boo. Meaning, there you go, job done, and then you do this...
November 21, 2007
trivet commented on the list triads
The past and the present and the future.
Faith and Hope and Charity,
The heart and the brain and the body
Give you three as a magic number.
(Blind Melon, Schoolhouse Rock)
Also -
Coulda, shoulda, woulda / Hammer, anvil, stirrup?
ps - this list is todally alsome!
pps - three men in a tub: butcher, baker, candlestick-maker
November 21, 2007
seanahan commented on the list triads
How about latvia, lithuania, estonia and hammer, anvil, stirrup?
November 21, 2007
mollusque commented on the list triads
Pushing on toward 150! Who'd've thunk? Might we reach 200? Several of tonight's contributions were already on the list, lurking on the second page, so check there if doesn’t look like I took your suggestion.
I never heard of "slip, slop, slap", but it gets 50,000 g-hits, so it's in. "Bish Bosh Bash" has a different definition on Urban Dictionary, but that's not a strike against it. "Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania" swept the Baltic permutations, as did Celine Dion with "coulda, woulda, shoulda".
"Click. Go. Earn." does not get many hits. Maybe there's another version? "Hey nonny no" doesn't quite fit. It would have be "Ney nonny no". "Rub-a-dub-dub": Really close. What do people think? And for that matter, what about "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo". Does "thou" disqualify it?
November 21, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the list triads
Fabulous list.
November 21, 2007
bilby commented on the list triads
How about people with famous 3 word names? I'm thinking of Whispering Barry White, Blind Lemon Jefferson, etc. Or even the 3-brain-celled George Dubya Bush.
November 21, 2007
bilby commented on the list triads
'Nuther thought. Isn't the olympic motto something like Citius, Altius, Fortius?
November 21, 2007
papageno commented on the list triads
Crosby, Stills, and Nash?
November 21, 2007
uselessness commented on the list triads
Phillips, Craig, and Dean? Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie?
November 21, 2007
mollusque commented on the list triads
Triadomania continues! Bilby, regarding people with three part names: go for it. I don't think I'm going to collect them. I'll donate Jumping Jack Flash.
Crosby, Stills, and Nash. I think they disqualified themselves when they added Young. If I ever make a list of quads, I'll put them there.
November 22, 2007
bilby commented on the list triads
I like that line from Dirty Harry I think where the punk says, "Who's gonna stop me?"
And steely Clint says, "Smith, Wesson, and me."
November 22, 2007
bilby commented on the list triads
I keep thinking of the 3 furies. Names depend on whether you want to go Greek or Roman.
November 23, 2007
bilby commented on the list triads
Last episode of MASH was titled "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen."
November 23, 2007
mollusque commented on the list triads
Bilby, thanks for Dirty Harry and MASH. There doesn't seem to be a standard order to the names of the Three Furies, so I went with the names of the Three Fates instead. You'll see that a few others came up today too.
November 23, 2007
bilby commented on the list triads
Christopher Robin chanted on his walks:
"Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!"
Seen this snowcloned recently as Pollination, Pollution, and Pandas, Oh My!
November 24, 2007
mollusque commented on the list triads
'twas Dorothy, methinks.
November 24, 2007
bilby commented on the list triads
Think you're right about wee Dorothy!
Curly, Larry and Mo - a.k.a. the Three Stooges
Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Baby Bear. Sorry chained_bear, you'll have to lobby Goldilocks herself or find your own fairy tale.
November 25, 2007
chained_bear commented on the list triads
Fairy tale? I don't need no stinkin' fairy tale. I am one.
November 25, 2007
mollusque commented on the list triads
Which one? Barbarella? :-)
November 25, 2007
mollusque commented on the list triads
Thanks for the bears, Bilby. Stooges, I'm not sure. What about Shemp? I didn't take Crosby, Stills and Nash because of Young. But then, when you think of the Stooges, you picture the classic three. I guess I'll lighten up and put both trios in.
By the way, do you know that bear-baiting is illegal and yanking her chain is an abomination? Or were you just rattling her cage?
November 25, 2007
bilby commented on the list triads
Oops, not the tinned spaghetti kind. We don't have bears in Australia so the first time I saw one was in an enclosure of honey bears in a zoo in Sumatra. The sign "kasihanlah beruang ini" (be kind to the bears) was badly translated as "take pity on the bears". Then again I could well take pity on bears chained around the neck to iron stakes with brats chucking peanuts at them. Does that count as baiting? It wasn't me.
November 25, 2007
bilby commented on the list triads
I notice you have virtue, liberty and independence but liberte, egalite, fraternite is not quite the same (anyone whose school French is as bad as mine, please throw your three-cornered hat into the air now) and is certainly of some historical import.
November 25, 2007
mollusque commented on the list triads
Hi Bilby, "virtue, liberty and independence" is the state motto of Pennsylvania; "liberté, egalité and fraternité" is on the second (older) page of the list.
November 25, 2007
chained_bear commented on the list triads
Thanks for noticing, mollusque, that yanking my chain is indeed an abomination. :)
I still love this list. And I love how fast and marvellously it's been growing!
November 25, 2007
mollusque commented on the list triads
Thanks c_b! Triads now spring out of the woodwork at me. "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow" came from the comic-strip Pickles on Thursday. It was the perfect transition from "gobble, gobble, gobble" to the holiday season. Today, The Philadelphia Inquirer had the headline, "They came, they saw, they shopped", about Black Friday. That didn't make the list, but still fun.
November 25, 2007
uselessness commented on the list triads
Okay, I'm going to be really lame, but shouldn't one, two, three be on this list?
November 26, 2007
mollusque commented on the list triads
I've wrestled with "one, two, three", uselessness. The problem is that there's no inherent reason to stop at three. I got around that by listing do, re, mi, abc, 123, from the Jackson 5 song, and "first, second, third", which don't end in "-th" like most other ordinal numbers.
I know, I'm way overthinking it. Anyone have a good excuse to list "one, two, three"?
November 26, 2007
uselessness commented on the list triads
I was thinking of "easy as one, two, three," maybe...
November 26, 2007
mollusque commented on the list triads
That's part of the same Jackson 5 song. But, I'll take it--the phrase is older than the song.
November 26, 2007
bilby commented on the list triads
I thought that there were only 3 Teletubbies but turns out there are 4! Serves me right for accumulating girlfriends with weird names and extendable tummies.
November 26, 2007
john commented on the list triads
vera, chuck, and dave? Winkin, Blinkin, and Nod? Always Be Closing?
Ok, maybe that last one's a stretch.
November 26, 2007
mollusque commented on the list triads
Thanks, John! Vera, Chuck and Dave are in. See wynken, blynken and nod for winkin et al. "Always be closing" doesn't fit the list, but I keep finding such ("fire when ready", "make my day"). Maybe I'll have to "bite the bullet" and start Triads 3.
November 26, 2007
bilby commented on the list triads
Dang, for some reason my in-page search thing won't/can't see liberté etc.
Reduce, reuse, recycle. I think the first term refers to the theory of the use of clichés in journalism, the last two to the reality.
November 27, 2007
john commented on the list triads
How about David Letterman's old saw, "Volume, Volume, Volume!"
December 2, 2007
mollusque commented on the list triads
Thanks, John. A nice juxtaposition with bilby's "reduce, reuse, recycle", which I just caught up with.
December 2, 2007
sionnach commented on the list triads
hands, knees, and bumps-a-daisy?
December 8, 2007
mollusque commented on the list triads
Sorry, sionnach! Somehow I overlooked your contribution until now.
December 21, 2007
bilby commented on the list triads
Unfortunately I'm very partial to doggerel such as hickory dickory dock.
December 27, 2007
mollusque commented on the list triads
Then Triads 2 is the list for you.
December 28, 2007
bilby commented on the list triads
As an ex Porta Sole boy I'll have to speak up for Inferno, Purgatory & Paradise.
December 28, 2007
misterpolly commented on the list triads
Splendid list! I fell for it hook, line and sinker.
December 28, 2007
misterpolly commented on the list triads
Have you got "Tom, Dick and Harry"?
In Italy they are "Tizio,Caio and Sempronio".
"Ready, steady, go!"
"The good, the bad and the ugly."
January 29, 2008
gangerh commented on the list triads
up, down, turnaround
(pick a bale of cotton)
January 30, 2008
gangerh commented on the list triads
woo, woo, www
(bum titty, bum titty,bum bum bum)
could use a better, more rounded w.
January 30, 2008
gangerh commented on the list triads
'england,scotland,wales'
Yes, I know there's Northern Ireland but it is separate from Great Britain which is comprised of these three. If you add NI you get The UK of GB and NI. If you add Eire, Isle of Man etc you get the British Isles.
January 30, 2008
gangerh commented on the list triads
'ning nang nong'
Delightfully silly Spike Milligan poem.
On the Ning Nang Nong
Where the cows go bong
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And the teapots jibber jabber joo.......
Oh! Could that be one 'jibber jabber, joo'?
And as my Dad used to say when someone just kept on talking
'jabber,jabber,jabber'
January 30, 2008
gangerh commented on the list triads
tea, milk,sugar?
January 30, 2008
gangerh commented on the list triads
bread,butter,jam
January 30, 2008
mollusque commented on the list triads
Thanks, Misterpolly! I have on your mark, get set, go, but not ready, steady, go, which I'd assumed was the same thing, but apparently isn't. Is ready, steady, go mainly British? It get almost a million Google hits, more than ready, set, go, which is more familiar in the US.
January 30, 2008
treeseed commented on the list triads
Maiden, Mother, Crone
Aspects of the Triple Goddess in Wicca
January 30, 2008
treeseed commented on the list triads
Wham, Bam, Thank you, Ma'am
January 30, 2008
treeseed commented on the list triads
The three Wisemen of The Nativity story
Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar
January 30, 2008
mollusque commented on the list triads
Thanks, Gangerh, quite a harvest! I took up, down, turn around, England, Scotland and Wales, ning, nang, nong and jibber, jabber, joo (the latter two for Triads 2).
I passed on Jabber, jabber, jabber which isn't as common as blah blah bah and yada, yada, yada; likewise for bread, butter, jam and tea, milk, sugar versus bread and butter and coffee, tea or milk.
January 30, 2008
mollusque commented on the list triads
Thanks, Treeseed! I was sure I'd listed the magi, but at least I got their gifts.
January 30, 2008
sionnach commented on the list triads
mollusque: There is the Spanish version of 'Tom, Dick, and Harry' --- fulano, mengano y zutano. I believe that in some Latin American countries, substitutions are possible for 'zutano' (e.g. 'perengano'). But fulano, mengano y zutano is the most common expression used.
January 30, 2008
gangerh commented on the list triads
cleanse, tone, moisturise?
February 11, 2008
bagpussmonkey commented on the list triads
Hi Dad
'See I thought of a few
How about(Red White and Blue)?
I think you ought to know
About (Row, Row, Row)
Zx
February 16, 2008
bagpussmonkey commented on the list triads
oops, oops, oops! I thought this list was gangerh's!
February 16, 2008
mollusque commented on the list triads
Hi bpm, red, white and blue is already on the list. And assuming you mean Dad in the literal sense, I'm also a Wordie dad. My daughter has a Wordie account.
February 17, 2008
reesetee commented on the list triads
Ah. The families that Wordie together.... :-)
February 18, 2008
bilby commented on the list triads
Still a fantastic list, molly. I'm glad I came back to admire it again.
May 26, 2008
mollusque commented on the list triads
Thanks, bilby! I'm still on the alert for them, but only finding one or two a month now.
May 26, 2008
bilby commented on the list triads
How about I treat you to breakfast, lunch and dinner?
May 27, 2008
rolig commented on the list triads
The original name of Yugoslavia was triadic: The Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. And back in the nineties, the news was dominated by Bosnia's Serbs, Croats, and Muslims.
May 27, 2008
rolig commented on the list triads
And then there's:
"I feel pretty, oh so pretty,
I feel pretty and witty and gay!"
May 27, 2008
mollusque commented on the list triads
Thanks, rolig!
The meals are already listed bilby, but I'll take up your offer next time I'm in Oz. :-)
May 27, 2008
bilby commented on the list triads
Ah, I must have forgotten to click 'view all' before I searched. Raincheck on the catering arrangements :-)
May 27, 2008
dontcry commented on the list triads
Ollie ollie, in-come-free.
You complete me.
May 27, 2008
asativum commented on the list triads
don'tcry, is that some kind of Reagan-era tax protest chant?
May 27, 2008
mollusque commented on the list triads
Thanks, dontcry! I added "you complete me" to Triads 3. Not sure about "Ollie ollie, in-come-free". The commonest form is "Olly, Olly oxen free", which isn't triadic.
May 27, 2008
dontcry commented on the list triads
Good one Asativum! Actually, its the announcement that the game of tag is over and you can come to home base free from fear of being tagged.
May 27, 2008
optionparalysis commented on the list triads
Practice, practice, practice!
October 8, 2008
bilby commented on the list triads
How about a triple bill?
March 24, 2009
xundra commented on the list triads
Hm, "Me, Myself, and Irene"?
August 16, 2009
mollusque commented on the list triads
Thanks, xundra! It's been a long time since a new triad surfaced.
August 16, 2009
mollusque commented on the list triads
And then two in ten minutes! (Affixes, prefixes, suffixes inspired by SoSheShall).
August 16, 2009
sosheshall commented on the list triads
Calvin & Hobbes + Suzie?
August 16, 2009
mollusque commented on the list triads
No, the dyadic nature of Calvin and Hobbes is too strong. They're on the Couples & Duos list.
August 16, 2009
bilby commented on the list triads
hatch, match and dispatch
September 3, 2009
mollusque commented on the list triads
Thanks, bilby! Hadn't heard of it, but it seems popular enough.
September 4, 2009
inkish commented on the list triads
Three most important things are: location, location, and location
January 12, 2010
bilby commented on the list triads
That's why it's on the list, inkish.
January 12, 2010
dontcry commented on the list triads
Love this list! How about nanny, nanny, boo-boo?
January 12, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the list triads
And music, music, music.
January 13, 2010
hernesheir commented on the list triads
Note the Kit-Cat Club in London, and Kit Kat Club in Berlin
January 13, 2010
hernesheir commented on the list triads
one-trick pony
January 13, 2010
mollusque commented on the list triads
Thanks all, for the various suggestions. I put one trick pony on Triads 3 and KitKatClub on Triads 2. Nanny, nanny, boo-boo sounds more like a quartet than a triad.
Ruzuzu, do you mean Music! Music! Music! by Weiss & Baum or Music Music Music by Brewerman?
January 13, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the list triads
Hm. I suppose I'd like Music! Music! Music!, assuming the punctuation will jive well with Wordnik. But I'd be happy with whatever could convey the song by Teresa Brewer.
January 13, 2010
505292528 commented on the list triads
this is so useful, thanks!
i've got one to add:
AUSSIE, AUSSIE, AUSSIE, OI OI OI
July 21, 2010
mollusque commented on the list triads
Thanks, Deborah. I put them on Triads 2, since the sound is what's important with that cheer.
July 23, 2010
slumry commented on the list triads
see one, do one, teach one
May 19, 2015
slumry commented on the list triads
the halt, the lame, and the blind
May 19, 2015
alexz commented on the list triads
we came, we saw, we conquered / I came, I saw, I conquered
May 19, 2015
slumry commented on the list triads
Don't know where this old one belongs: "Gotta getta gocart if you're gonna getta girl."
May 19, 2015