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Friday’s Lovechild #14

Aug 6

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Bit later than usual this week … but it’s still Friday, so anyone inclined to complain is more than welcome to pull up a seat and browse Bistro GroupThink’s seasonal menu, upon which the soup du jour is a steaming great bowl of shut le fuck up.

Now, on to this week’s Lovechild. I couldn’t go past this nice young man, who still has more of Kevin Rudd’s blood on his hands than the surgeon who ripped out the poor bastard’s gall bladder this week — AWU national sechetary Paul Howes.

Nick Frost + David Sowerbutts = Paul Howes

I’d love another challenge this week, GroupThinkers. And I promise not to be too sick or busy to have a crack at it.

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Friday’s Lovechild #13

Jul 30

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Okay, the bad news is I’ve been far too busy this week to hatch the customary two Lovechildren. But the good news is I reckon I’ve cracked Idlaviv’s tricky challenge. Wasn’t much I could do about the teeth, of course, but here’s Jaws of James Bond fame:

Arnold Schwarzenegger + Stephen Fry = Jaws

No?

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Friday’s Lovechild #12

Jul 23

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Since I’d hate for anyone to get the impression GroupThink is only interested in Australia’s two major political parties, here’s the leader of one of the other ones — Greens senator Bob Brown:

Wayne Bennett + Roland Rocchiccioli = Bob Brown

And since David F asked so nicely, here’s affable and cool-in-a-crisis Aussie cyclist Cadel Evans:

Craig Lowndes + Henry Rollins = Cadel Evans

Until next week.

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Friday’s Lovechild #11

Jul 16

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I feel kind of bad going back to the soccer well now that the World Cup is over — but I’m soothed by the fact this bloke never really turned up in South Africa, anyway. Ladies and gentleman, Real Madrid star and Portugal ghost Cristiano Ronaldo:

Anthony Callea + Danny Zuko = Cristiano Ronaldo

Last week I put out the call for lightweight challenges and, boy, did Jonowee deliver — they don’t come much more lightweight than Amy Winehouse these days. But because I’m a nice guy, I’ve decided to go easy on ol’ Wino, harking back to a time when she packed a healthier amount of meat on dem bones:

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark + Sarah Silverman = Amy Winehouse

You’re welcome.

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Friday’s Lovechild #10

Jul 9

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Last week we had John Howard; this week, another unashamed social reactionary who wants Australia to party like it’s 1899 — Opposition Leader Tony Abbott:

Lance Armstrong + Kevin Costner = Tony Abbott

And from a challenge issued a couple of weeks back by Jonowee, here’s a real Australian beauty — Foreign Affairs minister Stephen Smith:

Bill Clinton + Colonel Frank Fitts = Stephen Smith

Next week, a ban on politicians. Help me out with some lightweight suggestions in comments.

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Friday’s Lovechild #9

Jul 2

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It’s mining, mining, mining in the news at the minute — so what better time to dig up shrewd BHP investor Peter Dutton:

Paul Keating + Stan Grant = Peter Dutton

And now, after Spock…’s challenge, a moment I knew would come eventually — Teh Leftosphere’s favourite piñata and only the second incumbent prime minister in Australian history to be turfed out of his seat at an election, John Winston Howard:

Ronnie Corbett + John McCain = John Howard

The only way from here is up, my friends.

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Friday’s Lovechild #8

Jun 25

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Even if I didn’t think this week’s Lovechild was up to my usual exacting standards, I’d have published it anyway — just so I had an excuse to quote Annabel Crabb’s wonderful description of this bloke as “Labor’s Obi-Wan Kenobi of the Left”.

Ladies and gentlemen, Australian Defence Minister John Faulkner:

John Howard + Mark Latham = John Faulkner

Meanwhile, of the few World Cup challenges issued during the week, how could I resist a man who gives Ernesto Guevara a run for his money as the greatest Argentinian leftist of all time — Diego Maradona:

Captain Lou Albano + Maria Schneider = Diego Maradona

Still taking requests, GroupThinkers.

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Friday’s Lovechild #7

Jun 18

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Okay, so it’s not World Cup related … but since you’re all watching soccer for the next three weeks whether you like it or not, here’s the formation of bumbling former Liverpool and now Inter Milan manager Rafael Benitez:

David Brent + Inspector Clouseau = Rafael Benitez

Who else from the wonderful world of football needs the Lovechild treatment?

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Friday’s Lovechild #6

Jun 11

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While the hit TV show MasterChef is inspiring some unsavoury characters to perform acts of tellylingus, I’m taking the high road and allowing it only to stir up questions of faux genealogy. As such, here’s Japanophilic lawyer Adam Liaw:

Mr Miyagi + Kevin Rudd = Adam Liaw

And a random act of kindness in response to Molesworth’s challenge — the incomparable and mostly sober Karl Stefanovic:

Larry Emdur + Wayne Carey = Karl Stefanovic

Keep ’em coming, GroupThinkers.

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Friday’s Lovechild #5

Jun 4

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In MasterChef Australia‘s taste-test elimination challenges, contestants must identify upwards of 20 ingredients in a single dish … which seems a tad unfair when a mere two ingredients were used to cook up judge Matt Preston:

Mikey Robbins + John Stamos = Matt Preston

And in the absence of any commenters’ challenges this week, here’s a bonus MasterChef Lovechild I’d like to tick off before she’s eliminated and consigned to the derelict sharps bin of “reality”-TV history:

Jennifer Aniston + Tom Cruise = Joanne Zalm

Suggest, suggest, suggest, GroupThinkers. And remember — as Trevor McDonald famously said upon entry at the fateful Longerenong B&S Ball of 1998, “I’ll do anyone”.

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