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Things famous for failing to work as intended

  1. The Maginot Line
  2. New Coke
  3. Mao’s Great Leap Forward
  4. Edsel cars
  5. Segways
  6. Communism
  7. Prohibition
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Things famous for failing to work as intended

  1. The Maginot Line
  2. New Coke
  3. Mao’s Great Leap Forward
  4. Edsel cars
  5. Segways
  6. Communism
  7. Prohibition
  8. The Apple Newton’s handwriting recognition
30986

Things famous for failing to work as intended

  1. The Maginot Line
  2. New Coke
  3. Mao’s Great Leap Forward
  4. Edsel cars
  5. Segways
  6. Communism
  7. Prohibition
  8. The Apple Newton’s handwriting recognition
  9. The Straight Dope

Sadly, fighting ignorance is taking longer than originally intended.

30987

Things famous for failing to work as intended

  1. The Maginot Line
  2. New Coke
  3. Mao’s Great Leap Forward
  4. Edsel cars
  5. Segways
  6. Communism
  7. Prohibition
  8. The Apple Newton’s handwriting recognition
  9. Apple Maps
30988

Things famous for failing to work as intended

  1. The Maginot Line
  2. New Coke
  3. Mao’s Great Leap Forward
  4. Edsel cars
  5. Segways
  6. Communism
  7. Prohibition
  8. The Apple Newton’s handwriting recognition
  9. Apple Maps
  10. The Titanic
30989

Things famous for failing to work as intended

  1. The Maginot Line
  2. New Coke
  3. Mao’s Great Leap Forward
  4. Edsel cars
  5. Segways
  6. Communism
  7. Prohibition
  8. The Apple Newton’s handwriting recognition
  9. The Straight Dope
  10. Apple Maps
  11. The Titanic
  12. The War On Drugs
    “Just say No, it’s not WAI!”
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Things famous for failing to work as intended

  1. The Maginot Line
  2. New Coke
  3. Mao’s Great Leap Forward
  4. Edsel cars
  5. Segways
  6. Communism
  7. Prohibition
  8. The Apple Newton’s handwriting recognition
  9. The Straight Dope
  10. Apple Maps
  11. The Titanic
  12. The War On Drugs
  13. The Tea Party

Next: An outstanding lead role by an obscure actor who remained obscure:

  1. Vincent Gallo, “Buffalo 66”
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(oops, ninja’ed)

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Things famous for failing to work as intended

  1. The Maginot Line
  2. New Coke
  3. Mao’s Great Leap Forward
  4. Edsel cars
  5. Segways
  6. Communism
  7. Prohibition
  8. The Apple Newton’s handwriting recognition
  9. The Straight Dope
  10. Apple Maps
  11. The Titanic
  12. The War On Drugs
  13. The Straight Dope

Sadly, fighting ignorance is taking longer than originally intended.
New! Supreme Court Justices, Past and Present

  1. John Jay
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Supreme Court Justices, Past and Present

  1. John Jay
  2. Byron “Whizzer” White
30994

New topic: TV Roommates

  1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple)
  2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)
    (I like this one better than mine.)
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Prof, The Straight Dope must really not work well, since it’s both #9 and #13 on the list! :slight_smile:

New topic: TV Roommates

  1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple)
  2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)
  3. Laverne and Shirley
30996

New topic: TV Roommates

  1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple)
  2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)
  3. Laverne and Shirley
  4. Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes
    You didn’t say they had to originate on TV. :wink:
30997

New topic: TV Roommates

  1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple)
  2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)
  3. Laverne and Shirley
  4. Janet, Jack, and Chrissy (Three’s Company)
30998

TV Roommates

  1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple)
  2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)
  3. Laverne and Shirley
  4. Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes
  5. Mike, Neal, Rik and Vivyan (The Young Ones)
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TV Roommates

  1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple)
  2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)
  3. Laverne and Shirley
  4. Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes
  5. Mike, Neal, Rik and Vivyan (The Young Ones)
  6. Jack Tripper and Chrissy Snow
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V Roommates

  1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple)
  2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)
  3. Laverne and Shirley
  4. Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes
  5. Mike, Neal, Rik and Vivyan (The Young Ones)
  6. Jack Tripper and Chrissy Snow
  7. Larry Appleton and Balki (Perfect Strangers)
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TV Roommates

  1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple)
  2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)
  3. Laverne and Shirley
  4. Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes
  5. Mike, Neal, Rik and Vivyan (The Young Ones)
  6. Jack Tripper and Chrissy Snow
  7. Larry Appleton and Balki (Perfect Strangers)
  8. Detectives Ron Harris and Arthur Dietrich

A multi-episode arc of Barney Miller.

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Someone, please save these two categories for future use.

But from whence did it come?

TV Roommates

  1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple)
  2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)
  3. Laverne and Shirley
  4. Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes
  5. Mike, Neal, Rik and Vivyan (The Young Ones)
  6. Jack Tripper and Chrissy Snow
  7. Larry Appleton and Balki (Perfect Strangers)
  8. Detectives Ron Harris and Arthur Dietrich
  9. Richard Castle and Det. Kate Beckett (in season two, after her apartment blew up, and well before they admitted their feelings for one another)
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TV Roommates

  1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple)
  2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)
  3. Laverne and Shirley
  4. Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes
  5. Mike, Neal, Rik and Vivyan (The Young Ones)
  6. Jack Tripper and Chrissy Snow
  7. Larry Appleton and Balki (Perfect Strangers)
  8. Detectives Ron Harris and Arthur Dietrich
  9. Richard Castle and Det. Kate Beckett (in season two, after her apartment blew up, and well before they admitted their feelings for one another)
  10. Chandler Bing and Joey Tribbiani