# Great trios throughout history and culture **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2007, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232 "2007-10-02T05:44:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/41 "2007-10-02T13:52:28Z")
Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/42 "2007-10-02T13:52:40Z")
\*\*Huey, Dewey, and Louie Screwy, Kablooie, and Ratatouille April, May, and June Manny, Moe, and Mack Pemphredo, Enyo, and Deino Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megaera The Praxidikae \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/43 "2007-10-02T13:54:24Z")
Blood, Sweat, and Tears Rudolph, Herbie, and Yukon Cornelius ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/44 "2007-10-02T13:58:15Z")
Kirk Spock McCoy Lather Rinse Repeat ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/45 "2007-10-02T14:00:19Z")
Degrees. Tenors. Dog Night. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/46 "2007-10-02T14:01:12Z")
Superman, Lois, Clark Kent Mr. Mustard in the Library with a Candlestick Hand Job, Blow Job, Going All The Way Mother, Father, Child Horizontal, Vertical, Diagonal ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/47 "2007-10-02T14:01:39Z")
Thesis, antithesis, synthesis Confidentiality, integrity, and availability (for the computer security geeks out there) Red, green, and blue ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/48 "2007-10-02T14:03:34Z")
The Three Billy Goats Gruff Flora, Fauna, and Meriwether Narya, Nenya, and Vilya ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/49 "2007-10-02T14:10:00Z")
One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism Three Points of the Scout Law Washington, Lincoln and FDR (almost always at the top of presidential polls) Red, White and Blue Duty, Honor, Country Bach, Mozart, Beethoven Salt, pepper, sugar Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson (Confederate heroes carved on Stone Mountain, Ga.). U.S. Grant, William T. Sherman and Phil Sheridan (often recognized as the three greatest Union generals of the Civil War, although Iā€™d personally add George H. Thomas to the list). ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/50 "2007-10-02T14:10:10Z")
Celie, Mister, and Shug Coffee, Cream, Sugar Adam, Eve, Snake Jesus, Joseph, Mary Jesus, Judas, Mary Magdalene ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/51 "2007-10-02T14:44:27Z")
Archimedes, Pythagoras, Euclid. Socrates, Pluto, Aristotle. Mickey, Plato, Goofy. ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/52 "2007-10-02T14:51:16Z")
Frank, Dino and Sammy Earth, Wind & Fire Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds [gilligan]Dees, Dat, and Da Other Ting[/gilligan] ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/53 "2007-10-02T14:55:45Z")
[QUOTE=DirkGntly] Kirk Spock McCoy [/QUOTE] [Scotch Mist, Chopped Liver, What Am I?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9034128&postcount=19)šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/54 "2007-10-02T14:56:59Z")
Shadrach, Mesach and Abed-Nego (a.k.a. Ananias, Azarias and Misael) ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/55 "2007-10-02T15:00:07Z")
Brutus, Cassius, and Judas Iscariot. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/56 "2007-10-02T15:03:48Z")
sine, cosine, tangent subject, verb, object ---
**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/57 "2007-10-02T15:04:15Z")
Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins (although Rosalind Franklin should really have got a mention too). And to balance it out. Peter, Ray and Egon. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/58 "2007-10-02T15:10:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Mickey, **Plato** , Goofy. One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/59 "2007-10-02T15:26:31Z")
Ford, GM, and Chrysler CBS, NBC, and ABC or am I a little out of date? Papa Bear, Mama Bear, Baby Bear length, width, height (or depth) Jupiter Jones, Pete Crenshaw, Bob Andrews gold, frankinsence, myrrh Caspar, Melchior, Balthasar me, myself, I ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/60 "2007-10-02T15:26:48Z")
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