# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/81 "2007-10-02T18:06:57Z")
Gin, vermouth, olives Barley, hops and rice Animal, mineral and vegetable ---
**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, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/82 "2007-10-02T18:07:31Z")
Jeff, Steve, and Dave (the Hanson brothers of the Charleston Chiefs) ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/83 "2007-10-02T18:15:49Z")
Fish, chips and peas Soft Toilet Paper. Boddingtons Best Bitter ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/84 "2007-10-02T19:14:31Z")
The Jabberwock, the Jub-Jub Bird, and the Bandersnatch (frumious though he may be). ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/85 "2007-10-02T19:15:46Z")
Octavian, Lepidus, and Mark Antony Gaul Henry VI, Part I Henry VI, Part II Henry VI, Part III _H.M.S. Pinafore_; _The Pirates of Penzance_; _The Mikado_ The Nina, The Pinta, and The Santa Maria The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Maxene, Patty, and LaVerne Vishnu, Brahma, Shiva The First Punic War, the Second Punic War, the Third Punic War _The Three Faces of Eve_ Bach, Beethoven, Brahms Readin’, ritin’, and 'rithmetic Tough kids, sissy kids, kids who climb on rocks Nurse Piggy, Nurse Janice, and Dr. Bob The id, ego, and superego The Supremes Charles, Pippin, and Louis Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/86 "2007-10-02T19:17:10Z")
One, two, three (which is as easy as…) A, B, C (it’s easy as…) Do, re, mi ---
**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, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/87 "2007-10-02T19:54:33Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others [/QUOTE] Their relationship is plutonic. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/88 "2007-10-02T19:56:05Z")
The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria (Columbus’ 3 ships) ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/89 "2007-10-02T20:33:09Z")
Willie, Mickey & the Duke (Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle and Duke Snider, to the uninitiated). Yakko, Wacko & Dot FDR, Churchill & Stalin ---
**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, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/90 "2007-10-02T20:36:01Z")
The Mad Hatter, the March Hare and the Dormouse ---
**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, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/91 "2007-10-02T20:37:41Z")
Bart, Lisa, & Maggie Jimbo, Kearny & Dolph Skinner, Krappel, & Willie ---
**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, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/92 "2007-10-02T20:47:10Z")
Kukla, Fran, and Ollie The (Widget), the (Wadget), and Boff Bugs, Elmer, and Daffy Patty, Maxine, and Laverne Thunder, Rain, and Lightning ( [Big Trouble in Little China (1986) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090728/) ) Dracula’s Brides ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/93 "2007-10-02T20:49:49Z")
And thanks to anode, cathode, and base, for us all being here… ---
**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, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/94 "2007-10-02T20:54:04Z")
Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso Legislative, executive, and Judicial Purity, Body, Flavor ([http://www.liv.ac.uk/~spmr02/rings/beer.html](http://www.liv.ac.uk/~spmr02/rings/beer.html) ) ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/95 "2007-10-02T20:58:03Z")
Nick, Bob, and John Adam, Eve, and Pinchme A minister, a priest, and a rabbi Tom, Joel, and Crow Mister Owl, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? ---
**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, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/96 "2007-10-02T21:21:47Z")
Unce, tice, fee tines a mady ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/97 "2007-10-02T21:49:07Z")
Vizzini, Inigo, and Fezzik Faith, Hope, and Love Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness Gold, silver, bronze Yellowstone, Yosemite, Sequoia Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael Rational, spirited, appetitive The Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, the New Kingdom Doric, Ionic, Corinthian ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/98 "2007-10-02T21:49:37Z")
White, pink and goldenrod Mintaka, Alnilam, and Alnitak Mustard, ketchup, mayo King Ghidora (the three-headed monster) Cerberus (the three-headed dog) [3 Ninjas](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103596/) ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/99 "2007-10-02T22:44:43Z")
Shadrach, Meshack, Abednego Exeter, Ajax, Achilles Base, emitter, collector “What is your name?” “What is your quest?” “What is the average weight of an unladen swallow?” ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trios-throughout-history-and-culture/421232/100 "2007-10-02T23:02:03Z")
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