The thought came to me when I read someone discussing likely actor for the part of Quail in Philip K. Dick’s story “We can Remember it for you Wholesale” vs. the actor who played Quaid (they changed the name because of our VP ) in the movie Total Recall. A more unlikely substitution is hard to imagine. But it would make a great uneven match.
I can just see the verbal sparring between the monosyllabic giant and the neurotic intellectual. The taunting could get ugly.
From this page, South Africa v Canada at the Cricket World Cup. By way of reference, Canada lost to a middling South African province (i.e., one of 11 South African state teams) by over 200 runs two days ago. Records will undoubtedly fall.
The Shoveler: C’mon, you’re really strong! You lifted a city bus once!
Mr. Furious: Well, actually, it was more of a shove than a lift, and the bus driver kind of helped by having his foot on the gas pedal…