# Let's play... Unfair Match-ups! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 5, 2003, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917 "2003-02-05T08:37:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sir\_Dirx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Sir\_Dirx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Dirx)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917/21 "2003-02-06T01:57:38Z")
A cheetah vs. a lungfish in a land race. Galactus vs. Gandhi in a pie-eating contest. ---
**Author:** ![paperbackwriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917/22 "2003-02-06T02:12:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Galactus vs. Gandhi in a pie-eating contest. Well, it depends on how long Gandhi was fasting before the contest. Especially since _pie_ wasn’t really Galactus’s thing. I nominate any Urban Legend versus reason ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917/23 "2003-02-06T02:17:03Z")
No way, dude, my cousin’s friend’s brother totally met a guy in a bar who knew a girl who lived in the town where that happened! How about the population of China versus the population of Easter Island in a steel cage match? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917/24 "2003-02-06T02:21:28Z")
Wolverine vs Shirley Temple King Kong vs Richie Rich ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917/25 "2003-02-06T02:40:27Z")
Me playing scrabble with… anyone! ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917/26 "2003-02-06T02:44:21Z")
Public speaking Penn vs Teller ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917/27 "2003-02-06T03:03:12Z")
#1 Florida Gators at #7 Kentucky Wildcats…oh, wait, never mind, we did that one last night.😃 Lars Ulrich vs. Reality Axl Rose vs. A Career Colin Quinn vs. Humor Lennox Lewis vs. Emo Phillips ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917/28 "2003-02-06T03:40:42Z")
**George Bush** vs. **Helen Keller** Challenge: Pronounciation! ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917/29 "2003-02-06T03:52:45Z")
The original **Enterprise** vs. a **Star Destroyer** Enterprise, no contest. (what? Someone had to say it!) ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917/30 "2003-02-06T05:24:56Z")
I second the \*\* Cthulhu vs Britney Spears \*\* matchup - can we make this a mud-wrestling contest? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917/31 "2003-02-06T05:37:27Z")
Beavis and Butthead vs. Todd ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917/32 "2003-02-06T06:21:24Z")
**Mickey Rourke** vs a bar of soap. ---
**Author:** ![Trucido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Trucido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trucido)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917/33 "2003-02-06T06:35:49Z")
Chinggis Khan vs. John Wayne The French Army vs. a Small, Yappy Dog ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917/34 "2003-02-06T06:40:02Z")
Oh come on, a small yappy dog isn’t _that_ much better in a fight than the French Army. ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917/35 "2003-02-06T07:12:59Z")
Yao Ming vs. Yaohushua ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917/36 "2003-02-06T15:44:07Z")
Mentos vs. my homemade chili. FDR versus Teddy Earth vs. The Martians! What? They’re bacteria! ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917/37 "2003-02-06T16:43:18Z")
Shakespearean sonnets vs. my poetry. Toy & candy store vs. a six year old child’s self-discipline. China’s People’s Liberation Army vs. an anti-WTO protest riot. Genie from Disney’s _Alaadin_ vs. a book of card tricks. A Beowulf cluster vs. an exchequer. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917/38 "2003-02-06T19:03:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Trucido \* > \*\*Chinggis Khan vs. John Wayne > > The French Army vs. a Small, Yappy Dog \*\* How long would it take the French Army to unconditionally surrender to the Small, Yappy Dog? ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917/39 "2003-02-06T19:11:39Z")
Neitche (sp?) Vs. Jesus ---
**Author:** ![xenothrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/7ab992/32.png) [@xenothrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenothrope)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-unfair-match-ups/152917/40 "2003-02-06T19:15:30Z")
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