Speccie 2847 -- double celebration -- May 7 deadline
 

No. 2847: double celebration

Gilbert & Sullivan; Torvill & Dean; Gilbert and George: there have been many memorable pairings. You are invited to write a poem celebrating one of your choosing. Please email entries of up to 16 lines to

lucy@spectator.co.uk by midday on 7 May.

Hmmmm... Bonnie and Clyde, Nixon and Agnew, the Menendez brothers, Hoover and Tolson ... this one has a lot of potential.

Holmes and Watson, Crick and Watson, Rag, Tag and not Bobtail? Hmmmm.

I'm thinking of going for Burke and Hare. I feel that celebratory verse has rather overlooked them.

Dammit, Brian, that was my idea.

Masters and Johnson? Benson and Hedges?

No reason why we shouldn't both do it, Rob. And may the best man win!

Nah ... on reflection, I retract that last statement. Bazza already gets more than his fair share.

Yeah, that's what worries me.

Still, it's statistically likely that I'll outlive all of the rest of you on here, and then all the prizes will be mine for the taking. All mine! Hahahahahahaha! You hear me? Mine! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

So I'll give the graverobbers a miss for now.

I propose Hillary and Tenzing.

It'll be comedians for me, I suspect: Pete and Dud, Morecombe & Wise, Cameron & Clegg.

Flanders & Swann.