What are some things that shouldn't go well together, but do?

I love scrambled eggs with ketchup.

Ice cream and root beer.

Uhhhhh @AshlynM people have been enjoying root beer floats for a hundred years. What I’m looking for are things that you wouldn’t normally think would go together.

@everybody, these things don’t have to be food things, they can be situational, or whatever.

whips and lingerie

Caramel-filled squares of Ghirardelli chocolate and nacho cheese Doritos. It’s so wrong, but it tastes so right.

I think some of you are not reading the details. Although @GreenGentleman did.

I’m thinking of stuff that is not common every day stuff, stuff from your own experience, not just stuff that sounds funny, but is well known like root beer floats, and whips and lingerie. Maybe I didn’t word the question correctly, but the clarification, or rather the continuation is in the details.

I’m thinking of something more like this, maybe you downloaded an audiobook of Oliver Twist, and instead of it being read by someone like Patrick Stewart, it was read by Charlie Sheen, but it worked! Of course, this example is just hypothetical.

Warm summer night at a comedy club, sipping green tea (just be ready to become fodder for a few jokes!)

Croutons and salad.
Raisins and anything.
Eggs fried in lots of bacon grease.
If I think of anything more appropriate, I’ll get back to you. (I gotta go eat something…)

I once beat my wife while watching a ‘Three Stooges’ video. That seemed a little ‘off’ until I realized that Moe beats the hell out of Larry and Curley (and later Shemp) all the time.

So then, I stopped. And, incredibly, right at the same time….. Moe stopped. My wife hugged me, then went in the kitchen and made buttered popcorn, my favorite…..

(A ‘paradox’, I think they call it…..)

Macaroni and cheese with tuna fish. My roommates used to say I was crazy, but I will swear by it. To this day, it’s my go to meal. Bonus points: steam some peas and pour them on top.

Mashed potatoes and A-1 sauce. Haven’t had them together in a while but I used to love that combo as a kid.

Slices of papaya and avocado.

Socks and sandals.

^Um, no.

@chyna Hey, for those of us with feet that are always cold, but they sweat a lot too, socks and sandals really work! They keep your feet warm, but they don’t get wet from sweat. It’s a win!

Laughing and crying. Sometimes you laugh so hard that you begin to cry.
Finding beauty in flaws. Irregular teeth or a mole that adds to the beauty of a face.
Music and silence.

Having sex with the wife while our butler dabs my forehead with a scented wet wipe.

@chyna
No one wants to see your horrible deformed feet and toes. Put socks on, or shoes.

@ragingloli I’ve seen them and @chyna has lovely feet. (Hope that didn’t sound too kinky.)

Ooh I got a goody, Trump & America…<drops mic>

Thank you @janbb! They are my best feature!

…...phoTO…..phoTO…..phoTO…...

Some holiday themes go together in unexpected ways.

Much as your air-conditioning and hot shower went together— I once was really uncomfortably hot on a day in August and happened upon a shop in an historic area that was selling Christmas items—it was absolute paradise.

Christmas and July both have the Jul / Yule prefix and colored lights—some fireworks are astoundingly Christmaslike in appearance,

Some cultures mix in unusual and strangely appropriate ways. Thai and Creole. Chinese and Mexican. Jewish and Scandinavian, African and Celtic. Polkas and squaredancing.
Hawaiian / Polynesian and Native American.

Toy Story and 9/11.

I am noticing that many of these things are either OPPOSITES (one creates the need for another) or strangely harmonious (One needs the other to be a complete whole)—that is, complement and contrast in a noticeable and pleasing way

I know it was beat to death in a thread last week, but here goes:

Pineapple on Pizza.

Chicken and waffles

Laurel and Hardy

ammonia and bleach

Scalding hot oil and water. In that order.

Chicken and waffles don’t really go together any better than waffles and root beer.

I keep lots of images in my word and wordperfect documents—mostly of dissimilar things or places that seem to go together.

Hiking in Scandinavia goes together really well with images of Appalachia . I don’t mean just superficially

Peanut butter and mayo.

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Hang on a second, @cinnamonk….open your mind a little…...
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No, you are right…....ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

A massive thermonuclear explosion (the sun) and life.

I’ve had peanut butter and mayo on a veggie burger. The menu even said something like try it and you will probably be pleasantly surprised.

It sounded gross, but Inwas more than pleasantly surprised. It had a kind of “umami” flavor that is quite nice. It wasn’t even one of those acquired tastes that take multiple tastings to get used to. It was just good, even though it sounded horrible.

Please excuse me…..I think I have to puke…...

I only tried it once but was pleasantly surprised. Not that it could replace good old PB and grape jelly or PB and strawberry preserves.

PB and Welch’s Grape…...mmmmmMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

( If they’re going to execute me, that’s my Last Meal, right there…)

My husband and me!

The Canadian Maritime and Scandinavia:

Nova Scotia—Norway

New Brunswick—Sweden

Prince Edward Island—Denmark

Newfoundland — Iceland

I babysat some kids once who got me started on grape jam (or any jam or jelly) on grilled cheese. It’s to die for.

And a family favorite at our house is peanut butter sandwiches cut into strips and dunked into tomato soup. It’s really good.