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

Asked by Kardamom (33494points) June 27th, 2017

Today it’s sweltering outside. I am visiting a friend who has air conditioning, which I don’t have at home. I love the cool air inside my friend’s house. This morning, I needed to take a shower before we headed out, so I turned on the water and waited a few seconds for the water to get warm, then I stepped in.

At first the water was just tepid, but my arm was aching a little bit from sleeping on it wrong, so I turned the temperature up, with the idea that I would just blast my arm a little bit, and then turn the temp back down. I was so surprised at how wonderful the hot water felt, even though it was extremely hot outside. Usually if the air-conditioner is on, I will take a nice cool shower. In this case, the combination of the air-conditioner cooling the air, and the hot shower was luscious. Of course I felt kind of guilty and ridiculous, but it felt wonderful.

What kinds of things have you encountered that seemingly don’t go very well together, that have worked out splendidly. It could be foods, situations, romantic entanglements, music, or anything really. Tell us about it.

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chyna's avatar

I love scrambled eggs with ketchup.

AshlynM's avatar

Ice cream and root beer.

Kardamom's avatar

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.

Hawaii_Jake's avatar

whips and lingerie

GreenGentleman's avatar

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

Kardamom's avatar

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.

Soubresaut's avatar

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

kritiper's avatar

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…)

PullMyFinger's avatar

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…..)

Jon_Letko's avatar

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.

janbb's avatar

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

zenvelo's avatar

Slices of papaya and avocado.

ragingloli's avatar

Socks and sandals.

chyna's avatar

^Um, no.

snowberry's avatar

@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!

flutherother's avatar

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.

ucme's avatar

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

ragingloli's avatar

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

janbb's avatar

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

ucme's avatar

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

chyna's avatar

Thank you @janbb! They are my best feature!

PullMyFinger's avatar

…...phoTO…..phoTO…..phoTO…...

Yellowdog's avatar

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.

ragingloli's avatar

Toy Story and 9/11.

Yellowdog's avatar

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

zenvelo's avatar

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

Pineapple on Pizza.

rockfan's avatar

Chicken and waffles

PullMyFinger's avatar

Laurel and Hardy

cinnamonk's avatar

ammonia and bleach

ragingloli's avatar

Scalding hot oil and water. In that order.

Yellowdog's avatar

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

Yellowdog's avatar

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

kritiper's avatar

Peanut butter and mayo.

cinnamonk's avatar

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

PullMyFinger's avatar

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

flutherother's avatar

A massive thermonuclear explosion (the sun) and life.

Kardamom's avatar

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.

PullMyFinger's avatar

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

kritiper's avatar

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.

PullMyFinger's avatar

PB and Welch’s Grape…...mmmmmMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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

MooCows's avatar

My husband and me!

Yellowdog's avatar

The Canadian Maritime and Scandinavia:

Nova Scotia—Norway

New Brunswick—Sweden

Prince Edward Island—Denmark

Newfoundland — Iceland

snowberry's avatar

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.

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