Odd Man Out 32

Howdydowdo, all you financial typhoons and mavens (or mavenettes) of mayhem, it's time for what has now shrunk to the monthly Grab-donkey, known far and wide as Odd Man Out.

Your narrator urgently counsels you to practice up on your snorting (the harmless kind in which no white powder is harmed), for you surely will want to snort with derision when you see how insultingly easy this session's questions are.

Trust the nice man, Louella, this batch of questions will be like a walk in the park, assuming, of course, that the park is Yellowstone and the walk is down the face of El Capitan. Certainly it will be a vast improvement over that justly-vilified exercise in chicanery, Odd Man Out 19 , of which, the less said (but the more read), the better.

Group 1

The guy who co-wrote and performed Eh Cumpari
The inventor of the ballcock
Groucho Marx
The guy who conquered Gaul and Brittania

Group 2

The Belmonts
The Crystals
Gordon Lightfoot
Alyssa Milano

HINT: The solution has something to do with Phil Spector.

Group 3

Charley Weaver
Patricia Arquette
Sigourney Weaver
David Arquette

Group 4

applesauce
banana oil
cod liver oil
bologna

Group 5

Privilege
Prostlatyze
Perpindicular
Perastalsis

And now for a little mindless diversion, while I tromp your oil away from the answer key. This one will have a religious theme, but only just barely .

It is dusk at the end of a cold, wet and miserable day. An unfortunate nun, driving alone through a dense forest, suddenly developed car trouble. When the car stopped dead, she realized she would never be able to fix it, so, not without some considerable trepidation, she set out on foot to find help.

She must have thought her prayers to be answered, for, after a wet slog of half a mile, the nun came upon a monestary.

Naturally, the brothers gave her shelter from the storm and a place to dry off. Afterward, they informed her that she was even more fortunate than she thought, since she had arrived just in time for supper. On the menu that evening: fish and chips. To the good sister's delight, the meal turned out to be the best fish and chips she had ever had in her life.

"I must compliment the gentlemen who cooked this wonderful meal," she said to the prior.

"Certainly," the prior answered. "The kitchen's that way, to your left. Just walk right in. No one will mind.

She went into the kitchen, where she found two of the brothers cleaning up after the meal. She told them how wonderful it was and asked for their names, so she could properly thank them in person.

"How kind of you," one of them said. "Very well, I am Brother Frederick, and this is Brother Charles."

After they had all been properly introduced, the nun had an afterthought. "By the way, just out of curiosity, who actually cooked that wonderful meal?. The fish and chips were nothing short of fabulous."

"Well, actually, we share the cooking chores," Brother Fred explained. "Whenever we have fish and chips, I end up as the fish friar."

"So, I guess that makes you..." she started to tell Brother Charles.

"That's right," he sighed, I'm the chip monk."

Group 1

The guy who co-wrote and performed Eh Cumpari
The inventor of the ballcock
Groucho Marx
The guy who conquered Gaul and Brittania

Let's keep this short and sweet. The fellow who invented the ballcock (and was erroneously credited with invention of the entire flush toilet) was Thomas Crapper. No kidding, but that's where we get the term, okay? The three conformists were a bunch of guys named Julius.

Group 2

The Belmonts
The Crystals
Gordon Lightfoot
Alyssa Milano

Your narrator has pointed this out before, and, with a heavy sigh, he will do so again. If one of the groups has something to do with music, you can and should look to the resources for your answer. All I am going to say is that three of the above helped line Phil Spector's pockets for the same reason; one did not. You will have to figure out the rest of it for yourself. If you do your research, you will find this one is the bone.

Group 3

Charley Weaver
Patricia Arquette
Sigourney Weaver
David Arquette

Before you blurt out that it's the first guy because he's dead, while the other three are alive (though cancelled in some cases), hold the thought. Remember, being dead or alive is one of three things the OMO will never be about, along with race and gender.

The thing that ties three of these people together is that they are all related. "Charley Weaver" was the stage name for old-time comedian Cliff Arquette. The two listed Arquettes in this group are his grandchildren. And, while Sigourney was a made-up name for the third person, the Weaver part was real, making her no actual relation to Charley.

Group 4

applesauce
banana oil
cod liver oil
bologna

Among all these food or food-like items, three of them share a commonality. They have served double-duty as accusations of mendacity. Which one is the OMO? When is the last time you heard or read about someone snarling "Cod liver oil!" in regard to an obvious lie?

Group 5

Privilege
Prostlatyze
Perpindicular
Perastalsis

This one may make you stop and think a spell. At any rate, it may put a bee in your bonnet. Still don't get the hint? Three of these words are misspelled. It is my unquestioned privilege to point out, one of them is correct.

There, he said, but, in reality, meaning nowhere at all, that ought to hold you all until March. Happy Do Your Bit in the Fight Against Nymphomania Day. WHAT?

Sources

Urbandictionary.com
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