A surgeon and an organlegger-hunting ARM, we made a strange pairing.

Other characters confess love for each other in strange pairings.

A strange pairing.

True, it is a strange pairing, the Jersey Shore and Paris, and, as in all couplings, each party might have to sacrifice something dear.

This is easily the strangest pairing since Stipe sang a cappella with Stephen Colbert and Brian Eno.

The options are limited to a 12-course 'tasting' and a 20-plus-course 'tour', bringing an artistic carnival of strange pairings served in steel and glass contraptions.

Coulson felt that Carol was reinventing herself, she also stated: "It's a strange pairing, but it'll be interesting to see if they can find common ground."

Yet "I Was Born in Love With You" (Philips 289 456 654-2) proves that strange pairings can have merit.

In fact, it is probably one of the strangest pairings in music history!

The latest example of such a strange pairing involves Sotheby's and Artemis, the London dealer.