Pairs help plse

[Jeanruss]

was a punishment in school and one of mans inventions ALSO short shark and lifters

[murraymints]

?????

[humbersloop]

klaatu barada nikto, and welcome to AB

[murraymints]

what is going down here ???

[murraymints]

was that not the day the earth stood still robot thingies code to stand down ????

[factor-fiction]

Please can you give us an example of one you've solved.
Are we looking for one pair here or two?
What sort of pairs are we looking for- people (eg Laurel and Hardy, Cane and Abel)?

[murraymints]

ahhh !!!..lines and telephone perhaps ??

[humbersloop]

It was murray.

[factor-fiction]

Wasn't klaatu a band in the late 1970s that were rumoured to be The Beatles (Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft?)?

[humbersloop]

Thanks factor, I couldn't decipher the op's question.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaatu_(band)

[murraymints]

Humber...how on earth did I remember that bit of totally useless info ???...☺

[humbersloop]

me too...

[factor-fiction]

http://en.wikipedia.o...i/Klaatu_barada_nikto
But I've no idea whether or how this relates to the question.

[SlackAlice]

slipper

[factor-fiction]

SO does SLIPPER cover all 4 clues?
I think describing a slipper as 'one of man's inventions' is a weak clue.

[SlackAlice]

'slipper' used as a means of punishment was actually a plimsol Tenuous I know but someone must have invented the plimsol.

[cupid04]

tawse.

[sir.prize]

Shark and Lifters = Hammer and Tongs

[factor-fiction]

Thank you sir.prize- I now understand the sort of answer that we are seeking

[sir.prize]

was a punishment in school and one of mans inventions

could be Train Lines

[factor-fiction]

I assumed the word AND should be in the answer.
If not it could also be telephone line, I suppose.
It's a shame Jeanruss hasn't been back yet to give us a steer- seeing some other answers would help