The World Cup has been pro­duc­ing ample fod­der for one of my favourite games (which is prob­a­bly pretty frus­trat­ing for other peo­ple) I like to call it “hey that guy looks like…”

Here’s an exam­ple. The Dutch man­ager Bert Van Mar­wijk looks almost exactly like for­mer WWE wrestler Ric Flair…

In unre­lated tele­vi­sion — Mas­ter Chef reg­u­lar Neil Perry looks exactly like Steven Sea­gal.

Espe­cially when the lat­ter plays a chef in Under Siege:

Here are Neil Perry’s knife skills on dis­play (in text form) from a Q&A on taste.com.au:

“I love the way you cook and no mat­ter how I try I can’t chop herbs fast or very fine with­out cut­ting my fin­gers. Can you give me some tips on how to chop as well as you do?“
The main thing to remem­ber is to use a slic­ing action with your knife as opposed to a chop­ping action. By this, I mean keep the tip of the knife firmly glued to the board and cut/slice in flow­ing move­ments. Also, keep your fin­ger tips tucked out of the way at all times. Use the mid­dle knuckle of your fin­gers as a guide for your knife to lean against and make sure that any part of your fin­gers below that knuckle are tucked in.

And here, for your view­ing plea­sure (though it’s prob­a­bly M rated) are Steven Seagal’s knife skills on display.

And, in a bizarre twist, St-Eutychus has a world exclu­sive link­ing the two men, and per­haps estab­lish­ing that they are in fact the same person…

Neil Perry is the lead­ing Aus­tralian endorser of a Japan­ese brand of knives called Shun knives. Shun knives are made by the Kai Cor­po­ra­tion, who in Amer­ica trade as Ker­shaw Knives, who just hap­pen to be the man­u­fac­tur­ers of the knife Steven Sea­gal designed.

That’s right. Same knife com­pany. Same hair­style. Same face. Same Asian flavour. Same per­son… you be the judge…

Do you have any World Cup looka­likes for me?

Author: Nathan Campbell

Nathan runs St Eutychus. He is currently a student at the Queensland Theological College. In a previous professional life he worked in public relations for an economic development and tourism marketing organisation. He is married to Robyn. He likes coffee and the internet.

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