# Find the common theme **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 19, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-common-theme/408598 "2007-06-19T16:04:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-common-theme/408598/61 "2007-08-16T13:45:17Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Okay. Here’s one I had to Google to find out. Answer is a 9-letter word. Clues: Junction Straps Squash Western Sauce If you can get the answer, please explain to me how you knew it. I had never heard of at least three of these expressions or phrases. [/QUOTE] spaghetti - not sure how I get it, just comes to me: spaghetti junction is a tangle of wires or cords spaghetti straps are thin straps on a dress or blouse spaghetti squash is obvious Spaghetti western is a western filmed in Italy, usually be Sergio Leone Spaghetti sauce is delicious when done right ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-common-theme/408598/62 "2007-08-16T13:54:07Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] spaghetti - not sure how I get it, just comes to me: spaghetti junction is a tangle of wires or cords spaghetti straps are thin straps on a dress or blouse spaghetti squash is obvious Spaghetti western is a western filmed in Italy, usually be Sergio Leone Spaghetti sauce is delicious when done right [/QUOTE] Well done. And thanks. The Google of those five clues sent me to Urban Dictionary as a first hit. The junction was the one I had never even heard of, but I wouldn’t have guessed it without that clue either. Maybe straps would have gotten through my skull but I doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-common-theme/408598/63 "2009-03-03T18:33:15Z")
It’s been a while since one of these was worth sharing. This one has a 3-word answer in a 3-3-6 letter arrangement Clues: Tower Records Starburst Denny’s Kodak McDonald’s Shell Oil ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-common-theme/408598/64 "2009-03-05T18:39:27Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > spaghetti - not sure how I get it, just comes to me: > > spaghetti junction is a tangle of wires or cords > spaghetti straps are thin straps on a dress or blouse > spaghetti squash is obvious > Spaghetti western is a western filmed in Italy, usually be Sergio Leone > Spaghetti sauce is delicious when done right Another meaning for Spaghetti Junction is a complicated highway interchange. I believe it started with the motorway in Birmingham, UK. There are several more examples listed in Wikipedia. (The Birmingham one was where I first heard the phrase) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-common-theme/408598/65 "2009-03-05T18:46:13Z")
**Zeldar** , the time limit on zombie threads in MPSIMS is about six months. If you’d like to start a new one of these threads, please go ahead - although it would probably fit better in The Game Room. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-common-theme/408598.md?page=3)