# Following a train of throught... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804 "2003-07-25T04:44:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pezz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@pezz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezz)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804/1 "2003-07-25T04:44:57Z")
Or possibly a caboose. Okay, here’s how it works. I say a word, and the next person who reads it types the first thing they think of. Another person does the same thing with the second person’s word, and so on. Some pretty weird stuff can spawn from this game. Alright, ready? **Disco** ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804/2 "2003-07-25T04:57:25Z")
This is not word association, right? Just the first word than comes into your head? OK then… I follow with: metropolis ---
**Author:** ![xiaoping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/77aa72/32.png) [@xiaoping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xiaoping)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804/3 "2003-07-25T05:00:59Z")
gotham ---
**Author:** ![dctaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@dctaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dctaz)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804/4 "2003-07-25T05:01:11Z")
gotta follow that one with: **SUPERMAN** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804/5 "2003-07-25T05:26:49Z")
Bartman! ---
**Author:** ![Bugnorton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bugnorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bugnorton)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804/6 "2003-07-25T05:47:25Z")
Frenzied ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804/7 "2003-07-25T05:50:07Z")
Petulant! ---
**Author:** ![skyzoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@skyzoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skyzoo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804/8 "2003-07-25T08:26:06Z")
petunia ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804/9 "2003-07-25T09:41:24Z")
pansy ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804/10 "2003-07-25T10:29:20Z")
antsy ---
**Author:** ![milquetoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804/11 "2003-07-25T11:06:54Z")
picnic ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804/12 "2003-07-25T11:20:56Z")
frisbee ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804/13 "2003-07-25T11:21:54Z")
tree ---
**Author:** ![BlackLabel1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@BlackLabel1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackLabel1)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804/14 "2003-07-25T11:52:14Z")
branch ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804/15 "2003-07-25T11:58:26Z")
office ---
**Author:** ![Another\_Primate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Another\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Primate)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804/16 "2003-07-25T12:02:28Z")
furniture ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804/17 "2003-07-25T12:30:07Z")
polish ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804/18 "2003-07-25T13:06:41Z")
slavic ---
**Author:** ![earthpuppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@earthpuppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/earthpuppy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804/19 "2003-07-25T13:13:58Z")
orthodox ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-a-train-of-throught/190804/20 "2003-07-25T13:21:07Z")
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