# Free Association -- Characters, Actors, Celebrities, etc.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [January 27, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534 "2013-01-27T15:52:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534/6521 "2014-03-23T19:25:53Z")

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George Henry Thomas

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534/6522 "2014-03-23T20:19:45Z")

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Thomas Mann

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534/6523 "2014-03-23T20:55:02Z")

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Manfred Mann

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534/6524 "2014-03-23T22:02:08Z")

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Paul Jones

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534/6525 "2014-03-24T03:17:44Z")

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John Paul Jones

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534/6526 "2014-03-24T03:22:44Z")

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Benjamin Franklin

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534/6527 "2014-03-24T03:48:49Z")

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Benjamin Franklin Pierce

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534/6528 "2014-03-24T04:00:21Z")

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Benjamin Harrison

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534/6529 "2014-03-24T04:06:34Z")

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Harrison Ford

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534/6530 "2014-03-24T04:10:18Z")

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John Ford

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534/6531 "2014-03-24T04:12:41Z")

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John Ford Coley

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534/6532 "2014-03-24T04:16:06Z")

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England Dan

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534/6533 "2014-03-24T06:25:06Z")

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Dan Connors

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534/6534 "2014-03-24T12:06:56Z")

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Dan Daly, Sergeant Major, USMC

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534/6535 "2014-03-24T12:13:33Z")

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> [@Bullitt](#):
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> Dan Daly, Sergeant Major, USMC

Missed the edit window, to add:

One of only 19 to have received the Medal of Honor twice. Attributed in Marine Corps lore, during the Battle of Belleau Wood in WWI, to have yelled out while leading a charge,

_ **“C’MON YOU SONS OF BITCHES, DO YOU WANT TO LIVE FOREVER??!!”** _

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534/6536 "2014-03-24T14:16:36Z")

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Reminds me of the Civil War general (I believe at the Battle of Ft. Donelson) who allegedly told his troops, “You are all only damn volunteers. You came here to be killed, and now you can be!”

In play:

U.S. Grant

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534/6537 "2014-03-24T14:25:46Z")

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Grant Goodeve

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**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534/6538 "2014-03-24T14:33:32Z")

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Alfred Hitchcock ( He used to introduce his tv show with “Good-eve-ning”)

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534/6539 "2014-03-24T15:20:18Z")

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Bruce Cockburn

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-characters-actors-celebrities-etc/648534/6540 "2014-03-24T20:29:25Z")

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Rooster Cogburn

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