# Free Association v2.0 (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 23, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581 "2020-06-23T23:46:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 147
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/2921 "2022-04-08T23:31:15Z")
ageism ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/2922 "2022-04-09T06:43:05Z")
Got off my lawn! ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/2923 "2022-04-09T11:11:01Z")
rock salt shell ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/2924 "2022-04-09T13:28:28Z")
Shovel the walk, dear! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/2925 "2022-04-09T13:28:41Z")
Can’t it wait? ---
**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:** [April 9, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/2926 "2022-04-09T14:09:54Z")
There’s a game on! ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/2927 "2022-04-09T14:44:07Z")
The game is afoot! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/2928 "2022-04-10T05:29:38Z")
deerstalker ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/2929 "2022-04-10T07:58:36Z")
Sherlock Holmes ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/2930 "2022-04-10T12:36:05Z")
“Elementary, my dear Watson.” _(Incidentally, Sherlock Holmes never said the above in any of the classic tales written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Instead, the phrase was synthesized by the readers and enthusiasts of the legendary detective and assigned to him. The character w̲a̲s̲ later given the line in a movie script that was not penned by Doyle.)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/2931 "2022-04-10T14:47:47Z")
“Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.” What Alexander Graham Bell actually said to Thomas Watson in the first ever telephone communication. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/2932 "2022-04-10T14:58:59Z")
Thomas J. Watson Research Center ---
**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:** [April 12, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/2933 "2022-04-12T16:54:42Z")
WATSON Yes, Discourse, that’s what I want to post. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/2934 "2022-04-12T21:26:27Z")
I, for one, welcome our new computer overlords… ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/2935 "2022-04-13T11:57:14Z")
Operation Overlord ---
**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:** [April 13, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/2936 "2022-04-13T15:47:31Z")
Eisenhower ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/2937 "2022-04-13T16:12:11Z")
Military-Industrial complex ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/2938 "2022-04-13T16:39:51Z")
General Motors ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/2939 "2022-04-13T21:36:38Z")
General Dynamics ---
**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:** [April 14, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/2940 "2022-04-14T20:33:32Z")
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