# 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:** 21
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/401 "2021-01-15T14:22:15Z")
Oscar Mayer ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/402 "2021-01-15T16:11:14Z")
Oscar Pastorius. (the fretless blade runner) ---
**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:** [January 15, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/403 "2021-01-15T19:32:05Z")
Oscar Shumsky (the fretless violinist) ---
**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:** [January 15, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/404 "2021-01-15T22:31:01Z")
I fear a fretless banjo. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2021, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/405 "2021-01-16T04:07:18Z")
I once played banjo, but I kept picking it, and it never healed. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/406 "2021-01-16T19:32:56Z")
You can pick a banjo, but ya can’t pick your friend’s banjo. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/407 "2021-01-16T22:07:30Z")
You can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/408 "2021-01-16T23:30:50Z")
Well, we shouldn’t carp on that. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/409 "2021-01-17T01:08:56Z")
No, that’s what the carpet’s for. (And it really ties the room together.) ---
**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:** [January 17, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/410 "2021-01-17T22:35:41Z")
I got a new carpet today. He’s called George, he’s a spider, and he lives in the glove compartment. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/411 "2021-01-17T22:44:41Z")
George, George, George of the jungle, strong as he can be! ---
**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:** [January 17, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/412 "2021-01-17T23:09:37Z")
I know every tree in this forest. (Crashes into a tree) There’s one of them now! ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/413 "2021-01-19T23:16:20Z")
If a tree falls in the forest… ---
**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:** [January 20, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/414 "2021-01-20T03:42:29Z")
…is a bear Catholic? ---
**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:** [January 20, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/415 "2021-01-20T04:20:55Z")
Maybe he could walk into a bar next. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/416 "2021-01-20T05:50:18Z")
I think that might hurt ---
**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:** [January 20, 2021, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/417 "2021-01-20T06:23:40Z")
Walk into a bar of what? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/418 "2021-01-20T20:39:41Z")
A bar of what doesn’t kill you makes you stranger. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/419 "2021-01-20T20:45:27Z")
Ah, so, a stranger walks into a bar… ---
**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:** [January 20, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/420 "2021-01-20T21:06:44Z")
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