# 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:** 219
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4361 "2022-12-19T21:29:17Z")
On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 4 feet of shore line, 3 incontinent chimps, 2 alto saxophones and a pickleball in a pear tree. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4362 "2022-12-20T12:26:23Z")
On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 5 possum pelts!, 4 feet of shore line, 3 incontinent chimps, 2 alto saxophones, and a pickleball in a pear tree. ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4363 "2022-12-20T16:30:19Z")
On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Six geezers playing—five golden bling Four calling nerds, three bench hens, two overheads—and a pickleball in a pear tree. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4364 "2022-12-20T17:21:32Z")
On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Seven seers scrying, Six soothsayers saying, Five ghoul-things Four dragonbirds, three dungeon dens, two turtlehawks, And a basilisk in a bare tree. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4365 "2022-12-20T17:47:21Z")
On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 8 maids a-metering, 7 glasses of eggnog, 6 lords a-drinking, 5 possum pelts!, 4 feet of shore line, 3 incontinent chimps, 2 alto saxophones, and a pickleball in a pear tree. ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4366 "2022-12-20T22:25:39Z")
On the ninth day of Christmas, my true gave to me: Nine ladies looping, eight dames a dropping, seven studs a swinging: six geezers playing—five golden blings—four calling nerds, three bench hens, two overheads—and a pickleball in a pear tree. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4367 "2022-12-23T14:06:10Z")
On the tenth day of Christmas, it will be January 3rd and I’ll have to go back to work! ---
**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:** [December 24, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4368 "2022-12-24T21:09:12Z")
10 cafeteria lunches ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4369 "2022-12-24T22:13:13Z")
Three-martini lunches ---
**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:** [December 25, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4370 "2022-12-25T19:26:36Z")
Two expense accounts ---
**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:** [December 25, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4371 "2022-12-25T19:28:17Z")
And a copy of _The Straight Dope_! ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4372 "2022-12-25T19:30:49Z")
In a pickleball tree. 😄 ---
**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:** [December 25, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4373 "2022-12-25T21:55:48Z")
Oh, the pickleball tree is a-rolling on over the plains, ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4374 "2022-12-26T03:19:19Z")
_The Oregon Trail_ ---
**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:** [December 26, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4375 "2022-12-26T12:20:14Z")
You Have Died of Dysentery _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [December 26, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4376 "2022-12-26T16:38:15Z")
Have a nice day. ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4377 "2022-12-26T16:47:50Z")
Have a blessed day. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4378 "2022-12-26T17:27:45Z")
The bright, blessed day, and the dark, sacred night… ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4379 "2022-12-26T17:33:41Z")
Brian Blessed ---
**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:** [December 26, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4380 "2022-12-26T20:29:33Z")
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