# 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:** 229
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4561 "2023-01-21T14:54:12Z")
The time has come to act, and act fast. I’m leaving. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4562 "2023-01-21T15:24:49Z")
I cast you out! Unclean spirit! ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4563 "2023-01-21T15:27:09Z")
> Out, damned spot! ---
**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 21, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4564 "2023-01-21T18:16:02Z")
Get that cussed dog outta here already! ---
**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 21, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4565 "2023-01-21T20:09:27Z")
Somebody get that _cat_ outta here! ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4566 "2023-01-21T20:55:02Z")
For castaways who must share their lifeboats with large, dangerous carnivores, it is advisable to establish a territory as your own. The following course of action is recommended. Step one: Choose a day when waves are moderate, but regular. Step two: with the lifeboat facing into the waves, making the ride as comfortable as possible, blow your whistle soothingly. Step three: turn the boat sideways to the waves, accompanied by harsh, aggressive use of the whistle. With sufficient repetition, the animal will associate the sound of the whistle with the discomfort of seasickness. Similar methods have long been used by circus trainers, though they generally lack access to rough seas. ---
**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 21, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4567 "2023-01-21T20:57:45Z")
spoof ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4568 "2023-01-21T21:51:52Z")
I read it on the internet. It may have been from the book. Sorry. Ignatz ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4569 "2023-01-21T22:27:30Z")
Here it is more in context, if one wants to look for the urinations following it: [Pi Patel](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5306953/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): For castaways who must share their lifeboats with large, dangerous carnivores, it is advisable to establish a territory as your own. The following course of action is recommended. Step one: Choose a day when waves are moderate, but regular. Step two: with the lifeboat facing into the waves, making the ride as comfortable as possible, blow your whistle soothingly. Step three: turn the boat sideways to the waves, accompanied by harsh, aggressive use of the whistle. With sufficient repetition, the animal will associate the sound of the whistle with the discomfort of seasickness. Similar methods have long been used by circus trainers, though they generally lack access to rough seas. [Pi climbs onto the boat and urinates at the end of the tarp] [Pi Patel](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5306953/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): MINE! You understand? Yours, mine! You understand? [Richard Parker sniffs, then turns and urinates in Pi’s face] [Pi Patel](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5306953/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): [v.o] Step four: disregard steps one through three. ---
**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 21, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4570 "2023-01-21T23:26:31Z")
Cannibalism ---
**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:** [January 22, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4571 "2023-01-22T00:06:07Z")
Donner Party ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4572 "2023-01-22T00:06:38Z")
dinner party ---
**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 22, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4573 "2023-01-22T00:31:55Z")
reservations ---
**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 22, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4574 "2023-01-22T21:54:54Z")
Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4575 "2023-01-22T22:40:17Z")
In God We Trust ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4576 "2023-01-23T01:04:29Z")
All others pay cash ---
**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 23, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4577 "2023-01-23T02:55:10Z")
The Man In Black ---
**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:** [January 23, 2023, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4578 "2023-01-23T03:06:57Z")
[The Woman in Red](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Cump%C4%83na%C8%99) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 24, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4579 "2023-01-24T18:06:03Z")
_The King in Yellow_ > **[The King in Yellow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_in_Yellow)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by the American writer Robert W. Chambers, first published by F. Tennyson Neely in 1895. The book is named after a play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories. The first half of the book features highly esteemed horror stories, and the book has been described by critics such as E. F. Bleiler and T. E. D. Klein as a classic in the field of the supernatural. Lin Carter... ---
**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 24, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/4580 "2023-01-24T23:14:25Z")
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