# 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:** 358
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/7141 "2024-01-07T14:28:30Z")
dedicated lane ---
**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 7, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/7142 "2024-01-07T14:29:37Z")
Lois Lane ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/7143 "2024-01-07T14:31:43Z")
Easy Street ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/7144 "2024-01-07T16:10:09Z")
Easy Rawlins ---
**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 7, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/7145 "2024-01-07T16:45:39Z")
Henry Rollins ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/7146 "2024-01-07T18:29:30Z")
Black Flag ---
**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 7, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/7147 "2024-01-07T19:13:11Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Did you mean “petrol”? No, just “petro,” short for petroleum, petrochemicals, etc. In play: piracy ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/7148 "2024-01-07T19:31:45Z")
scalawags ---
**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 7, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/7149 "2024-01-07T19:33:43Z")
ne’er-do-wells ---
**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 8, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/7150 "2024-01-08T18:45:03Z")
oxygen thieves ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/7151 "2024-01-08T20:14:29Z")
wretched ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/7152 "2024-01-08T22:39:55Z")
…a wretch like me… ---
**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 9, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/7153 "2024-01-09T12:37:40Z")
wretched excess _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/7154 "2024-01-09T14:58:07Z")
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. ---
**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 9, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/7155 "2024-01-09T16:01:45Z")
The 1886 ceremony to dedicate the Statue of Liberty lasted five hours and included several lengthy speeches, including by President Grover Cleveland. Nobody said a word about immigrants. - David McCullough (paraphrased) ---
**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 9, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/7156 "2024-01-09T16:09:21Z")
Cleveland’s last words: “I have tried so hard to do right.” ---
**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 9, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/7157 "2024-01-09T16:33:31Z")
There are three reasons to support Grover Cleveland for President. He is honest. He is honest. He is honest. - a newspaper editorial ---
**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:** [January 9, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/7158 "2024-01-09T16:52:24Z")
“Ma, Ma, Where’s my Pa?” ---
**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 9, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/7159 "2024-01-09T17:08:05Z")
“Gone to the White House, ha ha ha!” ---
**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 9, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/7160 "2024-01-09T18:11:55Z")
Warren G. Harding, illegitimate father of Elizabeth Britton by Nan Britton, who left them no money in his will. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581.md?page=357) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581.md?page=359)