# 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:** 453
**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 1, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/9041 "2024-12-01T19:19:30Z")
Don’t tell your problems to people: eighty percent don’t care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them -Lou Holtz ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/9042 "2024-12-01T23:31:53Z")
Sixty percent of the time, it works every time. ---
**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 2, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/9043 "2024-12-02T00:58:45Z")
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. _…attributed to Mark Twain, Benjamin Disraeli, and countless others_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/9044 "2024-12-02T02:45:35Z")
There’s a mathematician, a different kind of mathematician and a statistician. ---
**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 2, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/9045 "2024-12-02T03:55:36Z")
There are three kinds of people in the world: those who understand math, and those who don’t. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/9046 "2024-12-02T15:31:14Z")
Two out of three ain’t bad. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/9047 "2024-12-02T17:30:50Z")
Meatloaf ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/9048 "2024-12-02T20:00:11Z")
For dinner _again?_ ---
**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 2, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/9049 "2024-12-02T20:13:56Z")
Pass the ketchup, please. ---
**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 3, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/9050 "2024-12-03T03:00:41Z")
Is ketchup a vegetable? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/9051 "2024-12-03T03:10:45Z")
School lunch guidelines ---
**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 3, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/9052 "2024-12-03T04:59:35Z")
Reagan Administration ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/9053 "2024-12-03T17:12:31Z")
Food and Drug Administration ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/9054 "2024-12-03T19:21:37Z")
The EPA ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/9055 "2024-12-03T19:30:09Z")
The SBD (looks around with a deadpan face) ---
**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 4, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/9056 "2024-12-04T17:54:01Z")
The Society for Higher Intellectual Thought ---
**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 5, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/9057 "2024-12-05T02:58:07Z")
> **[Society for Indecency to Naked Animals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_for_Indecency_to_Naked_Animals)** > > The Society for Indecency to Naked Animals, or SINA \[pronounced "sinna"\], was a satirical hoax concocted by serial prankster Alan Abel. The group used the language and rhetoric of conservative moralists for the ostensible aim of clothing "indecent" naked animals, including domestic pets, barnyard animals, and large wildlife. The society and its aims were then largely presented in the public arena on news and talk shows by comedian/improviser Buck Henry (in the guise of SINA president "G. Cliffo... _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/9058 "2024-12-05T03:06:35Z")
cinnamon ---
**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 5, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/9059 "2024-12-05T04:31:01Z")
buns. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581/9060 "2024-12-05T14:06:55Z")
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