# Free Association v2.0 (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 1, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734 "2025-05-01T01:56:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 67
**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 4, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/1321 "2026-01-04T00:12:34Z")
Oliver Reed ---
**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 4, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/1322 "2026-01-04T04:24:36Z")
Dr. Walter Reed ---
**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 4, 2026, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/1323 "2026-01-04T10:08:47Z")
Walter Lantz _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/1324 "2026-01-04T15:02:16Z")
[Faulty parade float balloons](https://www.instagram.com/p/DRfPG7BABgZ/) ---
**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 4, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/1325 "2026-01-04T16:15:07Z")
And I will go flying no more ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/1326 "2026-01-04T16:47:20Z")
LZ 129 _Hindenburg_ ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/1327 "2026-01-06T01:16:30Z")
Oh, the Humanity! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/1328 "2026-01-06T03:38:28Z")
Oh the huge manatee! ---
**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 6, 2026, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/1329 "2026-01-06T05:02:44Z")
Very punny ---
**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 6, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/1330 "2026-01-06T20:37:22Z")
Macroparanomasia ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/1331 "2026-01-06T21:05:00Z")
Macroeconomics ---
**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 6, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/1332 "2026-01-06T22:46:29Z")
“Don’t _give_ 'em Hell, _sell_ it to 'em!” - my college Econ prof ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/1333 "2026-01-06T22:47:50Z")
He could sell space heaters to the devil. ---
**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, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/1334 "2026-01-07T15:39:07Z")
When one of Ernest Hemingway’s books was doing very well, according to the 2021 Ken Burns documentary on the author, he wrote in a letter to a friend that it was “selling like frozen daiquiris in Hell.” ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/1335 "2026-01-07T15:55:41Z")
Mariel Hemingway ---
**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, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/1336 "2026-01-07T16:02:46Z")
Chandler Muriel Bing ---
**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 7, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/1337 "2026-01-07T17:21:07Z")
Bada bing bada boom ---
**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, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/1338 "2026-01-07T17:34:26Z")
The Chairman of the Board ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/1339 "2026-01-07T18:15:35Z")
Paul Silas, aka Chairman of the Boards ---
**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, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734/1340 "2026-01-07T20:57:54Z")
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