# Free Association **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 6, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048 "2012-05-06T04:21:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1085
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/21689 "2015-04-12T21:45:13Z")
Up shit creek without a paddle ---
**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:** [April 12, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/21690 "2015-04-12T22:49:23Z")
Good lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise! ---
**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:** [April 14, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/21691 "2015-04-14T14:09:48Z")
River, stay away from my door. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/21692 "2015-04-14T15:41:58Z")
Towels! I need towels now! ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/21693 "2015-04-14T16:31:40Z")
Won’t somebody think of the children! ---
**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:** [April 14, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/21694 "2015-04-14T16:51:32Z")
EAT THE [http://failocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/eaththekidsfirst.jpg](http://failocracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/eaththekidsfirst.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/21695 "2015-04-14T16:57:25Z")
_EH -_😃 😃 Women and children first ---
**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:** [April 14, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/21696 "2015-04-14T17:09:51Z")
A modest proposal. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/21697 "2015-04-14T18:57:54Z")
Marry me. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/21698 "2015-04-14T19:01:22Z")
Show me the prenup. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/21699 "2015-04-15T02:39:18Z")
Let’s just cohabitate. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/21700 "2015-04-15T02:54:14Z")
Marriage is the building block of civilization. Without it, society will collapse. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/21701 "2015-04-15T03:06:19Z")
The collapse of the family unit ---
**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:** [April 15, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/21702 "2015-04-15T17:35:28Z")
Dogs and cats living together - total chaos! ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/21703 "2015-04-15T17:37:10Z")
Add a parakeet, gerbils, a snake and a monitor lizard - now that’s chaos! ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/21704 "2015-04-15T20:49:12Z")
Hey, gerbils don’t go there! ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/21705 "2015-04-15T22:02:53Z")
What has Richard Gere been up to lately, anyway? ---
**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:** [April 15, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/21706 "2015-04-15T22:40:34Z")
Haven’t you seen the ads for _The Second Best Marigold Hotel_? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/21707 "2015-04-15T22:58:55Z")
Tiptoe Through the Tulips ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/21708 "2015-04-19T03:07:11Z")
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