# 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:** 1122
**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:** [September 16, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22429 "2015-09-16T20:33:29Z")
Hey, I’d rather be a sparrow than a snail myself. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22430 "2015-09-16T20:59:56Z")
I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22431 "2015-09-16T21:01:13Z")
Existential Blues ---
**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:** [September 16, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22432 "2015-09-16T21:03:27Z")
“If we believe in nothing, if nothing has any meaning and if we can affirm no values whatsoever, then everything is possible and nothing has any importance.” ― Albert Camus, The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt ---
**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:** [September 16, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22433 "2015-09-16T21:31:57Z")
I am that i am ---
**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:** [September 16, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22434 "2015-09-16T22:22:57Z")
Coitus ergo sum. ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22435 "2015-09-17T08:08:22Z")
Illegitimi non carborundum ---
**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:** [September 17, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22436 "2015-09-17T12:52:37Z")
quod erat demonstratum ---
**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:** [September 17, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22437 "2015-09-17T13:30:35Z")
E Pluribus Unum ---
**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:** [September 17, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22438 "2015-09-17T13:54:20Z")
But, in the Latin alphabet, “Jehovah” begins with an “I”… ---
**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:** [September 17, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22439 "2015-09-17T15:13:21Z")
That’s 'cause the Greeks and Romans didn’t have another equivalent for Yod. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22440 "2015-09-17T23:13:14Z")
Dot your i’s and cross your t’s. ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22441 "2015-09-18T10:56:29Z")
Mind your p’s and q’s ---
**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:** [September 18, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22442 "2015-09-18T16:14:42Z")
one mississippi, two mississippi, three… ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22443 "2015-09-18T17:14:21Z")
Mrs. Hippy ---
**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:** [September 18, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22444 "2015-09-18T20:14:11Z")
Hungry Hungry Hippos ---
**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:** [September 18, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22445 "2015-09-18T20:21:14Z")
Aggravation ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22446 "2015-09-18T20:24:53Z")
a graviton ---
**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:** [September 18, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22447 "2015-09-18T23:43:08Z")
You can’t blame gravity for falling in love. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22448 "2015-09-19T00:44:48Z")
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