# Free Association

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048>\
**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\
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**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 29, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22509 "2015-09-29T18:36:24Z")

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Hoover

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**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 29, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22510 "2015-09-29T19:46:07Z")

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vacuum cleaner

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**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 30, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22511 "2015-09-30T00:45:24Z")

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Nature abhors a vacuum.

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**Author:** ![McDoogins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@McDoogins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDoogins)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22512 "2015-09-30T00:46:19Z")

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McDonalds

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**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 30, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22513 "2015-09-30T00:57:53Z")

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Cleanliness is next to foodservice.

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**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 30, 2015, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22514 "2015-09-30T04:14:38Z")

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McDonalds is across the street from Burger King

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22515 "2015-09-30T07:30:13Z")

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Breakfast all day!

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**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 30, 2015, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22516 "2015-09-30T10:02:48Z")

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Waffle Tacos

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22517 "2015-09-30T10:07:14Z")

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Waffle fries

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**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 30, 2015, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22518 "2015-09-30T11:57:32Z")

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freedom fries

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**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 30, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22519 "2015-09-30T12:52:44Z")

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Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like an apple.

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**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:** [September 30, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22520 "2015-09-30T14:52:32Z")

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- One of my favourite taglines, **Prof** \*

Now suppose you are faced with a man attacking you with a banana…

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**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:** [September 30, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22521 "2015-09-30T14:58:04Z")

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Slip sliding away…

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**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 30, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22522 "2015-09-30T15:23:52Z")

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Groucho

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22523 "2015-09-30T22:21:41Z")

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DeSoto

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**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 30, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22524 "2015-09-30T22:42:09Z")

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Chrysler

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**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:** [October 1, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22525 "2015-10-01T00:21:13Z")

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“The Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Chrysler in 1925, out of what remained of the Maxwell Motor Company. Chrysler greatly expanded in 1928, when it acquired the Fargo truck company and the Dodge Brothers Company and began selling vehicles under those brands; that same year it also established the Plymouth and DeSoto automobile brands.” - Wikipedia

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**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:** [October 1, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22526 "2015-10-01T00:33:00Z")

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Shined up history

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22527 "2015-10-01T04:08:08Z")

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Shinola

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**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:** [October 1, 2015, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22528 "2015-10-01T08:25:14Z")

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Spit and polish

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