# 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:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22829 "2015-11-11T14:52:18Z")

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shoe box

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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:** [November 11, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22830 "2015-11-11T15:23:45Z")

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I’m Buster Brown; I live in a shoe. That’s my dog, Tige; he lives there too!

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22831 "2015-11-11T15:40:33Z")

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Pepsi Cola hits the spot. Twelve full ounces, that’s a lot!

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22832 "2015-11-11T16:29:34Z")

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Fanta

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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:** [November 11, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22833 "2015-11-11T18:48:20Z")

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Me and my RC

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22834 "2015-11-11T19:53:38Z")

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I’m a pepper, he’s a pepper, she’s a pepper, we’re a pepper.

Wouldn’t you like to be a pepper too?

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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:** [November 11, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22835 "2015-11-11T21:20:38Z")

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Sgt. Pepper

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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:** [November 11, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22836 "2015-11-11T21:38:43Z")

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Being For the Benefit of Mister Kite

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22837 "2015-11-11T21:41:50Z")

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quadrilateral kite

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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:** [November 11, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22838 "2015-11-11T22:12:45Z")

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As a youth Sir Isaac Newton terrorized his local village by creating kites that could hold candles. At night he would fly them with the candles lit not far from the neighboring tavern, causing all sorts of strange theories and stories. Bruce Campbell did a similar thing as a young boy in Michigan.

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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:** [November 12, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22839 "2015-11-12T00:02:16Z")

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Benjamin Franklin

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22840 "2015-11-12T03:38:34Z")

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aircraft carrier

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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:** [November 12, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22841 "2015-11-12T05:40:12Z")

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She’s a big one

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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:** [November 12, 2015, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22842 "2015-11-12T07:24:38Z")

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Thar she blows

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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:** [November 12, 2015, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22843 "2015-11-12T07:59:09Z")

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A whale of a good time.

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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:** [November 12, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22844 "2015-11-12T13:10:28Z")

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Capt. Ahab, put down that harpoon. Now.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22845 "2015-11-12T16:38:44Z")

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Pequod

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22846 "2015-11-12T17:01:38Z")

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Q Bert

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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:** [November 12, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22847 "2015-11-12T18:23:30Z")

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Q Ernie

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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:** [November 13, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22848 "2015-11-13T02:29:33Z")

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Cue Sesame Street

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