# 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:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22929 "2015-11-20T05:27:35Z")

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The Petit Wazoo

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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:** [November 20, 2015, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22930 "2015-11-20T09:37:21Z")

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Le Grand Guignol

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22931 "2015-11-20T13:39:43Z")

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“Saw”

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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 20, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22932 "2015-11-20T14:28:28Z")

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see-

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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 20, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22933 "2015-11-20T20:38:20Z")

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Mediterranean

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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 21, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22934 "2015-11-21T00:33:59Z")

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diet

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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 21, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22935 "2015-11-21T01:25:55Z")

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Coke

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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 21, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22936 "2015-11-21T03:08:01Z")

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coal

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22937 "2015-11-21T03:48:03Z")

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Christmas stocking

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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 21, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22938 "2015-11-21T04:32:45Z")

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You better watch out, you better not pout.

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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 21, 2015, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22939 "2015-11-21T05:33:37Z")

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stand guard

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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:** [November 21, 2015, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22940 "2015-11-21T06:30:50Z")

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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22941 "2015-11-21T18:12:26Z")

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“Raw shark?”

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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 21, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22942 "2015-11-21T18:42:10Z")

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October 12th, 1985: Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout “Save us!”… and I’ll whisper “no.”

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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 22, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22943 "2015-11-22T00:40:45Z")

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“What happened to us? What happened to the American Dream?”

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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 23, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22944 "2015-11-23T01:22:45Z")

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None of you understand. I’m not locked up in here with you; you’re locked up in here with _me_.

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22945 "2015-11-23T02:00:05Z")

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Perspective

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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 23, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22946 "2015-11-23T04:21:20Z")

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Riding off into the sunset

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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:** [November 23, 2015, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22947 "2015-11-23T05:00:28Z")

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Happy trails to you.

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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 23, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/22948 "2015-11-23T12:37:11Z")

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Hit the road, Jack

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