# 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\
**Page:** 1179

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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:** [March 27, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/23569 "2016-03-27T03:20:47Z")

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Alas, Babylon

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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:** [March 27, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/23570 "2016-03-27T16:21:10Z")

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Alas, alas for you,  
Lawyers and pharisees  
Hypocrites that you be  
Searching for souls and fools to forsake them  
You travel the land you scour the sea  
After you’ve got your converts you make them  
Twice as fit for hell  
As you are yourselves!

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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:** [March 27, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/23571 "2016-03-27T20:47:47Z")

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“If you are not offending some Pharisees, you are not being effective.”

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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:** [March 31, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/23572 "2016-03-31T01:52:45Z")

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Can Pharisees see pfar, pfar away?

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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:** [March 31, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/23573 "2016-03-31T18:41:33Z")

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“Pfui!” said the Pfefferwinkle.

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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:** [March 31, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/23574 "2016-03-31T18:42:52Z")

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Michelle Pfeiffer

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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:** [March 31, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/23575 "2016-03-31T19:54:43Z")

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“It is a pfar, pfar better place I go to than I have ever been before…”

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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:** [April 1, 2016, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/23576 "2016-04-01T12:22:19Z")

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Say it, don’t spray it!

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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:** [April 1, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/23577 "2016-04-01T16:58:34Z")

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Pee-wee!

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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:** [April 2, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/23578 "2016-04-02T22:01:02Z")

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Write your name in the snow

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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:** [April 2, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/23579 "2016-04-02T22:39:05Z")

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Don’t eat the yellow snow.

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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:** [April 4, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/23580 "2016-04-04T03:34:56Z")

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you Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

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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:** [April 4, 2016, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/23581 "2016-04-04T11:49:48Z")

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You scullion! You rampallian! You fustilarian! I’ll tickle your catastrophe!

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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:** [April 4, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/23582 "2016-04-04T20:48:14Z")

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Cat ass trophy

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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:** [April 5, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/23583 "2016-04-05T00:45:39Z")

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[cat pencil sharpener](http://www.slamdesign.co.uk/image/data/Products/L_SLAM_SHARPC_1.jpg)

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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:** [April 5, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/23584 "2016-04-05T01:49:22Z")

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Sharper than a serpent’s tooth

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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:** [April 5, 2016, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/23585 "2016-04-05T11:38:40Z")

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Fangs a lot!

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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:** [April 5, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/23586 "2016-04-05T22:49:41Z")

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Fang it all! I need a pun I can sink my teeth into.

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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:** [April 7, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/23587 "2016-04-07T04:11:46Z")

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Big bad wolf

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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:** [April 7, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/23588 "2016-04-07T04:17:20Z")

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Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?

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