# 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:** 1207
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24129 "2016-11-05T07:48:44Z")
an uncirculated penny ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24130 "2016-11-05T08:52:23Z")
penny for your thoughts ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24131 "2016-11-05T10:49:39Z")
Penny Marshall ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24132 "2016-11-05T14:00:52Z")
penny wise ---
**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 5, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24133 "2016-11-05T22:00:53Z")
pound foolish ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24134 "2016-11-05T23:55:40Z")
dog pound ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24135 "2016-11-06T02:24:11Z")
animal shelter ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24136 "2016-11-08T00:03:09Z")
fallout shelter ---
**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 8, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24137 "2016-11-08T01:19:11Z")
So long, Mom, I’m off to drop the bomb, So don’t wait up for me. But while you swelter, down there in your shelter, You can see me, on your TV. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24138 "2016-11-08T05:14:05Z")
_Twilight Zone_ episode “The Shelter” ---
**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 8, 2016, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24139 "2016-11-08T12:26:00Z")
Well, blow me down! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24140 "2016-11-08T12:55:43Z")
Blow the man down. ---
**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 8, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24141 "2016-11-08T21:37:24Z")
Thar she blows ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24142 "2016-11-09T07:35:42Z")
troater ---
**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 12, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24143 "2016-11-12T04:44:17Z")
fluffer ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_Smythe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@Jane\_Smythe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_Smythe)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24144 "2016-11-12T05:32:38Z")
London Underground ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24145 "2016-11-12T05:49:40Z")
Mind the gap. ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_Smythe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@Jane\_Smythe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_Smythe)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24146 "2016-11-12T07:29:23Z")
There’ll always be an England ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24147 "2016-11-12T10:54:36Z")
“Close your eyes and think of England.” ---
**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, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24148 "2016-11-12T12:13:45Z")
For Noah hardly knew a bird of any kind that isn’t heard At Kew, at Kew in lilac-time (and oh, so near to London!) And when the rose begins to pout and all the chestnut spires are out You’ll hear the rest without a doubt, all chorussing for London:— –from the Barrel Organ, Alfred Noyes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048.md?page=1206) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048.md?page=1208)