# 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:** ![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:** [December 19, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24269 "2016-12-19T18:32:06Z")

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Duke of Earl

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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:** [December 19, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24270 "2016-12-19T22:05:55Z")

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Jazz nicknames: Duke Ellington, Earl “Fatha” Hines, Lead Belly, Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, Count Basie, Lady Day, King Oliver, Kid Ory, Cannonball Adderley, Bird Parker and Dizzy Gillespie

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**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:** [December 20, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24271 "2016-12-20T00:44:28Z")

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Bix Beiderbecke, Leap Frog Bennett, Yardbird, Sassy Sarah Vaughan, Fatha Earl Hines, “High Priest of Bop” Thelonious Monk, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Ken “Snakehips” Johnson

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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:** [December 20, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24272 "2016-12-20T03:11:41Z")

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Muddy Waters, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Howlin’ Wolf, Big Bill Broonzy, Hound Dog Taylor, Memphis Minnie, Blind Lemon Jefferson

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**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:** [December 20, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24273 "2016-12-20T14:09:51Z")

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The Velvet Fog, Swing’s Senior Statesman, “Bu” Blakey, Louis “Satchel Mouth” Armstrong, Ol’ Blue Eyes, Porky Porcino, Ziggy Elman, Shorty Nadine, The First Lady of Song, The Great Dane with the Never-Ending Name

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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:** [December 20, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24274 "2016-12-20T15:50:55Z")

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lists

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**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:** [December 20, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24275 "2016-12-20T16:07:10Z")

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Franz Liszt

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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:** [December 20, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24276 "2016-12-20T18:50:51Z")

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Anatole France

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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:** [December 20, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24277 "2016-12-20T20:21:46Z")

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Paris

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24278 "2016-12-21T00:36:47Z")

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Charlie

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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:** [December 21, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24279 "2016-12-21T02:17:45Z")

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“What can you do with a man who looks like a female llama surprised when bathing?”

- Winston Churchill on [Charles de Gaulle](http://cdn.lolwot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/winston-churchills-16-greatest-jokes-and-insults-11.jpg), 1944.

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**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:** [December 21, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24280 "2016-12-21T12:28:42Z")

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The one-l lama,  
He’s a priest.  
The two-l llama,  
He’s a beast.  
And I will bet  
A silk pajama  
There isn’t any  
Three-l lllama.

–Ogden Nash, who apparently never witnessed a large fire

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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:** [December 21, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24281 "2016-12-21T15:18:10Z")

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“¡Cuidado, hay llamas!”

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hBaUmx5s6iE/hqdefault.jpg "Monty Python - Llamas") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBaUmx5s6iE)

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**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:** [December 22, 2016, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24282 "2016-12-22T07:44:46Z")

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Marco. Polo.

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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:** [December 22, 2016, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24283 "2016-12-22T07:53:26Z")

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Swimmin’ in the ol’ swimmin’ hole.

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**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:** [December 23, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24284 "2016-12-23T03:58:59Z")

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swimming naked

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**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24285 "2016-12-23T05:40:36Z")

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JFK

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**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:** [December 23, 2016, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24286 "2016-12-23T10:22:23Z")

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airport

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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:** [December 23, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24287 "2016-12-23T20:28:31Z")

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Female announcer: Don’t you tell me which zone is for loading, and which zone is for stopping!  
Male announcer: Listen Betty, don’t start up with your white zone shit again.  
Male announcer: There’s just no stopping in a white zone.  
Female announcer: Oh really, Vernon? Why pretend, we both know perfectly well what this is about. You want me to have an abortion.

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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:** [December 26, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24288 "2016-12-26T23:46:31Z")

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Mount Vernon

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