# 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:** 1218
**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:** [January 14, 2017, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24349 "2017-01-14T07:50:07Z")
Kitty Hawk ---
**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:** [January 14, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24350 "2017-01-14T23:59:01Z")
[The catbird](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catbird). ---
**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:** [January 15, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24351 "2017-01-15T13:03:56Z")
"Hagbard Celine, a mad genius fully qualified to practise several varieties of engineering and law, chooses instead to be a pirate and attempts to design the world’s first Self-Destruct Mynah Bird. “Here, kitty-kitty-kitty! Here, kitty-kitty-kitty!” Hagbard can be heard saying as we dolly in for a close-up on his swarthy Sicilian face. (Actually, he’s half Norwegian and has a raft of Irish relatives named McGee and Marlowe in Ohio somewhere.) As the camera pulls back, we see Hagbard standing between two rows of Mynah Birds, each perched on a separate miniature lemon tree. “Here, kitty-kitty-kitty! Here, kitty-kitty-kitty!” the birds robotically repeat, thereby being programmed for self-destruct when he unleashes them in New York City. " -from the Illuminatus Trilogy, by Shea and Wilson ---
**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:** [January 15, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24352 "2017-01-15T19:59:44Z")
There were birds on the hill, but I never heard them singing, no, I never heard them at all, till there was you. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24353 "2017-01-16T01:56:37Z")
Anita Bryant ---
**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:** [January 16, 2017, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24354 "2017-01-16T05:37:26Z")
Pie in her face (deservedly). ---
**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:** [January 16, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24355 "2017-01-16T12:59:44Z")
Sorry, Ringling Bros.'s closing. No more clowns. No more pie in the face. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24356 "2017-01-16T16:36:50Z")
Elephant Walk ---
**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:** [January 16, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24357 "2017-01-16T19:27:12Z")
Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus ---
**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:** [January 17, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24358 "2017-01-17T04:00:23Z")
Nellie Bly ---
**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:** [January 17, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24359 "2017-01-17T11:27:10Z")
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie ---
**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:** [January 17, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24360 "2017-01-17T19:26:45Z")
[wait till the nun signs, Shelley](https://beta.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/puns-of-the-day/conversations/messages/5561) ---
**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:** [January 18, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24361 "2017-01-18T03:32:16Z")
[Nunsense!](http://nunsense.com/show-nun1.cfm) ---
**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:** [January 18, 2017, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24362 "2017-01-18T10:05:15Z")
Sister Act ---
**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:** [January 18, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24363 "2017-01-18T13:57:32Z")
…script written by Carrie Fisher. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24364 "2017-01-19T00:49:12Z")
Whoopi Goldberg ---
**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:** [January 19, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24365 "2017-01-19T02:00:19Z")
Ghost ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24366 "2017-01-19T02:55:29Z")
Flames ---
**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:** [January 19, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24367 "2017-01-19T03:31:41Z")
Calgary ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/24368 "2017-01-19T03:41:48Z")
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