# 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:** ![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:** [October 16, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/26729 "2019-10-16T14:53:13Z")

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yellow fever

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/26730 "2019-10-16T15:10:40Z")

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yellow peril

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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:** [October 16, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/26731 "2019-10-16T16:12:55Z")

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Ming the Merciless. Pathetic Earthlings… Who can save you now?

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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:** [October 16, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/26732 "2019-10-16T17:09:35Z")

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Proclaimed by a Jamestown flood survivor after a sheltering building did NOT get swept away as many others did:

“Saved by the Methodist Church!”

Unidentified respondent, also a survivor in the same building “Nonsense, only the Catholic Church can save!”

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/26733 "2019-10-16T17:16:34Z")

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Religiousity

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**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/26734 "2019-10-16T18:13:21Z")

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Pomposity

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/26735 "2019-10-16T18:24:00Z")

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Pomp and Circumstance

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/26736 "2019-10-16T19:35:07Z")

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_The First Cut Is The Deepest_

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/26737 "2019-10-16T19:39:43Z")

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The Final Cut

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**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/26738 "2019-10-16T19:41:55Z")

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The Final Countdown

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/26739 "2019-10-16T19:51:19Z")

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45 to go.

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/26740 "2019-10-16T22:17:26Z")

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23 skidoo

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/26741 "2019-10-16T23:16:40Z")

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Let’s get out of here.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/26742 "2019-10-16T23:29:25Z")

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Take a powder.

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**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/26743 "2019-10-17T00:53:49Z")

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Powder room

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/26744 "2019-10-17T01:38:54Z")

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Gun powder.

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**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/26745 "2019-10-17T02:14:05Z")

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Fireworks

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/26746 "2019-10-17T02:37:52Z")

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Black Cat

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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:** [October 17, 2019, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/26747 "2019-10-17T03:27:04Z")

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My late Best Cat, Paris, solid black with bright blue-green eyes. He passed after an 11-month battle with cancer.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/26748 "2019-10-17T04:18:00Z")

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Paris in springtime.

(In honor of best cat Paris)🙂

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