# 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:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27229 "2019-11-24T19:55:44Z")

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Busby Berkeley

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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:** [November 24, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27230 "2019-11-24T20:15:33Z")

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Bill Bixby

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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:** [November 24, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27231 "2019-11-24T21:15:47Z")

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Hulk smash puny humans!

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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:** [November 24, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27232 "2019-11-24T22:02:47Z")

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Hulk Hogan

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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:** [November 24, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27233 "2019-11-24T22:12:55Z")

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Terry Gene Bollea

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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:** [November 25, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27234 "2019-11-25T17:48:30Z")

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Alter ego

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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:** [November 25, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27235 "2019-11-25T18:03:43Z")

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Secret identity

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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:** [November 25, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27236 "2019-11-25T18:05:00Z")

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identity crisis

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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:** [November 25, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27237 "2019-11-25T20:18:28Z")

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“Who am I? Why am I here?”, the opening statement by candidate James Stockdale in the 1992 Vice-Presidendial debate.

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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:** [November 25, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27238 "2019-11-25T22:09:46Z")

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“We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.” Woodrow Wilson

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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:** [November 26, 2019, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27239 "2019-11-26T06:13:49Z")

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Ask not what your country can do for you…

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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:** [November 26, 2019, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27240 "2019-11-26T07:56:26Z")

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The individual does not exist for the sake of the state. The state exists for the benefit of all its citizens.

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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:** [November 26, 2019, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27241 "2019-11-26T08:42:41Z")

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Four score and seven years ago…

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27242 "2019-11-26T12:54:27Z")

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A while back…

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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:** [November 26, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27243 "2019-11-26T13:39:15Z")

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Meanwhile, back at the ranch…

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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:** [November 26, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27244 "2019-11-26T13:50:20Z")

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Nobody here but us chickens.

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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:** [November 26, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27245 "2019-11-26T15:16:11Z")

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You chicken inspector…

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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:** [November 26, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27246 "2019-11-26T16:37:10Z")

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A cock and bull story

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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:** [November 26, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27247 "2019-11-26T21:22:47Z")

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What a load of bull!

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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:** [November 26, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27248 "2019-11-26T21:45:15Z")

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Ferdinand

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