# 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:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27249 "2019-11-26T22:01:37Z")

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Isabella

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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 27, 2019, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27250 "2019-11-27T00:47:28Z")

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I didn’t expect the Spanish Inquisition!

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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 27, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27251 "2019-11-27T00:49:43Z")

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Hola’, I have questions.

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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 27, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27252 "2019-11-27T01:00:15Z")

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I don’t think the Spanish Inquisition worked that way.

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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 27, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27253 "2019-11-27T01:22:57Z")

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The Inquisition! Whatta show! —  
—— Mel Brooks

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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 27, 2019, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27254 "2019-11-27T03:55:45Z")

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The show must go on.

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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 27, 2019, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27255 "2019-11-27T04:04:27Z")

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(Sorry, double post)

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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 27, 2019, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27256 "2019-11-27T10:46:25Z")

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Break a leg.

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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 27, 2019, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27257 "2019-11-27T12:32:39Z")

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Never mention “Macbeth”.

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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 27, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27258 "2019-11-27T16:26:26Z")

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“Mum’s” the word…

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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 27, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27259 "2019-11-27T22:06:09Z")

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Button up.

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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 28, 2019, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27260 "2019-11-28T05:13:18Z")

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— your overcoat, when the wind is free, take good care of youself, you belong to me, Vo-do-de-o!”

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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 28, 2019, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27261 "2019-11-28T05:17:34Z")

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Zip me up, pease

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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 28, 2019, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27262 "2019-11-28T08:01:33Z")

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Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold

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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 28, 2019, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27263 "2019-11-28T09:05:06Z")

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“Who’s been eating my porridge?”

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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 28, 2019, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27264 "2019-11-28T10:23:20Z")

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…and a partridge in a pear tree…

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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 28, 2019, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27265 "2019-11-28T11:07:52Z")

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Keep your breath to cool your porridge.

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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 28, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27266 "2019-11-28T21:08:01Z")

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Hot air for a cool breeze?  
Cold comfort for change?  
Did you exchange  
A walk on part in the war  
For a lead role in a cage?

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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:** [November 28, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27267 "2019-11-28T22:09:19Z")

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“I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion.”

[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT] [RIGHT] — Nicolas Cage[/RIGHT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT]

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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 29, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27268 "2019-11-29T01:39:10Z")

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“When the going gets weird, the weird turn professional.”  
-Hunter S. Thompson

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