# 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\
**Page:** 1368

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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 4, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27349 "2019-12-04T13:44:48Z")

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… if you look far enough, you’ll see the back of your head.

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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 4, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27350 "2019-12-04T15:01:38Z")

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You can never swim in the same river twice.

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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:** [December 4, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27351 "2019-12-04T15:05:32Z")

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It is far better to sit idle than to do nothing at all.

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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 4, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27352 "2019-12-04T15:06:47Z")

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I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

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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 4, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27353 "2019-12-04T20:22:53Z")

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You can lead a whore to culture, but you can’t make her think.

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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:** [December 4, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27354 "2019-12-04T20:39:07Z")

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Horticulture

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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 4, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27355 "2019-12-04T22:03:04Z")

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Topiary

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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:** [December 5, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27356 "2019-12-05T00:43:15Z")

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Bonsai

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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 5, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27357 "2019-12-05T04:03:44Z")

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_Banzai!_

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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:** [December 5, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27358 "2019-12-05T05:10:27Z")

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Kamikaze

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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 5, 2019, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27359 "2019-12-05T11:51:32Z")

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_Geronimo!_

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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:** [December 5, 2019, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27360 "2019-12-05T12:56:08Z")

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Tally-ho!

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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 5, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27361 "2019-12-05T12:58:01Z")

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One prostitute, two prostitute, three prostitutes, four prostitutes…

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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:** [December 5, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27362 "2019-12-05T14:11:25Z")

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Ho-Ho-Ho-Ho!

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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 5, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27363 "2019-12-05T14:51:05Z")

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“Santa Lost a Ho”

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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:** [December 6, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27364 "2019-12-06T15:49:50Z")

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“Frosty the Dope Man”

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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 7, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27365 "2019-12-07T03:35:42Z")

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What’s Frosty smoking in that corn cob pipe?

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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:** [December 7, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27366 "2019-12-07T03:41:51Z")

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Tophat

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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 7, 2019, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27367 "2019-12-07T04:16:23Z")

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Fred Astaire

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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:** [December 7, 2019, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27368 "2019-12-07T05:55:55Z")

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Ginger Rogers

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