# 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:** 1382

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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:** [January 9, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27629 "2020-01-09T00:51:24Z")

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Goodbye, Columbus

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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:** [January 9, 2020, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27630 "2020-01-09T04:52:42Z")

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In fourteen hundred ninety two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

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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:** [January 9, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27631 "2020-01-09T15:32:31Z")

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Thirty days hath September,  
April, June, and November.

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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:** [January 9, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27632 "2020-01-09T19:51:03Z")

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I aint had no lovin’ since  
January, February, June, or July

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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:** [January 9, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27633 "2020-01-09T20:20:37Z")

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Lizzie Borden took an axe  
And gave her mother forty whacks;  
When she saw what she had done  
She gave her father forty-one.

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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:** [January 9, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27634 "2020-01-09T22:17:51Z")

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Life begins at 40

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**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27635 "2020-01-09T22:24:03Z")

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40 is the new 40

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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:** [January 9, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27636 "2020-01-09T22:42:02Z")

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40 bottles of beer on the wall

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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:** [January 9, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27637 "2020-01-09T23:52:56Z")

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When it’s time to relax, one beer stands clear, beer after beer…

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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:** [January 9, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27638 "2020-01-09T23:57:15Z")

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Here’s to good friends, tonight is kinda special…

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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:** [January 10, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27639 "2020-01-10T00:30:34Z")

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Cheers!

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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:** [January 10, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27640 "2020-01-10T00:58:04Z")

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Friends!

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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:** [January 10, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27641 "2020-01-10T01:55:00Z")

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Romans!

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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:** [January 10, 2020, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27642 "2020-01-10T06:18:18Z")

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Countrymen!

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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:** [January 10, 2020, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27643 "2020-01-10T10:17:18Z")

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I come not to bury Caesar, yadda, yadda,yadda…

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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:** [January 10, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27644 "2020-01-10T15:41:24Z")

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Blah blah blah…

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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:** [January 10, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27645 "2020-01-10T15:44:04Z")

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bloviation

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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:** [January 10, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27646 "2020-01-10T17:16:29Z")

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Otiose obsequiousness

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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:** [January 10, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27647 "2020-01-10T17:50:53Z")

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Obtuse obliqueness

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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:** [January 10, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/27648 "2020-01-10T18:39:34Z")

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Acute acuity

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