# Free Association **URL:** \ **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:** 1408
**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:** [March 9, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28149 "2020-03-09T10:50:57Z")
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! ---
**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28150 "2020-03-09T12:22:44Z")
The great and powerful OZ has spoken! ---
**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:** [March 9, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28151 "2020-03-09T12:59:40Z")
There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28152 "2020-03-13T01:18:48Z")
Click those heels. ---
**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28153 "2020-03-13T04:45:48Z")
Ruby slippers ---
**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:** [March 13, 2020, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28154 "2020-03-13T07:28:50Z")
Oh, what a world! What a world! ---
**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:** [March 13, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28155 "2020-03-13T12:59:44Z")
In the book the Wicked Witch of the West carried an umbrella instead of a broom to ward off water. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28156 "2020-03-13T13:34:22Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28157 "2020-03-13T14:38:15Z")
She also had an eyepatch and was much shorter. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Wicked_Witch_of_the_West.png) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Wicked_Witch_of_the_West.png) ---
**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:** [March 15, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28158 "2020-03-15T01:50:30Z")
Eyepatches are for pirates ---
**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:** [March 15, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28159 "2020-03-15T02:01:49Z")
Eyepatches are for pirates ---
**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28160 "2020-03-15T03:15:36Z")
And Trix are for kids ---
**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:** [March 15, 2020, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28161 "2020-03-15T11:52:53Z")
And tricks are for magicians and whores. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28162 "2020-03-16T02:01:49Z")
Did you hear about the magician who was driving down the street and turned into a driveway? ---
**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:** [March 16, 2020, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28163 "2020-03-16T09:20:56Z")
Why are there no women magicians? Because we burned them all. ---
**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28164 "2020-03-16T10:08:28Z")
She turned me into a newt! A newt? I… got better. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28165 "2020-03-18T04:11:44Z")
Here, Lee-zerd Lee-zerd… ---
**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28166 "2020-03-18T17:26:17Z")
“Peez to shut mouf.” (Larry the Croc from Pearls Before Swine) ---
**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:** [March 18, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28167 "2020-03-18T19:30:56Z")
Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28168 "2020-03-18T21:11:56Z")
This bowl of porridge is just right! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048.md?page=1407) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048.md?page=1409)