# 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:** 1421
**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28409 "2020-05-11T00:23:37Z")
It was a fighting force of extraordinary magnitude! ---
**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:** [May 11, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28410 "2020-05-11T19:17:36Z")
_Gettysburg_ ---
**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:** [May 11, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28411 "2020-05-11T19:30:14Z")
battlefield ---
**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28412 "2020-05-12T06:49:13Z")
Battlefield Earth ---
**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:** [May 12, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28413 "2020-05-12T07:09:35Z")
Earthling ---
**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:** [May 12, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28414 "2020-05-12T11:23:10Z")
extraterrestrial ---
**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28415 "2020-05-12T11:36:25Z")
E.T. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28416 "2020-05-12T13:34:11Z")
Spielberg ---
**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:** [May 12, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28417 "2020-05-12T14:13:09Z")
glockenspiel ---
**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28418 "2020-05-12T14:58:28Z")
Xylophone ---
**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28419 "2020-05-12T15:03:40Z")
Xylophone ---
**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:** [May 12, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28420 "2020-05-12T15:26:28Z")
marimba ---
**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:** [May 12, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28421 "2020-05-12T18:07:32Z")
orchestra ---
**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:** [May 12, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28422 "2020-05-12T20:50:19Z")
Strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and sometimes others. ---
**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28423 "2020-05-13T05:05:37Z")
Symphony ---
**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:** [May 13, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28424 "2020-05-13T05:07:28Z")
Big Band ---
**Author:** ![edspellman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@edspellman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edspellman)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28425 "2020-05-13T05:52:40Z")
Tommy Dorsey ---
**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:** [May 13, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28426 "2020-05-13T07:09:58Z")
Jimmy Dorsey ---
**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:** [May 13, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28427 "2020-05-13T12:13:11Z")
Tangerine ---
**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:** [May 13, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/28428 "2020-05-13T15:26:21Z")
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