# 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:** 27
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/521 "2012-05-20T21:26:05Z")
woolly mammoth (part of the fun of this thread has been ‘getting’ the connections from other posters. But I have to admit to being stumped by the swimming\>Cambodia\>MIB chain. Anyone want to spoiler it? Or were those personal connections? ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/522 "2012-05-20T21:38:23Z")
dead elephant ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/523 "2012-05-20T21:38:49Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > woolly mammoth > > (part of the fun of this thread has been ‘getting’ the connections from other posters. But I have to admit to being stumped by the swimming\>Cambodia\>MIB chain. Anyone want to spoiler it? Or were those personal connections? The Swimming\>Cambodia part is from a monologue that Spalding Gray did – [(details).](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_to_Cambodia) Somebody else must know about the MIB connection. Not me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/524 "2012-05-20T21:52:21Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > The Swimming\>Cambodia part is from a monologue that Spalding Gray did – [(details).](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_to_Cambodia) > > Somebody else must know about the MIB connection. Not me. 🙂 Oh wow, I was sixteen when that came out–it’s what brought him to my attention. Read a lot of his essays and whatnot, but completely forgot about where it all started. He was fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/525 "2012-05-20T22:25:19Z")
> [@wmulax93](#): > > dead elephant Back to the show: Nixon ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/526 "2012-05-20T22:55:37Z")
Tricky Dick ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/527 "2012-05-20T22:59:17Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > The Swimming\>Cambodia part is from a monologue that Spalding Gray did – [(details).](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_to_Cambodia) > > Somebody else must know about the MIB connection. Not me. 🙂 His _Swimming to Cambodia_ remains a classic film. For Men in Black, all I can think of is the black “pajamas” someof the combatants wore. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Tricky Dick In play: dildo ---
**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:** [May 20, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/528 "2012-05-20T23:02:27Z")
Silicone ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/529 "2012-05-20T23:03:26Z")
valley ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/530 "2012-05-20T23:11:39Z")
uncanny ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/531 "2012-05-20T23:24:39Z")
resemblance ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/532 "2012-05-20T23:27:23Z")
image ---
**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:** [May 20, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/533 "2012-05-20T23:34:16Z")
photo ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/534 "2012-05-20T23:46:54Z")
finish ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/535 "2012-05-20T23:49:06Z")
line ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/536 "2012-05-20T23:56:32Z")
tow ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/537 "2012-05-21T00:35:43Z")
missile ---
**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:** [May 21, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/538 "2012-05-21T01:16:58Z")
potato ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/539 "2012-05-21T01:35:18Z")
Spud ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/540 "2012-05-21T04:40:11Z")
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