# 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:** 676
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/13503 "2013-06-20T01:39:02Z")
Nosmo King ---
**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:** [June 20, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/13504 "2013-06-20T02:13:38Z")
Can’t you read the sign? From Wiki: \*P. G. Wodehouse once described a very loud crash as “a sound like Chesterton falling onto a sheet of tin”… Chesterton… had a tendency to forget where he was supposed to be going and miss the train that was supposed to take him there. It is reported that on several occasions he sent a telegram to his wife Frances from some distant (and incorrect) location, writing such things as “Am in Market Harborough. Where ought I to be?” to which she would reply, “Home.” \* ---
**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:** [June 20, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/13505 "2013-06-20T02:17:10Z")
Sign language ---
**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:** [June 20, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/13506 "2013-06-20T02:29:23Z")
stop ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/13507 "2013-06-20T02:59:31Z")
drop ---
**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:** [June 20, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/13508 "2013-06-20T03:06:33Z")
dead ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/13509 "2013-06-20T03:20:08Z")
pool ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/13510 "2013-06-20T04:10:22Z")
Trouble with a capital “T” and that rhymes with “P” (ETA: a 1960s reference, if anyone recognizes it) (ETA2: the reference is easily searchable) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/13511 "2013-06-20T07:18:39Z")
right here, in River City ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/13512 "2013-06-20T12:35:41Z")
Iowa ---
**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:** [June 20, 2013, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/13513 "2013-06-20T12:51:06Z")
stubborn ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/13514 "2013-06-20T13:50:21Z")
donkey ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/13515 "2013-06-20T20:58:24Z")
Shrek ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/13516 "2013-06-20T21:02:19Z")
green ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/13517 "2013-06-20T22:57:50Z")
Goddess dressing ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/13518 "2013-06-20T23:16:30Z")
Athena ---
**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:** [June 21, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/13519 "2013-06-21T00:38:40Z")
Zeus ---
**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:** [June 21, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/13520 "2013-06-21T03:07:17Z")
Deus ---
**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:** [June 21, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/13521 "2013-06-21T03:37:08Z")
ex Machina ---
**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:** [June 21, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/13522 "2013-06-21T04:07:23Z")
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