# 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:** 827
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/16526 "2014-01-08T17:00:01Z")
Mmmm Mmmmm good ---
**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 8, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/16527 "2014-01-08T17:29:05Z")
Slogan ---
**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:** [January 8, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/16528 "2014-01-08T18:00:50Z")
motto ---
**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, 2014, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/16529 "2014-01-09T04:35:29Z")
tagline ---
**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:** [January 9, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/16530 "2014-01-09T05:12:13Z")
tag team ---
**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:** [January 9, 2014, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/16531 "2014-01-09T06:39:24Z")
you’re it! ---
**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:** [January 9, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/16532 "2014-01-09T14:18:40Z")
Duck Duck Goose ---
**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:** [January 9, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/16533 "2014-01-09T14:23:05Z")
Pin the Tail on the Donkey (Some of the younger set here might have to look that one up. I haven’t heard of that game in years. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, **EH**.) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/16534 "2014-01-09T14:24:07Z")
Hey, you sneaked in! burros y burritos ---
**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:** [January 9, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/16535 "2014-01-09T14:31:24Z")
Buenos dias, **Nava**! In play: Mule Days annual celebration in Bishop, CA (may sound dorky, a celebration of the mule, but if you’re ever near Bishop during Memorial Day weekend, I recommend it!) _**[http://www.muledays.org](http://www.muledays.org)**_ ---
**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:** [January 9, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/16536 "2014-01-09T18:01:23Z")
Marine mules > **[Fighting a high-tech war with a low-tech mule](https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2009/0504/p22s01-usmi.html)** > > US Marines and soldiers are training to fight in Afghanistan, where mules and donkeys can haul supplies and weapons to places where Humvees and helicopters can't easily go. ---
**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 9, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/16537 "2014-01-09T19:25:09Z")
Francis the Talking Mule ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/16538 "2014-01-09T19:27:05Z")
Donald O’Connor (to whom Francis spoke) ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/16539 "2014-01-09T19:29:07Z")
Hoofer ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/16540 "2014-01-09T19:30:14Z")
Heifer ---
**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:** [January 9, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/16541 "2014-01-09T19:35:32Z")
International ---
**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 9, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/16542 "2014-01-09T19:41:04Z")
Cosmopolitan ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/16543 "2014-01-09T20:04:38Z")
Sex in the 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:** [January 9, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/16544 "2014-01-09T20:38:52Z")
The Big Apple ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/16545 "2014-01-09T22:13:57Z")
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