# 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:** 912
**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:** [March 28, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18226 "2014-03-28T19:57:14Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > …(Whoa, there’s a _‘D’_ in handkerchief?! As in _hand kerchief_? How have I missed that all these years? Does anyone out there annunciate the ‘d’? Weird.) Yes, it’s true: [Handkerchief - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handkerchief). It’s a silent “d” when I say it. In play: Cooger & Dark ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18227 "2014-03-28T20:14:17Z")
Tall, dark and handsome ---
**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 28, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18228 "2014-03-28T20:17:17Z")
If I said you had a great body, would you hold it against me? ---
**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 28, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18229 "2014-03-28T20:30:24Z")
Holding penalty ---
**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18230 "2014-03-28T20:30:54Z")
Careful with that axe, Eugene. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18231 "2014-03-28T21:40:09Z")
Just put it down, go over there, and watch your little sister Emily ---
**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:** [March 28, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18232 "2014-03-28T22:03:54Z")
[Little Sister](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5XJX8sjYDE) (performed by Rockpile and Robert Plant) ---
**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 28, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18233 "2014-03-28T22:41:45Z")
Sister Sledge ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18234 "2014-03-28T22:54:36Z")
(I wanna be your) Sledgehammer ---
**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18235 "2014-03-28T22:57:09Z")
Sledgehammer (performed by Peter Gabriel, who was just inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/g93mz_eZ5N4/maxresdefault.jpg "Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g93mz_eZ5N4) ---
**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18236 "2014-03-28T23:01:06Z")
Synchronicity ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18237 "2014-03-29T01:26:11Z")
N Sync ---
**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:** [March 29, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18238 "2014-03-29T03:48:54Z")
Breathe Carolina ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18239 "2014-03-29T04:00:31Z")
South Carolina ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18240 "2014-03-29T04:17:18Z")
…where education are important. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18241 "2014-03-29T04:55:34Z")
We don’t need no education… ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18242 "2014-03-29T05:01:38Z")
Teachers leave them kids alone ---
**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18243 "2014-03-29T16:30:50Z")
Spring break ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18244 "2014-03-29T17:17:52Z")
break wind ---
**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 29, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18245 "2014-03-29T17:19:02Z")
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