# Free Association

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048>\
**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\
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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18426 "2014-04-08T03:39:34Z")

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Glow in the dark

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18427 "2014-04-08T06:56:15Z")

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Fireflies

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18428 "2014-04-08T13:05:20Z")

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Bioluminescence

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18429 "2014-04-08T14:22:20Z")

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Evanescence

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18430 "2014-04-08T14:57:19Z")

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_Daredevil_

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18431 "2014-04-08T15:06:49Z")

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Super Dave Osbourne

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18432 "2014-04-08T15:18:47Z")

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Officer Judy

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18433 "2014-04-08T15:31:12Z")

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“It wasn’t me, officer!”

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**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18434 "2014-04-08T16:41:28Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Now _there’s_ a free association I wouldn’t mind hearing more about!
> 
> In play:
> 
> Mick Jagger

Spongebob and Sartre – when I was at university a classmate commented that Sartre was as important to philosophy as tartar sauce was to fish, to which another classmate replied, ‘you mean Sartre Tauce?’ Much hilarity ensued. After all, we were 20.

So when I hear about fishy stuff, like Spongebob, I always go for the tartar, oops, I mean Sartre.

In play:

“Book 'em Dano! Murder one.”

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18435 "2014-04-08T18:04:42Z")

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Murder by numbers, one two three…

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18436 "2014-04-08T18:33:34Z")

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Paint by numbers

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18437 "2014-04-08T19:21:26Z")

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Jackson Pollock

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18438 "2014-04-08T20:19:06Z")

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blow back

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18439 "2014-04-08T20:53:10Z")

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bowed back

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**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18440 "2014-04-08T21:51:04Z")

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Back in black

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18441 "2014-04-08T22:00:42Z")

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> [@Athabasca](#):
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> Spongebob and Sartre – when I was at university a classmate commented that Sartre was as important to philosophy as tartar sauce was to fish, to which another classmate replied, ‘you mean Sartre Tauce?’ Much hilarity ensued. After all, we were 20.
> 
> So when I hear about fishy stuff, like Spongebob, I always go for the tartar, oops, I mean Sartre…

I can actually follow that. Thanks!

In play:

_Men in Black_

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18442 "2014-04-08T23:04:34Z")

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Tin foil hat

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18443 "2014-04-09T01:20:46Z")

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Easter bonnet

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**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:** [April 9, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18444 "2014-04-09T01:23:17Z")

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All dressed up, nowhere to go

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**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:** [April 9, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association/621048/18445 "2014-04-09T01:34:11Z")

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