# The free association thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197 "2006-01-09T19:10:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197/121 "2006-01-11T19:42:02Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Chlamydia? Clamato Juice ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197/122 "2006-01-11T19:48:53Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Clamato Juice OJ Simpson ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197/123 "2006-01-11T19:49:06Z")
clam bake. > [@anyrose](#): > > True but the whole idea behind free association is that one thing makes you think of another. So I have to ask why does Charlie Brown with a rake make you think of Mitochondria? I have NO CLUE. But “mitochondria” was the first coherent thought that came to my head, and I don’t really ever think about mitochondria, so there must be some connection. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197/124 "2006-01-11T19:54:18Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > OJ Simpson D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197/125 "2006-01-11T19:56:11Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > D’oh! Silly Putty (or pate’) ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197/126 "2006-01-11T19:58:14Z")
mate\* - the food (mah-tay), not “mate” as in “mating” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197/127 "2006-01-11T19:58:31Z")
Cement Mixer, Putty, putty ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197/128 "2006-01-11T20:02:43Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > mate\* > > - the food (mah-tay), not “mate” as in “mating” and really bad eggs ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197/129 "2006-01-11T20:42:32Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > and really bad eggs Eyeliner ---
**Author:** ![Cranky\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cranky\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cranky_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197/130 "2006-01-11T21:01:46Z")
mascara ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197/131 "2006-01-11T21:08:01Z")
> [@Cranky Hermit](#): > > mascara Triangle (Mrs. Mascara was my geometry teacher, you see …) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197/132 "2006-01-11T21:21:02Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Triangle > > (Mrs. Mascara was my geometry teacher, you see …) Bermuda ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197/133 "2006-01-11T21:43:50Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Bermuda SHORTS (of course) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197/134 "2006-01-11T21:48:00Z")
> [@Crab Rangoon](#): > > SHORTS (of course) Sparks (electrical shorts) ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197/135 "2006-01-11T21:54:17Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Sparks (electrical shorts) Fly. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197/136 "2006-01-11T22:00:20Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > Fly. Bunt ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197/137 "2006-01-11T22:20:52Z")
Punt ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197/138 "2006-01-11T22:22:29Z")
Pant ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197/139 "2006-01-11T22:23:19Z")
Puppies!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-free-association-thread/339197/140 "2006-01-11T22:27:24Z")
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