# The Missing Link Word Association Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 25, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549 "2003-10-25T20:19:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549/21 "2003-10-26T13:16:04Z")
Got them both, **peritrochoid**! I’ll never forget the cathedrals – Chartres, Notre Dame, Salisbury – I saw many years ago, in my traveling days. Now, as for your MLs… flying - _driving_? - license? Welles - _film_? - reel? _license_ -?- **slaughter** _reel_ -?- **hoedown** ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549/22 "2003-10-26T14:47:35Z")
Bingo on the _film_ ML. The other was actually flying-_pilot_-license. ML for yours: license -_kill_- slaughter? reel -_fiddle_- hoedown? _hoedown_ —\> **boogie** _slaughter_ —\> **Texas** (this could go two obvious ways) ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549/23 "2003-10-26T17:35:31Z")
_Kill_ is right on the first ML. I’d thought _dance_ for the second, but yours is good too. Your MLs: hoedown - _dance?_ - boogie? slaughter - _Enos?_ - Texas? _boogie_ -?- **bugle** _Texas_ -?- **thorns** ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549/24 "2003-10-26T21:05:40Z")
I would’ve guessed chainsaw or massacre for slaughter -\> Texas. My guesses for the next ones: boogie -\> woogie? -\> bugle (I know there’s a song about a “boogie woogie bugle boy”) Texas -\> rose? -\> thorns (Yellow Rose of Texas) _bugle_ -\> ? -\> cow _thorns_ -\> ? -\> cat ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549/25 "2003-10-26T22:12:07Z")
Ah, **Kat** - of course it must have been _chainsaw_ or _massacre_! And you’re correct on both of my MLs. I’d say yours were: bugle - _horn_ - cow? thorns - _claws_ - cat? And now for my turn: _cow_ -?- **locomotive** _cat_ -?- **cow** ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549/26 "2003-10-27T00:38:26Z")
Well, **ETF** , you got the _dance_ right. **Kat** got _massacre_ right. And now … I turn my attention … to **EddyTeddyFreddy** ’s latest in this long line of wondrous puzzlement. cow - _catcher_ - locomotive? cat - _milk_ - cow Next Up: _locomotive_ -?- **stair** _cow_ -?- **Spain** ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549/27 "2003-10-27T00:53:52Z")
Hmmm…I don’t have any idea. I’m just posting to say that _horn_ is right, but the other was thorns → _scratch_ → cat. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549/28 "2003-10-27T01:05:36Z")
Hey, I’m batting .500! Not bad, not bad. Or should I say, not bat, not bat? I didn’t think so. 😛 Anyway, cow - _catcher_ - locomotive is right. But it was cat - _fiddle_ - cow. That old nursery rhyme is still clanging around my head now. 🙂 So… onward to the new challenges. **peritrochoid** , I’ll guess your missing links are: locomotive - _rails?_ - stair (this one I’m quite :dubious: about) cow - _bull?_ - Spain Next up: _stair_ -?- **heaven** _Spain_ -?- **snow** ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549/29 "2003-10-27T01:35:11Z")
Not bat … err … not bad at all, **EddyTeddyFreddy**. To be so :dubious: about one of my links, you sure hit a home run with them both. 😃 And, yes, now I remember that nursery rhyme. I think it’ll be stuck in my head for a few days now. Thanks. 😛 Anyway … my guesses: stair - _way_ - heaven Spain -?- snow … eh … I have absolutely no clue. **Kat** , **Sternvogel** , can either of you help me out? On that note, I’ll continue with _heaven_ and leave _snow_ for the next gamer to nudge along. _heaven_ -?- **Alba** ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549/30 "2003-10-27T02:05:33Z")
“The _rain_ in Spain falls mainly in the plain” – _My Fair Lady_. 😛 And “Stair _way_ to Heaven” is still playing in my head, so don’t feel so bad about the nursery rhyme. 😃 heaven - _help us???_ - Alba??? No clue, no clue. At. All. So let us continue with: _Alba_ -?- **Napoleon** Hint: think palindrome. 😉 And I’ll shovel up the _snow_ -?- **pulling** ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549/31 "2003-10-28T02:41:34Z")
Whew! That was close! We just about lost this thread off page 2! BTW, **EddyTeddyFreddy** , how’s lil ol’ Freddy doin’? Well, my last link was: heaven - _angel_ - Alba (as in Dark _Angel_, starring Jessica _Alba_). Hey, don’t look at me like that … she’s a hottie, and was the first thing that came to mind when _angel_ popped into my head. 😃 Now, to yours: Alba -?- Napoleon :eek: help? 😕 Fair enough, **ETF** , you got me. 😉 snow -_sled_?- pulling Moving along: _Napoleon_ -?- **wine** _pulling_ -?- **novocaine** ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549/32 "2003-10-28T03:25:26Z")
Thanks for asking about Freddy, **peritrochoid**. He’s back to fine fettle, fortunately. And thanks for reviving this thread. 🙂 _Angel_, huh? It would appear I need to delve deeper into pop culture. Especially the variety featuring hot babes. 😛 My MLs were: Alba - _Elba_ - Napoleon: You know, where the emperor was exiled after the Brits had squelched him. What was my hint about? Ah, the hoary old palindrome: “Able was I ere I saw Elba.” snow - _plow_ - pulling: Now, here’s where I rode off on my hobby horse (pun intended). _Plow_ linked on to draft horse _pulling_ contests, a popular feature at agricultural fairs. Now for your MLs: Napoleon - _brandy_ - wine, right? pulling - _teeth or tooth_ - Novocain, correct? Serving back to you: _wine_ -?- **song** _Novocain_ -?- **ass** ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549/33 "2003-10-28T04:29:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EddyTeddyFreddy \* > \*\*_wine_ -?- **song** > _Novocain_ -?- **ass** \*\* I’ll say _women_ for the first, _pain_ for the second. By the way, I was thinking of _trend_ as the link between **motor** and **fad**. Perhaps Motor Trend magazine is as unfamiliar to your eyes as Jessica Alba apparently is… song - ? - brain ass - ? - Kong ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549/34 "2003-10-28T04:39:33Z")
Ah, motor - _trend_ - fad – of course! Yes, I have heard of that magazine. Very good! Correct on both of my MLs. Yours would be? song - _bird?_ - brain? ass - _(as)king?_ - Kong? Now it’s your turn: _brain_ -?- **thought** _Kong_ -?- **shit** (sorry!) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549/35 "2003-10-29T23:18:12Z")
ready? ONE … TWO … THREE … HEAVE!!! Whew! Rescued again! 😃 Now, where were we? Ah, **EddyTeddyFreddy** left the last clues. Let’s see what kind of links I can make here. brain -_storm_?- thought Kong -_Ape_?- shit 😃 Next up: _thought_ -?- **reminisce** _shit_ -?- **drunk** ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549/36 "2003-10-29T23:36:26Z")
Oh, thank you, thank you, my noble rescuer! 😃 I’ll take your brain - _storm_ - thought link, if only because it’s been so long, I forgot my own ML. :rolleyes: Kong - _ape_ shit it is indeed. 😛 Yours would be, ummm… thought -\* about?\* - reminisce? shit -_face(d)_ - drunk – gotta be! Onward, and let’s hope **Sternvogel** returns to assist in the life support: _reminisce_ -?- **election** _drunk_ -?- \*_stink_ ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549/37 "2003-10-30T02:07:11Z")
(Some time later… a dim bulb struggles to life and light…) Ah! I’ve remembered my missing link! It was: brain - _food_ - thought. Carry on. 🙂 (Bulb flickers, wavers, goes out again…) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549/38 "2003-10-30T03:06:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*_reminisce_ -?- **election** > _drunk_ -?- \*_stink_ \*\* With some confidence, I’ll guess _skunk_ for the second, and _recall_ for the first (the ideas came to me in that order). By the way, song - _bird_ - brain was correct, but I thought of ass - **Donkey** - Kong, Donkey Kong being a video game. election - ? - lily stink - ? - Eater (the capitalization should be a big clue) ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549/39 "2003-10-30T03:25:05Z")
Right on both of mine, **Sternvogel**. I’ll guess: stink - _Death_ - Eater and hope you’re a Harry Potter fan. election - _day_ - lily, right? \*lily -?- **pose** _Eater_ -?- **sot** I bet one is easy, and one is hard unless you’re an art connoisseur. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549/40 "2003-11-01T03:40:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EddyTeddyFreddy \* > \*\*Right on both of mine, **Sternvogel**. > > I’ll guess: > stink - _Death_ - Eater and hope you’re a Harry Potter fan. > election - _day_ - lily, right?\*\* Right on the second, but my idea for the first was _Odor_, as in the brand Odor Eater(s). > [@](#): > > \*lily -?- **pose** > _Eater_ -?- **sot** > > I bet one is easy, and one is hard unless you’re an art connoisseur. Wild guesses, just to revive the thread: _lily_ - **Portrait** - _pose_? _Eater_ - **weed** - _sot_? _pose_ - ? - _answer_ _sot_ - ? - _disorderly_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-missing-link-word-association-game/209549.md?page=3)