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1foggidawn
Post the next word or short phrase that comes into your head when you read the previous post. There is no need to explain or justify your association -- after all, it's your brain!
Last three words:
cap'n
crunch
snap
My contribution:
button
4jugglingpaynes
freedom
5pollysmith
dogs
9rolandperkins
disposable handkerchief
10PollyAnnaHP
introduction
12ThePagemaster
The End
20VetaTorres
snail
21rolandperkins
mail
N.B. item #14 has been corrected from another Frisch title to his The Firebugs; it has an epilogue, of "Damnation of Faust" tendencies, which, however, is not shown by the directors of most productions of it.
N.B. item #14 has been corrected from another Frisch title to his The Firebugs; it has an epilogue, of "Damnation of Faust" tendencies, which, however, is not shown by the directors of most productions of it.
23rolandperkins
post haste
24VetaTorres
post script
25rolandperkins
Boston Post*
* defunct daily newspaper in Boston; fairly conservative but nominally Democrat; ceased publication about in the 1950s.
* defunct daily newspaper in Boston; fairly conservative but nominally Democrat; ceased publication about in the 1950s.
27rolandperkins
Robinsonʻs "Clliff Klingenhagen" (poem)
29rolandperkins
Simonʻs Jackie Robinson and the Integration
of Baseball
of Baseball
33rolandperkins
Oprah Winfrey
35rolandperkins
Club of Odd Vollumes
37rolandperkins
Hamsunʻs The Women at the Pump
43rolandperkins
"....intelligent Mr. Toad" --Kenneth Grahame
46rolandperkins
Gogolʻs The Carriage; The Nose;
(and) Nevsky Prospect
(and) Nevsky Prospect
48rolandperkins
Bainʻs (and Fletcherʻs (?) ) Margaritas and
Murder
Murder
50rolandperkins
Greeneʻs character "Pinky" Brown (who refers to himself as "Mr. P.Brown of the Bookmakersʻ Protective Association".
51VetaTorres
The Pink Ladies, from Greece
53VetaTorres
"Sweet land of liberty; of thee I sing"
58theretiredlibrarian
bail bondsman
60rolandperkins
cage *
*newspaper headline word for "Basketball"
*newspaper headline word for "Basketball"
62rolandperkins
Saint Nicholas
64rolandperkins
Santgeorge w
66rolandperkins
Yes, Santgeorge w = George W. Bush, as much as Santal = Al Gore (or as little!)
67rolandperkins
Guy Bush
69rolandperkins
cable guy
70theretiredlibrarian
cable car
71rolandperkins
To Espeon:
Sorry I misread #64 ("Santa!) as "SantaL"
Sorry I misread #64 ("Santa!) as "SantaL"
78rolandperkins
Dawg
81rolandperkins
"Banjo" Patterson
84VetaTorres
William Thatcher
** main character in the movie "A Knight's Tale**
** main character in the movie "A Knight's Tale**
85rolandperkins
"Becky Thatcher"
90rolandperkins
Max Baucus
93VetaTorres
"The British are coming!"
95VetaTorres
epic
97VetaTorres
Homer
98rolandperkins
single, double, or triple
100rolandperkins
Tunisʻs The Kid from Tomkinsville
in the World Series
in the World Series
102rolandperkins
Crumleyʻs One to Count Cadence
104rolandperkins
How do Dinosaurs Count to Ten?}
by Jane Yolen
by Jane Yolen
105VetaTorres
T-Rex *rawr!*
107VetaTorres
Oedipus Complex
109rolandperkins
Vonnegut's Mother Night
115foggidawn
Anthony (from Sweeney Todd -- just try to convince me that the song "Johanna" is not somewhat creepy!)
116rolandperkins
T. S. Eliotʻs "Sweeney among the Nightingales" (poem)
118rolandperkins
Old Possumʻs Book of Practical. . .
119VetaTorres
Practical Magic
*movie w/ Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman*
*movie w/ Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman*
121VetaTorres
basketball
122rolandperkins
Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA
124rolandperkins
Mungoʻs* Beyond the Revolution; my Life and Times since "Famous Long Ago"
*Havenʻt read this, but used regularly to read Raymond Mungoʻs articles and editorials in the "B(oston) U(niversity) News" when he was in his 20s, and I was one of those un-trustworthy Over Thirtyʻs.
*Havenʻt read this, but used regularly to read Raymond Mungoʻs articles and editorials in the "B(oston) U(niversity) News" when he was in his 20s, and I was one of those un-trustworthy Over Thirtyʻs.
127rolandperkins
The Harvard Lampoonʻs Bored of the Rings
129rolandperkins
Sebaldʻs The Rings of Saturn
131rolandperkins
Beerbohm Treeʻs Thoughts
133rolandperkins
"ENTities are not to be multiplied
beyond necessity" -- WIlliam of Ockham
beyond necessity" -- WIlliam of Ockham
135rolandperkins
Ray Blades
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Cattonʻs (not Heinleinʻs) Glory Road
140VetaTorres
Seasons of love
"525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear. 525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee. In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife. In 525,600 minutes - how do you measure a year in the life? How about love? How about love? How about love? Measure in love. Seasons of love."
"525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear. 525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee. In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife. In 525,600 minutes - how do you measure a year in the life? How about love? How about love? How about love? Measure in love. Seasons of love."
142VetaTorres
substitute sugar
143rolandperkins
Brautiganʻs Watermelon Sugar
146VetaTorres
lollipop
152rolandperkins
Romainʻs God, Doubt, and Dawkins
153rolandperkins
To catbastet (#150)
Yes, that spelling of "tesseract" is right. (Tessera from the Greek (of most dialects)* meaning "Four".
* -t- or --tt- rather than -ss- in classical Attic Greek, as in the English "teTrachloride".
Yes, that spelling of "tesseract" is right. (Tessera from the Greek (of most dialects)* meaning "Four".
* -t- or --tt- rather than -ss- in classical Attic Greek, as in the English "teTrachloride".
154catbastet
lettuce
(#153: Oh, good! I was having a moment where I thought it was right, it didn't look right any other way, but it still didn't look right the way I had it. And the longer I looked at it, the worse it looked.)
(#153: Oh, good! I was having a moment where I thought it was right, it didn't look right any other way, but it still didn't look right the way I had it. And the longer I looked at it, the worse it looked.)
158PollyAnnaHP
Christina
159rolandperkins
Queen of Sweden
160hemlokgang
Royalty
162rolandperkins
Mosleyʻs Blue Light
164rolandperkins
Allbeuryʻs Special Collection
169rolandperkins
David "Boo" Ferris
171rolandperkins
A Day Off: Two Short Novels and
Some Stories by Storm Jameson
Some Stories by Storm Jameson
175rolandperkins
Orwellʻs Road to Wigan Pier
177rolandperkins
Schreinerʻs Story of an African farm
178theretiredlibrarian
safari
179rolandperkins
Haggardʻs She
185rolandperkins
Judy Dench
186VetaTorres
Pride & Prejudice
188PollyAnnaHP
country western
189rolandperkins
western sandwich
194rolandperkins
Ruth, Dahlgren, or Phelps
200rolandperkins
Televisionʻs Nova
201VetaTorres
Nova Scotia
204rolandperkins
The future Yankee
208rolandperkins
Sutherlandʻs Henry V: War Criminal?
210rolandperkins
"Glorious Trash" *
*Designation used by the Friendly Islands Book Store, Nukuʻalofa, Tonga, for the books they periodically placed on Sale (mostly thrillers and romances).
*Designation used by the Friendly Islands Book Store, Nukuʻalofa, Tonga, for the books they periodically placed on Sale (mostly thrillers and romances).
211VetaTorres
trash talk
212rolandperkins
Baldwinʻs If Beale Street Could Talk
214rolandperkins
St. Louis hockey
215hemlokgang
field hockey
216VetaTorres
lacrosse
218VetaTorres
India
220VetaTorres
good memory
221rolandperkins
Nabokovʻs Speak, Memory!
225rolandperkins
+ Zanzibar = Tanzania
227rolandperkins
Integrated Behavioral Health Care
230rolandperkins
Party candidate, Dewey
232rolandperkins
British "Liberals" + "Social Democrats"*
*Their merger formed the "Liberal Democrats", the UKʻs current 3rd party.
*Their merger formed the "Liberal Democrats", the UKʻs current 3rd party.
234rolandperkins
La Lecture rapide / Speed Reading
by Tony Buzan
by Tony Buzan
236theretiredlibrarian
Speed Racer
240rolandperkins
3 C P O
242PollyAnnaHP
cyborgs
245rolandperkins
shape shifters
246VetaTorres
mythology
247rolandperkins
Graves, Campbell, and Hesiod
250hemlokgang
Tom Cruise
253rolandperkins
Third Party politics
254VetaTorres
Socialist Labor Party
258VetaTorres
short stories
260MrAndrew
lukewarm
>#255: you know, it's actually spelled "Labor". There's a story behind that, but it's boring.
>#255: you know, it's actually spelled "Labor". There's a story behind that, but it's boring.
261rolandperkins
To Mr. Andrew (#260)
I thought it might be -or, but that -our was the probability.
Iʻve never been in Australia, but acquired some interest in Australian politics while living in Tonga in the 80s, so the story wouldnʻt necessarily bore me.
I thought it might be -or, but that -our was the probability.
Iʻve never been in Australia, but acquired some interest in Australian politics while living in Tonga in the 80s, so the story wouldnʻt necessarily bore me.
262rolandperkins
#260 (lukewarm) >
Republican support for candidates, McCain, Dole, Bush I, Ford and Dewey
Republican support for candidates, McCain, Dole, Bush I, Ford and Dewey
264rolandperkins
Kill Two Birds and Get Stoned
by Kinky Friedman
by Kinky Friedman
266rolandperkins
Easy to Kill by Agatha Christie
269jugglingpaynes
headache (I don't like time anomalies)
270rolandperkins
Luke "Old Aches & Pains" Appling
271VetaTorres
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
273VetaTorres
Miss Piggy
276LettaAvanell
space ships
283rolandperkins
Henry, Gerald, and Jack
284PollyAnnaHP
Betty
287rolandperkins
road runner
288theretiredlibrarian
coyote
290hemlokgang
Wily
294jugglingpaynes
be veeeewy quiet!
295LettaAvanell
we're hunting wabbits!
298rolandperkins
working angles
299jugglingpaynes
Flatland
300rolandperkins
George, Bud , and Jim
302callmejacx
Lite Beer
303rolandperkins
Bud Lite
304callmejacx
This Bud's for you.
305rolandperkins
"For you, Jaibo: the bullet"*
*a closing line in the classic film Los Olvidados
(The Young and the damned)
*a closing line in the classic film Los Olvidados
(The Young and the damned)
306callmejacx
The Magic Bullet (the blender)
307rolandperkins
T. Mann ʻs Magic Mountain
311rolandperkins
"NO discussion!" *
* a favorite saying of one of my elementary (or was it h.s.?) teachers, for heading off outbreakds of casual conversation.
* a favorite saying of one of my elementary (or was it h.s.?) teachers, for heading off outbreakds of casual conversation.
312katelisim
Matilda
("Listen, you little wiseacre: I'm smart; you're dumb; I'm big, you're little; I'm right, you're wrong, and there's nothing you can do about it.")
("Listen, you little wiseacre: I'm smart; you're dumb; I'm big, you're little; I'm right, you're wrong, and there's nothing you can do about it.")
313rolandperkins
Waltzing...
315rolandperkins
Taufaʻahau Tupou IV and* Roland
*we were on the same stage a few times, at graduations.
*we were on the same stage a few times, at graduations.
321callmejacx
1958 song by The Crests.
322rolandperkins
tubes of toothpaste, or plumes
323VetaTorres
tooth fairy
324PollyAnnaHP
kelpie
326rolandperkins
give key away
327hemlokgang
invitation
330rolandperkins
nosh
333VetaTorres
fame and fortune
334rolandperkins
" . . . is no flower that blooms on mortal soil"
--Milton on Fame
--Milton on Fame
336rolandperkins
Cheeverʻs Oh What a Paradise it Seems
340rolandperkins
Alfred, C. S. "Jack", John L. and Sinclair
341VetaTorres
Jack Johnson
343VetaTorres
bananas pancakes
344rolandperkins
blitz / lightning *
* guerre eclaire is French for "blitzkrieg"
* guerre eclaire is French for "blitzkrieg"
345VetaTorres
thunder
346rolandperkins
Thunderbird Casino
348rolandperkins
List of All-Time Movies Least Worth Doing a
Remake of*
*#347 is on my list, 2nd only to Oceanʻs Eleven. Or, taking a different view of it, Movies that Most NEEDED a remake
Remake of*
*#347 is on my list, 2nd only to Oceanʻs Eleven. Or, taking a different view of it, Movies that Most NEEDED a remake
349PollyAnnaHP
Oscars
350rolandperkins
Wilde, Kokoschka, and Williams
352rolandperkins
Sontagʻs Against Interpretation
353jugglingpaynes
Whatever it is, I'm against it
354rolandperkins
" I DIDNʻT read it, and Iʻm AGAINST it."
--MLB manager Dick Williamsʻs
comment on Jim Boutonʻs second book.
--MLB manager Dick Williamsʻs
comment on Jim Boutonʻs second book.
356rolandperkins
Meltzerʻs Anarchism: Arguments
for and Against
for and Against
357VetaTorres
Fascism
358rolandperkins
Mangioneʻs Mussoliniʻs March on Rome,
October 30, 1922
October 30, 1922
359VetaTorres
North Africa Campaign
*my grandfather was in it*
*my grandfather was in it*
360rolandperkins
African Trilogy: the North Africa campaign
1940 - 1943 by Alan Moorehead
1940 - 1943 by Alan Moorehead
361VetaTorres
African Safari
362jugglingpaynes
pith helmets
363rolandperkins
Goodappleʻs German Helmets
364MrAndrew
pineapple
sausage
scuttle
sorry, that's what my brain does when there is more than one word in a WA post.
sausage
scuttle
sorry, that's what my brain does when there is more than one word in a WA post.
367rolandperkins
scuzzle or, and, or if
369rolandperkins
Form and Function
370jugglingpaynes
interior design
371rolandperkins
by design
373jugglingpaynes
The Supreme Being
374PollyAnnaHP
genius
375VetaTorres
Einstein
376rolandperkins
Relativity theories: general or special
377VetaTorres
the big bang theory
378PollyAnnaHP
pulsars
379rolandperkins
...among the most regarded stars...
380VetaTorres
shooting stars
381rolandperkins
"Our ʻnational sportʻ is shooting, and always
will be!*
*from the film: The Great Northfield Raid; a Missourianʻs answer to a Minnesotanʻs remark
"Baseballʻs our national sport!" --Most of the dialogue wasnʻt this (?) good.
will be!*
*from the film: The Great Northfield Raid; a Missourianʻs answer to a Minnesotanʻs remark
"Baseballʻs our national sport!" --Most of the dialogue wasnʻt this (?) good.
384rolandperkins
shoots from out in the open
386rolandperkins
Whitmanʻs Leaves of Grass
387jugglingpaynes
raking
*sigh* endless, endless raking.
*sigh* endless, endless raking.
393jugglingpaynes
(I believe it was a slogan)
Crude
Crude
394rolandperkins
"....And Tyler, too" . ... "You never had it so good" and "He kept us out of war"
397rolandperkins
Time does it -- and a baseball
399rolandperkins
Willinghamʻs Natural Child
401rolandperkins
(Francis) Child Ballads
403rolandperkins
McCullersʻs Ballad of the Sad Cafe
405rolandperkins
Mahfouzʻs Houseboat on the Nile
407rolandperkins
Hercule Poirot and Parker Pyne
410rolandperkins
Chaplin, Hitler, and Dewey
416jugglingpaynes
The Man Who Fell to Earth
418VetaTorres
david
419PollyAnnaHP
goliath
421rolandperkins
Sgt. Snorkel, General Halftrack, and Lt. Fuzz
423rolandperkins
L. Gardnerʻs Survivors Club
426rolandperkins
....made to be. . .
428rolandperkins
"Please, . . . more?" --Oliver Twist
430rolandperkins
Pease .... hot or cold
433rolandperkins
"Them Memphis women donʻt wear no . . ."
-- Furry Lewis
-- Furry Lewis
435rolandperkins
Burkeʻs Gender Shock
438rolandperkins
Wolpertʻs Nine Hours to Rama
439VetaTorres
Rani
*means Hindu princess, don't know why i connected that.*
*means Hindu princess, don't know why i connected that.*
442rolandperkins
"the peopleʻs princess"
443VetaTorres
Princess Diana
444jugglingpaynes
paparazzi
447VetaTorres
Greese
449rolandperkins
Balkan & Mediterranean
453rolandperkins
Christieʻs Seven Dials Mystery
454jugglingpaynes
M for Murder
455rolandperkins
M. Tullius Ciceroʻs Oration in Defense
of T. Annius Milo
of T. Annius Milo
457rolandperkins
Burroughsʻs Lost on Venus
459rolandperkins
personal computer
461jugglingpaynes
Garbage in, garbage out
467rolandperkins
goddess of Love
469rolandperkins
failed comedy
471rolandperkins
Ann Beatty
474rolandperkins
Max Butcher
475jugglingpaynes
cleaver
476rolandperkins
Elridge and Kathleen
480LettaAvanell
pie
481rolandperkins
larger piece of the.....
484callmejacx
Spiderman
486rolandperkins
Jamesʻs Sense of the Past
487VetaTorres
past, present, future
488jugglingpaynes
yesterday, today, tomorrow
489rolandperkins
"Tomorrow, in the morning, they intend to ride."
-- Poema de mio CId
* In old Spanish: "Cras, en la manana
Piensan de cavalgar."
-- Poema de mio CId
* In old Spanish: "Cras, en la manana
Piensan de cavalgar."
491LettaAvanell
hasta luego
492jugglingpaynes
ciao
493rolandperkins
chow hound
495rolandperkins
"...nothing but a....."
497rolandperkins
Dreiserʻs Sister Carrie
498callmejacx
sibling
500rolandperkins
THE Game: Harvard vs. Yale
502rolandperkins
"Who, who, who is Mr. Blue?"*
*chapter title in Exleyʻs A Fanʻs Notes
*chapter title in Exleyʻs A Fanʻs Notes
505rolandperkins
G. Wolfeʻs Lake of the Long Sun
506jugglingpaynes
loons
(um..not you guys, just thinking of the loons on a lake)
(um..not you guys, just thinking of the loons on a lake)
508rolandperkins
North Korea, Iran et al.* (according
to Pres. Reagan, 1980s
*Donʻt remember who the others were; Iraq wasnʻt one of them at that time, but did later "join" them as one of the "Axis of Evil".
to Pres. Reagan, 1980s
*Donʻt remember who the others were; Iraq wasnʻt one of them at that time, but did later "join" them as one of the "Axis of Evil".
510rolandperkins
Livius Andronicusʻs "Roman" names
for Greek deities (e.g. Hermes = Mercury, etc.)
for Greek deities (e.g. Hermes = Mercury, etc.)
511VetaTorres
Venus and Adonis by Shakespeare
512callmejacx
Venus trap
514rolandperkins
front door
521rolandperkins
Old Ironsides
(playing on #520)
(playing on #520)
523rolandperkins
Julius Caesar and Lucan
524callmejacx
Caesar Salad
525rolandperkins
Brutus, Pompey, and Cicero salad
526VetaTorres
"et tu Brute?"
528jugglingpaynes
knife in the back
529callmejacx
Ouch
532Espeon200
Gardeners
*minor characters in Shakespeare's Richard II... or was it Henry IV... or was it both. The bard had a thing for minor characters.
*minor characters in Shakespeare's Richard II... or was it Henry IV... or was it both. The bard had a thing for minor characters.
533rolandperkins
"Chance the gardener"*
*main character in a Jerzy Kosinski novel, and classic moie version of it
*main character in a Jerzy Kosinski novel, and classic moie version of it
535rolandperkins
Chauncey Alcott
537rolandperkins
Barrieʻs The Twelve Pound Look
539callmejacx
Tinker Bell
540rolandperkins
Marge Bell*
*original name of grerat dance/actress
Marge Champion
( I donʻt "no" if weʻre supposed to post on these numbers that have been passed on to a higher
number -- like Word Assoc. #27 for htis one; should appear way above htis 1 on the menu.
*original name of grerat dance/actress
Marge Champion
( I donʻt "no" if weʻre supposed to post on these numbers that have been passed on to a higher
number -- like Word Assoc. #27 for htis one; should appear way above htis 1 on the menu.
542rolandperkins
TO Tid: (541)
What I mean is: are we supposed to keep this #26 thread going when there is a #27 already started.
I started #27, by the way, but that doesnʻt mean 26 couldnʻt be continued. In the case of 2 other threads in sequence, someone did say the earlier one is finished.
I said #27 should appear above this one on the menu, but for a while 26 was appearing above 27.
What I mean is: are we supposed to keep this #26 thread going when there is a #27 already started.
I started #27, by the way, but that doesnʻt mean 26 couldnʻt be continued. In the case of 2 other threads in sequence, someone did say the earlier one is finished.
I said #27 should appear above this one on the menu, but for a while 26 was appearing above 27.
543Tid
#542
Oh right - my answer to that is, whatever comes up as a new message in Your Posts is something I will respond to. If it's an old thread that's been superseded by a newer one, that is opaque to me, and as long as it stays alive I neither know nor care if there is later one. Why, until recently, I was posting into THREE Add A Word, Drop A Word threads!
Oh right - my answer to that is, whatever comes up as a new message in Your Posts is something I will respond to. If it's an old thread that's been superseded by a newer one, that is opaque to me, and as long as it stays alive I neither know nor care if there is later one. Why, until recently, I was posting into THREE Add A Word, Drop A Word threads!
