As a newbie, I assume you've probably done this before on these boards, but I haven't seen any threads like this since I came here, so I'll start a new one. (How's THAT for a run-on sentence?)
Just in case you haven't done this before, here's the procedure: I will start it off with a word and others will put down the first word that comes into their mind on seeing that word, and so on.
Knowing this group, I'm hoping we'll come up with some interesting words.
First Word: BLENDER
do phrases count?
philadelphia lawyer
pupil
tho' the non-associative version of this is fun, too...! The challenges would get too darn nitpickin' an all but. :)
teacher
(sorry it's a bit dull!)
Han Solo!
mahahahahaha
Edit: sorry, this might be a bit out-there... think Star Wars... Chewbacca=chewy...
huh?
it WAS my first response, honest!
homely
a word which i think still retains two different meaning depending on whether you speak UK english (pretty, in simple country way) or US english (common, to the point of being ugly)
elves
Because of Tolkien's Last Homely House
potter
house-elves and snowy owls are both in the Harry Potter world
Now there's a slight variation on the theme: make the next term in the series the result of considering the two immediately previous words! The game is to find the connection.
crystal glaze (The association is that crystal glaze pottery reminds me of the crystalline quality of snow flakes.)
insurance
my car insurance just arrived in the mail, reminding me, that reparing a cracked windsheild is free, no deductable is applied..if any doesn't know why.. ask me..
Don't worry, I'm not going there
Garner
picnic
at hanging rock, of course!
anomalies
in sea horses (water/horses), the male of species carries around the fertilized eggs in a pouch (a fold of skin) not the female. i think the connection is self evident (and most connections so far have not been to weird), but.
plongitudes
As in "'Platitudes,' said Albert, 'that's the opposite of 'plongitudes.'" -- Walt Kelly
azimuth
no snides about "up your .... etc"
flanders field
the US gov uses azimuths to lay out the tombstones, so the look straight in every direction.. first place i saw the word azimuth was in an article about a cemetary..
trafalgar
as in Trafalgar Square, London England, noted fopr its pigeons, but the Mayor of London is making a determined effort to rid the square of their unhygienic presence :-((
Ireland Host to the Special Olympics while we were there!
nodding donkey
nothing gained