Word Association Thread

[nickyb]

Fantastic, but what a sad parody he has become

Grandeur - Gasometer **

** see Maradona

 

[Taffvalerowdy]

I suspect that Madonna is a better footballer than he is now!

Gasometer - Gangster*

* - links from the Godfather... not to mention another of the names for a football agent

 

[nickyb]

Better with the head I suspect


Gangster - Gamekeeper

 

[Taffvalerowdy]

Oh I think she’s got good ball control.......

Gamekeeper - Grouper*

* - other types of fish are available

 

[nickyb]

Just mention fish - oh hi PH

Grouper - Geographer

 

[Pottered Haddock]

(Fleeting) Afternoon Nick and Taff,

geographer globular **

** Other Galactic clusters are also available.

 

[nickyb]

Hello goodbye

Globular - Gibraltar

 

[Taffvalerowdy]

Missed him! The one that got away.....

Gibraltar - Garner*

* - other James’ are available but did not play Maverick and Rockford on TV, as well as Hendley (the Scrounger) in The Great Escape.

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[nickyb]

Not a classical actor but certainly one of my favourites

Garner - Gazetteer

 

[Taffvalerowdy]

Yes - I always liked him. I remember watching him in The Notebook on a flight back from Toronto. Really enjoyed it - we had not long lost my brother in law to dementia which was central to that movie.

Gazetteer - Gambler*

* - as Maverick was often

 

[nickyb]

Sad tale Taff.

Gambler - Greer **

** lets not go there

 

[Taffvalerowdy]

My sister in law lost her only child and her father within 12 months, with her husband diagnosed with dementia in that period. Now she has been with Alzheimer’s..., life can be cruel...,

Greer - Geyser

 

[nickyb]

Oh mate.. that is an awful sequence of events. Anything I could say would be totally inadequate

Geyser - Gondor **

** if in doubt - JRR

 

[Taffvalerowdy]

Thanks Nick. It’s been/is really hard on my wife - her mum is 98 (last week), her sister is 78 this year & my wife is 58. It’s like she’s looking after her grandmother & mother given their ages.

Gondor - Gander*

* - other wanders are available as well as in goosey goosey

 

[nickyb]

She has a strong right arm in you my friend

Gander - Glider**

** on which I will float off. Seeya the morn

 

[Taffvalerowdy]

I try my best...

Night Nick!

Glider - Gerrymander

 

[nickyb]

Morning Taff & PH

Today's theme is Cricket

Gerrymander - Boundary

 

[Taffvalerowdy]

Morning Nick & PH

Boundary - (must admit the link has left me) Stumped

 

[nickyb]

Gerrymandering named after the 5th President of the US, Elbridge Gerry, was and is the process by which a ruling political party changes electoral BOUNDARIES for its own ends. Also it is a means of 'talking out' a bill in congress or senate.

Only googled which number pres was Gerry

Stumped - Over

 

[Taffvalerowdy]

Sorry Nick - I did get it but posted before I’d finished as the phone rang.

Hoped to get back to the post and edit before your response - too late, well and truly out of my crease...,

Over - Bosanquet*

* - not Reggie but his Dad (Bernard), the ‘inventor’ of the googly