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Firenze

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This is a sort of spawn of the 'fall' thread. Post two words and the next poster has to connect them, as briefly and elegantly as possible.

Eg: Herring - cymbal could go Herring - fish - scales - music - orchestra - brass - cymbal.

mattress - bicycle

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- bedding - jumping - BMX - bicycle

Singer - industrial

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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.

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Singer - industrial

Sewing machine manufacturer - manufacture - factory

Too easy.

Tyrannosaurus - plumbing

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Indigestion - internal

Architecture - abstract

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architecture- Wright- Guggenheim Museum- Pollock- abstract

whisky-Neopolitan mastiff

[ 09. August 2011, 23:09: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]

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whisky-whiskey-Parisian Métro ad-Overnight sleeper train to Milan—Eurostar Italia—getting stuck near Casserta—view of the Bay of Naples-Naples-Neapolitan Mastiff

Simony—cheese

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Simony - buying - shopping - cheese shop at Liverpool Street Station - cheese.

wisdom - GIN

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alto n a soprano who can read music

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horse - mare - old - grandmother - knitting - needle - pin - cushion

fireworks - ukelele

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I have the power...Lucifer is lord!

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fireworks - on the beach - in Hawaii - ukulele

ASBOs - clergy

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ASBOs - clergy

- Young offenders - Youth - Youth group - Youth worker -

Guppy - David Cameron

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we remain, thanks to original sin, much in love with talking about, rather than with, one another. Rowan Williams

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Firenze

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- piranha - bites - cuts - Tories

lemon - triangle

[ 10. August 2011, 10:44: Message edited by: Firenze ]

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lemon - lemon cheesecake - cheese - cheese triangles - triangles

passport - jigsaw

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Chorister

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passport - visa - card - cut - jigsaw

(and not a 'philosophy' in sight!

How many steps from chorister to riot?

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easy.

Chorister - choir - beer - riot


marmalade - Xray

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marmalade - food - stomach - internal organs - X-ray.

starfish - Belgium

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starfish - sea -mussels - mussels with mayonnaise -Belgium

grasshopper - mountain

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Ariston
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grasshopper-Zen-Japan-Fuji-san-mountain

Chartreuse-philosophy

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Sir Kevin
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Chartreuse - lemon-lime colour - Mountain Dew - caffeine - coffee house - protest songs - philosophy

British Racing Green - Skoda

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Firenze

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- racing cars - non-racing cars -

aardvark - meringue

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aardvark - Afrikaans - Orange - lemon - meringue

geometry - debauchery

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Firenze

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- squares - swingers -

melon - introspection

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melon - flesh - navel gazing - introspection

piano - plankton

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piano-wires-lines-fishing-fish food-plankton

Tea—Daleks

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Tea - fictional characters who like tea - The Doctor - Daleks

Sahara Desert - Rupert Murdoch

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Sahara Desert- camels- spit- Rupert Murdoch

apple-Hoover Dam

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apple - red - Reds - J. Edgar Hoover - Hoover Dam

Britney Spears - Thomist

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I have the power...Lucifer is lord!

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Ariston
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B. Spears-sound-music-art-aesthetics-The Aesthetics of Thomas Aquinas-Umberto Eco-Thomist

anthropology-carpeting

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anthropology ... study ... the study, where I'm sitting, which has no ... carpeting

lamb shanks - Shakespeare

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alto n a soprano who can read music

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Stetson
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lamb shanks - shanks - knives - knife in the back- Julius Caeser - Shakespeare

mermaid - Johnny Cash

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I have the power...Lucifer is lord!

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mermaid - sea creature - otter - Ring of Bright Water - Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash

gadget - bridesmaid

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Gadget - handy - handmaiden - bridesmaid

cheese - motorbike

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A careless shoestring in whose tie
I see a wild civility

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Stetson
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cheese - mouse - The Mouse And The Motorcycle - motorcyle - motorbike

wizard - groceries

[ 11. August 2011, 09:34: Message edited by: Stetson ]

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I have the power...Lucifer is lord!

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Chorister

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wizard - Hogwarts - school dinners - groceries

Bach - Monster Raving Loony

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Sir Kevin
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(Oh, great - now you've killed it! What on earth is a Monster Raving Loony?)

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Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.

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Firenze

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Bach - music - party - politics - Monster Raving Looney

(sir K, MRL is an actual UK political party. I'm surprised you didn't know).

wallpaper - gerbil

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Wallpaper - wallpaper paste - things you shouldn't eat - gerbil

Wand - Eeyore

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Firenze

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wand - wood -trees - -Hundred Acre Wood - Pooh -Eeyore

marquetry - spongebag

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inlay - get laid - kinky - prince albert - victoria - sponge

reggae - broccoli

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reggae-Rasta-weed-cannabids-rosids-brassicae-broccoli

Birds-be

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reggae - music- talent - opportunity knocks - hughie green - eat your greens - brocoli

Meerkats - Markets

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What do we want.... Cure for Obesity
When do we want it.... After Dessert.

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Sir Kevin
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Birds - living beings -be

Euripides - bicycle

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Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.

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Firenze

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Euripides - playwright - wheelwright - spokes - bicycle

banana - cathedral

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banana - yellow - cowardice - prevarication - house of bishops - bishop - cathedral

honesty - journalist

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honesty - dishonesty - economical with the truth - journalist

tractor - sardine

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Ariston
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tractor-drag-pull-"pull to open"-sardine can-sardine

Circus-Hell

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Circus - ring - circle - Circles Of Hell - Hell

Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Mae West

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Jonathan Livingston Seagull- ocean bird- Pacific Ocean- West Coast/Hollywood- Mae West

eclair-Apocalypse Now

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Firenze

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eclair - chocolate - sweets - treats - popcorn - cinema - films - Apocalypse Now

antimony - egg

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antimony - Ancient Egyptian makeup - egg

saucepan - philosophy

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