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Fill in the blanks with words that complete the free associations, e.g.

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Problem

Fill in the blanks with words that complete the free associations,
e.g. "cat ___ ___ tree" is "cat dog bark tree".

The object here is to fill in the ______ with the words which complete
the free associations.  For example,

cat ___ ___ tree
 would come out to : cat dog bark tree

sky ____ sad

chess ______ _____ cow

sun ____ ______ Arizona

bird _______ ______ bed

Escher _______ ____ stutter

cold ___ ___ biscuits

cat _____ _____ orange

spider ___ ________ crash

heaven _____ ____ icing

galaxy ____ _________ Harrison

And for the expert:

computer _______ ___ ______ entomologist

prank _____ _______ ________ duckies

Hawaii _______ ____ ____ light

MTV ____ _____ ____ record

Please think of variations on the theme...

-- Kenneth Tolman <tolman@asylum.cs.utah.edu>
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An incomplete list of possible spoilers...

sky blue sad

sun moon crater Arizona

chess knight horse cow

bird feather pillow bed

cold ice tea biscuits

spider fly airplane crash

heaven angel cake icing

computer program bug insect entomologist

Hawaii volcano lava lamp light

And here are the ones I didn't get...

galaxy ____ _________ Harrison

("ford" is a direct link from galaxy to harrison...)

prank _____ _______ ________ duckies
cat _____ _____ orange
Escher _______ ____ stutter
MTV ____ _____ ____ record

-- Tom Magliery <mag@cs.uiuc.edu>

[ Editor: no answers to the remaining four were found in the collected
postings. ]