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Mad Men Word Association Game #2

Maddicts, it's the "Mad Men Word Association Game 2.0"!

Remember, this is how it works: a word or phrase related to MM that starts one letter of the alphabet is posted and the next person posts another MM-related word or phrase that starts with the next letter of the alphabet. The list continues through the alphabet, and when we get to "z", we'll start again with "a".

A couple of rules:
1) Please post the previous word as well as your new addition
2) If more than one word is listed with the same starting letter, please list both of them in the next post

And a suggestion:
Refreshing the page or using the preview button and checking the bottom of the page before you submit might help make sure someone else hasn't responded before you while you were creating your comment. This should help prevent overlap and posting more than one word with the same starting letter.

Enjoy! The first post will be the first word.

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affairs (it's what the Mad Men are all about)

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Booze

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Affairs
Booze
Carla

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Carla > Duck

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Duck ---> Empathy, what Duck and Pete failed to extend to Freddy Rumson

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Empathy > Floyd Patterson

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Floyd Patterson > Grace (said at Peggy's mom's dinner table)

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Grace > high blood pressure

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High Blood Pressure > Irish Setter (Chauncey)

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Irish Setter > Joanie

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Joanie > Kitchen (Betty's spending a lot of time there.)

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Kitchen >"Love of Life" (the soap opera)

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"Love of Life" > Midlife crisis (Roger)

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Midlife crisis > Nixon

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Nixon>Olsen, Miss ( the "Joan" in the movie The Apartment)

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Olsen (the "Joan" in the movie The Apartment) > Prim Peggy

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Prim Peggy > Quarts of Rye Whiskey

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Quarts of Rye Whiskey > Ruin (what Don is on the way to)

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Ruin > Spanking (what parents did in those days and most don't do now.)

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Spanking (what parents did in those days and most don't do now) > Teddy the Furrier

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Teddy the Furrier > Ugly behavior of some of the characters

Ugly > Volkswagon

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Volkswagon > whore-child (Dick Whitman)

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whore child (Dick Whitman) > X chromosone (Don might have too many.)

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Correction: Too early in the morning to spell correctly

whore child > X chromosome


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x chromosone > Yoda

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Yoda > Zit (Try a little Clearasil.)

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Zit > Archibald Whitman

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Archibald Whitman > Birthday cake (frozen Sara Lee)

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Birthday cake > Creme de Menthe (Nixon V Kennedy)

Keep going guys, so we can make it to the most popular list again!

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Creme de Menthe > Dan Bishop (Helen's ex)

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Dan Bishop > Edge (what Don is living on)

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Edge > fanatics (us)

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Fanatics . Grilled Cheese Sandwiches (what Betty gave the kids to eat (VERY LATE)

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Grilled Cheese Sandwiches > Hoax (Dick/Don's whole life since the Korean War)

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Hoax > infidelity

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infidelity > Jewish (SC employee recruited from the mail room for the Menken's meeting)

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Jewish (Also, Rachel) > kinky sex (Don and Bobbie)

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Kinky sex (Don and Bobbie) > Liar, liar (Don with pants on fire!)

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Liar, Liar > Mozart (played on Freddy's zipper)

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Mozert > "New Girl"

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"New Girl" > Opportunity (really knocking for Peggy)

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Opportunity > P.J. Clarke's

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P. J. Clarke's > Quite a hunk (Who else but Don?)

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Quite a hunk > Roosevelt Hotel

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Roosevelt Hotel > Salamander

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Salamander > Trophy wife (Betty)

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Trophy wife > United (Don and Peggy in a strange way)

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United > volunteer (how Don got into the army)

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volunteer > wacky (Episode 10 Open Thread!)

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wacky ? X (the crossing of cigarette lighting between Betty and her neighbor enemy/friend.

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X (crossing of cigarettes...) > Yesterday (when Betty was clueless)

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Yesterday . Zerelda (one of our favorite posters)

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Zerelda > Abscond (what Don is sometimes tempted to do)

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Abscond > Blood Drive

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Blood Drive > Crumbling (Don and Betty's marriage)

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Crumbling > Dinner Party

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Dinner Party > Edge of Night ( a soap opera of the times)

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Edge of Night > Fraud (What Dick/Don might be guilty of)

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Fraud > Grace (said at Peggy's mom's dinner table)

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Great avatar, wasthere!

Grace > Heavily endowed (Joan)

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heavily endowed > intrigue (most of Mad Men program)

Re avatar: It's like the Maddicts - we're in this together.

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intrigue > Jaffe, Rona ("The Best of Everything" author)

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Jaffe > Kruschev (sp?), Nikita

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Khrushchev > Lady Chatterley's Lover

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Lady Chatterly's Lover > Mouse Ears

Remembering: I think it's just you and I on this lately..can we get Hanna to start a new one - Word Association #3? I have a lot more good ones.

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Mouse Ears > Nevermore (Betty's cluelessness)

Yes, good idea, Audrey, Word Association #3 might renew interest in this "fun" game. Do contact Hanna.

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Nevermore > Outhouse (Don's childhood)