The Connection

[Refugee]

Rules: A person says an expression or phrase, and the next person needs to say another expression or phrase that contains at least one word from the previous expression or phrase.


Example:
Person 1 - Ancient cheese
Person 2 - Ruins of ancient Egypt
Person 3 - Egyptian food

[Echosoftom]

Rock around the clock

[Pettyphile]

Between a rock and a hard place

[Echosoftom]

A place in the sun

[Pettyphile]

sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy

[Echosoftom]

happy shiny people

[Pettyphile]

Kids are people, too

[Echosoftom]

^ Hey, that was the theme song on that old kids show Wonderama.

People are strange

[Refugee]

Strange doesn't even cover it.

[Pettyphile]

Cover charge

[Refugee]

Cover your head.

[Pettyphile]

head for the hills

[Echosoftom]

The hills have eyes.

[Refugee]

All eyes on you.

[Mary Jane 49]

The hills have eyes

[Refugee]

There's gold in them hills.

[Echosoftom]

gold filled teeth

[Magnolia]

it's like pulling teeth

[Echosoftom]

You're pulling my leg

[Refugee]

Break a leg

[agirl]

Have a nervous breakdown.

[Magnolia]

communication breakdown

[Nel]

"What we've got here is failure to communicate."

[Mary Jane 49]

Heart failure

[Shainjr]

Heart transplant

[Echosoftom]

transplanted to this city

[agirl]

city of angels

[Echosoftom]

angels in heaven

[Patty Petty]

Over the hills and far away

[agirl]

away we go

[Echosoftom]

go west young man

[Starfish]

ah to be young again

[Echosoftom]

Again with the jokes

[Nel]

Joker's Wild

[Refugee]

Wild and Crazy Guys!

[Echosoftom]

Guys and dolls

[agirl]

doll star

[Refugee]

Star of the North

[agirl]

North to Alaska

[Patty Petty]

Santa Claus lives at the North Pole.

[Starfish]

Santa Claus is coming to town

[Refugee]

Town and Country

[Echosoftom]

Country living

[Mary Jane 49]

Living in the fast lane

[agirl]

Lane Bryant Credit Card

[Starfish]

credit card debt

[Refugee]

Debt will lead you to financial ruin.

[Echosoftom]

Ruin your life

[Nel]

Ancient Greek Ruins (http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geu7gwUjdItCoBZ6NXNyoA/SIG=13srt2c6l/EXP=1211671472/**http%3a//search.yahoo.com/search%3fei=UTF-8%26fr=yfp-t-501%26p=ancient%2bgreek%2bruins%26rs=0%26fr2=rs-top)

[Starfish]

my city of ruins

[Echosoftom]

city council meeting

[Refugee]

Meeting of the minds

[Echosoftom]

Mind your own business.

[PumpkinBumpkin]

Mind your manners

[agirl]

manner of speaking

[Echosoftom]

speaking in public

[Refugee]

Public restrooms are everywhere

[Echosoftom]

everywhere I go

[agirl]

go for a walk

[Echosoftom]

walk on by

[Refugee]

by the river

[Ladywiz]

"Riverboats a' comin!"

[Echosoftom]

Comin' to America

[agirl]

America the Beautiful

[Echosoftom]

Beautiful day

[agirl]

day and night

[Patty Petty]

Night Moves

[Echosoftom]

Moves swiftly

[agirl]

swift and sure

[ronald_wilson@charter.net]

sure thing

[Echosoftom]

thing about you

[Shainjr]

you know me

[poppiesgal]

me and my big mouth

[Refugee]

Mouth full of food

[Echosoftom]

food fight

[agirl]

fight of the century

[Echosoftom]

century city

[Refugee]

City of ruins

[Echosoftom]

ruins everything

[agirl]

everything you want

[Shainjr]

want to go out

[Refugee]

Out by third base

[agirl]

base ball

[Echosoftom]

ball player

[agirl]

player cigarettes

[Echosoftom]

cigarettes are bad for you

[aerowolf]

you need a nice new pair of shoes

[Echosoftom]

shoes in all sizes and colors

[agirl]

colors of the rainbow

[Refugee]

Rainbow stickers use to be so popular

[Echosoftom]

popular mechanics

[agirl]

mechanical engineer

[Echosoftom]

engineer of the train

[Shainjr]

train wreck is more like it.

[agirl]

it can't be

[Shainjr]

be mine

[Echosoftom]

mines to keep

[agirl]

keepsake box

[Echosoftom]

box of chocolates

[agirl]

chocolate milk shake

[Beamish]

shake, rattle and roll

[Refugee]

roll out the barrel

[Echosoftom]

barrel of monkeys

[Refugee]

Monkey see, monkey do

[agirl]

do it right

[Echosoftom]

right or wrong

[agirl]

wrong place at the wrong time

[Refugee]

Time is not on our side

[agirl]

side of beef

[Echosoftom]

Beef ribs or pork?

[agirl]

pork chop

[Echosoftom]

chop and dice

[Patty Petty]

dice game

[agirl]

game of chance

[Echosoftom]

chance meeting

[Refugee]

Meeting of the minds

[SingsInFrench]

Great minds think alike.

[agirl]

alike as twins

[Echosoftom]

twins are identical

[Refugee]

Identical cars for the couple

[SingsInFrench]

car wheels on a gravel road

[Echosoftom]

road to success

[agirl]

success factor

[Echosoftom]

factor in the cost

[Refugee]

Cost of living these days

[Echosoftom]

days turn into nights

[emmie]

Nights in white satin

[agirl]

satin sheets

[Refugee]

sheets are all white

[SingsInFrench]

All the pretty horses

[Refugee]

Horses running free

[Flower]

Free as a bird

[ronald_wilson@charter.net]

bird of paradise

[Echosoftom]

paradise on earth

[Refugee]

Earth looks so small out there

[Echosoftom]

There you go

[Patty Petty]

go your own way

[agirl]

way of life

[Echosoftom]

life in the fast lane

[Refugee]

Lane merging up ahead

[Echosoftom]

ahead of the game

[agirl]

game of chance

[Echosoftom]

chance of a lifetime

[ronald_wilson@charter.net]

lifetime opportunity

[agirl]

opportunity to grow

[poppiesgal]

"Grow a set and use 'em"

The reaction I got from the guy I said it to was priceless ... :003:

[Echosoftom]

Em, in typography is a unit of measurement.

[Ladywiz]

^You typeset?

[Echosoftom]

^ No, but I took print shop in high school. And my sisters ex-in laws owned a Printing shop business. So I'm familiar.

[agirl]

measure one's height

[Echosoftom]

height is tall or short

[Refugee]

Short People is a Randy Newman song

[poppiesgal]

song and dance

[Echosoftom]

dance the night away

[agirl]

away from the sun

[Refugee]

Sun will damage your skin

[agirl]

skin care

[ronald_wilson@charter.net]

CARE ABOUT OTHERS

[Echosoftom]

Others do while some teach

[Refugee]

Teach your children well.

[Echosoftom]

Well enough

[poppiesgal]

Enough already

[Starfish]

I'm already gone

[ronald_wilson@charter.net]

gone at last

[Refugee]

Last one in is a rotten egg

[Flower]

egg on your face

[Starfish]

face in the crowd

[Echosoftom]

crowd control

[Refugee]

control yourself!

[Echosoftom]

yourself included

[agirl]

included in the cost

[Echosoftom]

cost of living

[Flower]

Living on a Prayer

[Nylle]

a wing and a prayer

[Softanimal]

Prayer For The Dying

[poppiesgal]

Dying to be free

[emmie]

Free Girl Now

[poppiesgal]

Now and then

[agirl]

then it's my turn

[Patty Petty]

turn the page

[emmie]

Page and Plant

[Echosoftom]

Plant a tree

[Refugee]

Trees provide great shade

[agirl]

shade of green

[Echosoftom]

green with envy

[agirl]

envy of the school

[emmie]

School Days

[Echosoftom]

Days of our lives

[agirl]

lives in a glass house

[poppiesgal]

house of the rising sun

[Echosoftom]

sun in my eyes

[Softanimal]

eyes wide open

[Patty Petty]

open wide

[SingsInFrench]

open sesame

[Echosoftom]

sesame seed bun

[Patty Petty]

Bun E. Carlos from Cheap Trick (LOL)

[Echosoftom]

^ HAHAHAHA! Good job Patty!

Tricks of the trade

[Patty Petty]

Isn't that the BEST name?! I have always loved that name, hahaha!

Trade show

[Echosoftom]

^ I'm going to see them with Heart and Journey in September.

show me your goods

[agirl]

good for nothing

[Echosoftom]

nothing to lose

[conmae]

lose yourself in the moment

[Refugee]

Moment I saw his face

[LizzieB]

Face the music

[agirl]

music video

[SingsInFrench]

video killed the radio star

[agirl]

star of the show

[Echosoftom]

show me the way

[LizzieB]

Way too much time on his hands

[Ladywiz]

hands free

[Starfish]

freebird

[LizzieB]

nekked as a jaybird

[agirl]

bird in a tree

[Refugee]

Tree of life

[Softanimal]

life goes on

[Refugee]

On to the next chapter.

[agirl]

chapters in a book

[Refugee]

Book smart is not street smart

[LizzieB]

Too smart for his own good.

[Echosoftom]

good riddance

[Refugee]

Finally rid of your ass

[Echosoftom]

ass out

[Patty Petty]

Out in the cold

[Echosoftom]

cold case

[Softanimal]

case of emergency

[Refugee]

emergency landing

[Echosoftom]

landing safely

[Refugee]

Safely in the arms of their mother

[Echosoftom]

mother may I

[Refugee]

I like the singing

[LizzieB]

Gonna make that silver sing

[Refugee]

Sing...sing a song

[Echosoftom]

song sung blue

[Softanimal]

blue as can be

[Refugee]

Be able to jump up and down

[Echosoftom]

Down to earth

[Refugee]

Earth to the moon

[Beamish]

To the moon, Alice !

[emmie]

Alice doesn't live here anymore.

[Refugee]

Anymore these days, it just gives you a headache

[ronald_wilson@charter.net]

headache tomorrow or a heartache tonight

[Softanimal]

Tonight's the night

[Echosoftom]

night of the living dead

[agirl]

dead or alive

[Softanimal]

alive and kicking

[Echosoftom]

kicking down the door

[Beamish]

the doors of perception

[agirl]

perception is subjective

[Echosoftom]

subjective over objective

[Refugee]

Being objective can be very hard