Ok, so picking a word, the first thing I see looking up, I will write every distinct word or phrase that comes into my head in the next five minutes. Here goes...
Table
Food
Plaque
Teeth
Dentists
Poverty
Africa
AIDS
Sex
Curtains
Window sill
Dust
Cloth
Kitchen sink
Water
Swimming
Rope swing
Laughing
Dogs
Dad
Shouting
Hitting
Leather belt
Brother
Toy dinosaurs
Transformers
Fooled
Mum shouting
Suitcases
Crying
Bible study
Sunshine
Harbour
Wellington
Cake
Seth
Black wings
Rain
Polite
Cell phone
Library
Computer
Table
It's always interesting where these things take you... I haven't thought about one or two of the incidents hinted at here in years. Also, automatic associations say a lot about our biases, don't you think? I find it especially interesting that thinking of poverty, I instantly thought of Africa, and that thought led immediately into the AIDS epidemic. Hmmm.
ReplyDeleteI think that the association between poverty, AIDS and Africa is understandable, as these so often go together in so much of what we see on the news or read in print media, and as such it is how the ordinary person would, for better or worse, see Africa in the short run. I immediately thought of illiteracy when I thought of Africa in this context. You have done so much work concerning safe sex and researched social topics, therein lies your bias, as literacy reflects what I study.
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting that you linked dentists with poverty and sex with curtains though... Is the latter to do with the Martha Stewart joke?
Martha Stewart joke? Do tell.... ;)
ReplyDeleteDentists links to poverty because I can't afford the braces and capping work I need done. Sex links with curtains because I'm utterly neurotic and paranoid.
:)
There goes the automatic thought that I had that in NZ, such things were paid for by the government. Sorry to hear that :(
ReplyDeleteNeurotic and paranoid? Well, I hear that. (wanted to make a joke there but afraid it might have been taken in offence)
How do you make Martha Stewart scream twice?
(I am cringing even thinking about this, it's so repeated and l-c-d)
Fuck her in the arse and then wipe it on her curtains.