@ Flavus - I have a small confession to make.....when I first saw this thread,I couldn't help myself and went into "free association playful mode" so my first two posts were slightly random (pancakes and pyramid). There, I said it.
Sorrryyyyyy - I shall be on my best behaviour and play according to the rules, if not, I shall personally ban myself from this game. Strange thing is...when I was trying to pick a word that that was unrelated, every word, seemed in someway connected to the original word....no matter how obscure.