words that are so alike they differ by only one letter from the previous one
 

gaol
gall
gell
hell
help

help
helpless
hapless
homeless
hawks

Sales techniques
 

hawks
sells
persuades
advertises
presents

Presents
Gifts
Goodies
Baddies
Enemies

aspects of "enemies"
 

enemies
attack
allies
people
die

die
grim reaper
don't fear the reaper
blue oyster cult
oysters
clams
crabs

crabs
blue
she
jimmy
dungeness
horseshoe

Animal legwear
 

horseshoes
jesses
shackles
booties
splints

Fire food
 

splints
splits
sticks
kindling
tinder

more word cousins differing by a single letter
 

tinder
tender
fender
bender
bander
banded
landed
sanded

sanded
wood
stiffy
pup tent
camping
mountains
rockys
baseball
football
hockey
ice

let me rephrase that:

things that all have some association with one another

right.
so, you should try to 'set the ball' for the next guy.

or, you could just have fun doing word association with yourself if you'd rather.

guh.

guh
go
git
got
goat

playground warfare
 

goat
goad
tease
taunt
haunt

effects of scary movies
 

haunt
scare
frighten
horrify
terrorize

umm, (cue sesame street music) one of these things is not like the other...
 

terrorize
bomb
explode
fire
water

things to do in
 

water
swim (dolphins and sharks, but not landsharks)
sail (my bonnie)
fish (n. and v.)
dive (cue the klaxon)
walk on (JC Superstar)
part (Charlton Heston's role model)

Part
Bit
Chewed
Swallowed
Digest
Readers
Writers

Queers(my ex and my replacment)
Homos
Sexuals
Arent we all?
Merry Christmas to ALL and...

Merry Christmas to ALL and...
pass the ammunition
misapplied ethics
ethnics
spanglish

Spanglish
Engrish
Kreyole
Cajun
Gullah
Ebonics

ebonics
etonics
nikes
michael jordan
philanderer

philanderer
Hugh Grant
Lou Grant
Mary Tyler Moore
Roger Moore
Dudley Moore
Dudley Do Right
Nell

Nell
Knell
Death
Birth
Berth
Bunk
Bed
Bath
Faucet
Force it
Four sit
Bridge
Rubber
Latex

Latex
Gloves
Condom
Prophylactic
Rubber
Birth Control
Pills

Pills
Whiskey
Oak Tree
Sycamore
Liberal
Panty Waist
Wastrel

Wastrel
Bounder
Ne'er do well
Cad
Fop
Heel

Heel
Sit
Beg
Walk
Roll over
Beethoven
Symphony

symphony
blend
cream
milk
chocolate


<small>mmmmmmmm chocolate.... :p

chocolate
cocoa
beans
plantations
slaves

slaves
history
anger
reparations
bullshit

bullshit
horshit
apeshit
batshit
no shit?!

Sherlock
Arthur Conan Doyle
Conan O'brien
late night
late show
David Letterman
stalker

stalker
exwife
blonde
implants
pamela anderson

edit: hehehe - i type faster than BigV, because I don't become distracted by links.

stalker
hunter
killer
assassin
sniper

sniper
john lee malvo
murderer
minor
death penalty

death penalty
penalty box
boxing ring
ring of fire
fire at will
will and testament

Testament
Alex Skolnick
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Joe Bach
Catherine Bach
Denver Pyle
Grizzly Adams
Adam and Eve
Um.. old Testament

That was fun.

testament
covenant
promise
obligation
duty
honor
pride
satisfaction

satisfaction
reward
gratification
self
masturbation

masturbation (they're my balls, I'll wash them as fast or as slow as I want...)
running in place
treadmill
free weights
steroids

steroids
bonds
stocks
torture
barry manilow

barry manilow
...
sh*t, nothing goes with barry manilow

barry manilow
frilly
flamboyant
rupaul
transvestite

transvestite
transsexual
Frank N Furter
Rocky!
Philiadelphia

cream cheese
cheesecake
Playboy
club
tennis racket
Anna Kournikova
cheesecake

Cheesecake
beefcake
meatcake
yellowcake
pancake
bukkake

bukkake (two ks(see what the internet has done to me????))
japan
yamato
starcraft
blizzard

blzzard
whiteout
blackout
greyout
strikeout

Strikeout
baseball
basketball
sweat
stink

stink
stank
stunk
funk
skunk

skunk
crunk
chronic
bud
marley

marley
thunder dan
ambiguous
enigmatic
phlegmatic

phlegmatic
lachrymose
deliberate
ponderous
obtuse

obtuse
acute
right
left
religious

religious
spiritual
mystical
magical
occult
heterodox

heterodox
orthodox
paradox
detox
botox

botox
bonox
vegemite
penut butter
crunch

crunch
munch
bunch
hunch
lunch

lunch
al fresco
footpath
spittle
cavity