# Describe it in three words, Part Deux **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 7, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102 "2007-05-07T14:27:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/61 "2007-05-09T19:12:13Z")
Geodes: Cool desktop geology. Spelunking. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/62 "2007-05-09T19:44:39Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Spelunking. [/QUOTE] Exploring subterranean wonderlands. **Tourist traps** ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/63 "2007-05-09T19:46:38Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Spelunking. [/QUOTE] Hiking through caves. Yiddish theater ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/64 "2007-05-09T19:47:47Z")
Oh, whoops. [QUOTE=Scribble] Tourist traps [/QUOTE] Vacation cash extractors. Yiddish theater. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/65 "2007-05-09T23:44:00Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Yiddish theater. [/QUOTE] Oy vey schmaltz! Next: Electric pencil sharpeners ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/66 "2007-05-10T14:57:50Z")
Electric pencil sharpeners: Needless aggravation source. Traffic jams. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/67 "2007-05-10T15:17:27Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Traffic jams. [/QUOTE] Needless aggrevation source. 😃 Next: Zen ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/68 "2007-05-10T15:30:22Z")
Zen: I need more. Motorcycle maintenence. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/69 "2007-05-10T15:32:38Z")
> [@](#): > > Motorcycle maintenence. It’s an art. Next: Calvinball ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/70 "2007-05-10T15:54:36Z")
Calvinball: Hobbes knows better. Scary snowmen. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/71 "2007-05-10T17:08:48Z")
Scary snowmen: why the ax? dishtowels ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/72 "2007-05-10T19:43:07Z")
[QUOTE=nashiitashii] dishtowels [/QUOTE] Improvised Superman capes. **Cape Horn** ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/73 "2007-05-10T20:05:01Z")
Cape Horn: Not Good Hope. Vasco da Gama. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/74 "2007-05-11T16:03:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Vasco da Gama Remember Portugal’s empire? Next: archy and mehitabel ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/75 "2007-05-11T16:28:41Z")
[QUOTE=Gadarene] Next: archy and mehitabel [/QUOTE] Don Marquis’ characters ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/76 "2007-05-11T16:55:16Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Don Marquis’ characters [/QUOTE] Um… **Scribble** dropped the ball. Now what do we play with? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/77 "2007-05-11T17:02:54Z")
**Scribble** : write with errors Next: thunderstorms ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/78 "2007-05-11T18:23:16Z")
Thunderstorms: Sometimes scare children. Circus clowns. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/79 "2007-05-11T18:29:03Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Circus clowns. [/QUOTE] Causes of [coulrophobia.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_clowns) **Roustabouts** ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102/80 "2007-05-11T18:32:15Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Circus clowns. [/QUOTE] Barnum’s multicolored moneymakers. **Scribble** : Sorry for mistake. Next up: licorice jelly beans [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words-part-deux/403102.md?page=5)