# Describe it in three words

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 10, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439 "2007-01-10T19:01:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**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:** [January 15, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/301 "2007-01-15T01:42:56Z")

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[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]  
[Shampoo] $3 with cut & style…

[/QUOTE]

Bzzzt. Five words.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/302 "2007-01-15T01:43:28Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]

New Mexico.  
[/QUOTE]

A State…really!

**Flamingo.**

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/303 "2007-01-15T01:43:51Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Mexico: South of border.

New Mexico.  
[/QUOTE]

Lots of Navajos.

Chicken.

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/304 "2007-01-15T01:46:40Z")

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[QUOTE=silenus]  
A State…really!

**Flamingo.**  
[/QUOTE]

(dammit!)

Big pink bird.

India.

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**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:** [January 15, 2007, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/305 "2007-01-15T01:48:21Z")

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India: Rather overpopulated, no?

Harry Potter.

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**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:** [January 15, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/306 "2007-01-15T01:51:26Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
India: Rather overpopulated, no?

Harry Potter.  
[/QUOTE]

(Hey, that was my three-thousandth post! ::tosses confetti, breaks out teeny bottle of champagne:🙂

Harry Potter.

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**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/307 "2007-01-15T01:52:46Z")

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[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]  
Lots of Navajos.

Chicken.  
[/QUOTE]

Omnipresent conference meal

**Compost**

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/308 "2007-01-15T01:54:25Z")

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[QUOTE=freckafree]  
Omnipresent conference meal

**Compost**  
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Shit made useful.

James Bond.

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**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/309 "2007-01-15T01:54:55Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
(Hey, that was my three-thousandth post! ::tosses confetti, breaks out teeny bottle of champagne:🙂

Harry Potter.  
[/QUOTE]

Rowling’s retirement plan

**Mark Twain**

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**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/310 "2007-01-15T01:56:51Z")

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[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]  
Shit made useful.

James Bond.  
[/QUOTE]

Sean Connery. Period.

**Heraldry**

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**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:** [January 15, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/311 "2007-01-15T01:59:44Z")

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One at a time, one at a time!

Mark Twain: Knows Samuel Clemens.

Heraldry: Aristocrats’ status symbols.

USS _Monitor_.

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/312 "2007-01-15T02:01:40Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
One at a time, one at a time!

Mark Twain: Knows Samuel Clemens.

Heraldry: Aristocrats’ status symbols.

USS _Monitor_.  
[/QUOTE]

First successful ironclad.  
Sam Raimi.

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/313 "2007-01-15T02:08:07Z")

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[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]  
First successful ironclad.  
Sam Raimi.  
[/QUOTE]

Who? Oh, him!

**beer goggles**

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**Author:** ![notthatagain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@notthatagain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notthatagain)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/314 "2007-01-15T02:11:39Z")

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Sam Raimi

Royal Oak, Michigan

**Dignity**

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/315 "2007-01-15T02:12:20Z")

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[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen]  
Who? Oh, him!

**beer goggles**  
[/QUOTE]

She’s so hot!

Sofa.

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/316 "2007-01-15T02:13:24Z")

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[QUOTE=Way Too Happy]  
Sam Raimi

Royal Oak, Michigan

**Dignity**  
[/QUOTE]

Our last stronghold.

Sofa.

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/317 "2007-01-15T02:15:42Z")

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[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]  
Our last stronghold.

Sofa.  
[/QUOTE]

Davenport in Canada

**Mutton**

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/318 "2007-01-15T02:16:40Z")

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[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen]  
Davenport in Canada

**Mutton**  
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Grown up lamb.

Amoeba.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/319 "2007-01-15T02:26:42Z")

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[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]  
Amoeba.  
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Blob of life.  
Fire hydrant.

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2007, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/320 "2007-01-15T02:33:38Z")

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[QUOTE=twickster]  
Blob of life.  
Fire hydrant.  
[/QUOTE]

Latrine for dogs.

Pixie.

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