# 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:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/761 "2007-01-29T14:09:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas]  
_Grease: You’re The One That I Want_  
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Sing _and_ dance.  
Gene Kelly.

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**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:** [January 29, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/762 "2007-01-29T14:25:23Z")

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[QUOTE=twickster]  
Sing _and_ dance.  
Gene Kelly.  
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Reluctant dancer, actually.

Next: A Clockwork Orange

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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 29, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/763 "2007-01-29T17:51:33Z")

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_A Clockwork Orange_: “Horrorshow, my droogies!”

Anthony Burgess.

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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 29, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/764 "2007-01-29T18:05:13Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Anthony Burgess.  
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Isn’t Burgess Meredith.  
The Penguin.

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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/765 "2007-01-29T18:07:55Z")

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[QUOTE=twickster]  
Isn’t Burgess Meredith.  
The Penguin.  
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Happy Feet Avian

Fnar

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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 29, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/766 "2007-01-29T18:09:07Z")

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Fnar: Nnot cnlose bny.

Purposeful misspellings.

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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/767 "2007-01-30T00:16:14Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]

Purposeful misspellings.  
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Spnamn philter bloccckers.

Ph level.

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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 30, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/768 "2007-01-30T01:14:15Z")

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[QUOTE=photopat]  
Ph level.  
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Gardener’s soil concern.

Earthworm.

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**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/769 "2007-01-30T02:12:29Z")

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[QUOTE=twickster]  
Gardener’s soil concern.

Earthworm.  
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Wiggles in dirt

Next: Time Warp

Sgt Schwartz

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**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/770 "2007-01-30T03:25:03Z")

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[QUOTE=Sgt Schwartz]  
Next: Time Warp  
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## The pelvic thrust

Fog

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/771 "2007-01-30T04:49:49Z")

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[QUOTE=ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies]

Fog  
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Thick and murky

Allentown, Pennsylvania

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/772 "2007-01-30T13:19:57Z")

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[QUOTE=Governor Quinn]  
Thick and murky

Allentown, Pennsylvania  
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Old Mining Town

Piano Man

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/773 "2007-01-30T14:06:51Z")

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[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas]  
Old Mining Town

Piano Man  
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He’s Jackson Brown

**Armpit Fart.**

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**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:** [January 30, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/774 "2007-01-30T14:39:29Z")

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[QUOTE=Kalhoun]

**Armpit Fart.**  
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Rude, silly noise.

Plaster of Paris

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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 30, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/775 "2007-01-30T15:11:31Z")

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Plaster of Paris: “Hold still, bitch!”

Nicole Richie.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/776 "2007-01-30T15:18:32Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Plaster of Paris: “Hold still, bitch!”

Nicole Richie.  
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She does WHAT?

Hollywood Squares

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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 30, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/777 "2007-01-30T17:02:00Z")

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_Hollywood Squares_: Fading celebrities appear.

Paul Lynde.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/778 "2007-01-30T17:16:42Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
_Hollywood Squares_: Fading celebrities appear.

Paul Lynde.  
[/QUOTE]

Center Closet Square

Secretariat

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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 30, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/779 "2007-01-30T17:23:56Z")

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Secretariat: Horse or UN?

Barbaro.

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**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:** [January 30, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/780 "2007-01-30T17:41:45Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Secretariat: Horse or UN?

Barbaro.  
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Barbaro Brand Glue™

Next: Broke

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