# Describe it in three words **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 56
**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:** [February 12, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1101 "2007-02-12T21:58:33Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Reorg. [/QUOTE] Maintains SQL indices. Uncontrolled fusion reactions ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1102 "2007-02-12T22:45:25Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Uncontrolled fusion reactions [/QUOTE] Hydrogen bombs’ power. **Grenada** (which **twickster** is 0-for-2 in attempting to describe) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1103 "2007-02-12T23:15:53Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Hydrogen bombs’ power. **Grenada** (which **twickster** is 0-for-2 in attempting to describe) [/QUOTE] Former British colony. **Mosaic.** ---
**Author:** ![bumfuzzled](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@bumfuzzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bumfuzzled)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1104 "2007-02-12T23:38:52Z")
little tiles picture spoon ---
**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1105 "2007-02-13T00:09:58Z")
[QUOTE=bumfuzzled] little tiles picture spoon [/QUOTE] Spoon: Cuddling my sweetie toenail ---
**Author:** ![bumfuzzled](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@bumfuzzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bumfuzzled)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1106 "2007-02-13T00:56:07Z")
homes for dermatophytes [sp?] dishwasher ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1107 "2007-02-13T01:29:15Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] **Grenada** (which **twickster** is 0-for-2 in attempting to describe) [/QUOTE] Yanno, _anyone_ can look stuff up. It takes chutzpah to go ahead – after being publicly embarrassed once – and not look something up _twice_. > [@](#): > > dishwasher Restaurant’s low man. **Chutzpah** ---
**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:** [February 13, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1108 "2007-02-13T03:11:50Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] **Chutzpah** [/QUOTE] Highly unmerited bravado. Leonard Sillman ---
**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:** [February 13, 2007, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1109 "2007-02-13T03:32:33Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] Leonard Sillman [/QUOTE] “New Faces” producer. Amitabh Bachchan. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2007, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1110 "2007-02-13T04:56:55Z")
Amitabh Bachchan: Never met him. Fort Sumter flag. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1111 "2007-02-13T11:06:09Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Yanno, _anyone_ can look stuff up. It takes chutzpah to go ahead – after being publicly embarrassed once – and not look something up _twice_. [/QUOTE] (hangs head in shame) ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1112 "2007-02-13T13:31:05Z")
Fort Sumter flag: north versus south Kiowa ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1113 "2007-02-13T13:40:55Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] (hangs head in shame) [/QUOTE] Why should you be embarrassed? I’m the one who made an ass of myself … twice… > [@](#): > > Kiowa Southern Plains tribe. Prairie ---
**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:** [February 13, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1114 "2007-02-13T13:41:52Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Prairie [/QUOTE] Big flat grassland Guarana ---
**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:** [February 13, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1115 "2007-02-13T13:52:20Z")
Brazillan soft drinks Gazillion ---
**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:** [February 13, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1116 "2007-02-13T14:00:13Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Gazillion [/QUOTE] Umpteen bizillion quadrillion! Artificial flavoring ---
**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:** [February 13, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1117 "2007-02-13T14:57:43Z")
Artificial flavoring: Just plain unnatural. Orange Crush. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1118 "2007-02-13T15:02:05Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Orange Crush. [/QUOTE] Great with Vodka! Next: France ---
**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:** [February 13, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1119 "2007-02-13T15:04:06Z")
France: Franklin wooed it. Benjamin Franklin. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1120 "2007-02-13T15:16:39Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] France: Franklin wooed it. Benjamin Franklin. [/QUOTE] Wore cool eyeglasses John Lennon [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439.md?page=55) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439.md?page=57)