# 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:** 62
**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 26, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1221 "2007-02-26T13:34:24Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Maceo Parker: Funk/jazz saxophonist. The saxophone. [/QUOTE] Lisa Simpson solo Treehouse of Horror ---
**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 26, 2007, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1222 "2007-02-26T14:15:55Z")
Treehouse of Horror: lazy Simpsons reruns crayons ---
**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 26, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1223 "2007-02-26T14:27:07Z")
Crayons: Waxy fun sticks. _The House of Wax._ ---
**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 26, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1224 "2007-02-26T14:38:10Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] _The House of Wax._ [/QUOTE] Vincent Price classic. Next: Outhouse ---
**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 26, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1225 "2007-02-26T14:49:21Z")
Outhouse: Why half-moons? [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_382.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_382.html) Lunar eclipse. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1226 "2007-02-26T17:09:14Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Outhouse: Why half-moons? [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_382.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_382.html) Lunar eclipse. [/QUOTE] Not being mooned. Pissant ---
**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 26, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1227 "2007-02-26T17:16:17Z")
Pissant: Common redneck insult. _Mississippi Burning._ ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1228 "2007-02-27T04:16:37Z")
Freedom Riders Afire \*\* Tor\*\* ---
**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 27, 2007, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1229 "2007-02-27T06:55:18Z")
Tor: Rock, fish, actor? Huge bald actors. ---
**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 27, 2007, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1230 "2007-02-27T07:16:03Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Huge bald actors. [/QUOTE] [This guy’s one](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003817/) Brian Stokes Mitchell ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1231 "2007-02-27T07:38:34Z")
Baritone Broadway Singer next: Monty Python ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1232 "2007-02-27T12:07:23Z")
[ot]Tor Coworker’s new son. Seriously – one of my coworkers (Doperrific to his fingertips, great guy) and his wife had a baby Sunday morning – who was born in their bathroom, with Dad catching – and named him Tor. My first thought was Ed Wood’s pal. [/ot] [QUOTE=LVgeogeek] Monty Python [/QUOTE] Pining for fjords. Fjords. ---
**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 27, 2007, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1233 "2007-02-27T12:14:44Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Fjords. [/QUOTE] Narrow sea inlets. Paisley ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1234 "2007-02-27T13:29:33Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Narrow sea inlets. Paisley [/QUOTE] Sixties Sperm Pattern **Catatonic.** ---
**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 27, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1235 "2007-02-27T13:47:49Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] **Catatonic.** [/QUOTE] Feline Extract Elixer. Next: Snake Oil ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1236 "2007-02-27T13:53:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Snake Oil Imagine it works **Banana** ---
**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 27, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1237 "2007-02-27T14:03:46Z")
[QUOTE=The Librarian] Imagine it works **Banana** [/QUOTE] Yellow peel fruit Chutzpah ---
**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 27, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1238 "2007-02-27T19:06:31Z")
Chutzpah: “…all the noive!” Yiddish. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1239 "2007-02-27T23:30:48Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Yiddish. [/QUOTE] [Leo Rosten’s love.](http://www.amazon.com/Joys-Yiddish-Leo-Rosten/dp/067172813X) _ **kvetch** _ ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439/1240 "2007-02-28T01:59:22Z")
( A [Tor](http://www.mountains-snowandrock.org.uk/images/HighWilhayes-YesTor.jpg) is a rocky rise frequently found in the British Isles. Pictured is Yes Tor. ) Yiddish for whine. Next: **Temporal** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439.md?page=61) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/387439.md?page=63)