# Describe it in three words **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 14, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384 "2007-11-14T17:06:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/321 "2007-11-20T20:47:42Z")
[QUOTE=Drain Bead] Ohio [/QUOTE] My native state. Bob Hope ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/322 "2007-11-20T20:48:08Z")
[QUOTE=Drain Bead] Slow stinky death. Ohio [/QUOTE] Has three vowels. Mississippi. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/323 "2007-11-20T21:04:25Z")
Bob Hope: Shared by fishermen. Mississippi: The Lisp State The Big Tuna ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/324 "2007-11-20T21:37:57Z")
Big, hairy, fishy Three-word response ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/325 "2007-11-20T21:39:40Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] Three-word response [/QUOTE] Really fun game. Macy’s parade ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/326 "2007-11-20T21:41:00Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Macy’s parade [/QUOTE] Thanksgiving Day tradition. Nostalgia ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/327 "2007-11-20T21:51:07Z")
[QUOTE=Indistinguishable] Nostalgia [/QUOTE] Remembering idealized past. _The Twilight Zone_ ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/328 "2007-11-20T21:51:36Z")
[QUOTE=Indistinguishable] Nostalgia [/QUOTE] affectionate shared reminiscences Hercule Poirot ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/329 "2007-11-20T22:23:13Z")
The Twilight Zone: Dimension of mind Hercule Poirot: Probably French, right? Europe ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/330 "2007-11-20T22:26:56Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] Europe [/QUOTE] wealthy nation group U-bend ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/331 "2007-11-20T22:32:25Z")
Nazi rubber band Postcard ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/332 "2007-11-20T22:34:33Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] Nazi rubber band Postcard [/QUOTE] gloating from paradise milkshake ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/333 "2007-11-20T22:46:08Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] milkshake [/QUOTE] Melty, shaken goodness Pillsbury dough boy (no fair using this as the description!) ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/334 "2007-11-20T22:49:59Z")
Saccharine giggle shill. Clipboard. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/335 "2007-11-20T23:15:34Z")
[QUOTE=fisha] Clipboard. [/QUOTE] Portable memory device. nurse ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/336 "2007-11-20T23:18:06Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Portable memory device. nurse [/QUOTE] Hands-on health worker. AIDS. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/337 "2007-11-20T23:32:49Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] Hands-on health worker. AIDS. [/QUOTE] T cell destroyer Osama Ben Laden ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/338 "2007-11-20T23:54:06Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] T cell destroyer Osama Ben Laden [/QUOTE] Tall, skinny madman. **International Date Line.** ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/339 "2007-11-21T00:51:19Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] **International Date Line.** [/QUOTE] international date line twyndyllyngs ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/340 "2007-11-21T01:12:00Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] international date line [/QUOTE] No fair. > [@](#): > > twyndyllyngs no vowel word sudoku [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=18)