# 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:** 19
**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, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/361 "2007-11-21T20:32:17Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] sterling silver [/QUOTE] Ok, I’ll play by myself… nice place setter lonely ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/362 "2007-11-21T20:41:52Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] lonely [/QUOTE] Heartbreak Hotel’s street. Colonel Tom Parker ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/363 "2007-11-21T20:46:37Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Heartbreak Hotel’s street. Colonel Tom Parker [/QUOTE] Elvis’s Dutch pimp Anna Nicole Smith ---
**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, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/364 "2007-11-21T21:09:09Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Anna Nicole Smith [/QUOTE] Tom Parker was Dutch? Anna Nicole Smith: dead tabloid blonde Thanksgiving dinner ---
**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:** [November 21, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/365 "2007-11-21T22:03:47Z")
Thanksgiving dinner: More pie, please! Norman Rockwell. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/366 "2007-11-21T22:35:54Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Norman Rockwell. [/QUOTE] Magazine cover illustrator. The Four Freedoms ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/367 "2007-11-21T22:43:11Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Magazine cover illustrator. The Four Freedoms [/QUOTE] FDR’s lofty goals. Axis of Evil. ---
**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 21, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/368 "2007-11-21T23:03:49Z")
Executive, judicial, legislative. Government ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/369 "2007-11-22T01:01:22Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] Government [/QUOTE] multiple bureaucratic layers pumpkin bread ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/370 "2007-11-22T01:42:30Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] multiple bureaucratic layers pumpkin bread [/QUOTE] Me no like. David Sedaris ---
**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 22, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/371 "2007-11-22T01:57:20Z")
Never read him. Donald Byrd ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/372 "2007-11-22T02:14:45Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] Donald Byrd [/QUOTE] famous(?) blues trumpeter. David Sedaris: funniest homosexual alive (sorry I went out of order, but I love him) cubic zirconium ---
**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 22, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/373 "2007-11-22T02:19:53Z")
Hey, you knew him! He’s done jazz too, and I thought you hated jazz so I figured you’d say something nasty about him. Anyway… Lustrous transition metal. metal ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/374 "2007-11-22T02:34:39Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] metal [/QUOTE] Well, hate’s a strong word. Doesn’t appeal is better. I confess googled him. metal: malleable electricity conductor sleet ---
**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 22, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/375 "2007-11-22T02:43:32Z")
somewhere else’s weather microclimate ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/376 "2007-11-22T02:45:07Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] microclimate [/QUOTE] My kitchen tomorrow. caterpillar ---
**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 22, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/377 "2007-11-22T02:53:55Z")
Too many legs. seriousness ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/378 "2007-11-22T02:58:59Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] seriousness [/QUOTE] Awkward grammatical form. ennui ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/379 "2007-11-22T04:13:35Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Awkward grammatical form. ennui [/QUOTE] Boredom from disinterest. Grunion. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/380 "2007-11-22T04:15:46Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Grunion. [/QUOTE] Small teleost fish groynes [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=20)