# 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:** 25
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/481 "2007-11-27T14:56:21Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] _Charley’s Aunt._ [/QUOTE] Undergrads’ “unchaperoned” luncheon (hee) pthlates ---
**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 27, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/482 "2007-11-27T16:48:18Z")
Pthlates: Disgruntled Pilates customers. Pilates. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/483 "2007-11-27T17:08:35Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Pilates. [/QUOTE] You misspelled _Pirates_. 😉 Next: Johnny Depp ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/484 "2007-11-27T18:15:39Z")
Dude wearing eyeliner. River Phoenix ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/485 "2007-11-27T18:19:13Z")
[QUOTE=Drain Bead] Dude wearing eyeliner. River Phoenix [/QUOTE] Dessicated dead body (his real name was River Bottom–good god.) pthlates are plastics, btw. robot ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/486 "2007-11-27T19:46:25Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] robot [/QUOTE] Word [Čapek](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_%C4%8Capek) popularized. Czech Republic ---
**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 27, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/487 "2007-11-27T21:06:06Z")
Czech Republic: Former Czechoslovakian portion. Vaclav Havel. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/488 "2007-11-27T21:52:36Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Vaclav Havel. [/QUOTE] God Bless You! Vaclav Havel: political Czech writer Melville Dewey ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/489 "2007-11-27T23:12:04Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Melville Dewey [/QUOTE] Spelling reformer, [womanizer.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melville_Dewey) Winter Olympics ---
**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:** [November 28, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/490 "2007-11-28T01:12:22Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Winter Olympics [/QUOTE] Chaos on ice Sabena Flight 548 ---
**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 28, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/491 "2007-11-28T02:04:53Z")
Chaos in air? Korean Airlines ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/492 "2007-11-28T02:58:28Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] Korean Airlines [/QUOTE] big blue planes Cutter numbers ---
**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 28, 2007, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/493 "2007-11-28T05:34:25Z")
Cutter numbers: USCG counting system. Alexander Hamilton. ---
**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 28, 2007, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/494 "2007-11-28T05:35:09Z")
Famous dead American. Thomas Jefferson ---
**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 28, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/495 "2007-11-28T05:43:41Z")
Thomas Jefferson: Sally Hemings’s lover? John Adams. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/496 "2007-11-28T13:05:56Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] John Adams. [/QUOTE] Massachusetts’ constitution writer tonsillectomy ---
**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 28, 2007, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/497 "2007-11-28T14:10:02Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] …tonsillectomy [/QUOTE] Ice cream afterwards! Ben & Jerry’s. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/498 "2007-11-28T15:09:23Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Ben & Jerry’s. [/QUOTE] Hippy sell outs. Next: “Working from home” ---
**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 28, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/499 "2007-11-28T18:03:44Z")
(Sad but true about Ben & Jerry’s, I must admit). Working from home: Really short commute. Day care. ---
**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 28, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/500 "2007-11-28T18:16:20Z")
Ben and Jerry? Sellouts? Really? Seems to me like they haven’t compromised their art for commerical viability–the ice cream is still high-quality, and (generally) still the most creative product in the frozen section (interesting flavor combinations, etc). Day care: Drop-off parenting 😉 Maternity leave [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=26)