# 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:** 31
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/601 "2007-12-05T16:23:50Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Holiday shopping. [/QUOTE] Unnecessary if regifting! hangnail ---
**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:** [December 5, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/602 "2007-12-05T19:00:35Z")
Poor hygiene result. Excuses ---
**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:** [December 5, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/603 "2007-12-05T19:50:28Z")
Excuses: Everyone has them. :rolleyes: Being tired of others’ lame excuses for incompetence, failure to plan, forgetfulness, and idiocy. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/604 "2007-12-05T19:57:15Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Being tired of others’ lame excuses for incompetence, failure to plan, forgetfulness, and idiocy. [/QUOTE] Hmmm. Can’t decide: Impatience with incompetence or impatience with irresponsibility. how about: Just Fed Up. How much I like doing this and now I’m wondering if this thread will go on forever and need a “sticky” or whatever it is that makes a thread permanent… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/605 "2007-12-05T20:11:05Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] How much I like doing this and now I’m wondering if this thread will go on forever and need a “sticky” or whatever it is that makes a thread permanent… [/QUOTE] Baiting the moderators? 😉 The “everything in moderation” concept ---
**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:** [December 5, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/606 "2007-12-05T20:12:01Z")
Everything in moderation: Some Greeks practiced. The Thermopylae epigraph: “Tell them in Sparta, passerby, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.” ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/607 "2007-12-05T20:21:08Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] The Thermopylae epigraph: “Tell them in Sparta, passerby, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.” [/QUOTE] Jeepers. um, ok–here ya go: Brave warriors’ graves If we must go Greek… Oedipus Rex ---
**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:** [December 5, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/608 "2007-12-05T20:33:28Z")
Oedipus Rex: Really loved Mom. The Sphinx. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/609 "2007-12-05T21:07:41Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] The Sphinx. [/QUOTE] Mysterious lion girl. Google. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/610 "2007-12-05T21:29:27Z")
[QUOTE=Stauderhorse] Google. [/QUOTE] search engine extraordinaire driving lessons (car) ---
**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:** [December 5, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/611 "2007-12-05T22:19:04Z")
hang on tight! caps lock ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/612 "2007-12-05T22:22:29Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] caps lock [/QUOTE] OOPS, MY BAD! quiche ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/613 "2007-12-06T01:26:50Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] OOPS, MY BAD! quiche [/QUOTE] Illiterates’ fast sex. I mean: egg, milk, pastry. Lorraine. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/614 "2007-12-06T01:31:17Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Illiterates’ fast sex. I mean: egg, milk, pastry. Lorraine. [/QUOTE] I stared at that for the longest time… :smack: Lorraine: Alsace’s French buddy. scissors ---
**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:** [December 6, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/615 "2007-12-06T01:42:04Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] scissors [/QUOTE] Children, stop running! Piano wire ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/616 "2007-12-06T01:43:06Z")
Nazis’ favorite hangup. baking soda ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/617 "2007-12-06T03:42:30Z")
[QUOTE=The Scrivener] baking soda [/QUOTE] Add vinegar; foam! Sleep ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/618 "2007-12-06T03:59:43Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Add vinegar; foam! Sleep [/QUOTE] Springboard for dreams. Zen. 😉 ---
**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:** [December 6, 2007, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/619 "2007-12-06T04:05:30Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/620 "2007-12-06T04:12:33Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] nm [/QUOTE] nm=normal cubic meters Shakespeare [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=32)