# 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:** 32
**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, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/621 "2007-12-06T04:18:25Z")
You wanna try Zen? I think you responded to a “never mind.” ---
**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, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/622 "2007-12-06T04:36:40Z")
Yup, that was a “never mind”. Sorry. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2007, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/623 "2007-12-06T04:45:48Z")
Shakespeare: English Renaissance bard. Dr. Faustus ---
**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 6, 2007, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/624 "2007-12-06T05:39:01Z")
Dr. Faustus: Needed wiser counsel. “Wolfie” Mozart. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/625 "2007-12-06T05:45:08Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] “Wolfie” Mozart. [/QUOTE] Middle name: Gottlieb. Natascha Kampusch’s new talk show. ---
**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 6, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/626 "2007-12-06T05:48:05Z")
[QUOTE=Peak Banana] … Natascha Kampusch’s new talk show. [/QUOTE] Won’t watch it. Don Imus’s new radio program. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2007, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/627 "2007-12-06T06:17:39Z")
Post-racism comeback show. NPR’s “Wait, wait–don’t tell me!” ---
**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, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/628 "2007-12-06T13:03:11Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] You wanna try Zen? I think you responded to a “never mind.” [/QUOTE] :smack: [QUOTE=Scribble] NPR’s “Wait, wait–don’t tell me!” [/QUOTE] Favorite Saturday show windchill. And I’m off to work (no Dope there. Poo) ---
**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 6, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/629 "2007-12-06T15:02:36Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Post-racism comeback show… [/QUOTE] (A reminder: hyphenated phrases count as two words). Windchill: Breezes make colder. The Windy City. ---
**Author:** ![Octalcode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Octalcode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octalcode)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/630 "2007-12-06T15:17:42Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] (A reminder: hyphenated phrases count as two words). Windchill: Breezes make colder. The Windy City. [/QUOTE] Straight Dope Home spork ---
**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 6, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/631 "2007-12-06T15:26:39Z")
Spork: Unholy cutlery, Batman! Batman and Robin. ---
**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, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/632 "2007-12-06T17:11:08Z")
Loaded caped heroes Batmobile ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/633 "2007-12-06T18:33:29Z")
Ambiguously gay autoeroticism Wonder Woman ---
**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 6, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/634 "2007-12-06T18:59:06Z")
Batmobile: 'Way cool wheels. Wonder Woman: 'Way hot superheroine. Comic books. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/635 "2007-12-06T20:17:13Z")
Lowbrow graphic novels. Atomizer ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/636 "2007-12-06T20:38:35Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Atomizer [/QUOTE] It sprays perfume. Since it was skipped: Zen ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/637 "2007-12-06T22:46:40Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Zen [/QUOTE] What the **fuck?** Taoism ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/638 "2007-12-06T22:56:29Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] What the **fuck?** Taoism [/QUOTE] Yin and yang. Roller coaster. ---
**Author:** ![Pixilated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pixilated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixilated)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/639 "2007-12-06T23:12:33Z")
Enjoy the ride! Huggermuggery ---
**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 7, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/640 "2007-12-07T02:26:13Z")
[QUOTE=Pixilated] Huggermuggery [/QUOTE] Please don’t squeeze Whist [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=33)