# 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:** 35
**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 10, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/681 "2007-12-10T04:12:48Z")
described less confusingly medispeak ---
**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 10, 2007, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/682 "2007-12-10T05:17:03Z")
Medispeak: Doctors, nurses chatting. The ICU. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/683 "2007-12-10T17:30:35Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] The ICU. [/QUOTE] Anxiety, alarms, adrenaline. OR My previous job. bifocals ---
**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 10, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/684 "2007-12-10T19:07:08Z")
Bifocals: Ben Franklin invented. Flying a kite in a thunderstorm with a key dangling (apocryphally). ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/685 "2007-12-10T19:28:12Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Flying a kite in a thunderstorm with a key dangling (apocryphally). [/QUOTE] Insanely, ludicrously stupid. eye candy ---
**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 10, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/686 "2007-12-10T19:29:59Z")
Eye candy: **eleanorigby** surely is. The Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Ryle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@Mark\_Ryle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Ryle)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/687 "2007-12-10T20:54:05Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] The Beatles. [/QUOTE] Eleanor Rigby by: Eleanor of Aquitaine ---
**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 10, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/688 "2007-12-10T21:00:22Z")
Eleanor of Aquitaine: Richard Lionheart’s mom. The Crusades. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/689 "2007-12-10T21:06:22Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] The Crusades. [/QUOTE] Violent religious war. Viagra. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/690 "2007-12-10T21:17:32Z")
[QUOTE=Stauderhorse] Viagra. [/QUOTE] Endorsed by Dole. Pineapple ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/691 "2007-12-10T21:35:42Z")
Tangy Hawaiian treat. Raincoat ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/692 "2007-12-10T21:36:03Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Endorsed by Dole. Pineapple [/QUOTE] Sweet Tropical Fruit nose bleed ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/693 "2007-12-10T23:15:03Z")
Ok, so now I’m going to do raincoat and nosebleed together… Raincoat and nosebleed: dry cleaner’s nightmare. Aw, **Elendil’s Heir** –you made me blush! (and I thought you were a girl…oops!) unexpected compliment ---
**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 11, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/694 "2007-12-11T00:41:46Z")
From Presidential candidate! Systematized descrimination ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/695 "2007-12-11T01:56:00Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] From Presidential candidate! [/QUOTE] Huh? 😕 > [@](#): > > Systematized descrimination Institutionalized racism etc. psychopaths ---
**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 11, 2007, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/696 "2007-12-11T05:25:46Z")
**Elendil’s Heir** is a Democratic candidate, or at least joked about it pretty convincingly a while back. ---
**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 11, 2007, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/697 "2007-12-11T05:42:53Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] **Elendil’s Heir** is a Democratic candidate, or at least joked about it pretty convincingly a while back. [/QUOTE] Quite true, and I still am: [My Presidential campaign - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=422344) And **eleanorigby** , if I were female, I’d be **Elendil’s Heiress** , wouldn’t I? 😉 Psychopaths: Nutjobs’ paved walkways. Arkham Asylum. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/698 "2007-12-11T16:29:20Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Quite true, and I still am: [My Presidential campaign - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=422344) And **eleanorigby** , if I were female, I’d be **Elendil’s Heiress** , wouldn’t I? 😉 Psychopaths: Nutjobs’ paved walkways. Arkham Asylum. [/QUOTE] The sad thing is last night as I got ready for bed, I suddenly sat up with thought: **Elendil’s Heir** was in my LOTR thread–stoopit Rigby! Arkham Asylum: Graphic Nut House Super Dog! ---
**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 11, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/699 "2007-12-11T17:29:19Z")
Super Dog!: Mine always were. My handsome, sly black cat, Sal, on the occasion of his 14th (or is it 15th?) birthday. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/700 "2007-12-11T19:31:15Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] My handsome, sly black cat, Sal, on the occasion of his 14th (or is it 15th?) birthday. [/QUOTE] Well, I don’t know Sal at all, so this is based on cats in general: Staff felicitations acknowledged. rhinovirus, because I’ve caught a cold, dammit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=36)