# 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:** 37
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/721 "2007-12-13T04:00:09Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Antique tobacco accessories bird feeders [/QUOTE] Avian snack machine Car registration ---
**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 13, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/722 "2007-12-13T16:26:36Z")
Car registration: Annoying yearly obligation. License plates. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/723 "2007-12-13T19:12:23Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] License plates. [/QUOTE] Big House product? (do penitentiary’s still make license plates?) Bailiff ---
**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 13, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/724 "2007-12-13T19:16:23Z")
Bailiff: I know many. Courtroom. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/725 "2007-12-13T20:15:08Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Courtroom. [/QUOTE] Justice prevails place Calling off sick when you have no sick days… ☹ ---
**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 13, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/726 "2007-12-13T21:08:09Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] …Calling off sick when you have no sick days… ☹ [/QUOTE] Unpleasant, regrettable situation. Coworkers donating sick time to you, if permitted by your boss (as mine does). ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/727 "2007-12-13T21:16:27Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Big House product? (do penitentiaries still make license plates?) [/QUOTE] [Apparently so.](http://www.jrwald.com/blue/correct/correct.html) [Quote=Elendil’s Heir] Coworkers donating sick time to you, if permitted by your boss (as mine does). [/quote] Abused by hypochondriacs? Baron Munchausen ---
**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 13, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/728 "2007-12-13T21:18:48Z")
_Baron Munchausen_: Disappointing Gilliam flick. Mentally-disturbed moms hurting their kids and lying about it for attention. ---
**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 14, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/729 "2007-12-14T02:51:39Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Mentally-disturbed moms hurting their kids and lying about it for attention. [/QUOTE] Sick twisted (bleep) [Jack Pearl](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0669069/) ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/730 "2007-12-14T02:56:54Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] [Jack Pearl](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0669069/) [/QUOTE] Famous film Munchausen pierced ears ---
**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 14, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/731 "2007-12-14T04:18:15Z")
Pierced ears: Not until teenager. Teen rebellion. ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/732 "2007-12-14T04:49:03Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Pierced ears: Not until teenager. Teen rebellion. [/QUOTE] The Sex Pistols An annoying co-worker who hordes all the work ---
**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 14, 2007, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/733 "2007-12-14T04:58:10Z")
[QUOTE=bannerrefugee] …An annoying co-worker who [hoards] all the work [/QUOTE] Never met him. The TV comedy _The Office_. ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/734 "2007-12-14T05:00:13Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Never met him. The TV comedy _The Office_. [/QUOTE] Those lucky folks (you too) Mice ---
**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 14, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/735 "2007-12-14T05:08:53Z")
Mice: Mouse plus one. Geese. ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/736 "2007-12-14T05:13:58Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Mice: Mouse plus one. Geese. [/QUOTE] Excellent echeloned birds Asia ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/737 "2007-12-14T05:25:50Z")
[QUOTE=bannerrefugee] Excellent echeloned birds Asia [/QUOTE] Chinese Giant Pandas. - Zeppelin\* ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/738 "2007-12-14T05:43:45Z")
Drummer Bonham dead. Ike Turner ---
**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 14, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/739 "2007-12-14T14:17:40Z")
Ike Turner: Troubled, great musician. Tina Turner. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/740 "2007-12-14T14:23:30Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Tina Turner. [/QUOTE] Great gams: insured! Lizzie Borden [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=38)