# Describe it in three words

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/761 "2007-12-16T00:56:20Z")

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[QUOTE=Governor Quinn]  
Need more cyanide  
[/QUOTE]

I wish!

> [@](#):
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> The Texas Company

Texaco, now Chevron

Put a Tiger in your tank!

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**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 16, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/762 "2007-12-16T21:31:07Z")

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[QUOTE=eleanorigby]  
…Put a Tiger in your tank!  
[/QUOTE]

Good Panzer advice.

_Blitzkrieg._

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**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/763 "2007-12-16T21:39:38Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]

_Blitzkrieg._  
[/QUOTE]

bombardment! troops! Stat!

Robert Frost’s “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening”

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**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 16, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/764 "2007-12-16T21:45:32Z")

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[QUOTE=eleanorigby]  
…Robert Frost’s “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening”  
[/QUOTE]

RFK often quoted.

Bobby Kennedy.

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**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/765 "2007-12-16T22:46:51Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]

Bobby Kennedy.  
[/QUOTE]

Dead little brother.

(RFK? Robert Frost King? Kennedy? I’m confused)

lasagne

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**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 16, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/766 "2007-12-16T23:10:03Z")

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[QUOTE=eleanorigby]

lasagne  
[/QUOTE]

lasagna in duplicate

Harry Harrison

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**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/767 "2007-12-16T23:12:37Z")

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[QUOTE=Governor Quinn]  
lasagna in duplicate

Harry Harrison  
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:smack: No wonder spellcheck keeps underlining the damned word…  
Harry Harrison: Stainless Steel Rat (never read it, wiki’ed it)

North Yorkshire

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**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 17, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/768 "2007-12-17T15:46:47Z")

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North Yorkshire: Heard it’s bleak.

Patrick Stewart.

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**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/769 "2007-12-17T16:09:37Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]

Patrick Stewart.  
[/QUOTE]

Make it so!

Dilithium crystals

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**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 17, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/770 "2007-12-17T16:24:03Z")

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Warp core sparkplugs

furries

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**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 17, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/771 "2007-12-17T16:50:05Z")

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Furries: They baffle me.

Baffle plates on an old _Antares_-class star cruiser.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/772 "2007-12-17T19:18:59Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Baffle plates on an old _Antares_-class star cruiser.  
[/QUOTE]

[Crucial propulsion components.](http://www.captainmike.org/Galactopedia/b1.html)

Charles Evans Hughes

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/773 "2007-12-17T19:31:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel]  
Charles Evans Hughes  
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Busy old politician.

Pee Wee Herman

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**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 17, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/774 "2007-12-17T19:55:18Z")

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Pee Wee Herman: Beware Large Marge!

Masturbating in a porno theater and getting busted by a vice cop.

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**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/775 "2007-12-17T20:21:51Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Pee Wee Herman: Beware Large Marge!

Masturbating in a porno theater and getting busted by a vice cop.  
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indecent public exposure

Rolodex (really exiting, eh?)

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/776 "2007-12-17T20:44:44Z")

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[QUOTE=LVgeogeek]  
Rolodex  
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Personal analog assistant.

Dexy’s Midnight Runners

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/777 "2007-12-17T21:05:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel]  
Personal analog assistant.

Dexy’s Midnight Runners  
[/QUOTE]

Come on Eileen.

Black Sabbath

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**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 17, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/778 "2007-12-17T21:19:52Z")

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Black Sabbath: Profane worship ritual.

Pope Benedict XVI.

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/779 "2007-12-17T22:07:03Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Pope Benedict XVI.  
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Godwin’s Law Pope

Cluricaun

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**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/780 "2007-12-17T23:27:42Z")

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[QUOTE=Cluricaun]

Cluricaun  
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Surly, drunken leprechaun

Maxfield Parrish

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