# 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:** 43
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/841 "2007-12-21T21:03:52Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Nelson Rockefeller. [/QUOTE] Died getting laid. Arlo Guthrie ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/842 "2007-12-22T05:45:04Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Died getting laid. Arlo Guthrie [/QUOTE] Dad was great Egg nog ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/843 "2007-12-22T07:20:51Z")
Better when homemade jingle bells ---
**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 22, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/844 "2007-12-22T17:44:16Z")
Jingle bells: Happy seasonal sound. Your own personal “happy place.” ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/845 "2007-12-22T20:59:58Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Your own personal “happy place.” [/QUOTE] God only knows what you mean by that ( 🙂 ), but I actually have a happy place. It was given to me when I became a distance education student for grad school. They refer to it as “your happy place” and for a long time, it featured a smiley emoticon. Here ya go: Student home page. Tides ---
**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 22, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/846 "2007-12-22T22:44:44Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Tides [/QUOTE] Affected by Moon Sen. Joseph Montoya (D-NM, 1964-1977) ---
**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 23, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/847 "2007-12-23T01:40:47Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] …Sen. Joseph Montoya (D-NM, 1964-1977) [/QUOTE] Richardson may emulate. The New Hampshire primary. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/848 "2007-12-23T02:04:46Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] The New Hampshire primary. [/QUOTE] Comes too soon? whirlygigs ---
**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 23, 2007, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/849 "2007-12-23T07:36:52Z")
backstroking pond bugs ceti eels ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/850 "2007-12-23T16:32:50Z")
[QUOTE=Enola Straight] ceti eels [/QUOTE] surviving indigenous lifeform. blizzard conditions ---
**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 23, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/851 "2007-12-23T17:23:10Z")
Blizzard conditions: Had 'em already. A white, snowy, Currier-and-Ives Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/852 "2007-12-24T02:16:18Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] A white, snowy, Currier-and-Ives Christmas. [/QUOTE] Victorian sentimental tosh. (wish we had it here–we HAD it, but it all melted in the rain and 50 degree temps last week…). ☹ fondue ---
**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 24, 2007, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/853 "2007-12-24T03:39:07Z")
Fondue: Hot cheesy deliciousness. Dropping your piece of bread in the fondue. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/854 "2007-12-24T17:04:13Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Dropping your piece of bread in the fondue. [/QUOTE] That’s a foul. Sasquatch. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/855 "2007-12-24T17:06:19Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Sasquatch. [/QUOTE] Now selling jerky! urban myths ---
**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 24, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/856 "2007-12-24T18:06:11Z")
Urban myths: Brunvand’s literary specialty. Campfire scary stories. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/857 "2007-12-24T20:06:03Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Campfire scary stories. [/QUOTE] Summer night’s fun ---
**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 24, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/858 "2007-12-24T21:16:04Z")
Now you gotta suggest something we can describe in three words! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/859 "2007-12-24T22:31:50Z")
:smack: Sorry, am distracted today for some reason… 🙂 Harold Pinter ---
**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 25, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/860 "2007-12-25T00:09:33Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Harold Pinter [/QUOTE] Eminent British playwright Sir Arthur Wing Pinero [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=44)