# 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\
**Page:** 45

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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 28, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/881 "2007-12-28T23:51:45Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]

IRS Form 1040EZ.  
[/QUOTE]

Not for me. ☹

IRS audit

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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 29, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/882 "2007-12-29T05:49:42Z")

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[QUOTE=eleanorigby]  
…IRS audit  
[/QUOTE]

No damn fun.

Double-entry bookkeeping.

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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 29, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/883 "2007-12-29T15:23:31Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]

Double-entry bookkeeping.  
[/QUOTE]

Fun for accountants!

reluctance to do something that I should have done some time ago, but have put off for almost too long (school related)…

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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 29, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/884 "2007-12-29T17:33:29Z")

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[QUOTE=eleanorigby]  
…reluctance to do something that I should have done some time ago, but have put off for almost too long (school related)…  
[/QUOTE]

Ask for extension?

Procrastination.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/885 "2007-12-29T17:36:31Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Ask for extension?

Procrastination.  
[/QUOTE]

Keep Putting Off.

Charlie Sheen

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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 29, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/886 "2007-12-29T19:00:49Z")

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[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas]

Charlie Sheen  
[/QUOTE]

Martin’s famous son

Yellow submarine

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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 29, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/887 "2007-12-29T21:19:05Z")

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[QUOTE=eleanorigby]  
Yellow submarine  
[/QUOTE]

[Large Liverpool sculpture.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Submarine_%28Liverpool%29)

Subway spokesman Jared Fogle

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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 30, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/888 "2007-12-30T01:37:20Z")

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Annoyingly omnipresent everypitchman.

The _hoi polloi_.

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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 30, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/889 "2007-12-30T01:42:07Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]

The _hoi polloi_.  
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The teeming millions.

The yellow sub is very cool, btw.

guillotine

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**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/890 "2007-12-30T03:26:53Z")

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[QUOTE=eleanorigby]  
The teeming millions.

The yellow sub is very cool, btw.

guillotine  
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Infomercial Head Hacker  
Gospel  
SSG Schwartz

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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 30, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/891 "2007-12-30T05:48:48Z")

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Gospel: New Testament stuff.

SSG Schwartz: Cool military Doper.

The Pentagon.

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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 30, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/892 "2007-12-30T05:49:26Z")

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[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz]

Gospel

[/QUOTE]

The Good News!

puppies

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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 30, 2007, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/893 "2007-12-30T06:05:25Z")

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Puppies: Adorable, furry, unhousebroken.

The Pentagon.

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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 30, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/894 "2007-12-30T20:01:31Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]

The Pentagon.  
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Military-Industrial complex OR

five sided shape  
parallel parking (teaching teen)

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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 31, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/895 "2007-12-31T01:03:03Z")

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[QUOTE=eleanorigby]  
…parallel parking (teaching teen)  
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Causes gray hairs.

Reconciling yourself to aging.

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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 31, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/896 "2007-12-31T01:32:04Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]

Reconciling yourself to aging.  
[/QUOTE]

Hasn’t happened yet.

or

necessary post driving-lesson…

New England Patriots

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**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/897 "2007-12-31T04:36:10Z")

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[QUOTE=eleanorigby]  
New England Patriots  
[/QUOTE]  
Miami without champagne.  
Elvis Presley.

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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 31, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/898 "2007-12-31T05:05:33Z")

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[QUOTE=jackelope]

Elvis Presley.  
[/QUOTE]

Hide those hips!

Frasier Krane

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/899 "2007-12-31T13:30:57Z")

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[QUOTE=eleanorigby]  
Hide those hips!

Frasier Krane  
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Nitpick: It’s CRANE.

Niles Crane.

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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 31, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/900 "2007-12-31T15:37:15Z")

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Niles Crane: Effete, cultured, hilarious.

Eddie, his dad’s dog.

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