# 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:** 46
**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, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/901 "2007-12-31T19:43:58Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Eddie, his dad’s dog. [/QUOTE] Ack! I know it’s Crane! :eek: One wealthy canine Daphne Moon ---
**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, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/902 "2007-12-31T19:58:52Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Ack! I know it’s Crane! :eek: One wealthy canine Daphne Moon [/QUOTE] The Virgin Marla 2000 ---
**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, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/903 "2007-12-31T20:05:52Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] 2000 [/QUOTE] Um… 7 years ago? bookstores ---
**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, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/904 "2007-12-31T21:15:38Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Um… 7 years ago?.. [/QUOTE] _Tweeet!_ That’s four words! 😃 Bookstores: Love to visit. The NYT Bestsellers List. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/905 "2007-12-31T21:28:46Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] The NYT Bestsellers List. [/QUOTE] Oprah is gatekeeper. Samurai. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/906 "2007-12-31T22:24:51Z")
Japanese sword wielder. A battleship. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/907 "2007-12-31T23:15:31Z")
[QUOTE=Wargamer] A battleship. [/QUOTE] [Sink the _Bismarck_!](http://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/miscellaneous/bismarck_songs/bismarck_songs.html) The Battle of New Orleans ---
**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, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/908 "2007-12-31T23:50:57Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] The Battle of New Orleans [/QUOTE] Long time ago War of Jenkin’s Ear ---
**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:** [January 1, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/909 "2008-01-01T05:10:09Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] …War of Jenkin’s Ear [/QUOTE] Pretty silly conflict. The 1969 “Soccer War” of El Salvador and Honduras: [Football War - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccer_War) ---
**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:** [January 1, 2008, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/910 "2008-01-01T06:14:01Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Pretty silly conflict. The 1969 “Soccer War” of El Salvador and Honduras: [Football War - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccer_War) [/QUOTE] Rioting gone international Next word: Bourbon SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/911 "2008-01-01T21:05:13Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] Next word: Bourbon [/QUOTE] Big Easy street OR mainly Southern tipple Hogmanay ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/912 "2008-01-01T21:17:58Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Hogmanay [/QUOTE] Auld Year’s Night. Novelty eyeglasses in which the lenses substitute for zeroes in such dates as 2008 ---
**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:** [January 1, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/913 "2008-01-01T21:22:56Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Novelty eyeglasses in which the lenses substitute for zeroes in such dates as 2008 [/QUOTE] Very ephemeral products Rick Prelinger ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/914 "2008-01-01T22:06:58Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] Rick Prelinger [/QUOTE] Industrial film collector. Dr. Kevorkian ---
**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:** [January 2, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/915 "2008-01-02T04:14:27Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] …Dr. Kevorkian [/QUOTE] Didn’t he die? “Dead pools” among family, friends or coworkers. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/916 "2008-01-02T04:31:59Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Didn’t he die? [/QUOTE] Did he? dunno! > [@](#): > > “Dead pools” among family, friends or coworkers. Real life tontines. :eek: Resolutions ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/917 "2008-01-02T14:50:23Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Did he? dunno! Real life tontines. :eek: Resolutions [/QUOTE] Usually broken fast or Annual wishful thinking An IT department that sneaks around on in the middle of the holidays without any warning and “upgrades” your computer. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/918 "2008-01-02T14:51:58Z")
Resolutions: Easily made, forgotten (or) Pointless annual ritual. (Wiki says Dr. Kevorkian is, in fact, still alive. Born in 1928, so he turns 80 this year. Thought I’d read about his death a few months back. Guess I was wrong!) Next phrase: An IT department that sneaks around on in the middle of the holidays without any warning and “upgrades” your computer. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/919 "2008-01-02T20:03:00Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Next phrase: An IT department that sneaks around on in the middle of the holidays without any warning and “upgrades” your computer. [/QUOTE] Stealth computer nerds water coming through my furnace, cascading over wires (repair man coming at 4pm) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/920 "2008-01-02T20:08:05Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] water coming through my furnace, cascading over wires (repair man coming at 4pm) [/QUOTE] Big bill coming. William Howard Taft [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=47)