# 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:** 53
**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 14, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1041 "2008-01-14T04:01:00Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] …carpal tunnel [/QUOTE] Common Doper malady? Universal health insurance. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1042 "2008-01-14T04:03:23Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Universal health insurance. [/QUOTE] American’s Impossible Dream Ralph Crandon ---
**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 14, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1043 "2008-01-14T14:31:26Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] …Ralph Crandon [/QUOTE] Dunno… who dat? Ralph Kramden. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1044 "2008-01-14T15:12:29Z")
Alice’s unhappy husband Jackie Gleason ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1045 "2008-01-14T15:26:54Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Jackie Gleason [/QUOTE] :smack: :smack: :smack: I swear I’m losing my brain–not my mind, my brain. Jackie Gleason: “…to the moon!” demyelinating sheath ---
**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 14, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1046 "2008-01-14T15:55:38Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] …demyelinating sheath [/QUOTE] Ribbed for pleasure? Condoms. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1047 "2008-01-14T16:18:56Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Ribbed for pleasure? [/QUOTE] Um…not so much. 😕😉 > [@](#): > > Condoms. Teen’s best friend. OR Raincoat for Johnson OR Saran wrapper extraodinaire OR Personal beef “Wellington” hangnail ---
**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:** [January 14, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1048 "2008-01-14T18:04:32Z")
irritating finger malady Lorenzo’s Oil ---
**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 14, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1049 "2008-01-14T20:51:16Z")
[QUOTE=Enola Straight] … Lorenzo’s Oil [/QUOTE] Helps sick kids or Irritating Sarandon flick _Bull Durham_ ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1050 "2008-01-14T21:31:21Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] _Bull Durham_ [/QUOTE] Great baseball film OR oral cancer causer Le Creuset cookware ---
**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 14, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1051 "2008-01-14T23:26:08Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] …Le Creuset cookware [/QUOTE] Ooooh, that’s pricey. An eight-course meal with three bottles of wine at the finest restaurant in Paris. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1052 "2008-01-14T23:38:23Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] An eight-course meal with three bottles of wine at the finest restaurant in Paris. [/QUOTE] My dream date OR liver crisis coming!( une maladie du foie vient!) mussels slathered in garlic butter (the best meal I ever had in Paris) ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1053 "2008-01-15T04:49:11Z")
Delicious but fattening. Clams on the half shell ---
**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 15, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1054 "2008-01-15T14:34:04Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] …Clams on the half shell [/QUOTE] Occasional seafood treat. Food poisoning. ---
**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 15, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1055 "2008-01-15T19:35:57Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Food poisoning. [/QUOTE] Botulism is entertaining. James J. “Jimmy” Walker ---
**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:** [January 15, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1056 "2008-01-15T20:46:21Z")
DY-NO-MITE! Candiru Fish ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1057 "2008-01-15T20:48:58Z")
[QUOTE=Enola Straight] Candiru Fish [/QUOTE] parasitic freshwater fish (I like Wikipedia) electronic chess ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1058 "2008-01-15T21:27:46Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] electronic chess [/QUOTE] Can be annoying or Game for Geeks MGV’s Pharmacy College ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1059 "2008-01-15T21:59:15Z")
[QUOTE=bannerrefugee] MGV’s Pharmacy College [/QUOTE] Trains India’s druggists. Soda fountains ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1060 "2008-01-15T22:12:03Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Soda fountains [/QUOTE] Sugar water dispensers Gemutlich [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=54)