# 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:** 60
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1181 "2008-02-02T02:39:16Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Overdrafts. [/QUOTE] Fact of life? OR Frequent credit tanker spinal anesthesia ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1182 "2008-02-02T02:47:24Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] spinal anesthesia [/QUOTE] Crummy Band Wannabes. Caviar ---
**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:** [February 2, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1183 "2008-02-02T02:53:02Z")
Expensive fish eggs Pressure cookers ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1184 "2008-02-02T02:56:40Z")
too late ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1185 "2008-02-02T03:02:05Z")
Pressure cooker Make loud noises or Super good chicken Russian life expectancies ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1186 "2008-02-02T03:24:12Z")
[QUOTE=bannerrefugee] Russian life expectancies [/QUOTE] Women outlive men Fondue set ---
**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:** [February 2, 2008, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1187 "2008-02-02T05:14:26Z")
Now they’re passé. Sharpies ---
**Author:** ![Brink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de053/32.png) [@Brink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brink)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1188 "2008-02-02T09:04:51Z")
Sharpies = Prank: ‘Black Highlighters’ Chop Sticks ---
**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:** [February 2, 2008, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1189 "2008-02-02T09:08:39Z")
Basic piano piece Or East Asian utensils Cleaver ---
**Author:** ![Paragod22510](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b5ac83/32.png) [@Paragod22510](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paragod22510)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1190 "2008-02-02T18:38:24Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Basic piano piece Or East Asian utensils Cleaver [/QUOTE] Beaver’s Last Name Ward ---
**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:** [February 2, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1191 "2008-02-02T18:56:20Z")
[QUOTE=Paragod22510] Beaver’s Last Name Ward [/QUOTE] Hard on Beaver Snicker ---
**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:** [February 2, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1192 "2008-02-02T23:51:34Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Snicker [/QUOTE] Snideness or snack? U-Matic ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1193 "2008-02-03T00:39:38Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] U-Matic [/QUOTE] Permission to explode. Ghoul ---
**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:** [February 3, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1194 "2008-02-03T04:48:58Z")
Ghoul: Scary undead visitor. Oscar Wilde’s _The Canterville Ghost_. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1195 "2008-02-03T23:08:24Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Oscar Wilde’s _The Canterville Ghost_. [/QUOTE] Totally unscary revenant. Hydrofluoric acid ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1196 "2008-02-03T23:57:55Z")
[QUOTE=JoseB] Hydrofluoric acid [/QUOTE] Capable glass dissolver catalytic convertor ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1197 "2008-02-04T01:05:20Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] catalytic convertor [/QUOTE] Keeps air cleaner. Unleaded gasoline. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1198 "2008-02-04T01:24:02Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Unleaded gasoline. [/QUOTE] Gas without lead. (I got nothing) OR Three grades available Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1199 "2008-02-04T04:17:03Z")
Superbowl halftime show. Tweezers ---
**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:** [February 4, 2008, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1200 "2008-02-04T05:35:08Z")
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