# 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:** 66
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1301 "2008-02-14T15:27:45Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] NPR’s _Car Talk_ program. [/QUOTE] Affords automotive advice Steal your face ---
**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 14, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1302 "2008-02-14T15:36:01Z")
Grateful Dead album Or Steal Your Face Or Really crappy sound Aging hippies ---
**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:** [February 14, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1303 "2008-02-14T16:41:56Z")
Right-on! Groovy! popping zits ---
**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 14, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1304 "2008-02-14T16:52:33Z")
[QUOTE=Enola Straight] …popping zits [/QUOTE] Unpleasant teen ritual. The comic strip _Zits_. ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1305 "2008-02-14T17:09:10Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] The comic strip _Zits_. [/QUOTE] Syrupy syndicated strip Bicycle spoke ---
**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 14, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1306 "2008-02-14T17:11:02Z")
What’d it say? (Sorry–couldn’t resist.) Or Wheel shock absorber Bicycle chain ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1307 "2008-02-14T17:18:17Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Bicycle chain [/QUOTE] Connects cranks, cogs This is spinal tap ---
**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 14, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1308 "2008-02-14T19:05:36Z")
_This is Spinal Tap_: Goes to eleven OR Loud has-beens OR Stonehenge never funnier OR Beware cricket bat OR World’s Loudest Band OR Played USAF dance. Choking on someone else’s vomit. ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1309 "2008-02-14T20:46:48Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Choking on someone else’s vomit. [/QUOTE] Dead drummer’s demise Rodney Dangerfield ---
**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 14, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1310 "2008-02-14T20:50:57Z")
[QUOTE=bannerrefugee] …Rodney Dangerfield [/QUOTE] Got no respect OR Tugged at necktie OR Bug-eyed comedian OR Occasional movie villain OR Star of _Caddyshack_. I’m going to start using Doper memes. First up: Pan-fried semen. ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1311 "2008-02-14T21:47:52Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Pan-fried semen. [/QUOTE] Begin by breading Yak herding techniques ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1312 "2008-02-14T21:55:27Z")
[QUOTE=bannerrefugee] Yak herding techniques [/QUOTE] Llamas? No, lamas! “I burning your dog” ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1313 "2008-02-14T22:01:43Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Llamas? No, lamas! “I burning your dog” [/QUOTE] past ESL poster. Cite! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1314 "2008-02-14T22:54:40Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Cite! [/QUOTE] Consider the source 1920’s style death rays ---
**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 15, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1315 "2008-02-15T04:32:52Z")
passé SDMB meme The loneliness of Valentine’s day when your SO is overseas, and you had to work until 9:15 tonight, anyway. ---
**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 15, 2008, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1316 "2008-02-15T05:19:41Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] …The loneliness of Valentine’s day when your SO is overseas, and you had to work until 9:15 tonight, anyway. [/QUOTE] My sincere sympathies! _Rio_ by Duran Duran. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2008, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1317 "2008-02-15T05:51:49Z")
eighties pop single Penis ensues ---
**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 15, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1318 "2008-02-15T16:30:59Z")
another tired SDMBism Steam ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1319 "2008-02-15T17:30:08Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Steam [/QUOTE] Clearly causes condensation Scowling officemates who make my eyes hurt ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384/1320 "2008-02-15T21:31:45Z")
[QUOTE=bannerrefugee] Scowling officemates who make my eyes hurt [/QUOTE] Maybe they’ll retire. Gold watches [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-it-in-three-words/426384.md?page=67)