# Describe X in Y Words Challenge 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 30, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-x-in-y-words-challenge-2013/657142 "2013-04-30T20:30:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-x-in-y-words-challenge-2013/657142/1 "2013-04-30T20:30:21Z")
I was looking through ancient threads that I’d participated in, back in the day, and found a fun game. I will ask somebody to describe/explain/elucidate on a particular topic and give a word count. The next poster must, as coherently as possible, fulfill my challenge and then issue another. The word count should probably be limited, since this isn’t about writing essays or even long paragraphs. So, I’ll start. Describe your greatest triumph in exactly 19 words. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-x-in-y-words-challenge-2013/657142/2 "2013-04-30T23:23:03Z")
I had a criminal charge, allegation, dismissed after my lawyers poked holes in the State’s woefully unprepared legal arguments. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-x-in-y-words-challenge-2013/657142/3 "2013-04-30T23:25:36Z")
Next: tell me, in 13 words, your feelings about the superstition surrounding the number 13. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-x-in-y-words-challenge-2013/657142/4 "2013-05-01T01:25:06Z")
Triskaidekaphobia is a sentimental aberration, affecting me not one whit, unless it’s Friday. Tell me, in 18 words, of the first love of your life. ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-x-in-y-words-challenge-2013/657142/5 "2013-05-01T02:22:57Z")
Despite how much I loved him, there was nothing I could do to make him love me back. Tell me what you had for dinner in 5 words. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-x-in-y-words-challenge-2013/657142/6 "2013-05-01T11:56:21Z")
Hamburger Helper and leftover veggies. Tell me about your favorite hobby in 11 words. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-x-in-y-words-challenge-2013/657142/7 "2013-05-01T23:23:46Z")
I have started brewing my own beer, and I am hooked! What do you proudly do greatly, in 22 words? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-x-in-y-words-challenge-2013/657142/8 "2013-05-01T23:31:06Z")
Did I forget to say “tell me”? Simon Says: Tell Me, as previously directed. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-x-in-y-words-challenge-2013/657142/9 "2013-05-02T01:32:35Z")
Every time I have emcee’d an event, it has been a wonderful success, due to the fact that I’m a born ham. Tell me about a food you dislike in only 6 words. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-x-in-y-words-challenge-2013/657142/10 "2013-05-02T07:25:16Z")
Everyone but me loves marshmallow peeps. Tell me how your parents screwed up raising you, in nine words. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-x-in-y-words-challenge-2013/657142/11 "2013-05-02T11:49:49Z")
I had it too easy, didn’t have to work. Tell me about one of your birthdays in 28 words. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-x-in-y-words-challenge-2013/657142/12 "2013-05-05T01:27:32Z")
On my twenty first birthday, I had a black eye. I had previously fallen down at a friend’s house. Nobody punched me, an unexpectedly effective toke downed me. Tell me in 15 exacting words why you deserve a driver’s license. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-x-in-y-words-challenge-2013/657142/13 "2013-05-05T01:39:41Z")
I deserve that license because, I believe, I am no worse than those I observe. In 21 words, describe a gamble you took, and how it turned out. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-x-in-y-words-challenge-2013/657142/14 "2013-05-05T23:45:16Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > In 21 words, describe a gamble you took, and how it turned out. Invited myself to her house to watch the first episode of Game of Thrones. Later, we made out on her couch. Tell me about that time you thought you’d regret a decision, but didn’t. 29 words.