# Describe y in x amount of words. Take 2. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291 "2005-10-14T22:17:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/1 "2005-10-14T22:17:14Z")
[Rules are not very hard.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=191160) Just describe whatever it is the poster before you tells you to in the amount of words they choose, and then leave another for the next person. However, I ask that you not make it too “impossible”…like, say, describe the color of your underwear in 150 words. Tell me what you’d do if you came across two men with their pants down in an alley in 5 words. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/2 "2005-10-14T22:19:49Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > Tell me what you’d do if you came across two men with their pants down in an alley in 5 words. I would keep on walking. Tell me how to change a tire in 22 words. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/3 "2005-10-14T22:31:49Z")
First, write check to AAA. Next, put stamp on letter. Flat tire? Call 1-800-555-1212 and give membership number. Counting each group of numbers as one unit 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/4 "2005-10-14T22:32:39Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > First, write check to AAA. Next, put stamp on letter. Flat tire? Call 1-800-555-1212 and give membership number. > Counting each group of numbers as one unit 😃 Now tell me how to kill a game thread in 8 words ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/5 "2005-10-14T22:34:07Z")
Describe your drive to work or school in 45 words. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/6 "2005-10-14T22:35:39Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Now tell me how to kill a game thread in 8 words Don’t provide the next challenge in your answer. Tell me how to get to the top of Mt. Everest in 13 words. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/7 "2005-10-14T22:37:44Z")
Okay, okay . . . I’ll skulk off and weep in the next thread ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/8 "2005-10-14T23:03:15Z")
> [@YaWanna](#): > > Don’t provide the next challenge in your answer. > > Tell me how to get to the top of Mt. Everest in 13 words. Take a plane. Or, if you are hiking, take lots of oxygen along. What you should always do while eating a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich. 3 words. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/9 "2005-10-14T23:06:56Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > What you should always do while eating a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich. 3 words. Use a napkin. Tell me how to make a bed in 10 words. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/10 "2005-10-14T23:08:30Z")
Chew and swallow. Tell me how to avoid doing your work in 17 words. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/11 "2005-10-14T23:10:12Z")
Just pull the top blanket over the sheets and pillows. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/12 "2005-10-14T23:25:56Z")
> [@Ghanima](#): > > Chew and swallow. > > Tell me how to avoid doing your work in 17 words. Find a good message board, post to it obsessively, ignore your duties, and get your ass fired. How do you land a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier during a storm? Four words. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/13 "2005-10-14T23:28:50Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Find a good message board, post to it obsessively, ignore your duties, and get your ass fired. > How do you land a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier during a storm? Four words. Don’t. Find an airport! How do you cook real BBQ? 7 words. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/14 "2005-10-14T23:47:00Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Don’t. Find an airport! > > How do you cook real BBQ? 7 words. Move to Texas and it’s automatically “real”. How to become a speed reader? 8 words. ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/15 "2005-10-14T23:55:35Z")
> [@ataraxy22](#): > > Move to Texas and it’s automatically “real”. > > How to become a speed reader? 8 words. Flip the pages of the book REALLY fast. How to change a diaper in 18 words. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/16 "2005-10-15T00:17:52Z")
> [@Hokkaido Brit](#): > > Flip the pages of the book REALLY fast. > > How to change a diaper in 18 words. Place a clothespin over your nose, lay out some plastic, and politely request that grandpa change it himself. Describe your prom experience in 13 words. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/17 "2005-10-15T00:21:42Z")
> [@soulmurk](#): > > Describe your prom experience in 13 words. I went by myself and danced with a girl I did not know. Describe your worst job in 9 words. ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/18 "2005-10-15T00:36:55Z")
Dishwasher in pasta restaurant. Burned hands, quit next day. Explain the impact that Socratic and Kantian analytical methods had on at least four (4) French Enlightenment philosophers, or tell me what you have in your pocket, in ten words. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/19 "2005-10-15T00:37:33Z")
Working retail, managing teen slackers, lousy pay and benefits. Describe why you live where you do in 15 words. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/20 "2005-10-15T00:58:31Z")
> [@Treviathan](#): > > Explain the impact that Socratic and Kantian analytical methods had on at least four (4) French Enlightenment philosophers, or tell me what you have in your pocket, in ten words. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Bubkus. Put them on clean this morning. Tell us your most embarrassing childhood moment in 23 words. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291.md?page=2)