# 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:** 10
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/181 "2005-10-24T02:31:16Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Yep. I predicted _that_ too! > Blonde double crosses ad man, they fall in love and do it on a train. Describe what **roger thornhill** should do to remind himself to post a challenge for the next poster in 15 words. [sub]or is the game over because **NinjaChick** used the wrong amount of words?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/182 "2005-10-24T05:18:07Z")
> [@](#): > > The worst job you’ve ever had, in 20 words. At a place called Cap’n Taco, I screwed up a drink order by adding ice. I cleaned the grease trap. Still unclaimed is **soulmurk** ’s > [@](#): > > Describe what roger thornhill should do to remind himself to post a challenge for the next poster in 15 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 24, 2005, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/183 "2005-10-24T05:36:27Z")
Knot his willy, then stick a toothpick flag in it, with “POST CHALLENGE” writ large. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/184 "2005-10-24T05:52:38Z")
Sheesh, what’s goin’ on here? 1. post your answer 2. **post the next question** ::wanders off, mumbling about dopers on drugs:: ---
**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 24, 2005, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/185 "2005-10-24T06:24:06Z")
It seems I need to tie a knot in MY willy, too. Your challenge - how to soothe Brightpenny’s ruffled feathers in 22 words. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/186 "2005-10-24T06:33:50Z")
Brightpenny, here is a nice stiff drink. You’re gonna have to learn how to not get all angry about message board stuff. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/187 "2005-10-24T06:35:02Z")
Umm, and describe what caused me to not put a question on there, after berating someone for getting mad at someone for doing that, in… 8 words. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/188 "2005-10-24T07:18:19Z")
> [@chaoticbear](#): > > Umm, and describe what caused me to not put a question on there, after berating someone for getting mad at someone for doing that, in… 8 words. In one ear and right out the other. Take a deep sniff… what do you smell? Tell us in 14 words. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/189 "2005-10-24T16:40:50Z")
Coffee, dark and hot. Chocolate, dark and melting in my mouth, warm from coffee. :eek: I wasn’t angry, I was laughing! Guess I forgot the smilie. What drives you crazy? In 20 words. ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/190 "2005-10-24T16:49:30Z")
> [@Brightpenny](#): > > What drives you crazy? In 20 words. Stupid friggin’ posters who can’t get through their thick skulls two rules clearly explaining how to play a thread game! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/191 "2005-10-24T16:54:42Z")
😉 I’m kidding! see, I left off my question? joke? alright, maybe not that funny, but I laughed This stupid friggin’ work computer (twice as powerful as my home computer), but takes twice as long to load SDMB! Describe your sense of humor in 5 words or less. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/192 "2005-10-24T16:57:09Z")
> [@JustAnotherGeek](#): > > Describe your sense of humor in 5 words or less. Bone-dry; inherited from Dad. What was the team mascot for your high school: 12 words. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/193 "2005-10-24T18:23:20Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > What was the team mascot for your high school: 12 words. Our mascot, to the chagrin of local fundamentalists, was the Red Devil. Describe your shoes in 9 words. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/194 "2005-10-24T19:06:32Z")
Fake Birkenstock clogs, procured on sale from American Eagle. How much you hate your crappy 15 inch CRT monitor in 12. (It was going to be thirteen or fourteen, but the three and four keys don’t work on this stupid keyboard.) ---
**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:** [October 24, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/195 "2005-10-24T19:12:21Z")
> [@chaoticbear](#): > > Fake Birkenstock clogs, procured on sale from American Eagle. > > How much you hate your crappy 15 inch CRT monitor in 12. (It was going to be thirteen or fourteen, but the three and four keys don’t work on this stupid keyboard.) It’s small. It’s old. In short, it gives me a big headache. How much you love chocolate ice cream, in 10 words. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/196 "2005-10-24T19:13:02Z")
> [@chaoticbear](#): > > Fake Birkenstock clogs, procured on sale from American Eagle. > > How much you hate your crappy 15 inch CRT monitor in 12. (It was going to be thirteen or fourteen, but the three and four keys don’t work on this stupid keyboard.) It’s small. It’s old. It sucks. It gives me a big headache. How much you love chocolate ice cream, in 10 words. ---
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/197 "2005-10-24T21:35:04Z")
Sex is kidding itself next to good chocolate ice cream. If you had a million dollars… seven words. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/198 "2005-10-24T23:07:53Z")
> [@Foldup Rabbit](#): > > Sex is kidding itself next to good chocolate ice cream. > If you had a million dollars… seven words. My detailed plans will not fit here ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/199 "2005-10-24T23:09:01Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > My detailed plans will not fit here forgot a question it’s contagious 😃 what you do when your keyboard freezes up in 13 words ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/200 "2005-10-24T23:37:41Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > what you do when your keyboard freezes up in 13 words Snap it over my knee, then go on a Hulk-like rampage. GIRAFFE SMASH!!! Does the fact that so many Dopers in this thread keep forgetting to post a challenge mean they’re stupid? Why or why not, in 25 words. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291.md?page=11)