# 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:** 11
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/201 "2005-10-25T01:36:46Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > 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. Can’t speak for others, but it means _I_ am inordinately pleased with my own wit and turn of phrase. I want others to savour it. Your favourite Fawlty Towers episode in 25 words. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/202 "2005-10-25T02:28:47Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Can’t speak for others, but it means _I_ am inordinately pleased with my own wit and turn of phrase. I want others to savour it. > > Your favourite Fawlty Towers episode in 25 words. I do not recall too many of them but the one that sticks out for me is the one with the basil and the ratatouie is there a redeeming feature of reality shows? in 7 words ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/203 "2005-10-25T03:31:24Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > I do not recall too many of them but the one that sticks out for me is the one with the basil and the ratatouie > is there a redeeming feature of reality shows? in 7 words Feeling superior to the loser class helps. Alex, I’ll take “The contents of your junk drawer in 21 words” for $400… ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/204 "2005-10-25T03:33:00Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > is there a redeeming feature of reality shows? in 7 words Phil (The Amazing Race) and his amazing eyebrow. Worst smell ever in 23 words. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/205 "2005-10-25T04:27:23Z")
> [@mr bus guy](#): > > Alex, I’ll take “The contents of your junk drawer in 21 words” for $400… If the world ended today, I could rebuild civilization with what I have in my junk drawer. And have spare parts. Next, please: > [@DeVena](#): > > Worst smell ever in 23 words. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/206 "2005-10-25T04:48:20Z")
> [@DeVena](#): > > Worst smell ever in 23 words. While sun-parched dog doo, egg salad, tuna fish, and burned popcorn are all up there, haggis is the undisputed King of Stench Mountain. If you had the power, what would you do to make your least favorite breakfast cereal your favorite? 18 words. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/207 "2005-10-25T05:31:24Z")
> [@soulmurk](#): > > If you had the power, what would you do to make your least favorite breakfast cereal your favorite? 18 words. I’d remove the [flax](http://www.healthvalley.com/products/product.php?prod_id=56&cat_id=13) and replace with crisp $100 bills, which I’d prize even if they got soggy. What’s the oldest automobile you remember driving or riding in? 16 words. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/208 "2005-10-25T05:47:27Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > I’d remove the [flax](http://www.healthvalley.com/products/product.php?prod_id=56&cat_id=13) and replace with crisp $100 bills, which I’d prize even if they got soggy. > > What’s the oldest automobile you remember driving or riding in? 16 words. my mom’s mom had a pink '62 Rambler Wagon that I remember riding in very clearly describe your first apartment in 27 words ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/209 "2005-10-25T05:56:22Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > describe your first apartment in 27 words A studio flat in Crawley, West Sussex - ground floor, kitchenette, bathroom and a bed-sitting room with a sofabed. (Does any of this need translating into American?) The most selfless thing you’ve ever done in 50 words. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/210 "2005-10-25T06:05:37Z")
Well, there was this SDMB thread once, and someone requested that we fill up **50** words while describing something. I knew that this might be a thread killer, so for everyone’s sake, I bit the bullet and replied to it. Donations are being accepted, only if you act now! ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/211 "2005-10-25T06:06:39Z")
::sigh:: I’m bad at this game. What do you like most about guacamole in 12 words? ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/212 "2005-10-25T07:52:37Z")
> [@chaoticbear](#): > > What do you like most about guacamole in 12 words? The way it sounds when you say it, and the alternative pronunciation. You should have dug up your old story - your new one only had 49 words. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/213 "2005-10-25T07:53:43Z")
The world’s most boring book in 15 words ---
**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 25, 2005, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/214 "2005-10-25T08:28:25Z")
I can only attest to one’s I’ve read: Moby Dick. Pointess descriptive filler mostly. YMMV. What you would do to pass time if you were stuck in a cell with nothing but a midget, a hammer, and a roulette wheel for 3 nights…in 26 words. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/215 "2005-10-25T08:47:18Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > I can only attest to one’s I’ve read: Moby Dick. Pointess descriptive filler mostly. YMMV. > What you would do to pass time if you were stuck in a cell with nothing but a midget, a hammer, and a roulette wheel for 3 nights…in 26 words. This could easily be the correct answer to post number four; > [@](#): > > Now tell me how to kill a game thread in 8 words In my opinion. Tell me how you give your cat a bath in 3 words ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/216 "2005-10-25T08:59:28Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > This could easily be the correct answer to post number four; blah, blah In my opinion. Ingenious. Had to read it twice, mind. > [@](#): > > Tell me how you give your cat a bath in 3 words Push it under. What punishment should be given to one who doubted the existence of the perfect master…in 20 words? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/217 "2005-10-25T12:30:42Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Ingenious. Had to read it twice, mind.Push it under. > > What punishment should be given to one who doubted the existence of the perfect master…in 20 words? The punishment would involve goats, 1920’s Style death rays and a thorough dunking in the Mariana Trench. For 20 minutes. What are you having for breakfast in 13 words? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/218 "2005-10-25T12:34:08Z")
> [@mr bus guy](#): > > What are you having for breakfast in 13 words? Some Instant Breakfast earlier, and I’ll have a couple of granola bars later. Stones or Beatles? in 17 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 25, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/219 "2005-10-25T15:39:49Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Stones or Beatles? in 17 words. Some stones have beetles under them. Paul McCartney knew this, and it’s what made the Beatles great. Are big dogs better than little dogs? 23 words. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/220 "2005-10-26T06:09:58Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Are big dogs better than little dogs? 23 words. If you’re looking for a guard dog or a hunting retriever, yes. If you seek a pooch to place in your purse, no. Are you watching the White Sox apparently go up 3-0 in the World Series? 14 words. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291.md?page=12)