# Describe y in x amount of words. Take 2.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291>\
**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\
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**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 28, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/241 "2005-10-28T14:03:36Z")

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> [@anyrose](#):
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> your weekend plans in 15 words

Work Sat am; quality time (ugh!) with my family (ugh! I sound like Barney the…)

What “suspenders” means to you in 8 words.

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**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 28, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/242 "2005-10-28T14:05:17Z")

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> [@Hokkaido Brit](#):
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> What’s your secret vice, in two words.

Suspenders, naturally!

How do you rate Yoko Ono in 1 word

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/243 "2005-10-28T14:10:05Z")

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> [@roger thornhill](#):
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> How do you rate Yoko Ono in 1 word

Enh.

How do you personalize your space at work in 23 words.

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/244 "2005-10-28T14:19:17Z")

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> [@twickster](#):
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> Enh.
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> How do you personalize your space at work in 23 words.

I have kitty pics on the wall, Smokey pics in frames, kitty stickers on the monitor, and kitty figurines on the shelf.  
dogs or cats? 19 words

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/245 "2005-10-28T14:25:42Z")

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> [@anyrose](#):
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> dogs or cats? 19 words

Cats or dogs, dogs or cats? The eternal question for pet lovers - kittens and puppies are much better anyway!  
Next: Taste great or less filling in 25 words.

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**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 28, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/246 "2005-10-28T14:51:22Z")

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> [@Hokkaido Brit](#):
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> And she does it again.
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> What’s your secret vice, in two words.

dark chocolate

> [@ShibbOleth](#):
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> Taste great or less filling in 25 words.

Both. I find that if you go for really great quality, all you need is small bit to savor slowly, and it is totally satisfying.

What’s your pet peeve? 10 words.

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**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 28, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/247 "2005-10-28T14:54:27Z")

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> [@brightpenny](#):
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> dark chocolate  
> Both. I find that if you go for really great quality, all you need is small bit to savor slowly, and it is totally satisfying.
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> What’s your pet peeve? 10 words.

Too many to enumerate; that’s why I’m here so much.

Lewis or Tolkien in 20 words

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**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/248 "2005-10-29T02:47:45Z")

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> [@roger thornhill](#):
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> Lewis or Tolkien in 20 words

Lennox Lewis would beat the hell out of Tolkien in the first round. Wouldn’t even be much of a fight.  
So, how’s your credit? 7 words.

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/249 "2005-10-29T02:49:22Z")

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> [@soulmurk](#):
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> Lennox Lewis would beat the hell out of Tolkien in the first round. Wouldn’t even be much of a fight.  
> So, how’s your credit? 7 words.

Piss poor, but with diligence and willpower, getting better.  
What are you listening to right now - 9 words

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/250 "2005-10-29T02:51:06Z")

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> [@anyrose](#):
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> Piss poor, but with diligence and willpower, getting better.

(i meant)

Piss poor, but with willpower, getting better.

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> What are you listening to right now - 9 words

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/251 "2005-10-29T02:59:37Z")

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> [@anyrose](#):
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> What are you listening to right now - 9 words

The people in the next apartment apparently having sex.

If reincarnation exists, who might you have been in a previous life, and why? 36 words.

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**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/252 "2005-10-29T03:44:30Z")

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> [@Sternvogel](#):
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> If reincarnation exists, who might you have been in a previous life, and why? 36 words.

My previous incarnation must have been a very bad person, because I’m suffering their karmic payback. But they must also have done something truly, amazingly good because things usually work out. Either that or a monkey.  
Where did you end up finding the last thing you lost but found? 19 words.

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**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 29, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/253 "2005-10-29T04:02:08Z")

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A phone card I bought last week. Finally found it in front of my freaking face on the counter.  
What you can do to get the idiot next to you to shut up in 3 words.

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/254 "2005-10-29T04:05:50Z")

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> [@Idle Thoughts](#):
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> A phone card I bought last week. Finally found it in front of my freaking face on the counter.  
> What you can do to get the idiot next to you to shut up in 3 words.

Stinky loud flatulance.

Describe your perfect meal in 7 words.

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/255 "2005-10-29T04:18:37Z")

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> [@Dolores Reborn](#):
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> Stinky loud flatulance.
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> Describe your perfect meal in 7 words.

In a fine restaurant, wine in hand.

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/256 "2005-10-29T04:20:24Z")

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OOops…  
Tell me about your most remembered last love in 11 words.

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/257 "2005-10-29T04:21:27Z")

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> [@picunurse](#):
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> OOops…  
> Tell me about your most remembered last love in 11 words.

:smack: That would be **LOST** love.

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**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/258 "2005-10-29T04:23:57Z")

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> [@picunurse](#):
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> Tell me about your most remembered last love in 11 words.

Intelligent and beautiful. Infectious laugh. Biggest, brownest eyes. Liar and cheat.  
Hardwood floors or wall-to-wall carpet? 26 words.

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**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/259 "2005-10-29T04:29:06Z")

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> [@soulmurk](#):
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> Intelligent and beautiful. Infectious laugh. Biggest, brownest eyes. Liar and cheat.  
> Hardwood floors or wall-to-wall carpet? 26 words.

Neither hardwood floors nor carpet…laminate flooring. It’s best for when you have two dogs, two cats, a little boy and a husband. It doesn’t scratch.

Favorite school subject…13 words.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/260 "2005-10-29T04:55:41Z")

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> [@Rhiannon8404](#):
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> Favorite school subject…13 words.

Geography. I knew all the state capitals before I could tie my shoes.

Who should be commemorated on a postage stamp and why? 37 words.

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