# 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:** 5
**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 18, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/81 "2005-10-18T03:58:30Z")
Aaand, she forgets the challenge again… Please tell us about your favourite or most hated food in 13 words. ---
**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/82 "2005-10-18T04:22:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Please tell us about your favourite or most hated food in 13 words. Pasta in a creamy sauce, tons of garlic and parmesan cheese, red wine. ---
**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/83 "2005-10-18T04:25:03Z")
aaaaaaaand so do I. Describe your biggest crush in 20 words. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/84 "2005-10-18T04:25:43Z")
> [@Hokkaido Brit](#): > > Aaand, she forgets the challenge again… > > Please tell us about your favourite or most hated food in 13 words. big pink shrimp, sauted, grilled, fried, boiled or broiled, anyway they come! Yum! Describe your style in 10 words ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/85 "2005-10-18T04:27:01Z")
> [@adhemar](#): > > big pink shrimp, sauted, grilled, fried, boiled or broiled, anyway they come! Yum! > Describe your style in 10 words never mind, beaten to the punch ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/86 "2005-10-18T04:35:12Z")
> [@mojave66](#): > > Describe your biggest crush in 20 words. Raven haired, pouty lipped, questionable acting talent, perfectly proportioned and tanned, former Dark Angel… Ms. Jessica Alba (my future ex-wife). > [@adhemar](#): > > Describe your style in 10 words My style is my own and is like no other. Describe your dream home in 28 words. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/87 "2005-10-18T04:45:09Z")
> [@soulmurk](#): > > Raven haired, pouty lipped, questionable acting talent, perfectly proportioned and tanned, former Dark Angel… Ms. Jessica Alba (my future ex-wife). > My style is my own and is like no other. > Describe your dream home in 28 words. theories change daily, sometimes small, sometimes large, usually dependent on how much house cleaning I have to do. must always have room for my dog and my computer. how old are you? 15 words ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/88 "2005-10-18T04:53:52Z")
> [@adhemar](#): > > how old are you? 15 words One way to say it would be: the current year divided by sixty six. Unfortunately. Define morality 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 18, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/89 "2005-10-18T05:19:18Z")
> [@soulmurk](#): > > Define morality in 13 words. Don’t hit people or take their stuff, unless you have a good reason. Summarize an embarrassing moment from your life in 33 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 19, 2005, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/90 "2005-10-19T04:58:40Z")
I just came back from camp and was telling my class about it in Show and Tell 17 Instead of saying “I went to bed early” it came out as “wet the bed.” What you would do if you woke up tomorrow and you were trapped in Cecil Adam’s body in 10 words. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/91 "2005-10-19T05:14:03Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > What you would do if you woke up tomorrow and you were trapped in Cecil Adam’s body in 10 words. I would relish in the fount of knowledge I had. Describe your worst character flaw in seven 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 19, 2005, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/92 "2005-10-19T05:16:47Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > I would relish in the fount of knowledge I had. > Describe your worst character flaw in seven words. I fly off the handle too quickly. Describe your favourite wristband in 10 words ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/93 "2005-10-19T07:24:12Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Describe your favourite wristband in 10 words Such an item does not exist, and probably never will. Describe something you once bought at a flea market or garage sale. 28 words. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/94 "2005-10-19T12:02:01Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Describe something you once bought at a flea market or garage sale. 28 words. A nice framed print of a Mary Cassatt painting, of a woman with a baby being rowed in a boat, from over the shoulder of the rower. Lovely! What’s your pet’s name, and why, in 37 words. ---
**Author:** ![Seren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Seren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seren)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/95 "2005-10-19T12:20:49Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > A nice framed print of a Mary Cassatt painting, of a woman with a baby being rowed in a boat, from over the shoulder of the rower. Lovely! > > What’s your pet’s name, and why, in 37 words. His name is Shadow. Not just because he’s a black cat, but because he creeps around like a ninja, more specifically like Shadow from Final Fantasy 6. Though…he was actually named after Shadow, from American Gods. Your socks, in 14 words. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/96 "2005-10-19T12:51:44Z")
> [@Seren](#): > > His name is Shadow. Not just because he’s a black cat, but because he creeps around like a ninja, more specifically like Shadow from Final Fantasy 6. Though…he was actually named after Shadow, from American Gods. > > Your socks, in 14 words. I rarely wear socks, but when I do they have many holes in them. Describe your family holidays in 24 words. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/97 "2005-10-19T14:36:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Describe your family holidays in 24 words. Independence Day at the cabin, building boats of driftwood and illegal fireworks connected by sparklers. One sparkler sets off all fireworks safely over water. Describe what Sunday School was like for you as a kid in 11 words. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/98 "2005-10-19T14:42:30Z")
> [@Beadalin](#): > > Describe what Sunday School was like for you as a kid in 11 words. Twenty minutes of silent meeting, then discussion of whatever. Quakers rule! Describe your favorite dessert in 19 words. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/99 "2005-10-19T15:02:05Z")
A chocolate banana split sundae, covered in that Dairy Queen hard shell chocolate stuff, sprinkled with twenty dollar bills. Tell me what you wanted to be when you grow up and what you do now in 27 words. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291/100 "2005-10-19T18:23:02Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Tell me what you wanted to be when you grow up and what you do now in 27 words. I wanted to be a mad scientist but ended up as a mad database administrator, the perks aren’t as good, but I don’t get attacked by superheroes. How can I keep my woman happy in bed, in 8 words? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-y-in-x-amount-of-words-take-2/326291.md?page=6)