# The describe y in x number of words challenge. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2003, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189 "2003-06-16T11:54:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![criminalcatalog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/41 "2003-06-16T20:04:54Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Kn_ckers \* > \*\*Settle the Creation vs. Evolution controversy in exactly 31 words. \*\* “Evolution” makes sense. “Creation”, however romantic, relies on the emotional inferiorities of mankind for its continued support. It’s difficult to accept that we’re here for no reason at all, isn’t it? What is the point of all of this? 20 words. ---
**Author:** ![criminalcatalog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/42 "2003-06-16T20:06:07Z")
oops. the second post is the one I wanted… ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/43 "2003-06-16T20:06:48Z")
Kruschev pointed missles at America. Kennedy told him to back down. Kruschev obliged. Explain Watergate in 30 words. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/44 "2003-06-16T20:07:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Describe your computer in 9 words. Piece of junk, monitor is dying in snappy flashes. > [@](#): > > Explain the Cuban Missle crisis in 13 words. Scary bombs. Your Kruschev says yes, your Kennedy says no. Costner movie BLOWS. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/45 "2003-06-16T20:09:28Z")
There is no point to this. That is the whole _point_ of the ‘pointless’ in the forum title. So there. describe the colour of an apple in 5 words. ---
**Author:** ![criminalcatalog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/46 "2003-06-16T20:16:41Z")
Apples have different colors, okay? Is there a God? 1 word. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/47 "2003-06-16T20:19:41Z")
dunno. Describe silence in 0 words. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/48 "2003-06-16T20:22:24Z")
" " Describe your SO in 11 words. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/49 "2003-06-16T20:23:27Z")
Red or gold or green. Explain the weather in precisely 14 words. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/50 "2003-06-16T20:26:30Z")
My SO exists only in my dreams. She has Perfect hair Tell me to shut up in 57 words. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/51 "2003-06-16T20:40:37Z")
Lobsang, you’d better shut your gob. Zip the lip and keep it zipped until I tell you otherwise, which I won’t. Until such time as I expressly give you permission, you will maintain a perfectly silent demeanor. I can quantify the number of words I want you to say with one number: zero. Your words = null set. I pose my earlier challenge again: describe unrequited love in nineteen words. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/52 "2003-06-16T20:45:36Z")
I can’t make you love me, if you don’t. I can’t make your heart feel something it won’t…OK? Describe a full moon in 12 words. ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/53 "2003-06-16T20:48:44Z")
Drop your pants and flash your ass to those people driving by. Describe the life cycle of an oak tree in 61 words. ---
**Author:** ![Aglarond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Aglarond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aglarond)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/54 "2003-06-16T20:51:39Z")
My pants fall gracefully as a press forcefully against the cold glass. Describe an awkward silence in 10 words. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/55 "2003-06-16T21:10:42Z")
> [@](#): > > Describe an awkward silence in 10 words. As a loud flatulence blats on the elevator, heads turn. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/56 "2003-06-16T21:14:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aglarond \* > \*\*Describe an awkward silence in 10 words. \*\* Two people sit silently; look at anything but each other. When is it appropriate to invade a stranger’s personal space…in 27 words? ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/57 "2003-06-16T21:17:26Z")
> [@](#): > > Describe the life cycle of an oak tree in 61 words. From the mighty oak tree an acorn falls, nurtured by the warmth and moistness of mother earth as it germinates and sprouts a tiny twig, which reaches heavenward with its budding leaves. It expands and branches and grows, and as the years pass it becomes a tall tree shading all animals and plants beneath it. Then it’s chopped down for firewood. Explain thermodynamics in 17 words. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/58 "2003-06-16T21:27:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hamadryad \* > \*\*When is it appropriate to invade a stranger’s personal space…in 27 words? \*\* It is appropriate to invade a stranger’s personal space when your intelligence sources tell you that said stranger is hiding Weapons of Mass Destruction in their underwear. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mama Tiger \* > \*\*Explain thermodynamics in 17 words. \*\* As the great Jerry Reed once said: “When you’re hot you’re hot. When you’re not, you’re not.” Summarize your favorite film in eight words. ---
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/59 "2003-06-16T21:35:33Z")
Guy loses girl, goes on quest, regains girl. (You guys know that one, right?) Describe your morning routine in 12 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:** [June 16, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/60 "2003-06-16T21:38:37Z")
Chew through ball gag and run for it. Damn shackles. Maybe tomorrow. Explain why you should/should not own a dog in 41 words. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189.md?page=4)