# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/81 "2003-06-17T04:13:21Z")
Small, furry, black and white, with white whiskers and bib. He is completely out of line, feline, and all mine. Describe your true love in 9 words. ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/82 "2003-06-17T04:25:08Z")
Long haired Beatles fan who won’t let me down. Describe a bowel movement. Eight words. ---
**Author:** ![Tabeitha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b3f665/32.png) [@Tabeitha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabeitha)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/83 "2003-06-17T04:50:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mouthbreather \* > \*\*Describe how and where you got drunk for the first time in 28 words. \*\* Sweet 16th, party at a friend’s house. Grain and kool-aid slushies. Needed help standing, crawled home, lost my shoes, passed out in foyer. Mom was very mad. > [@](#): > > - Originally posted by Orange Skinner \* > **Describe a bowel movement. Eight 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 17, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/84 "2003-06-17T05:33:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Orange Skinner \* > \*\*Describe a bowel movement. Eight words. \*\* Unhhhhh. Unh, UNHHHHHH! UNHHHHH! UNHHHHHH! UNNNNNHHHHHH! **UNHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!** Splash. Describe your reaction to my post in 23 words. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/85 "2003-06-17T05:34:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Describe your true love in 9 words. [Sorry to go out of order, sounds like a fun challenge.] Swan-necked blonde who I love more than life. ---
**Author:** ![Latch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@Latch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latch)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/86 "2003-06-17T07:05:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Giraffe \* > \*\*Unhhhhh. Unh, UNHHHHHH! UNHHHHH! UNHHHHHH! UNNNNNHHHHHH! **UNHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!** > > Splash. > Describe your reaction to my post in 23 words. \*\* It makes me wonder why I ever read More Pointless Stuff I Must Share. Oh, that’s right; for the witty banter. Nice post. Describe, in 14 words, the greatest trick the devil ever pulled. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/87 "2003-06-17T07:11:58Z")
Convincing Kevin Spacey he should do _Pay It Forward_ and become an everyman type. Explain Jimi Hendrix’s _Purple Haze_ in 21 words. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/88 "2003-06-17T07:50:18Z")
Large amounts of drugs. Truckloads of drugs. The annual opium output of Afghanistan, even. And an electric guitar. But mainly drugs. Explain why the boards would be better off powered by pissed off wolverines instead of stupid hamsters in 16 words. ---
**Author:** ![BornOfStardust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BornOfStardust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornOfStardust)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/89 "2003-06-17T09:18:57Z")
Going out of turn just like my beau 😉 … > [@](#): > > Describe your true love in 9 words. Thoughtful, witty, goateed, cuddly; loves Allman and Marx Brothers. OR: (there aren’t rules against multiple entries for one category per person are there now? 😉 ) The most loving, sweet, devoted man I’ve ever met. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/90 "2003-06-17T09:23:52Z")
🙂 She’s the greatest. And she didn’t even kill me over the phone sex bit. ---
**Author:** ![BornOfStardust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BornOfStardust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornOfStardust)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/91 "2003-06-17T09:27:36Z")
And going with the actual flow of things… > [@](#): > > Explain why the boards would be better off powered by pissed off wolverines instead of stupid hamsters in 16 words. Several quickly angered X-Men with indestructable skeletons would surely beat both hamsters and slow servers sh\*tless. Now, using 37 words, define what art means to you. ---
**Author:** ![BornOfStardust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BornOfStardust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornOfStardust)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/92 "2003-06-17T09:36:47Z")
> [@](#): > > 🙂 > She’s the greatest. And she didn’t even kill me over the phone sex bit. I guess I was too busy giggling. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/93 "2003-06-17T09:40:13Z")
😃 Mwah, I love you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BornOfStardust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BornOfStardust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornOfStardust)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/94 "2003-06-17T09:40:55Z")
And for the record, he, too, is the greatest. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BornOfStardust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BornOfStardust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornOfStardust)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/95 "2003-06-17T09:45:25Z")
D’awww, mwah I love you too, you simultaneous poster you! 😃 All right, so in addition to my previous query about art in 37 words (don’t forget about that assignment now, class)…describe in 19 words your reaction to the utterly shameless cuteness displayed in these last few posts. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/96 "2003-06-17T09:48:46Z")
I’m not sure I want to get e-vomited on. 😉 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/97 "2003-06-17T11:41:07Z")
> [@](#): > > Now, using 37 words, define what art means to you. Symbolic realism? Thought provoking splotches of paint? Hanging strips of cloth and empty trash bags selling for thousands of dollars? Neon lights in not so astonishing patterns? Humbug, I say. Give me a painting of something real. Now describe your most humiliating moment 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:** [June 17, 2003, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/98 "2003-06-17T11:52:44Z")
> [@](#): > > describe in 19 words your reaction to the utterly shameless cuteness displayed in these last few posts. Barf. ACCCCK. C’mon kids, get a room. Get with the program. Will this hijack never end? My teeth hurt. > [@](#): > > Now describe your most humiliating moment in 11 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 17, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/99 "2003-06-17T13:18:41Z")
Caught shoplifting. They called Mom, and I was made to apologize. Describe pasta in 7 words. ---
**Author:** ![Latch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@Latch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latch)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/100 "2003-06-17T13:22:36Z")
Hard; putting in water makes it soft. In 38 words, describe your impression of The Simpsons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189.md?page=6)