# 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:** 9
**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 20, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/161 "2003-06-20T02:30:49Z")
Reent? The girl who’s face is like a drug. I saw her from afar. Summarize buddhism in 15 words. ---
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/162 "2003-06-20T02:38:58Z")
There is pain, there is a cause, there is a goal, there is a way. Summarize Romeo & Juliet in 18 words. ---
**Author:** ![Blackdragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Blackdragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackdragon)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/163 "2003-06-20T02:48:52Z")
Hopeless, desperation, war, curiosity, romance, passion, love, hatred, crime, betrayal, deceit, forbidden, darkness, undying, faith, forever, grief, death. Most uncomfortable situation in recent weeks in 21 words. ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/164 "2003-06-20T04:41:26Z")
The boss lectures. I listen. I try to pretend I know something about what he’s talking about. (Then it’s my turn.) Describe your first kiss in seventeen words. ---
**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 20, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/165 "2003-06-20T04:58:00Z")
Hesitant. Lean forward, lean back. Glance at one another. Cough in embarssment. Lean forward again. And… GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLLLL! Your favorite cartoon. 15 words. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/166 "2003-06-20T11:40:01Z")
Bugs and Elmer do to Richard Wagner what needs to be done. “Kill the Wabbit!” Describe a medieval cathedral in 32 words. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/167 "2003-06-20T12:56:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Giraffe \* > **Describe your underwear in 14 words.** Sexy and functional … when I wear them. But sometimes they stay in the drawer! Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny … or does it? (31 words) ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/168 "2003-06-20T16:42:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny … or does it? (31 words) Since **Spiff** forgot to check subsequent pages on this thread and dragged his thong out of his underwear drawer for all to see, I will skip the “Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny” description… > [@](#): > > Describe a medieval cathedral in 32 words. In a time where indentured servitute meant affordable services of any artist, medieval cathedrals were graced with whimsical architecure and with beautiful mosaics of God and man enmeshed in their religious interconnectedness. Describe your spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend walking out of a pool in 27 words…(art or tragedy?) ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/169 "2003-06-20T17:10:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Yeticus Rex \* > **Since Spiff forgot to check subsequent pages on this thread …** Because I’m not able to travel into the future, there’s really no way I could check _subsequent_ pages, is there?. Anyway, I did check _previous_ posts and found that no one had answered **Giraffe’s** question – so I answered it. Where did I go wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/170 "2003-06-20T17:50:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spiff \* > \*\*Because I’m not able to travel into the future, there’s really no way I could check _subsequent_ pages, is there?. \*\* Instead of subsequent pages (we might have different settings on #posts per page), I should have said subsequent posts…sorry. > [@](#): > > \*\*Anyway, I did check _previous_ posts and found that no one had answered **Giraffe’s** question – so I answered it. > > Where did I go wrong? \*\* This thread would branch-out (note your query and **twickster’s** query) and I addressed both your queries and merged them back into a single query, single response thread as it should be…easy to follow and respond to… Getting back to the subject at hand… Describe your spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend walking out of a pool in 27 words…(art or tragedy?) ---
**Author:** ![drafty\_de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@drafty\_de](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drafty_de)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/171 "2003-06-20T19:25:37Z")
gf…pool 27wds Beading water on toned muscles. Scoopfulls of gravity defying flesh heft with each breath. Succulant lips part for words of love… instead… pick up your damn socks!!! describe a coworkers bad habbit in 19 words… ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/172 "2003-06-20T19:31:03Z")
since **Spiff** wanted “Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny”: Some biologists believe that development of an embryo parallels evolution. However, it’s difficult to reach concensus on this point, as there isn’t much hard data, and observations are subjective at best. Moving along… Co-worker’s bad habit: Can we listen to a DIFFERENT Bob Marley song, PLEASE?! Hearing the same one all day gets pretty irritating. Describe what your cat’s breath smells like in 55 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 20, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/173 "2003-06-20T19:33:54Z")
Dude. Come on. We don’t have time. Straightening your desk can wait until after the meeting. Damn. Late. Again. Describe why redheads are hot in 54 words. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/174 "2003-06-20T19:57:04Z")
One might theorize that the relative temperature diferential between females with red hair and other females would be a constant, but in actuality reactions to feminine appearance vary widely between different observers based on personal preference and the many varied attributes of the observed women. In short: they’re hot because you think they are! Now, explain income taxes in fifteen words. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/175 "2003-06-20T19:57:50Z")
Jeez, when you simulpost, could you make it under ten words, please? **Describe what your cat’s breath smells like in 55 words.** Fetid, dark and damp, the nauseating tendrils curl across the pillow. Deep in the arms of Morpheus, you struggle to escape yet cannot. Instead, you dream of fishmongers and the seaside; of sea coves and stagnant pools; of nets, and fish heads and chum. Upon waking, you turn and tell Kitty, “NO MORE BEDTIME TUNA!” **Describe why redheads are hot in 54 words.** Redheads can be considered HOT because they are typically pale-skinned. When exposed to the sun for long periods of time, they tend to develop freckles which are small spots of melanin. Remember that the color white reflects heat where darker colors do not. The freckles act as heat receptors causing the redhead to heat. What?? Ok describe Mardi Gras in 34 words. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/176 "2003-06-20T20:48:58Z")
\<\\> and look Ma, yet another simulpost!! Sorry about that… 🙂 **Now, explain income taxes in fifteen words.** You work for money. Government needs more stuff - and takes half your money. Wants more. Ok describe Mardi Gras in 34 words. ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/177 "2003-06-20T23:08:01Z")
beads, boobies, boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,boobies,beads 9 words for yeti ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/178 "2003-06-20T23:21:29Z")
A big snow monster, typically residing in the Himalayas. describe pedophiles in 16 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 20, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/179 "2003-06-20T23:34:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by chaoticdonkey \* > \*\*describe pedophiles in 16 words \*\* A big sex monster, typically residing on the Internet, in AOL chat rooms with username “_ **14yearoldboy** _” Explain your favorite part of dining out in 23 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 20, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189/180 "2003-06-20T23:35:22Z")
Ick. I don’t know why that second comma is there. I have a comma problem. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-describe-y-in-x-number-of-words-challenge/182189.md?page=10)