# Three Things in Common **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 1, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472 "2008-04-01T01:30:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/21 "2008-04-03T05:42:37Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] When you guess an answer to a trio, you should use you own judgment about going ahead and posting the next trio. If you are confident, go ahead. (Sometimes trios have more than one solution - any that results in 3 common phrases should be accepted) Sometimes though, you’ll be confident that your answer works for 2 of the words, but think the 3rd one is iffy - just post your answer and await clarification from the person who listed the trio before posting the next puzzle. [/QUOTE] Errrr.. **Beware of Doug**? It’s been 23 hours, so I’m going to go ahead & post a new one, because I think “out” probably qualifies even if it isn’t as clever as the intended answer. New one: **Hill, club, pound.** ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/22 "2008-04-03T06:18:28Z")
Good try all. The word I was thinking of was **built.** Overbuilt = stronger than it needs to be; stickbuilt = a wood-frame structure that is not prefab; scratchbuilt = anything made from raw materials. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/23 "2008-04-03T06:29:48Z")
[QUOTE=It’s Not Rocket Surgery!] Wheel? Paper, quarterback, cloth. [/QUOTE] Yes, wheel was correct. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/24 "2008-04-03T07:01:08Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] **Hill, club, pound.** [/QUOTE] Foot. Bear, Jet, Globe. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/25 "2008-04-03T09:19:18Z")
Well, that was quick… I’ll try harder next time. (Mwahahahahaa!) ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/26 "2008-04-03T20:21:51Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] Well, that was quick… I’ll try harder next time. [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t have gotten it had pound not been last. “Footpound?” I asked myself. “What the hell is a footpound?” Stupid Imperial units… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/27 "2008-04-03T20:28:28Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] Foot. Bear, Jet, Globe. [/QUOTE] Only thing I can think of for globe is “master” - Globemaster cargo plane… ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/28 "2008-04-03T20:30:19Z")
Not to give things away, but: > [@The Rules](#): > > One person lists three words that all form common **two-word phrases** or compound words with the same word: ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/29 "2008-04-03T21:04:49Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] Bear, Jet, Globe. [/QUOTE] Golden Bear – Jack Nicklaus Golden Jet – Bobby Hull Golden Globe – Award Penny, Fast, Patty ---
**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:** [April 3, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/30 "2008-04-03T21:23:26Z")
never mind ---
**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:** [April 3, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/31 "2008-04-03T21:56:05Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Penny, Fast, Patty [/QUOTE] Penny Lane Fast Lane Patty Lane (I googled this and it was Patty Duke’s character’s name on _The Patty Duke Show_.) Is there another Patty Lane? an easy one: hawk corner hello ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/32 "2008-04-03T22:01:16Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Golden Bear – Jack Nicklaus Golden Jet – Bobby Hull Golden Globe – Award Penny, Fast, Patty [/QUOTE] Lane? Cat, Bowling, Oop. ETA: Sorry, didn’t see you added one **Dolores** , and replied. :o ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/33 "2008-04-04T00:55:04Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] hawk corner hello [/QUOTE] Kitty. How about: off, poor, plate ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/34 "2008-04-04T01:36:46Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] Cat, Bowling, Oop. [/QUOTE] Alley. And I won’t post another since we’ve already got one. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/35 "2008-04-04T02:06:31Z")
[QUOTE=Sal Ammoniac] off, poor, plate [/QUOTE] Got a good one here…lots of 2-out-of-3s (piss off/piss poor; off book/bookplate)…probably only one 3-out-of-3 and I ain’t hit on it yet. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/36 "2008-04-04T10:42:43Z")
work off, plate work … working poor? ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/37 "2008-04-04T16:21:44Z")
So as not to scuttle the thread, I’m going to give the answer here, because I’ve come to think my submission was a little unfair. The answer is “face,” but I now realize that the the phrase “poor face” is a bit iffy. It’s not nearly as common as its derivative, “po-face.” I’ll give another one that I hope is better: cats, pink, ball ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/38 "2008-04-04T19:55:06Z")
> [@](#): > > cats, pink, ball Eye. Treasure, Hope, Pain ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/39 "2008-04-04T20:02:11Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] Penny Lane Fast Lane Patty Lane (I googled this and it was Patty Duke’s character’s name on _The Patty Duke Show_.) Is there another Patty Lane? [/QUOTE] There might be, but Cathy’s identical cousin was indeed the character I was thinking of. > [@Beadalin](#): > > Treasure, Hope, Pain Treasure chest, hope chest, chest pain. Brakes, dead, pocket ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/40 "2008-04-04T20:06:32Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] Eye. Treasure, Hope, Pain [/QUOTE] Chest. light, jam, heavy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472.md?page=3)