# Malapropagation 2012 -- Revenge of the Schtick **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 6, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869 "2012-09-06T17:19:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 163
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3241 "2014-06-13T15:41:50Z")
Seattle is known for its rainy, **turkey** weather but actually has many sunny summer days. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3242 "2014-06-14T22:17:23Z")
I know it isn’t good for me or my teeth, but I really like tearing into a spicy piece of beef **murky**. ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3243 "2014-06-14T23:09:25Z")
In the 16th & 17th centuries, it was fashionable for a man to wear a **jerky**. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3244 "2014-06-15T07:47:28Z")
The **Jerkin** Boys were a pair of crank callers who had 15 minutes of fame in the 90’s. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3245 "2014-06-15T18:58:07Z")
Ever want to see your name up in lights on a theater **jerky**? ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3246 "2014-06-15T19:35:48Z")
Most Indians believe the **Marquee** de Sade was reincarnated as E.L. James. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3247 "2014-06-15T19:59:41Z")
Remember those old TV commercials where the tub of margarine would insist it was butter and finally admit it was “ **Marquis**?” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3248 "2014-06-15T21:12:25Z")
Yeah, Mr. Margarine Tub didn’t have much to say when he got dropped on the **parkay** floor. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3249 "2014-06-15T22:50:38Z")
Back in my youth, me & my friends would always hang out at the video **parquet.** ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3250 "2014-06-16T21:18:04Z")
I’m sure glad I wasn’t one of Elizabeth **Parlor** ’s eight husbands. Seven husbands? Wait… ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3251 "2014-06-16T21:55:30Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I’m sure glad I wasn’t one of Elizabeth **Parlor** ’s eight husbands. Seven husbands? Wait… Actually, I meant video **arcade.** How sad they’ve all been forgotten. ☹ Carrying on: The highly endangered Siberian **Taylor** is the largest member of the feline species. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3252 "2014-06-16T22:13:03Z")
[_I came up with arcade, so you’re not alone_🙂] “Click my Bic” was a common pick-up line used by men with a **tiger** in their pants pocket. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3253 "2014-06-16T22:38:10Z")
I’m a lover, not a **lighter.** ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3254 "2014-06-17T01:42:43Z")
Okay, then. Come on baby, light my **fighter**. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3255 "2014-06-17T04:02:33Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#): > > [_I came up with arcade, so you’re not alone_🙂] > “Click my Bic” was a common pick-up line used by men with a **tiger** in their pants pocket. Wasn’t it actually “Flick my Bic”, which also was one of their suggestive slogans. BIP: Various evergreens used as Christmas trees, say for instance the **fire** tree, have been known to ignite when placed too closely to sources of heat. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3256 "2014-06-17T04:06:14Z")
[quote=“Hoopy\_Frood, post:3255, topic:633869”] Wasn’t it actually “Flick my Bic”, which also was one of their suggestive slogans. ::_Geez, I can’t believe I goofed up on that. I’ve only heard it a million times! :o But my word was lighter, not fire. A fire in your pocket…that would hurt. :eek:_:: ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3257 "2014-06-17T04:07:38Z")
My grumpy Uncle Salvatore once said, “I’m against all kinds of stupid holiday rituals. Everything in life should be strictly functional and utilitarian. What’s a Christmas tree **fir** , anyway?” ---
**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:** [June 17, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3258 "2014-06-17T04:18:58Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#): > > > [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > > > Wasn’t it actually “Flick my Bic”, which also was one of their suggestive slogans. > > > > ::_Geez, I can’t believe I goofed up on that. I’ve only heard it a million times! :o > > But my word was lighter, not fire. A fire in your pocket…that would hurt. :eek:_:: Yes, but I wasn’t responding to your post when I went back in play, I was responding to the one before me where someone made a reference to a Doors tune. BIP: When playing golf and you chip a shot over a tree, evergreen or otherwise, it’s polite to yell **For!** so that you don’t accidentally hit anyone you might not see was standing on the other side. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3259 "2014-06-17T04:19:59Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#): > > > [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > > > Wasn’t it actually “Flick my Bic”, which also was one of their suggestive slogans. > > ::_Geez, I can’t believe I goofed up on that. I’ve only heard it a million times! :o > But my word was lighter, not fire. A fire in your pocket…that would hurt. :eek:_:: Yes, but I wasn’t responding to your post when I went back in play, I was responding to the one before me where someone made a reference to a Doors tune. BIP: When playing golf and you chip a shot over a tree, evergreen or otherwise, it’s polite to yell **For!** so that you don’t accidentally hit anyone you might not see was standing on the other side. ETA: Wow, an edit to a glitch in the nested quoting somehow ended up in a double post with edits one minute apart. The mind boggles at that one. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3260 "2014-06-17T05:34:31Z")
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