# 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:** 178
**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:** [July 30, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3541 "2014-07-30T03:13:09Z")
“The Evolution of Species” was written by Charles **Varmint**. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3542 "2014-07-30T10:50:55Z")
I’ve always preferred Alec **Darwin’s** portrayal as Jack Ryan to that of Harrison Ford or Ben Affleck. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2014, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3543 "2014-07-30T11:20:25Z")
Buzz \*\*Baldwin \*\*was the second guy to walk on the moon. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3544 "2014-07-30T14:50:34Z")
Are you thinking of a giant kettle that witches stir? You know, an **aldrin**? ---
**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:** [July 30, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3545 "2014-07-30T14:55:27Z")
The old lady in the shoe had so many **cauldron** she was confused most of the day. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3546 "2014-07-30T15:55:57Z")
Ever been to a **children** cookoff? You can smell the cumin, ground chuck and hot peppers from miles around. Mmm… **children.** ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3547 "2014-07-30T16:16:49Z")
Sometimes I just don’t get my children. When it’s hot out they say they’re cold, but when it’s **chili** out, they won’t bundle up. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3548 "2014-07-30T17:31:38Z")
Maybe you need to take them down South America way: those higher Andes mountains elevations of **Chilly** , say. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3549 "2014-07-30T17:54:28Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Ever been to a **children** cookoff? You can smell the cumin, ground chuck and hot peppers from miles around. Mmm… **children.** No, no. You’re supposed to use a word that _doesn’t_ fit there. In play: Lois **Chile** sure looked good in the James Bond space movie _Moonraker_, but jeez, she couldn’t act her way out of a paper bag. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3550 "2014-07-30T18:52:53Z")
I bet Chef Julia **Chiles** kept fruit in a paper bag to ripen it. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3551 "2014-07-30T19:50:59Z")
Gomer **Child** knew his infantry tactics and Marine lore, but ripening fruit wasn’t a skill of his, I hear. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3552 "2014-07-30T20:08:58Z")
Well, either you’re closing your eyes To a situation you do now wish to acknowledge Or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated By the presence of a **pyle** table in your community. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3553 "2014-07-30T21:08:14Z")
Hariold Hill would certainly agree that a \*\*pool \*\*and his money are soon parted. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3554 "2014-07-31T01:30:01Z")
It’s summer vacation for most kids, except those required to catch up by attending summer **fool.** ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3555 "2014-07-31T06:11:45Z")
We lifted our glasses & heartily shouted “ **SCHOOL**!”. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3556 "2014-07-31T14:05:25Z")
This is Dr. Egon Spengler speaking: Once I tried to drill a hole through my own **Skol**. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3557 "2014-07-31T14:10:30Z")
This is MRS. Spengler here to **skull** Dr. Spengler for doing something so asinine. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3558 "2014-07-31T16:06:22Z")
“If I **scold** you once, I **scold** you a million times…” ---
**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:** [July 31, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3559 "2014-07-31T18:01:04Z")
To cross that bridge you must pay the appropriate **told**. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3560 "2014-07-31T21:06:53Z")
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