# 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:** 35
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/681 "2012-11-12T10:47:15Z")
I think that guy from the Spider-Man movies, **Toblerone** , eats those. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/682 "2012-11-12T17:08:05Z")
I don’t remember any **Tobey Maguire** in a Spiderman movie. Peter Parker fought Dr. Doom and the Green Goblin, not violent 19th-century coal miners from the anthracite fields of eastern Pennsylvania. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/683 "2012-11-12T17:26:21Z")
Don’t be ridiculous. **Molly McGuires** didn’t mine coal, they sold cockles and mussels alive-O! ---
**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:** [November 12, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/684 "2012-11-12T19:53:12Z")
**Molly Malone** didn’t sell cockles and mussels, he sold beer at his bar Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/685 "2012-11-12T19:57:17Z")
No, the **Molly Malone** wasn’t carrying shellfish - she was running rum when the Americans (cutters Walcott and Dexter) sank her on March 22 1929. Caused a bit of a stir internationally, since it happened well outside US territorial waters! ETA: bah! Ah well, next up, run with whichever you see fit. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/686 "2012-11-12T20:57:59Z")
I don’t recall alcohol playing a significant part in the movie _ **Sam Malone** _ and its sequel _ **I’m Alone** 2: Lost in New York_. Though, they were no doubt better if you watched them while drinking. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/687 "2012-11-13T02:01:26Z")
I don’t know if Java Man, better known as\*\*\* Home alone, \*\*\*discovered alcohol, but he did master two important plot devices used in those movies, fire and tools. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/688 "2012-11-13T15:35:03Z")
Oh yeah! When I was a kid, I always wanted one of those _ **Homo Erectus** _ sets. My parents thought they were only for boys though. . . :rolleyes: what a couple of pithrecanthropines! ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/689 "2012-11-13T16:39:46Z")
You’ve always wanted an **erector**? They’re super when you’re with someone you’re naked with, but they can be a bit embarasing when you’re standing in front of a class and giving a speech. Not that it’s happened to me. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/690 "2012-11-13T16:44:33Z")
As an Englishman, I find your **erection** a serious embarrassment - I mean, it only comes around every four years, but it seems like one’s no sooner over than you’re obsessing over the next one! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/691 "2012-11-13T22:21:24Z")
An **election** sometimes embarrasses the person who’s kicked out of a game by the umpire, but sometimes it’s a calculated move, as when a manager figures he’ll fire up his team by arguing a bad call until he gets the boot from the field and dugout. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/692 "2012-11-13T22:29:06Z")
What about managers getting fired? I know that in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon _The **Ejections** _, George was always getting fired by his manager. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/693 "2012-11-14T03:54:44Z")
And then sink to the bottom of the ocean, because **Jetson** is the other kind of shipwreck cargo that isn’t flotsam. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/694 "2012-11-14T04:52:18Z")
I guess some shipwreck cargo is **jetsam** , since that mineral is used in drywall, fertilizer, and plaster, and (in the form known as alabaster) even fine sculpture. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/695 "2012-11-14T06:48:13Z")
We just had some drywall and plastering done. You hear some bad stories about **gypsum** s, but the ones who did ours made a first-class job on it, and reasonably priced too. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/696 "2012-11-14T15:36:58Z")
I guess you could consider yourself lucky that they weren’t drinking on the job and therefore a little **gypsy** and prone to sloppy work and mistakes. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/697 "2012-11-14T21:34:35Z")
I never thought **Tipsy** Hedren’s work in the movies was sloppy. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/698 "2012-11-14T22:03:00Z")
If you’re talking about that Swedish girl in the books by Astrid Lindgren, **Tippi** had the last name of Longstocking, not Hedren. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/699 "2012-11-14T23:52:04Z")
I don’t know if they have them in Sweden but we used to have some **pippi** s living in the loft space. Bat droppings are pain to get rid of, let me tell you. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/700 "2012-11-15T16:35:37Z")
You’re thinking of that basketball player right? I don’t know if he had bats in his belfry but when he played in Chicago he was known as “No Tippin’ **Pipistrelle**.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=36)