# 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:** 36
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/701 "2012-11-15T18:13:43Z")
I think you’re getting your madmen confused. Dr **Pippen** was the wife-murderer who was the first man whose arrest was facilitated by telegraph. ---
**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 15, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/702 "2012-11-15T18:26:38Z")
Wait, wasn’t he one of those topless **Crippen** dancers, with all the thongs and the pecs and the body oil and the glaiven? ---
**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 15, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/703 "2012-11-15T21:41:49Z")
I never knew Disney’s characters **Chippendale** were male dancers. Their “Rescue Rangers” cartoon seemed so kiddie friendly. ---
**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 16, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/704 "2012-11-16T16:14:33Z")
Definitely kid friendly, but not “They.”\*\* Chip 'n Dale\*\* was the pet turtle who ate raisins in Kay Thompson’s delightful\* Eloise\* series of children’s books. ---
**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 16, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/705 "2012-11-16T16:57:34Z")
There’s nothing delightful about Minnie **Skipperdee** ’s “Loving You”. _Loving you is easy cause you’re beautiful_… I guess if he’d been ugly she’d have had to work at it. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/706 "2012-11-16T17:12:35Z")
Hang on, Angela **Ripperton** wasn’t a singer, she read the news. Perhaps you’re confused because she once danced on Morecambe and Wise, showing off some amazing legs (and she’s not ageing badly even at 68, either). ---
**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 16, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/707 "2012-11-16T21:21:31Z")
I don’t think Jack the **Rippon** ever danced on a show, I think he was too busy murdering women. ---
**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 16, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/708 "2012-11-16T22:38:58Z")
I didn’t know that Notre Dame’s football player known as The **Ripper** went around murdering women. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/709 "2012-11-16T22:39:00Z")
How could a **gipper** play football? It’s nothing but a herring – a smoked one, at that! ---
**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 17, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/710 "2012-11-17T03:52:23Z")
**Kipper** could do just about anything! Roy Rogers’ golden palomino was the smartest animal ever. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/711 "2012-11-17T03:54:15Z")
No, **Trigger** was a feline friend of Winnie-the-Pooh. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/712 "2012-11-17T08:55:31Z")
No, **Tigger** was the name of Guy Gibson’s dog - you’re getting confused by the American bowdlerisation of _The Dam Busters_. ---
**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 17, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/713 "2012-11-17T21:26:07Z")
Jeezus, Malacandra - are you _trying_ to kill this thread? I hear Guy Gibson liked to wear frilly **niggers** on missions for good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/714 "2012-11-17T22:28:14Z")
While I guess you could wear **knickers** , most people prefer to spend those coins which depict Thomas Jefferson (in the USA) or a beaver (in Canada). ---
**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 17, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/715 "2012-11-17T22:54:05Z")
Yes, I’ve always enjoyed eating **nickels** , however, it has to be the dill ones. The bread and butter or sweet ones I’ve never liked. ---
**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 17, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/716 "2012-11-17T23:21:49Z")
I had a friend in marching band who played the **pickle** who was a big fan of dills. ---
**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 18, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/717 "2012-11-18T01:54:40Z")
Played in a band and liked dills? Sounds liked a classic Communist sympathizer, a true Commie **piccolo**. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/718 "2012-11-18T03:22:09Z")
I don’t think Communists would be very enthusiastic about **Pinko** , since it’s one of those games on that orgy of capitalism, _The Price Is Right_. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/719 "2012-11-18T23:05:26Z")
I didn’t know they played **Plinko** on The Price is Right. Wouldn’t a game of table tennis distract from the rest of the program? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/720 "2012-11-19T16:13:37Z")
You would probably be distracted from your table tennis game if you were eating a delicious **Ping-Pong** snack cake from the now-bankrupt Hostess company. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=37)