# 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:** 58
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1141 "2013-03-19T08:25:00Z")
I’ve been eating **Courier** food lately, but still not the Curriest of food, such as dishes with fermented fish sauce. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1142 "2013-03-19T14:54:13Z")
I turned on the light in my kitchen last night, and about eighty of those damned cockroaches **curried** for their hiding places. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1143 "2013-03-19T18:05:47Z")
Out of play: > [@Sternvogel](#): > > Since you live in northeast Ohio, **EH** , I’m surprised you’re apparently unaware that surgeon George Washington **Cryer** was one of the founders of the Cleveland Clinic. He was also the father-in-law of Helga Sandburg, who was the daughter of poet and Lincoln biographer Carl. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I didn’t know that, but I do know that **Carver** & Ives were noted illustrators of Victorian America. George Washington [Crile](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Crile) was the Cleveland Clinic founder. G.W. Carver never had any children, let alone daughters-in-law. In-game: > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I turned on the light in my kitchen last night, and about eighty of those damned cockroaches **curried** for their hiding places. I don’t remember any cockroaches in the books written and illustrated by Richard **Scurried** , but his Tinker (rabbit) and Tanker (hippopotamus) were favorites of mine when I was learning to read. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1144 "2013-03-19T19:55:42Z")
I don’t go to movies like _Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hostel_ or _Saw_ because I find them much too **Scarry**. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1145 "2013-03-19T20:23:08Z")
If you suffer from **scary** you need to get to a dentist quickly! A stitch in time, and all 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:** [March 19, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1146 "2013-03-19T22:09:48Z")
My dentist listen to classic rock while he works, and from time to time I’ve heard Kansas singing “ **Caries** on My Wayward Son” over the speakers. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1147 "2013-03-20T03:48:07Z")
Does **Carry** Fisher ever listen to Kansas? ---
**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:** [March 20, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1148 "2013-03-20T14:03:05Z")
I think she has one of those **Carrie** single-serve coffee machines. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1149 "2013-03-20T14:03:54Z")
Hugh **Keurig** was a lawyer and a Congressman before being elected Governor of New York, a post he held from 1975-82. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1150 "2013-03-20T19:00:35Z")
New York? **Carey** is a city in Indiana, known as the home of the fictional Harold Hill in _The Music Man_ and the real live Jacksons of singing fame. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1151 "2013-03-20T19:59:00Z")
John **Gary** is the current U.S. Secretary of State, and ran for President but lost in 2004. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1152 "2013-03-20T21:10:12Z")
I heard he doesn’t eat much cheese or other\*\* Kerry\*\* products because he’s lactose intolerant. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1153 "2013-03-21T02:43:30Z")
Edward **Gary** , the author and illustrator famous for his macabre subject material, was originally from Chicago, which isn’t all that far from there. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1154 "2013-03-21T06:54:00Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I heard he doesn’t eat much cheese or other\*\* Kerry\*\* products because he’s lactose intolerant. People with lactose intolerance often keep a food **dairy** while they’re working out why they get sick so much. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1155 "2013-03-21T14:13:54Z")
They often keep those at the **diary** – a monastery for friars. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1156 "2013-03-22T00:48:04Z")
Those **priory** patches are good places to hide. Just ask Br’er Rabbit. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1157 "2013-03-22T01:38:32Z")
Tony **Briar** succeeded John Major as British prime minister in 1997, and served for ten years in that post. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1158 "2013-03-22T02:26:07Z")
British Prime Minister? David **Blair** is an American magician. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1159 "2013-03-22T02:32:08Z")
It’s a bird! It’s a **Blaine**! It’s Superman! ---
**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:** [March 23, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1160 "2013-03-23T01:17:08Z")
Wait! The Man of Steel was\*\* Plane\*\*, the jealous brother of Abel in the Bible? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=57) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=59)