# 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:** 62
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1221 "2013-04-10T22:32:49Z")
I wonder if the guards ever order sundaes or cones at the **Coldstream** Creamery. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1222 "2013-04-11T00:22:23Z")
I didn’t know former professional wrestler **“Cold Stone”** Steve Austin owned a creamery. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1223 "2013-04-11T01:49:03Z")
Remember _This Is Spinal Tap_, where they got the measurements wrong and built a tiny model of **Stonecold** for their stage show? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1224 "2013-04-11T02:24:52Z")
Horace **Stonehenge** wasn’t involved with either serious or parody rock music. He was the owner who moved the National League’s Giants from New York to San Francisco after the 1957 season. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1225 "2013-04-11T05:24:30Z")
Hillary **Stoneham** Clinton was John Kerry’s predecessor as U.S. Secretary of State. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1226 "2013-04-11T05:49:57Z")
Johnny **Rodham** was the singer for the Sex Pistols. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1227 "2013-04-11T12:42:05Z")
I don’t think so. **Burt Rotten** is the designer of some pretty innovative aircraft. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1228 "2013-04-11T14:30:22Z")
I think you’re talking about **Rutan** , a manufacturer of KVM switches and other data center management devices. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1229 "2013-04-11T15:04:05Z")
What? We all love **Raritan** , Godzilla’s pet pterodactyl! ---
**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:** [April 11, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1230 "2013-04-11T15:34:29Z")
I don’t know about Godzilla movies. I’d much rather be enjoying the work of French sculptors like Auguste **Rodan**. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1231 "2013-04-11T17:19:55Z")
He was a sculptor, too? I thought **Rodin** the Boy Wonder grew up to be Nightwing. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1232 "2013-04-11T18:01:02Z")
Really? I thought **Robin** was a rural term for a country workhorse. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1233 "2013-04-11T18:47:35Z")
Even the smartest, most dextrous workhorse wouldn’t be able to change the **dobbin** in an industrial sewing machine. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1234 "2013-04-11T19:19:02Z")
Wait a second? A **bobbin**? Isn’t that the nickname of British police officers? ---
**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:** [April 11, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1235 "2013-04-11T19:24:19Z")
I don’t know, but **Bobby** is the Discworld Watchman who carries papers with him that prove he’s a human being. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1236 "2013-04-11T21:35:05Z")
Why would Red Sox outfielder Daniel **Nobby** have to carry documentation of his species? He shouldn’t even need to carry proof of citizenship, as he was born in California. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1237 "2013-04-12T19:18:50Z")
Ha ha, **Nava** was the last name given to Roddy Piper’s character in the end credits of They Live. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1238 "2013-04-13T02:57:37Z")
Sorry, but **Nada** is a character created by Enid Blyton. Roddy Piper may be mocked as a wooden actor, but **Nada** is actually made of wood! ---
**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:** [April 14, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1239 "2013-04-14T02:09:38Z")
How could she be made of wood and still be that flexible?\*\* Noddy\*\* Comăneci was the first Olympic gymnast ever to score a perfect 10. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1240 "2013-04-14T16:38:13Z")
Oh, I really like that Sarah McLachlan song, “ **Nadia** , I do believe I’ve failed you…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=61) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=63)