# 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:** 84
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1661 "2013-06-25T20:08:33Z")
You know, when I read that passage, I mentally hear a **five** playing in the background, as one would when Oliver gave his speeches about the American farmer on _Green Acres_. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1662 "2013-06-25T21:49:27Z")
Bet it’s not as funny as the “That’s a **fife**!” scene in _Crocodile Dundee_. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1663 "2013-06-26T04:32:31Z")
Wasn’t the weapon Dundee pulled out one of those foam-based weapons manufactured by **Knife**? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1664 "2013-06-26T11:34:41Z")
I never quite understood it when someone got called a **nerf** on “Happy Days.” ---
**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:** [June 26, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1665 "2013-06-26T13:48:40Z")
Yeah, and what was that pizza delivery company that had that annoying **Nerd** character in all its TV ads? ---
**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:** [June 26, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1666 "2013-06-26T13:53:26Z")
Domino’s! And I agree, I’m glad they declared that particular commercial campaign null and **noid**. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1667 "2013-06-26T14:45:48Z")
You can always throw **Void** balls at him. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1668 "2013-06-26T21:08:24Z")
Don’t any of you people who keep getting these words wrong ever listen to the still, small **Voit** in your head nagging you that something in your reply is amiss? ---
**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:** [June 27, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1669 "2013-06-27T00:09:55Z")
That would be songwriter Tommy **Voice** , who with partner Bobby Hart wrote a number of hit songs for the Monkees and other 60’s acts. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1670 "2013-06-27T02:26:10Z")
My neighbor Tommy was a fellow member of the **Boyce** Scouts of America, Troop 11, with me 'way back in the Seventies. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1671 "2013-06-27T04:20:39Z")
Did you ever go for the sailing merit badge? Apparently you can learn about the meanings behind all the various signal **boys** that you’ll find floating in the water. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1672 "2013-06-27T13:54:35Z")
I never earned Sailing merit badge, but I both earned and then taught Canoeing and Rowing to quite a few **buoys** at Camp McKinley, back in the day. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1673 "2013-06-27T20:09:18Z")
I suppose while out on a boat, you often have to show some **boys** and steadiness during unusual situations in order to keep everyone calm. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1674 "2013-06-27T20:19:59Z")
Why would you take cyanide, arsenic, or any other **poise** on a boat unless you were up to no good, such as plotting to kill one of your fishing “buddies”? ---
**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:** [June 27, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1675 "2013-06-27T20:24:16Z")
C’est bon, is not zee boat zee place to catch le **poison** , n’est ce pas? ---
**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:** [June 28, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1676 "2013-06-28T04:14:39Z")
Of course, you’re going to find a **poisson** on a boat. That’s where they work, seeing as they’re the senior crewmen of the deck department. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1677 "2013-06-28T19:40:12Z")
I was happy when I stepped off the boat and my wife hugged me tight, pressing me close against her **boatswain**. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1678 "2013-06-29T00:21:08Z")
I remember the old Honeymooners show when Ralph Kramden would threaten his wife with the phrase “ **Bosom!** To the moon, Alice!” ---
**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:** [June 29, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1679 "2013-06-29T03:09:58Z")
The Kramdens had a pretty plain, spartan apartment. They really ought to have **bang** ed more pictures up. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1680 "2013-06-30T22:12:36Z")
Speaking of TV shows, did you know the The Simpsons aliens, Kodos and **Hang** , were named after Klingons in Star Trek TOS? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=83) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=85)