# Rudolph, you'll go down in history (like \_\_\_) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 19, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727 "2013-12-19T14:55:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/101 "2013-12-23T06:04:07Z")
This thread is so surprisingly interesting - the variations are all over the place and yet anchoring it is a solid contingency who has no idea what’s going down! Who woulda thought? Central MD here, and like many of the posters (or it was a little selective bias on my part): Lightbulb Pinnocchio Monopoly George Washington ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/102 "2013-12-23T06:50:08Z")
Lepke. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/103 "2013-12-23T07:05:58Z")
Age 28, Male, Northern Arkansas. I’ve always heard “Columbus” In my aesthetic opinion, “George Washington” has two many syllables. Sure, it’s technically the same number as “Monopoly” or “Pinocchio,” but neither of those have a first syllable is rather consonant heavy and makes the whole thing sound all crammed together. “George” may be an unstressed syllable, but it’s not _that_ unstressed. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/104 "2013-12-23T07:13:53Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Really? Then why are there dinosaurs in the Museum of Natural History? You said it yourself. “_Natural_ History.” Without qualifications, most academics use “history” to mean “written history.” They call the stuff that comes before writing “prehistory.” Of course you’re going to see that type of pedantry here! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/105 "2013-12-23T07:17:35Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > Like Napoleon Missed this the first time. That’s the perfect four syllable word. It has two stressed syllables, like all the other callbacks. That makes it fit better than “Columbus,” IMHO. I’ve always felt that “Columbus” didn’t quite fit, so thanks for helping me figure out why. The “bus” syllable is stressed, which sounds weird. ---
**Author:** ![Azile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@Azile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azile)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/106 "2013-12-24T23:53:33Z")
California in the 80s/90s and it was lightbulb, pinnochio, monopoly, and Columbus. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/107 "2013-12-25T00:55:50Z")
I grew up across Canada (Air Force brat) with most of my time in Alberta and Manitoba and we used to end with “like Charlieeee Bbrrrrroooowwwnnnn”. Others were light bulb, dumbo, and monopoly. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/108 "2013-12-25T02:19:50Z")
George Washington. Michigan. Mrs. Mahaloth is from California and she learned: Hitler I thought she was joking, but she swears this is what she sang as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/109 "2013-12-25T06:26:03Z")
Lightbulb Dumbo Football Columbus Texas I never knew there were variations, either. Now I’m wondering about variations on “Jingle Bells, Batman Smells”. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727/110 "2013-12-25T15:43:27Z")
Columbus. I’m from Texas. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudolph-youll-go-down-in-history-like-___/676727.md?page=5)