# The SDMB has a Monopoly on Chicken Littles. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 16, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905 "2007-10-16T15:12:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/1 "2007-10-16T15:12:56Z")
[This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=440134) started out with a simple wonderment: “Are they really getting rid of the paper money from the Monopoly game?” Since our M.O. is fighting ignorance, I decided to point out this is not true- the electronic banking edition is a seperate game. Most of the thread to that point was commenting on how boring Monopoly is (which I disagree with, but I’m not out to change people’s opinions), then it went back to the main subject. “It’s not going to be the same without a stack of orange $500s.” “ **THE CLASSIC MONOPOLY GAME IS NOT BEING DISCONTINUED.** ” “Oh, it’s being discontinued? We should start a letter-writing campaign.” “How can you misread something so clearly written?” "Trapeze act. 😉 " (what does that even mean?) **Barbarian** (whose comment I misinterpreted) and **Malacandra** (who came in late) are exempt from this, but the rest of the misinterpreters aren’t. This reminds me of one of those e-mail forwards for some stupid cause that isn’t actually happening. There’s no need to save Monopoly- it isn’t going anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/2 "2007-10-16T15:24:15Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] "Trapeze act. 😉 " (what does that even mean?) [/QUOTE] It means you got whooshed. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/3 "2007-10-16T15:25:32Z")
They were joking with you. After you shouted, everyone who came in there was joking with you. My god, you need to get your sense of humor adjusted. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/4 "2007-10-16T15:27:23Z")
No offense. But, I really think you should calm down. Just because you don’t like playing Monopoly with the cash doesn’t make the rest of us Luddites because we do. I for one will not take this change sitting down. Online petition to be sent to Hasbro! pat ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/5 "2007-10-16T15:27:40Z")
Sorry, **mobo85** , I’m going to repay your kindness in exempting me from criticism by pointing and laughing. It was obvious that the readership got the point and were making out they didn’t for a few grins at your expense. My post was intended to join in. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/6 "2007-10-16T15:27:48Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] “It’s not going to be the same without a stack of orange $500s.” “ **THE CLASSIC MONOPOLY GAME IS NOT BEING DISCONTINUED.** ” “Oh, it’s being discontinued? We should start a letter-writing campaign.” “How can you misread something so clearly written?” "Trapeze act. 😉 " (what does that even mean?) [/QUOTE] A trapeeze act goes woosh as it goes past you. You see, you said in big letters that the classic Monopoly game isn’t being discontinued, so in response to that, **Tenebras** pretended to not see your post and say it was being discontinued. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/7 "2007-10-16T15:30:33Z")
Wait, no more paper money in Monopoly? Can’t we talk to our reresentatives about this or something? I am going out later and buying all the old paper money Monopolys I can find and I am gonna make a mint on eBay. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/8 "2007-10-16T15:32:19Z")
Did you just have to start this? This is the kind of thread that pisses off the mods and brings all the trolls out of the woodwork. This is going to go for more than six pages. It will span every topic from circumcision to Democrats. Two people will be banned, and at least one sock will rise up to commandeer a full page before anybody realizes what’s going on. Couldn’t you have just sent an e-mail to each mod? It only takes a few minutes to track down each one’s address and compose a sufficiently general complaint. The Pit is supposed to be about women who eat their babies and uppity Muslims. Bush is an idiot. Clinton got a blow job. Hillary is a communist. Cheney is a Nazi. Jesus, now we’re all doomed. Thanks for shitting on us all. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/9 "2007-10-16T15:34:03Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] Wait, no more paper money in Monopoly? Can’t we talk to our reresentatives about this or something? I am going out later and buying all the old paper money Monopolys I can find and I am gonna make a mint on eBay. [/QUOTE] Stop it. He’s going to believe it and get all upset again. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/10 "2007-10-16T15:35:46Z")
Okay, I didn’t realize they were joking. This thread can be closed. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/11 "2007-10-16T15:39:24Z")
**FUCK!** Parker Brothers is discontinuing Monopoly?! Don’t they know that every time they update something they are robbing me off a piece of my childhood? Those heartless corporate bastards are, _evil_. But truth be told, I am looking forward to CSI: Clue.\* \*The meth addled prostitute, in the alley behind the strip club, with the tire iron ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/12 "2007-10-16T15:47:51Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] The Pit is supposed to be about women who eat their babies and uppity Muslims. [/QUOTE] Wait, when did women start eating uppity Muslims? ---
**Author:** ![tbdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@tbdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tbdi)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/13 "2007-10-16T15:48:48Z")
Its a result of the Patriot Act. Paper money doesn’t leave enough of a trail to track the terrorists so all transactions must be electronic starting with board games to get people used to it. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/14 "2007-10-16T15:49:11Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Wait, when did women start eating uppity Muslims? [/QUOTE] When the Muslim terrorists blew up the hotel on Baltic Avenue. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/15 "2007-10-16T15:52:28Z")
Use the discontinued Monopoly money to circumsize the Democrats. Ooooh paper cut. That’ll teach 'em! ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/16 "2007-10-16T15:58:53Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Amazing] A trapeeze act goes woosh as it goes past you. [/QUOTE] Not always. Sometimes the “whoosh” of the trapeze act is you hitting the safety net. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/17 "2007-10-16T16:01:23Z")
**mobo85** , I’m pretty sure those posts about the discontinued Monopoly game were meant to be taken as jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/18 "2007-10-16T16:06:06Z")
What’s worst here is that **mobo85** refuses to accept that people were joking and that this pit thread absolutely cannot be closed. 😉 Sorry, mobo. Sometimes you get the joke, and sometimes the joke gets you. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/19 "2007-10-16T16:07:37Z")
[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons] What’s worst here is that **mobo85** refuses to accept that people were joking and that this pit thread absolutely cannot be closed. [/QUOTE] No, I’ll close it. All he has to do is ask. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/20 "2007-10-16T16:08:08Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] … It will span every topic from circumcision to Democrats… [/QUOTE] But without Monopoly money, how will the Democrats _pay_ for the circumcisions? . [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905.md?page=2)