# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/41 "2007-10-16T17:52:12Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Godamighty, I can’t believe this thread hasn’t been closed yet. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but dude, they’re taking away my monopoly money? Surely you’ve heard about this. I think there was even a thread about it. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/42 "2007-10-16T17:56:19Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] **Giraffe**? Funny? It is to laugh. [/QUOTE] Well, I did know that was unlikely. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/43 "2007-10-16T18:01:11Z")
Now you’re being silly. Clue doesn’t have monopoly money. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/44 "2007-10-16T18:05:38Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] Now you’re being silly. Clue doesn’t have monopoly money. [/QUOTE] Yeah. Get a freakin’ monopoly already. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/45 "2007-10-16T18:06:49Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Yeah. Get a freakin’ monopoly already. [/QUOTE] I can’t, I’ve heard it’s being discontinued. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/46 "2007-10-16T18:07:34Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] I can’t, I’ve heard it’s being discontinued. [/QUOTE] Really? I haven’t heard a thing about that. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/47 "2007-10-16T18:22:12Z")
Pass it on… **mobo85** is discontinuing Monopoly with a little chicken trapeze act on Vermont Ave. tonight… ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/48 "2007-10-16T18:23:26Z")
What I don’t understand is why everyone thinks Hasbro is really discontinuing Monopoly. IT’S NOT BEING DISCONTINUED, PEOPLE! Stop with all the alarmism! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/49 "2007-10-16T18:27:51Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] What I don’t understand is why everyone thinks Hasbro is really discontinuing Monopoly. IT’S NOT BEING DISCONTINUED, PEOPLE! Stop with all the alarmism! [/QUOTE] I was going to post something about how it’s true that Hasbro will no longer manufacture Monopoly. However, Parker Brothers would be. Then I decided to check my facts first. Dammit, perfectly good post shot to hell. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/50 "2007-10-16T18:29:42Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] What I don’t understand is why everyone thinks Hasbro is really discontinuing Monopoly. IT’S NOT BEING DISCONTINUED, PEOPLE! Stop with all the alarmism! [/QUOTE] Uh, but it **is** being discontinued. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/51 "2007-10-16T18:32:29Z")
Well, that Monopoly is being discontinued certainly explains why no one wants to play it with me anymore 😉 or is it my transformation into Monty Bruns that has them scattering to the winds? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/52 "2007-10-16T18:33:05Z")
Get it right, moron. It’s HASBRO that makes Monopoly, not Parker Brothers. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/53 "2007-10-16T18:34:22Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] Uh, but it **is** being discontinued. [/QUOTE] It is? SHIT! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/54 "2007-10-16T18:34:54Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Scrappy Hero Pup] Get it right, moron. It’s HASBRO that makes Monopoly, not Parker Brothers. Sheesh. [/QUOTE] How young \*are \* you? Parker Brothers published Monopoly for years, decades even! (or should I duck to avoid the Flying Tortoni Brothers?) ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/55 "2007-10-16T18:40:30Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] I think he wants him to ask in the proper way? You know, PM or e-mail a mod? [/QUOTE] Magic word? Saying please? Appropriate forms all filled out? Sufficient bribe included? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/56 "2007-10-16T18:56:57Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] Well, that Monopoly is being discontinued certainly explains why no one wants to play it with me anymore 😉 or is it my transformation into Monty Bruns that has them scattering to the winds? [/QUOTE] Always picking on the Wall Street fat cats! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/57 "2007-10-16T19:13:16Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] Okay, I didn’t realize they were joking. This thread can be closed. [/QUOTE] They weren’t joking. “Jokes” are “funny”. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/58 "2007-10-16T19:16:41Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] They weren’t joking. “Jokes” are “funny”. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] As opposed to the jokes in the thread, which are funny! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/59 "2007-10-16T19:42:01Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] They weren’t joking. “Jokes” are “funny”. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] What, you think you have a monopoly on humor? ---
**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, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/60 "2007-10-16T19:44:51Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] Now you’re being silly. Clue doesn’t have monopoly money. [/QUOTE] I don’t get this joke at all. But it’s not your fault. I’m just clueless. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905.md?page=4)