# 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:** 4
**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, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/61 "2007-10-16T19:54:29Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] What, you think you have a monopoly on humor? [/QUOTE] Nah, just a trust. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/62 "2007-10-16T19:55:33Z")
Can you use the new credit card to get money from Free Parking? ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/63 "2007-10-16T19:57:01Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] What, you think you have a monopoly on humor? [/QUOTE] Wait, **DrDeth** ’s sense of humor is beind discontinued? ---
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/64 "2007-10-16T19:57:20Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] They weren’t joking. “Jokes” are “funny”. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Okay, now I’m getting concerned. Is it raining in your little corner of the basement? Do not pass go; do not collect 200 Quatloos. ---
**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, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/65 "2007-10-16T20:07:03Z")
[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons] I don’t get this joke at all. But it’s not your fault. I’m just clueless. [/QUOTE] Haven’t you heard? Jokes are being discontinued. A reliable source told me. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/66 "2007-10-16T20:07:39Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] They weren’t joking. “Jokes” are “funny”. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Weren’t you the guy who thought “whooshes” should be treated as a form of trolling? ---
**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, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/67 "2007-10-16T20:08:04Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] Haven’t you heard? Jokes are being discontinued. A reliable source told me. [/QUOTE] Really? You’re joking! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/68 "2007-10-16T20:09:45Z")
You do realize that with Monopoly shutting down, what is to become of the unused tokens? With Katrina victims finally get the housing they need? Will lone running shoes littering the streets of America be joined by that tiny boot? Will Michael Vick get all the Scotty dogs? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/69 "2007-10-16T20:26:03Z")
[QUOTE=Taber] Wait, **DrDeth** ’s sense of humor is beind discontinued? [/QUOTE] No, just discounted. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/70 "2007-10-16T21:02:46Z")
Monopoly banned? It’s about fuckin’ time those government anti-trust lawyers got off their asses. ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/71 "2007-10-16T22:46:01Z")
[QUOTE=Duckster] … Will Michael Vick get all the Scotty dogs? [/QUOTE] That just made me laugh so loud I scared the cat. (I am going to hell for laughing at that, aren’t I?). Too bad about Monopoly. Good thing I already have a copy. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/72 "2007-10-16T22:58:00Z")
Do you see the irony? (it seems)The SDMB is full of people who bleat about trivia, let me rush off and start a pit thread to complain about it! ---
**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, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/73 "2007-10-16T23:16:21Z")
Given it’s current weakness, you could just use real dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/74 "2007-10-16T23:20:36Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] Okay, I didn’t realize they were joking. This thread can be closed. [/QUOTE] You have won second prize in a comprehension contest - collect $10 ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/75 "2007-10-16T23:21:07Z")
THE SKY IS FALLING! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/76 "2007-10-16T23:26:41Z")
[QUOTE=Taber] Wait, **DrDeth** ’s sense of humor is beind discontinued? [/QUOTE] Long, long ago. ---
**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, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/77 "2007-10-16T23:41:16Z")
[QUOTE=DiggitCamara] THE SKY IS FALLING! [/QUOTE] Check out [thread=440413]this thread[/thread]. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/78 "2007-10-16T23:51:03Z")
[Hijack] Most of this thread is irrelevant as Monopoly is being discontinued. [/Hijack] Carry on… ---
**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, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/79 "2007-10-16T23:59:00Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Weren’t you the guy who thought “whooshes” should be treated as a form of trolling? [/QUOTE] God please. Don’t let this be true. Cite? ---
**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 17, 2007, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/80 "2007-10-17T00:24:02Z")
[The exact quote in question.](http://208.100.26.199/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7494400&postcount=159) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905.md?page=5)