# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/81 "2007-10-17T00:39:19Z")
:sigh: ---
**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 17, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/82 "2007-10-17T00:53:09Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] [The exact quote in question.](http://208.100.26.199/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7494400&postcount=159) [/QUOTE] Wow, good times, good times. That was an interesting thread that got all over the place. Jim ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/83 "2007-10-17T01:07:24Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t fight the hypothetical] [Hijack] Most of this thread is irrelevant as Monopoly is being discontinued. [/Hijack] Carry on… [/QUOTE] Holy Batfuck, Buttman! Why haven’t I heard about this until now? This is some bad shit, man, and I’m gonna get all pissed-like REAL SOON! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/84 "2007-10-17T01:12:24Z")
What about [Easy Money](http://www.boardgames.com/eamoboga.html)? They’re not gonna discontinue that, are they?? I always liked that one better than Monopoly anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/85 "2007-10-17T02:15:04Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] What about [Easy Money](http://www.boardgames.com/eamoboga.html)? They’re not gonna discontinue that, are they?? I always liked that one better than Monopoly anyway. [/QUOTE] Are you crazy?! Don’t give out any ideas! Now that **mobo85** has caused Monopoly to be discontinued, surely the fiend will be looking around eagerly for some other beloved classic games to destroy. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/86 "2007-10-17T02:24:21Z")
[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons] I don’t get this joke at all. But it’s not your fault. I’m just clueless. [/QUOTE] Wait. Clue 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 17, 2007, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/87 "2007-10-17T02:27:05Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] Wait. Clue is being discontinued? [/QUOTE] Right after the last Parchesi rolls off the line. Didn’t you know? ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/88 "2007-10-17T02:29:49Z")
You know, I saw a thing on TV about this just today. They are making Monopoly some kind of video game, with no money, and all the properties are streets in New York! I hate progress. Tris ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/89 "2007-10-17T02:40:43Z")
Can we please get back to the real issue here? It’s circumcised Democrat Islamofascist baby eaters we should be worried about, people! Didn’t somebody say they have a monopoly on electronic transactions or something? This must be stopped! ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/90 "2007-10-17T02:43:23Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] [The exact quote in question.](http://208.100.26.199/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7494400&postcount=159) [/QUOTE] You missed [a more explicit one](http://208.100.26.199/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7493942&postcount=138). ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/91 "2007-10-17T03:31:32Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Wait, when did women start eating uppity Muslims? [/QUOTE] Didn’t you hear? They’re discontinuing babies. With all the discontinued games we’ll just be left with the Game of Life and that’s sooo boring. ---
**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 17, 2007, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/92 "2007-10-17T03:57:08Z")
Settlers of Cataan? They’re complaining about urban sprawl. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/93 "2007-10-17T06:51:33Z")
[QUOTE=Sapo] God please. Don’t let this be true. Cite? [/QUOTE] Yes, here is what I said " Right. And what a wonderful scam it is. A poster says something ignorant and foolish. A smarter and rather observant poster calls them on it. So, then all you have to say is “WHOOSH!” and suddenly it’s the other guy who is made to look like a fool, and you’re oh-so-clever and funny. … So, by posting something stupid and attempting to cover it up by a “WOOSH!”, either you’re being a troll or disengenous. And, then dudes will defend the “WHOOSHer” by saying: “you just don’t have a sense of humor”- which could be right if the “WHOOSH” had any elements of humor in it at all. Sure, once in a great while a WHOOSH is completey obvious and even funny. But I think more often it’s just a weasle." Note that I was not talking about clearly obvious _attempts_ at humor. It’s when you said something that is either completely stupid or just plain wrong, then attempt to cover it up by saying “whoosh!” that it becomes jerk-like behaviour. ---
**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/94 "2007-10-17T07:20:44Z")
Well that’s a load off my mind. I think I’ll go out and buy a copy of Monopoly right now anyway, just in case they decide to go through with the discontinuation. Monopoly is like a gun–it makes you happy, for one thing, and also it’s better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. I hear Bill Gates has that exact sentence tattooed across that woman he married’s right buttcheek. By the way, **mobo** , there are many decaffeinated brands on the market that taste _just like the real thing_. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/95 "2007-10-17T09:41:40Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] Yes, here is what I said " Right. And what a wonderful scam it is. A poster says something ignorant and foolish. A smarter and rather observant poster calls them on it. So, then all you have to say is “WHOOSH!” and suddenly it’s the other guy who is made to look like a fool, and you’re oh-so-clever and funny. … So, by posting something stupid and attempting to cover it up by a “WOOSH!”, either you’re being a troll or disengenous. And, then dudes will defend the “WHOOSHer” by saying: “you just don’t have a sense of humor”- which could be right if the “WHOOSH” had any elements of humor in it at all. Sure, once in a great while a WHOOSH is completey obvious and even funny. But I think more often it’s just a weasle." Note that I was not talking about clearly obvious _attempts_ at humor. It’s when you said something that is either completely stupid or just plain wrong, then attempt to cover it up by saying “whoosh!” that it becomes jerk-like behaviour. [/QUOTE] Well, that just crosses the envelope. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/96 "2007-10-17T10:54:43Z")
Anyway, I believe it should be Chickens Little. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/97 "2007-10-17T11:22:58Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] Yes, here is what I said " Right. And what a wonderful scam it is. A poster says something ignorant and foolish. A smarter and rather observant poster calls them on it. So, then all you have to say is “WHOOSH!” and suddenly it’s the other guy who is made to look like a fool, and you’re oh-so-clever and funny. … So, by posting something stupid and attempting to cover it up by a “WOOSH!”, either you’re being a troll or disengenous. And, then dudes will defend the “WHOOSHer” by saying: “you just don’t have a sense of humor”- which could be right if the “WHOOSH” had any elements of humor in it at all. Sure, once in a great while a WHOOSH is completey obvious and even funny. But I think more often it’s just a weasle." Note that I was not talking about clearly obvious _attempts_ at humor. It’s when you said something that is either completely stupid or just plain wrong, then attempt to cover it up by saying “whoosh!” that it becomes jerk-like behaviour. [/QUOTE] Ooooor. The wooshie is stupid and continues to be totally clueless, even AFTER being hit by a clue by four and his/her only defense is to call the woosher a troll and a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/98 "2007-10-17T12:41:01Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] Ooooor. The wooshie is stupid and continues to be totally clueless, even AFTER being hit by a clue by four and his/her only defense is to call the woosher a troll and a jerk. [/QUOTE] Show some compassion. If you fall for the “hey, what’s that on your shirt?” \ “hahahahaha! Gotcha!” thing once, you feel pretty silly. If you’re the kind of person who continues to fall for it day after day, I’m sure you begin to really resent the cruelty of your oppressors… [QUOTE=Liberal] Anyway, I believe it should be Chickens Little. [/QUOTE] Glad someone else thought that too. The always-relevant [Onion](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/31525) on the matter. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/99 "2007-10-17T12:48:24Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] They weren’t joking. “Jokes” are “funny”. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Hey, DrDeth. I’ll trade you a functional sense of humor for all four railroads, okay? All right, you can keep B&O, but that’s my final offer. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/100 "2007-10-17T12:59:26Z")
They’re discontinuing Monopoly? The NWO, Bilderbergers, Illuminati, and Masons are behind it. It’s one more step in moving us to a cashless society which they control. Every right-thinking American should own an assault rifle and Monopoly before Hillary Klinton makes it impossible. They’ll probably introduce some pussy game to replace Monopoly that’s all about bonding and sharing and shit where “everybody wins.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905.md?page=6)