# 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:** 6
**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 17, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/101 "2007-10-17T13:25:11Z")
Did you know they’re deleting the word ‘gullible’ from the dictionary? ---
**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, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/102 "2007-10-17T13:30:49Z")
I heard that Hasbro and Parker Brothers are merging, in an attempt to take control of Matell. It’s all part of their plans to create a Game Monopoly. Then it will be eaten by Muslim babies, and might be a cure for humorlessness. Tris ---
**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, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/103 "2007-10-17T14:25:57Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Did you know they’re deleting the word ‘gullible’ from the dictionary? [/QUOTE] That remains to be seen. An influential Nigerian institute that’s trying to stop that from happening contacted me via e-mail. I contributed $2,000. ---
**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 17, 2007, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/104 "2007-10-17T14:33:12Z")
There is, however, no such thing as a one-man-band. (It’s a physical joke - try slipping this assertion casually into conversation sometime; stick to your guns and watch with amusement as people try to convince you - they eventually end up performing all sorts of comical mimes). ---
**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 17, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/105 "2007-10-17T14:52:05Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] That remains to be seen. An influential Nigerian institute that’s trying to stop that from happening contacted me via e-mail. I contributed $2,000. [/QUOTE] I bet you just sent him Monopoly money. ---
**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 17, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/106 "2007-10-17T14:59:13Z")
[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons] I bet you just sent him Monopoly money. [/QUOTE] How could he? They’ve abolished it. Hadn’t you heard? ---
**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, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/107 "2007-10-17T15:01:38Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] How could he? They’ve abolished it. Hadn’t you heard? [/QUOTE] No, no. That was a joke. You sure are… what’s that word? It means “easily deceived”. Dammit, it was in the dictionary a minute ago! ---
**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 17, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/108 "2007-10-17T15:07:12Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] No, no. That was a joke. You sure are… what’s that word? It means “easily deceived”. Dammit, it was in the dictionary a minute ago! [/QUOTE] I hope you’re not whooshing me, because I have to tell you, I take that very seriously indeed. Far too seriously. ---
**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 17, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/109 "2007-10-17T15:14:03Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I hope you’re not whooshing me, because I have to tell you, I take that very seriously indeed. Far too seriously. [/QUOTE] What are you, some sort of [yahoo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Serious)? ---
**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 17, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/110 "2007-10-17T16:00:46Z")
Whooshes can be valid but if you have to yell, “Whoosh, DUMBASS!” methinks it is the yeller who is the dumbass. [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] Nitpick: Wooshee. ---
**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, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/111 "2007-10-17T16:09:20Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t fight the hypothetical] Whooshes can be valid but if you have to yell, “Whoosh, DUMBASS!” methinks it is the yeller who is the dumbass. Nitpick: Wooshee. [/QUOTE] You did read the thread that started this one, didn’t you? Although poor **mobo** didn’t have to be hit by a clue by four to realize he’d been whooshed. ---
**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 17, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/112 "2007-10-17T16:42:32Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t fight the hypothetical] Whooshes can be valid but if you have to yell, “Whoosh, DUMBASS!” methinks it is the yeller who is the dumbass. Nitpick: Wooshee. [/QUOTE] There was a great deal in Sunday’s paper. Just go look for the $1 off Wooshee Coupon. ---
**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, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/113 "2007-10-17T17:00:04Z")
[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] I wasn’t whooshed there. Really you do really have to learn to follow links and read. ---
**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, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/114 "2007-10-17T17:12:48Z")
[QUOTE=DrDeth] I wasn’t whooshed there. Really you do really have to learn to follow links and read. [/QUOTE] I wasn’t commenting on any link to anywhere, I was commenting on what you said here, in this thread about posters missing a joke. Guess I was whooshed there. I thought you were making a general comment but you were actually talking about your own self being stupid and clueless. According to you, that means you’re a jerk and a troll. ---
**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, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/115 "2007-10-17T17:17:32Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] I wasn’t commenting on any link to anywhere, I was commenting on what you said here, in this thread about posters missing a joke. Guess I was whooshed there. I thought you were making a general comment but you were actually talking about your own self being stupid and clueless. According to you, that means you’re a jerk and a troll. [/QUOTE] This being the Pit, I am sure it is perfectly acceptable to call oneself a jerk and a troll. What’s your point? ---
**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, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/116 "2007-10-17T17:24:15Z")
[QUOTE=Diomedes] 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. [/QUOTE] I dunno, I’ll want to see that “functional sense of humor” first. :dubious: 😛😃 ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/117 "2007-10-17T17:25:38Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] Although poor **mobo** didn’t have to be hit by a clue by four to realize he’d been whooshed. [/QUOTE] Clue… I have one “Female gendered Person with Marital status, Caucasian with a violent implement of death which should be banned or at least highly regulated, despite the amendment, in the Non wealth/class specific room .” It’s from the updated version of Clue… PS They’re banning the old Clue too for being offensive. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/118 "2007-10-17T17:32:29Z")
[QUOTE=kingpengvin] PS They’re banning the old Clue too for being offensive. [/QUOTE] Damn, that means no on will have a Clue anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/119 "2007-10-17T17:59:41Z")
I can’t believe I got a special mention in the OP and yet couldn’t get to this thread before it hit page 3. You’d think the mods would lock everyone else out of a thread until I got to the front of the line, or something… ---
**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, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/120 "2007-10-17T18:25:57Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Anyway, I believe it should be Chickens Little. There was a Language Log post about this very thing a while back, but since I can’t recall the technical term for it or the examples used in the article, I couldn’t find it. Oh well… Anyway, “Chicken Littles” is clear and easily understood, while “Chickens Little” feels unwieldy and archaic to me. I think pedants on either side of this one don’t have a leg to stand on. > [@Don't fight the hypothetical](#): > > Nitpick: Wooshee. [Nitpick](http://www.google.com/search?q=woosh&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7): [Whooshee](http://www.google.com/search?q=whoosh&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7). **Barbarian** , that has to be the first time I’ve seen what amounts to “FIRST POST!!!” on Page 3. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905.md?page=7)