# 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:** 7
**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 17, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/121 "2007-10-17T18:38:25Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Anyway, I believe it should be Chickens Little. [/QUOTE] Depends. Is “Little” an adjective, or a surname? I’ve always assumed the latter, but I supose it’s a matter of interpretation. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/122 "2007-10-17T20:01:25Z")
[QUOTE=kingpengvin] Clue… I have one\ [/QUOTE] Nitpick - I believe that should be, “Clue…I has one!” I like “Chickens little.” It has a nice, archaic feel to it. ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/123 "2007-10-17T20:12:46Z")
i hate you guys so much ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/124 "2007-10-17T20:20:22Z")
[QUOTE=lobstermobster] i hate you guys so much [/QUOTE] It isn’t our fault that Monopoly and Clue are being replaced by a combo game that involves using a cashless system to pay for murders done by candlestick. Blame Hasbtel. (That is what the OP said was happening isn’t it?) ---
**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, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/125 "2007-10-17T20:23:51Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Blame Hasbtel. [/QUOTE] I believe they’re calling it HasMat Brothers. ---
**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, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/126 "2007-10-17T20:28:40Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] I believe they’re calling it HasMat Brothers. [/QUOTE] Oh hasmat, if they never started making Monopoly in China, it would not have had lead paint, and they would not have had to discontinue this beloved game. Curse you Bottom line oriented CEO’s that outsource manufacturing to China. ---
**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, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/127 "2007-10-17T20:31:37Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] 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. [/QUOTE] I warn you: I will not be afraid to mention Bush or Clinton again. I suggest you capitulate. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/128 "2007-10-17T20:35:03Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > I suggest you capitulate. :eek: No, please, people, there’s no need to do your capitulating right here in the thread with everyone watching. Get a room. ---
**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, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/129 "2007-10-17T20:39:23Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] You did read the thread that started this one, didn’t you? [/QUOTE] Joe: Why did the chicken cross the road? Moe: I don’t know. Joe: Whoosh, DUMBASS! ---
**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, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/130 "2007-10-17T20:42:38Z")
[QUOTE=Don’t fight the hypothetical] Joe: Why did the chicken cross the road? Moe: I don’t know. Joe: Whoosh, DUMBASS! [/QUOTE] Hahaha! That’s friggin HILARIOUS. ---
**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, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/131 "2007-10-17T21:50:10Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] Hahaha! That’s friggin HILARIOUS. [/QUOTE] You’ve seen me friggin then? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/132 "2007-10-17T22:31:24Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] I warn you: I will not be afraid to mention Bush or Clinton again. I suggest you capitulate. [/QUOTE] But you haven’t said what you think about them discontinuing Monopoly. Now why is that? Because it is all a big Liberal conspiracy, that’s why. Anyhow, Monopoly comes with a gun and only Liberals would want to ban guns. So there. ---
**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, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/133 "2007-10-17T22:37:54Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] I suggest you capitulate. [/QUOTE] I hate it when people don’t capitulate. I mean, how hard is it to use the shift key? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/134 "2007-10-17T23:49:18Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Anyway, I believe it should be Chickens Little. [/QUOTE] Isn’t that Rich’s brother, the farmer? ---
**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 18, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/135 "2007-10-18T00:23:59Z")
Rich Chickens? Never heard of him, but then I don’t listen to country & western much. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/136 "2007-10-18T02:15:12Z")
I played Monopoly once. Three weeks later, we decided to call it a draw. ---
**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 18, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/137 "2007-10-18T02:23:09Z")
I played Monopoly once, but gave up in frustration when this Rich Little guy started stealing all of my artists’ work on some electronic banking system called the Interweb or something. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/138 "2007-10-18T02:34:22Z")
So, does this mean I should keep my old Monopoly game, and base my retirement plan on its future antique value? Or maybe just the money? Finance is soooo confusing. Tris ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/139 "2007-10-18T14:24:41Z")
**Tris** is being discontinued. :eek: ---
**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 18, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/140 "2007-10-18T14:27:07Z")
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