# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/141 "2007-10-18T14:48:53Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] That’s true. I read it on the internet. [/QUOTE] You couldn’t have. They discontinued it. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/142 "2007-10-18T14:49:16Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] You couldn’t have. They discontinued it. [/QUOTE] They discontinued the _Internet_??? Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/143 "2007-10-18T14:53:13Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] They discontinued the _Internet_??? Fuck. [/QUOTE] Now we’re going to have to go outside. I’m scared. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/144 "2007-10-18T14:54:01Z")
Yeah, starting today, you will no longer be able to post to any thre ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/145 "2007-10-18T14:58:47Z")
[QUOTE=Telperien] Now we’re going to have to go outside. I’m scared. [/QUOTE] Hold me! ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/146 "2007-10-18T15:00:09Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Hold me! [/QUOTE] _grabs you for comfort_ ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/147 "2007-10-18T15:10:00Z")
What are those bipedal things that make noises I somehow recognize cognitively? ---
**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, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/148 "2007-10-18T16:00:59Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] What are those bipedal things that make noises I somehow recognize cognitively? [/QUOTE] Must be those “bot” things I keep hearing about. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/149 "2007-10-18T16:10:17Z")
[QUOTE=Atomicktom] I played Monopoly once. Three weeks later, we decided to call it a draw. [/QUOTE] I played Monopoly once when I was ten. We expect the game to be over soon. ---
**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, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/150 "2007-10-18T17:19:34Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] **Tris** is being discontinued. :eek: [/QUOTE] Yeah, but don’t worry, I will be reissued. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/151 "2007-10-18T17:30:18Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Is it just me, or is anyone else hearing this set to music? [/QUOTE] _To the tune of “On Broadway”, by George Benson_ They say that Cecil got it right on Pitway. They say there’s always loathing in the air. When Clinton’s intern’s on her knees And Cheney’s bona fide Nazi And all the paper’s gone from Mon-op-ly. On Pitway… On Pitway. 😃 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/152 "2007-10-18T18:06:07Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Amazing] I played Monopoly once when I was ten. We expect the game to be over soon. [/QUOTE] I played Monopoly once. _Once._ …hmm, that’s two **Johnny Dangerously** references for me in a single thread. Now there’s something you don’t see every day. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/153 "2007-10-18T18:10:19Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] I played Monopoly once. _Once._ [/QUOTE] In 1960. For 47 years. ---
**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, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/154 "2007-10-18T18:15:19Z")
[QUOTE=Telperien] Now we’re going to have to go outside. I’m scared. [/QUOTE] We could stay in and play a board game. I hear there’s this Monopoly game, it’s supposed to be quite popular. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/155 "2007-10-18T20:10:46Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] We could stay in and play a board game. I hear there’s this Monopoly game, it’s supposed to be quite popular. [/QUOTE] I have free time this afternoon. Let’s play! ---
**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, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/156 "2007-10-18T20:40:47Z")
[QUOTE=jali] I have free time this afternoon. Let’s play! [/QUOTE] We’ll have to be quick, I hear it’s being discontinued. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/157 "2007-10-18T20:45:06Z")
No, don’t play it! If you have one of the original games with cash, it’ll be worth a ton of money now that it’s being discontinued. So don’t put your grubby fingers on it! ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905/158 "2007-10-18T20:47:51Z")
OK, I think we’ve abused **mobo85** enough. This thread is now officially discontinued. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-has-a-monopoly-on-chicken-littles/422905.md?page=7)