# Things everybody "knows" are cliches, that aren't **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-everybody-knows-are-cliches-that-arent/487129 "2009-02-24T00:14:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-everybody-knows-are-cliches-that-arent/487129/141 "2009-06-25T17:35:55Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Heh… I just observed an SDMB cliché partly imported from other media-buff forums: that if someone mentions the LOEG movie, Highlander II and above, ST V, or the State of Delaware, someone must fortwith(sp?) post to deny its existence. 😉 😛 Both Highlander II & ST V exist. I have no opinion on Delaware. It strikes me as odd that there are no presidents from this alleged state, though. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-everybody-knows-are-cliches-that-arent/487129/142 "2009-06-25T18:02:49Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Heh… I just observed an SDMB cliché partly imported from other media-buff forums: that if someone mentions the LOEG movie, Highlander II and above, ST V, or the State of Delaware, someone must fortwith(sp?) post to deny its existence. 😉 😛 …if any thing needs to be retired… it’s this. The joke stopped being funny after the first YEAR. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-everybody-knows-are-cliches-that-arent/487129/143 "2009-06-25T18:53:31Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > 1. The Minnow had a large but potentially repairable hole in it. When the Professor couldn’t fashion adequate nails to secure planks over the hole, they used the ultra-sticky tree sap Gilligan discovered as glue (he’d originally been trying for pancake syrup). Unfortunately, the glue broke down after just a day or two and in the process caused the Minnow to completely disintegrate. Partial blame goes to the Professor- he signed off on using the glue. I don’t see how that is Gilligan’s fault. He didn’t propose the use of the tree sap; he didn’t make the tree sap. He was OBSERVED using the sap for an entirely different purpose. Next you’ll be blaming him for not letting the hunter-guy kill him in the “Most Dangerous Game” parody. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-everybody-knows-are-cliches-that-arent/487129/144 "2009-06-25T19:05:22Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Next you’ll be blaming him for not letting the hunter-guy kill him in the “Most Dangerous Game” parody. From the other examples given, I’m sure if he had, he’d have saved the rest of the strand-ees a world of trouble. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-everybody-knows-are-cliches-that-arent/487129/145 "2009-06-26T14:18:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **JRDelirious** > Heh… I just observed an SDMB cliché partly imported from other media-buff forums: that if someone mentions the LOEG movie, Highlander II and above, ST V, or the State of Delaware, someone must fortwith(sp?) post to deny its existence. Of course Delaware exists. It’s the home of Mark E. Rogers, author of the “Samurai Cat” books. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-everybody-knows-are-cliches-that-arent/487129/146 "2009-06-26T19:38:31Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > From the other examples given, I’m sure if he had, he’d have saved the rest of the strand-ees a world of trouble. 😃 I can think of at least two occasions in which Gilligan saved the rest of the group from certain death. Well, one. The hurricane episode. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-everybody-knows-are-cliches-that-arent/487129/147 "2009-06-26T20:04:17Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > Good guys wear White Hats, bad guys wear Black Hats. Not always, but a man in a white _suit_ usually _is_ a bad guy. [Exception.](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4061435136/tt0044876) ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-everybody-knows-are-cliches-that-arent/487129/148 "2009-06-26T21:08:38Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > Not always, but a man in a white _suit_ usually _is_ a bad guy. [Exception.](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4061435136/tt0044876) There is also Mr. Roarke, your host. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-everybody-knows-are-cliches-that-arent/487129/149 "2009-06-30T16:27:25Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > Not always, but a man in a white _suit_ usually _is_ a bad guy. [But… but… but…](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_sanders) ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-everybody-knows-are-cliches-that-arent/487129/150 "2009-06-30T16:57:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Stuart Mackenzie: The Queen, The Vatican, The Gettys, The Rothschilds, _and_ Colonel Sanders before he went tits up. Oh, I hated the Colonel with is wee _beady_ eyes, and that smug look on his face. “Oh, you’re gonna buy my chicken! Ohhhhh!” > Charlie Mackenzie: Dad, how can you hate “The Colonel”? > Stuart Mackenzie: Because he puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave it fortnightly, smartass! I rest my case. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-everybody-knows-are-cliches-that-arent/487129.md?page=7)