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greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 7382
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 4:00 pm: | 
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http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/24/news/funny/monopoly/index.htm?cnn=yes
 Is nothing sacred? |
Case
Citizen
Username: Case
Post Number: 1407
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 4:07 pm: |
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Well... Monopoly "sold out" a long, long time ago. There are an unbelievable number of 'customized' versions available, some of which are pretty silly.
I got curious, and found this rather interesting link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_(game) |
upondaroof
Citizen
Username: Upondaroof
Post Number: 633
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 4:42 pm: |
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Greentree, the last sentence says it all!
"But, the original version will still be available for sentimental fans of the game."
ps My favorite token was / is the shoe! |
Buzzsaw
Citizen
Username: Buzzsaw
Post Number: 4561
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 4:47 pm: |
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I am usually the iron if I get the chance or the dog. |
red
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 5411
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 4:49 pm: |
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I like the dog.... |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 7384
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 4:54 pm: |
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Dog. My brother always ran over the dog with the car. He was evil. |
upondaroof
Citizen
Username: Upondaroof
Post Number: 634
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 5:03 pm: |
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Some people just bank the money, but when we played, any monies owed because of Chance and Community Chest were kept to the side and anyone landing on free parking picked up the cash. Anyone else? |
red
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 5412
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 5:06 pm: |
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yup! |
Mayor McCheese
Supporter
Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 1212
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 5:20 pm: |
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Where is Lazydog, we were supposed to have a game of Monopoly! It was to be the finest display of Monopoly playing on this side of the universe.
Hey Lazy, I have heard that over on the other side of the pond, like the driving, they go around the board backwards. Is this true? |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 7388
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 5:22 pm: |
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Cash in the middle, Free Parking gets it. |
Mayor McCheese
Supporter
Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 1213
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 5:25 pm: |
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greene, those are house rules. Everywhere you go they play free parking differently. Actually, in the rule book it specifies a couple variations and says that house rules may apply to free parking. Officially there is not free parking money in the rule book.
(That has been the start of many Monopoly arguements.) |
upondaroof
Citizen
Username: Upondaroof
Post Number: 636
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 5:51 pm: |
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"(That has been the start of many Monopoly arguements.)"
Oh Baby!!!!! Been there! |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 7391
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 6:55 pm: |
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I hear ya. That's just how we played it. In fact, I didn't know that it wasn't Monopoly Law until a few years ago. Kinda threw my fond childhood memories. It's probably a good thing that we didn't know it was an option. Just would've been one more thing for us to squabble over.  |
Hoops
Citizen
Username: Hoops
Post Number: 1169
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 9:37 pm: |
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i like the top hat personally.
Looks like monopoly is going the way of the rotary phone. our kids will have no idea what it is. |
upondaroof
Citizen
Username: Upondaroof
Post Number: 639
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 9:47 pm: |
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Not mine or the grand kids as long as my wife and I are around! It's history and if ya don't know your history ya don't know where ya been or where you're going!
Uh oh! I feel one of those "When I was a kid, we used to walk five miles through four foot snow drifts just to get to school!" rants coming on. (We did, didn't we?)
Or not. Maybe we just stayed home and played Monopoly! |
Soda
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Username: Soda
Post Number: 3827
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 9:56 pm: |
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We lost all the cool pieces (dog, hat, iron, etc.) from our Monopoly set during our move to NJ in 1986, and substituted the little cardboard characters (you know, the ones you stick into the little grooves in the wooden bases) from "Go To The Head Of The Class". I usually use "Sis".
-s. |
LibraryLady..
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Username: Librarylady
Post Number: 3321
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 10:00 pm: |
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Twenty years is a long time , Soda, to be without dog and iron.! I'll bring some over the next time we play (so much safer than Hearts, don't cha think?) |
Soda
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Username: Soda
Post Number: 3831
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 10:18 pm: |
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I dunno... Isn't Monopoly a tad too baldly capitalistic for Mr. LL? I've a feeling that we should stick to "Park & Shop"...
-s. |
ess
Citizen
Username: Ess
Post Number: 1808
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 - 10:27 pm: |
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I will miss the original. Sigh. I have fond memories of being the car and the banker.... |
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