Irkin Invader Zim
2013-01-10 01:39:11 UTC
On Jan 9, 8:09 pm, "Karolina Dean...Big money STILL weaves a mighty
THE TRASH HEAP HAS SPOKEN
Monopoly Is Retiring One of Its Beloved Game Pieces Forever and It
Better Not Be Fucking Shoe
Lindy West
Look. I don't even like Monopoly that much because it takes forever
and, I don't know, I'm just not that tickled by recreational real
Mille Bornes. CREVE!) But come on, it's MONOPOLY. It's America's game!
You can't just go around changing it and yoinking game pieces willy-
nilly! Because while I'm fairly meh about the actual gameplay, I will
always have a sentimental attachment to hat, wheelbarrow, scotty dog,
race car, thimble, battleship, and—especially, obviously—SHOE. Oh,
shoe. Such an underdog. So inscrutable. Don't even try to scrute shoe.
So that's why I'm troubled, you see, by the news that Uncle
Pennybags's shadowy Monopoly cabal is planning to vote one of the
classic Monopoly tokens out of da clurb and replace it with some
Hasbro has launched a "Save Your Token" campaign to retire either the
race car, iron, Scottie dog, wheelbarrow, shoe, top hat, thimble or
battleship. The company is letting fans vote until Feb. 5 for the one
they want to keep via the Monopoly Facebook page. The one with the
lowest total goes directly - and permanently - to jail.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/01/08/monopoly-board-game-tok...
Fans also can vote for the replacement token: toy robot, helicopter,
cat, guitar or diamond ring.
A limited-run "Golden Token" Monopoly ($17.99) arrives in Target
stores exclusively in mid-February, and it will be the last edition to
have all of the classic tokens and the only set to have all five of
the potential new pieces as well. The first Monopoly game to reflect
the new token lineup will be released in late summer.
This has to be it for shoe, don't you think? Shoe or wheelbarrow. Or
thimble. Scotty dog, you're cool. Battleship, I don't really give a
shit. But seriously, what dumb kid is going to vote for wheelbarrow
when they could have a robot with a mustache or a bitchy judgmental
cat? Sigh. In my day we had wheelbarrow and shoe and we were GRATEFUL.
Kids these days. Grumble grumble where's my cane.
THE SHOE SHOULD GOBetter Not Be Fucking Shoe
Lindy West
Look. I don't even like Monopoly that much because it takes forever
and, I don't know, I'm just not that tickled by recreational real
Mille Bornes. CREVE!) But come on, it's MONOPOLY. It's America's game!
You can't just go around changing it and yoinking game pieces willy-
nilly! Because while I'm fairly meh about the actual gameplay, I will
always have a sentimental attachment to hat, wheelbarrow, scotty dog,
race car, thimble, battleship, and—especially, obviously—SHOE. Oh,
shoe. Such an underdog. So inscrutable. Don't even try to scrute shoe.
So that's why I'm troubled, you see, by the news that Uncle
Pennybags's shadowy Monopoly cabal is planning to vote one of the
classic Monopoly tokens out of da clurb and replace it with some
Hasbro has launched a "Save Your Token" campaign to retire either the
race car, iron, Scottie dog, wheelbarrow, shoe, top hat, thimble or
battleship. The company is letting fans vote until Feb. 5 for the one
they want to keep via the Monopoly Facebook page. The one with the
lowest total goes directly - and permanently - to jail.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2013/01/08/monopoly-board-game-tok...
Fans also can vote for the replacement token: toy robot, helicopter,
cat, guitar or diamond ring.
A limited-run "Golden Token" Monopoly ($17.99) arrives in Target
stores exclusively in mid-February, and it will be the last edition to
have all of the classic tokens and the only set to have all five of
the potential new pieces as well. The first Monopoly game to reflect
the new token lineup will be released in late summer.
This has to be it for shoe, don't you think? Shoe or wheelbarrow. Or
thimble. Scotty dog, you're cool. Battleship, I don't really give a
shit. But seriously, what dumb kid is going to vote for wheelbarrow
when they could have a robot with a mustache or a bitchy judgmental
cat? Sigh. In my day we had wheelbarrow and shoe and we were GRATEFUL.
Kids these days. Grumble grumble where's my cane.
THE TRASH HEAP HAS SPOKEN
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Monopoly is mentally taxing (and cutthroat) enough.
But Stoner City? Where you have to re-roll for the cop car that moves
counter clockwise to the player? Yeah, that shit is downright
mindboggling.
Oh, and all the pieces are green and shaped like various bongs.
Really, it's just cruel.
[boardgamegeek.com]
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I figured we were all done with Boardwalk and instead settling Catan.
People still play Monopoly?
Horrible.
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Monopoly is mentally taxing (and cutthroat) enough.
But Stoner City? Where you have to re-roll for the cop car that moves
counter clockwise to the player? Yeah, that shit is downright
mindboggling.
Oh, and all the pieces are green and shaped like various bongs.
Really, it's just cruel.
[boardgamegeek.com]
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I figured we were all done with Boardwalk and instead settling Catan.
People still play Monopoly?
Horrible.
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