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Boot, wheelbarrow, thimble ousted from Monopoly board game
Associated Press ^
| Mar 17, 2017 10:01 AM EDT
| Wayne Parry
Posted on 03/17/2017 7:52:31 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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posted on
03/17/2017 7:52:31 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
PETA will be enraged!................
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posted on
03/17/2017 7:54:13 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Ending a sentence with a preposition is nothing to be afraid of........)
To: Olog-hai
That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard.
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posted on
03/17/2017 7:54:18 AM PDT
by
ichabod1
(The Wise Cracker)
To: Olog-hai
Oh, man, now everybody’s going to want to be the T-Rex!
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posted on
03/17/2017 7:54:29 AM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
03/17/2017 7:54:32 AM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. Obama free since 1/20/17. PTL ~ Þ)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
03/17/2017 7:54:55 AM PDT
by
Sybeck1
To: BykrBayb
Use a diaper pin, pink if you’re female and blue if you’re a male.
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posted on
03/17/2017 7:55:39 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
To: BykrBayb
Who knows if it’s on the list of rejected tokens. The article only lists four of those: winking emoji, large “brick” cellphone from the 80s, bunny slippers[!] and a hashtag.
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posted on
03/17/2017 7:57:05 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: SkyDancer
What about both male and female, or neither, or alternating, or whatever?
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posted on
03/17/2017 7:57:21 AM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. Obama free since 1/20/17. PTL ~ Þ)
To: Olog-hai
I played the board game Risk a few months back, and Hasbro has completely changed the way the game is played. The cards no longer have to be matched, and you simply collect more cards to get more armies. They don’t even put the symbols on the cards so you can play the old way.
These changes to Monopoly look cosmetic, but they completely destroyed Risk. None of the strategies you remember from the past work anymore.
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posted on
03/17/2017 7:57:49 AM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
(eliminate perverse incentives)
To: Olog-hai
They did it...they wimped down Monopoly.
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posted on
03/17/2017 7:58:00 AM PDT
by
madison10
(Bless you, Mr. DJ Trump.)
To: Olog-hai
Well at least they didn’t go with PC nonsense.
Though it’s only a matter of time before they replace one of the roads with Martin Luther King Blvd.
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posted on
03/17/2017 7:58:58 AM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: Olog-hai
I’m outraged!! The symbols of honest work — the boot, wheelbarrow and thimble — are being traded in for evolution (the T-Rex), PETA (the penguin) and our cultural snowflakes’ retreat into childish comfort (the rubber ducky). Hasbro has gone PC!!!!
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posted on
03/17/2017 7:59:36 AM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: madison10
The bank still lends money, but now you don’t have to pay it back. And everybody owns Boardwalk! LOL
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posted on
03/17/2017 8:00:46 AM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. Obama free since 1/20/17. PTL ~ Þ)
To: Olog-hai
How about adding a syringe and a prophylactic. I got upset when they removed the battleship long ago.
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posted on
03/17/2017 8:01:05 AM PDT
by
Mouton
(There is a new sheriff in town.)
To: Olog-hai
The cynic in me believes that all these changes are simply setting Hasbro up to start selling a “classic” version of Monopoly with all the original pieces.
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posted on
03/17/2017 8:01:22 AM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: Olog-hai
Have the Monopoly set that we bought some 40 years ago and at least once a month family all plays together. Was thinking about getting a new one but will just keep the one we have - as a collector’s item, one of these days it may be worth a lot.
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posted on
03/17/2017 8:02:04 AM PDT
by
Grams A
(The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
To: qam1
Had to look up whether or not Atlantic City has one of those, and it turns out it does. The old name, Illinois Avenue, lives on in the Monopoly game board.
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posted on
03/17/2017 8:02:29 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: madison10
Monopoly is about free enterprise. While a thimble, a wheelbarrow, and a boot are problematic symbols of economic activity Tyrannosaurus rex, a penguin and a rubber ducky are not. Next will be a chance card requiring all players to redistribute their holdings equally.
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posted on
03/17/2017 8:02:43 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(The Left has the temperament of a squealing pig.)
To: Olog-hai
I have my Get Out of Jail Free card in my wallet. Fortunately I’ve never had to use it.........
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posted on
03/17/2017 8:03:14 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(My once 6 pack abs are now a keg......)
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