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Monopoly is ditching the thimble, a token of the past (Freeper assistance needed)
PBS ^ | February 16, 2017 | Michael Rios

Posted on 02/17/2017 6:13:57 AM PST by Zakeet

It’s game over for Monopoly’s iconic thimble token.

Hasbro, Inc. announced the classic game piece will not be part of an updated version of the board game.

In January, the company launched a worldwide vote, asking fans to pick eight tokens to be included in the next generation of the game. Fans were allowed to choose from more than 50 game pieces, including current and new tokens. Some of the new options included a rubber duck, a bunny slipper and an emoji.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: game; hasbro; monopoly; token; yawn
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I'm sure you Freepers can give these Libtards some helpful suggestions as to how they might modernize their game tokens.

1 posted on 02/17/2017 6:13:57 AM PST by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

Let me guess. Somehow its racist. Perhaps they should replace it with a snowflake.


2 posted on 02/17/2017 6:17:13 AM PST by thepatriot1 (...brought to you courtesy of the Red, White and Blue)
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To: Zakeet

Why are most of the women in this so-called ‘Movement” ugly and fat?


3 posted on 02/17/2017 6:17:43 AM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: thepatriot1

It’s probably considered sexist (i.e. women having to sew, blah, blah, blah).


4 posted on 02/17/2017 6:18:10 AM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: Zakeet

The thimble is a symbol of the oppression of women. Maybe it should be replaced with a g string.


5 posted on 02/17/2017 6:19:08 AM PST by freedomfiter2 (Lex rex)
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To: Zakeet

No problem with this. Even my darling DIL can’t sew. Fortunately, I do, so no shirt goes unbuttoned.

A computer keyboard, Iphone, coffee mug, baby monitor or a passport could be included.


6 posted on 02/17/2017 6:19:15 AM PST by OpusatFR
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To: thepatriot1

......and create a new property called a ‘safe space’ where you can put your token if you need a place to protest against the evil Monopoly guy who has gotten rich off the backs of the regular players.


7 posted on 02/17/2017 6:19:29 AM PST by thepatriot1 (...brought to you courtesy of the Red, White and Blue)
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To: Zakeet

The thimble is one of the lamest pieces anyway.

Who wants to be a thimble when you could be a race car, battleship, or cannon?


8 posted on 02/17/2017 6:20:13 AM PST by pcottraux ( depthsofpentecost.com)
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To: Zakeet

Once it was the tinfoil hat that signified certifiable insanity now it is a pink woolen hat - thing difference just modernized.


9 posted on 02/17/2017 6:21:36 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Zakeet

How many millenials even know what a thimble IS?


10 posted on 02/17/2017 6:22:59 AM PST by polymuser (There's a yuuuge basket of deportables.)
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To: thepatriot1

Yep, snowflake.


11 posted on 02/17/2017 6:26:09 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: OpusatFR

Smartphone, car, game controller, TV, thumb drive, drone...


12 posted on 02/17/2017 6:26:46 AM PST by polymuser (There's a yuuuge basket of deportables.)
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To: pcottraux

[Who wants to be a thimble when you could be a race car, battleship, or cannon?]

The thimble is the piece you gave your annoying brother who wanted to join in the game.


13 posted on 02/17/2017 6:27:44 AM PST by ObozoMustGo2012 ("Be quiet... you are #fakenews!")
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To: thepatriot1

bahahahahahahahahaha

Also, need a card or space that lets them redistribute the wealth from the person with the most money.


14 posted on 02/17/2017 6:27:45 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

And a progressive tax rate!


15 posted on 02/17/2017 6:30:55 AM PST by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #MyPresident #MAGA)
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To: pcottraux
Who wants to be a thimble when you could be a race car, battleship, or cannon?

I believe either my wife or my aged mother would rather be the thimble than any of the pieces you mentioned. Women and girls play Monopoly, too. After the race car, my backup was always the top hat. Cat is best addition, Prius is the lamest one.

Monopoly takes place in 1935. No need to "update" the tokens, just trying to provide an excuse for press coverage and sell some sets.
16 posted on 02/17/2017 6:32:17 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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It’s because no one young enough to want to play Monopoly today is going to even know what a thimble is.


17 posted on 02/17/2017 6:34:19 AM PST by SeeSharp
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To: jmaroneps37
Once it was the tinfoil hat that signified certifiable insanity now it is a pink woolen hat - thing difference just modernized.

The tinfoil hat is the big lock and alarm system meant to keep people from stealing your brain. The pink hat is like the "no stereo" sign on your car window: there's nothing inside worth taking so just keep on walking.

18 posted on 02/17/2017 6:34:40 AM PST by KarlInOhio (a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
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To: thepatriot1
-- Perhaps they should replace it with a snowflake. --

I was thinking "mace," the spike ball on the chain thingie.

19 posted on 02/17/2017 6:35:55 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: RummyChick
Also, need a card or space that lets them redistribute the wealth from the person with the most money.

Already done.


20 posted on 02/17/2017 6:36:55 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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