January 13, 2013

bank error in your favor

1/13/13

In a case of "how to create a re-branding news story out of a topic that has remained static for 85 years", the Monopoly game has decided to shit-can one of its venerable tokens (you know, the race car, the boot) and you get to vote in a replacement. Like my little girl, I'm a sentimentalist, and no doubt whatever they replace is going to end up a sad, forlorn favorite (like Apple Cinnamon Pop Tarts).

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when we did Election Protection in Reading, PA in 2004, I made Reading Railroad T-Shirts from our Monopoly set

Oddly, I was listening to Marketplace on NPR yesterday, and they asked people which token they chose when they played Monopoly. Which is one of those weird, innocent pop culture questions for which almost every American has an answer. I thought the top hat was cool, but seriously, I loved the iron:

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It had a built-in handle to move it around, scorching opponents as you went. Now that we have woodstoves at the farm, we could actually use an iron like this, heating that fucker up until it glowed orange and emitted plasma. How about you?


 

Posted by Ian Williams at January 13, 2013 11:18 PM
Comments
Posted by: David at January 14, 2013 3:19 AM

I, too, am an iron fan ... or the wheelbarrow.

Posted by: Neva at January 14, 2013 4:45 AM

Scotty dog

Posted by: Tpq at January 14, 2013 5:08 AM

Monopoly bank error in my favor, I'm keeping it all. Real error, I give it back.

Posted by: Tpq at January 14, 2013 5:08 AM

Monopoly bank error in my favor, I'm keeping it all. Real error, I give it back.

Posted by: Tpq at January 14, 2013 5:08 AM

Monopoly bank error in my favor, I'm keeping it all. Real error, I give it back.

Posted by: Salem's Little Sister at January 14, 2013 5:11 AM

Scotty dog!

Posted by: cullen at January 14, 2013 5:16 AM

arn...in some circles known as a 'smoother', you know, to make things 'smoove'

Posted by: jje at January 14, 2013 5:18 AM

Another Scottie Dog

Posted by: Alyson at January 14, 2013 5:25 AM

The thimble!

Posted by: GFWD at January 14, 2013 5:58 AM

The racecar.

Posted by: Megan at January 14, 2013 6:00 AM

The shoe. I don't know why.

Posted by: dean at January 14, 2013 6:18 AM

Get rid of the battleship mainly because it is always falling over on its side a la the French Navy.

Posted by: Tanya at January 14, 2013 6:53 AM

Yep, also the Scotty dog. Thankfully, I'm the only one among my friends/family who really cares, so there isn't much fighting over it. Not to hijack the blog, but I would be curious to know how y'all settle such a game piece dispute. rock, paper, scissors?

Posted by: dct at January 14, 2013 7:56 AM

The shoe!

Posted by: Julie at January 14, 2013 8:06 AM

Race car!!

Posted by: Kjf at January 14, 2013 8:42 AM

The shoe.

Posted by: chip at January 14, 2013 11:45 AM

Scotty dog or race car

Posted by: kent at January 14, 2013 11:58 AM

Top Hat!

Posted by: LFMD at January 14, 2013 1:12 PM

The dog, of course.

Posted by: tregen at January 14, 2013 5:13 PM

hat. Always.

Posted by: Annie at January 15, 2013 8:19 AM

Another vote for the top hat.

Posted by: Lizzie at March 25, 2013 9:24 AM

It was sunny and 5 degrees outside when I took this picture in the middle of January. Notice the ice proceeding the inside of the plastic?

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Merchandise could be sold to trade event attendees together with the understanding how the items are for being left until closing on the end on the last day

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