Comments on: Maybe I’m Just Stuck in the 20th Century http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/ Celebrating the Joys of Parenting and Childhood Wed, 23 May 2012 06:05:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: the unfashionista http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/comment-page-1/#comment-1340 the unfashionista Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:49:25 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/#comment-1340 Monopoly is the only reason I know how to add. Monopoly is the only reason I know how to add.

]]> By: Meg Q http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/comment-page-1/#comment-1236 Meg Q Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:28:43 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/#comment-1236 Well, is there any way to manipulate the "Banking Unit"? . . . that might make it worthwhile . . . Well, is there any way to manipulate the “Banking Unit”? . . . that might make it worthwhile . . .

]]> By: Phyllis http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/comment-page-1/#comment-1234 Phyllis Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:35:07 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/#comment-1234 Can't wait for the hedge fund version. Can’t wait for the hedge fund version.

]]> By: raincoaster http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/comment-page-1/#comment-1229 raincoaster Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:03:40 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/#comment-1229 I think I must be related to your husband. In my house, anything went, including encouraging the cat and dog to walk across the board. I think I must be related to your husband. In my house, anything went, including encouraging the cat and dog to walk across the board.

]]> By: dgm http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/comment-page-1/#comment-1226 dgm Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:48:48 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/#comment-1226 If you can't fan your pile of cash in the faces of the losers, what the hell good is the game? If you can’t fan your pile of cash in the faces of the losers, what the hell good is the game?

]]> By: Ana http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/comment-page-1/#comment-1222 Ana Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:49:45 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/#comment-1222 I was thinking the exact samething when I saw this new version. There's no greater joy than feeling the bling in your fingers! I was thinking the exact samething when I saw this new version. There’s no greater joy than feeling the bling in your fingers!

]]> By: Awesome Mom http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/comment-page-1/#comment-1221 Awesome Mom Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:31:54 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/#comment-1221 I agree with Twistie. There is nothing like holding a huge wad of money in your hands and gloating over your siblings. I agree with Twistie. There is nothing like holding a huge wad of money in your hands and gloating over your siblings.

]]> By: Twistie http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/comment-page-1/#comment-1219 Twistie Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:05:02 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/#comment-1219 How can one properly feel like a business mogal when there is no physical evidence (the cash) of one's business acumen???? Cashless Monopoly would be as hollow to me as a version in which one doesn't actually put tiny plastic houses and hotels on Park Ave., or one in which the player does not chortle wickedly when one's sibling, parent, or partner arrives on that hotelled square while utterly skint and begs to make a deal. How can one properly feel like a Capitalist Running Pig Dog without filthy lucre in one's hot little hands? Board games are not about reality. If they were, then Clue would have been sunk decades ago because while everyone knows a murder has been committed, they seem to have no notion where it was done or what weapon was used. After all, there's a big, big difference between a knife wound and a blow to the head with a candlestick, but nobody seems able to tell them apart. No, board games are about the feel of them. Monopoly is not monopoly without cash. It just wouldn't feel right to me at all. How can one properly feel like a business mogal when there is no physical evidence (the cash) of one’s business acumen???? Cashless Monopoly would be as hollow to me as a version in which one doesn’t actually put tiny plastic houses and hotels on Park Ave., or one in which the player does not chortle wickedly when one’s sibling, parent, or partner arrives on that hotelled square while utterly skint and begs to make a deal.

How can one properly feel like a Capitalist Running Pig Dog without filthy lucre in one’s hot little hands?

Board games are not about reality. If they were, then Clue would have been sunk decades ago because while everyone knows a murder has been committed, they seem to have no notion where it was done or what weapon was used. After all, there’s a big, big difference between a knife wound and a blow to the head with a candlestick, but nobody seems able to tell them apart.

No, board games are about the feel of them. Monopoly is not monopoly without cash. It just wouldn’t feel right to me at all.

]]> By: Ash http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/comment-page-1/#comment-1218 Ash Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:49:14 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/#comment-1218 Actually, I keep seeing the commercials and thinking this is the only way you'd ever get me to play this again. I'm pretty sure this would cut down the time needed for game play down by at least 25%. Actually, I keep seeing the commercials and thinking this is the only way you’d ever get me to play this again. I’m pretty sure this would cut down the time needed for game play down by at least 25%.

]]> By: Sonia http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/comment-page-1/#comment-1217 Sonia Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:05:50 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2007/10/17/maybe-im-just-stuck-in-the-20th-century/#comment-1217 That totally ruins the ability to slip yourself an extra 500 bucks. That totally ruins the ability to slip yourself an extra 500 bucks.

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