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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Tess Anderson on October 18, 2011, 06:53:02 PM
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LINK (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2142227)
Wonder who taught them this idiotic version of Monopoly, but then I think PP was the one who was really playing:
Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Tue Oct-18-11 07:01 PM
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I have tears streaming down my face. Tears of laughter.
Edited on Tue Oct-18-11 07:17 PM by Pacifist Patriot
Have you ever eavesdropped on the offspring of liberals playing Monopoly? My sides are splitting. Four boys ages 10-15.
Here are a few things I manage to overhear while making dinner tonight.
1. They vote to raise the luxury tax.
2. They decide to make utilities public property and rents are evenly divided if anyone lands on one.
3. Thirty minutes have passed so they decide to institute a cost of living raise and passing go now gets you $220.
4. One of them mentions the bank is running low on money and wants to know what happens if the bank runs out. Another reads the directions from the box that says the bank cannot go bankrupt, you have to record your transactions on a piece of paper until the bank has paper cash again. Pipes up an 11 year old. "Screw that, we're not doing any bailouts." Which amuses the fifteen year old because he knows the eleven year old doesn't know what he's saying.
5. They arrange a payment plan for one of the players when he lands on a property with a hotel so he can stay in the game.
6. One of them gets a community chest card saying they've won a prize in a beauty contest. "I sure hope it had a talent component and wasn't based solely on looks."
7. One of them gets a community chest card saying they inherited $100. They made him pay each of them $10 in "inheritance tax."
8. One of them gets a community chest card saying he has to pay hospital fees of $100. They discuss the merits of instituting an insurance plan to cover the next person who gets the card.
I noticed the goal of the game was to see how long they could keep everyone solvent because it was not as much fun when you lost players. They are clearly having much more fun negotiating, bargaining and changing the rules.
I think I've ruptured my side.
I'm not kidding. It's freaking hilarious to listen to, especially because the ten and eleven year old haven't a clue so the thirteen and fifteen year old are having to explain their reasoning. Pretty cool actually.
EDITED TO ADD: Please folks, this is nothing more than a bunch of kids having fun making up their own rules and a couple of them just parroting the things they hear the adults in their lives say. They're goofing around. It's so funny because we can apply meaning to it that they just can't understand.
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The other DUmmies are eating it up.
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:bouncy: ::)
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I'm not sure but is this the Unitarian Minister? My memory isn't that hot. If so I used to be on a parenting board with this atrocious "womyn".
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That was so bad, I'm tempted to add this to the thread:
Atman (1000+ posts) Tue Oct-11-11 10:46 AM
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6. "Bouncy" simpy relates to the emoticon. (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2096231)
It's an ancient relic...when a poster would put up a positive story, they'd tend to add the "bouncy" emoticon. So any positive post is seen in the "lurking" circles as being a "BOUNCY" post. Remember, the freepers and cave dwellers are simple people, and need pictures to help them understand what is going on.
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Shouldn't "real" liberals have already banned the game of Monopoly from their homes by now?
And yes, this is truly a bad bouncy.
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That was so bad, I'm tempted to add this to the thread:
Bouncy Ball was another crazy "womyn" who used to tell lies on my old parenting board. Bouncy and the Unitarian minister were fast friends.
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Shouldn't "real" liberals have already banned the game of Monopoly from their homes by now?
Maybe Parker Brothers can publish a game in lieu of Monopoly, "The One-Party Collective".
There are no game pieces because distinguishing between the players is a capitalist ploy to topple the State.
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Liberals lie to each other about anything. They live in Walter Mitty's imagination land. Even their anecdotes are complete fabrications.
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I always wonder why there is no game of Socialism.
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Tue Oct-18-11 07:56 PM
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29. I only wish you could have taped it
Great kids.
Can't tape what didn't happen.
Stupid gullible DUmmies.
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Could you imagine trying to play Risk with these moonbats? They would decree there are no borders thus no countries, and that would end the game before it even began.
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Socialist sports always end in a tie because the points are redistributed. Or maybe even spread to other teams.
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Why is a touchdown worth six points when in basketball, I guess you can get up to three, and in baseball, each individual worker has to cross home plate just to get one lousy point?
And why is it in basketball, you can get up to three points? That just encourages a kind of classism of the court where one part of the court may be seen as superior to another part.
We must correct these inequities!
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I always wonder why there is no game of Socialism.
What fun is a thing in which everyone loses.
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What fun is a thing in which everyone loses.
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I always wonder why there is no game of Socialism.
Can you imagine a bunch of libtards trying to start the game? The first thing they would have to do is decide which of them will be the ivory tower elites, and which ones will be the proles. I'd actually have fun just watching the melodrama because every lefty thinks they are entitled to be in the elite. None of them wants to be the proles.
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Imagine what a fun game 'Liberal Monopoly" could be.
To start everybody gets their allotted, government supplied house one property and $20. You can place that house on any property since all rents are the same. You can not buy any other property, they belong to the government. Rent is $10 and if you land on another players property you give them the $10, they then give $9 of that to the government. After all players have had one roll of the dice, they put all their money in the pot and divide it equally.
When you pass GO everybody gets $2.
There is no bankruptcy, your debts are payed by the other players.
It'll be a blast.
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I always wonder why there is no game of Socialism.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i45U9mE7F_s[/youtube]
How about Communist Monopoly?
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfIpnd7wN8o[/youtube]
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I would love. LOVE to play poker with a liberal. The game would last forever and you would never lose any money!
KC
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This is a tough room.
I actually liked this Bouncy. At least it was a break from the humdrum checkout line BS.
Even though DAT says I'm too generous with the bongs, I'm going to give it four. :-)
:stoner: :stoner: :stoner: :stoner:
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Maybe Parker Brothers can publish a game in lieu of Monopoly, "The One-Party Collective".
There are no game pieces because distinguishing between the players is a capitalist ploy to topple the State.
And when you pass "GO" the state steals your bag of grain and shoots your cow.
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So now Monopoly has to be a political statement AND a showcase for both her genius as a parent and her ability to recall exact details of boys' conversations. What the hell is wrong with these people? God forbid kids should just enjoy a simple game. Oh, and a 15 year old who can't do more than "parrot" what they've heard an adult say needs help. Fifteen year old's may not be the most knowledgeable people on the planet but I could talk with my sons about the news & opinions about what was going on.
Cindie
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Shouldn't "real" liberals have already banned the game of Monopoly from their homes by now?
It still applies to the Government From Which All Blessings Flow, so no.
:popcorn:
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Tue Oct-18-11 11:34 PM
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21. Uh oh. Youngest player's been knocked out.
Edited on Tue Oct-18-11 11:42 PM by Pacifist Patriot
Negotiations over something or other seem to be breaking down between two of the remaining three. I think we may be seeing the beginning of the end here.
Edited for grammar
Goes to show you that socialism does not work.
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babydollhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Oct-19-11 08:57 AM
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74. that's Great! We had "Barbie Nation" in our basement,
It was my 3 kids and the neighbor kids, 6-13 years old, they were so funny that i made tape recordings of their talk. A few had power issues, took over the store, evicted people, and had an armed guard( a luke sky walker doll gripping a gun. I broke off his gun arm on night(it's my house)
They had a three week long funeral for my brother in law( he was cremated, so the kids couldn't wrap their minds around it, they used his obituary photo, laid it out in an open casket, and proceed to mourn him in their own way. There was even a "professional mourner" so that the others could carry on with their accessories and fashion.
My specialty was building wheel chairs for the disabled Ken dolls( man height, so they could still dance with the women. I tried to get a local museum (the Mattress factory in Pittsburgh) to let them set up "The Nation" and we would have the recordings looping, but, alas, they said no. The kids were boys and girls, older brothers and younger sisters, they worked out issues that were going on in their lives, like divorce.
WTF! :mental:
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Goofy-assed story.
5. They arrange a payment plan for one of the players when he lands on a property with a hotel so he can stay in the game.
WHAT payment plan? Forgive this debt immediately! Why should this player feel the stress of a debt load, toiling day in and day out at slave wages to meet this onerous bill? After all, it benefits society as a whole if this player is happy and carefree. Stress causes disease you know; healthcare costs will skyrocket!
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Was about to post, and saw Jakestyle's post. WTF :mental: is right. Museum? Really? This person sounds insane. I can't believe that museum said no! Can you imagine what the curator was thinking?
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What happens when her kids go to someone else's house and have to play Monopoly by the standard rules? Do they stage a sit-in protest at that person's home?
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It sounded believable up until #4. 3 bongs.
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WTF! :mental:
LOL that is some crazy shit.
When I used to play with barbies and my brother's GI Joe (with the Kung Foo grip) he would slide down a string ino the "wild" and fight off bad guys. Then he would come home to Barbie and ask what was for dinner. Barbie would say "get your own dang dinner". Barbie had a job too, she was a flight attendant (back then a stewardess) as I had the Barbie airplane.
No three week long funerals for us, we must not have had imaginations
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I don't even want to row over. I'm scared; like visiting an insane asylum. What if someone hurls something at you?
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Tue Oct-18-11 11:27 PM
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60. There was a Marxist version of monopoly
Called "Class Struggle" that we used to play in the 70's. Now might be a good time to bring it back.
http://www.nyu.edu/projects/ollman/game_rules.php
::) Or not.
Codeine (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-19-11 07:46 AM
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71. Rrrrright. nt
:lmao:
The DUmmies are lapping it up and slobbering all over themselves. "They should run for president! I would vote for them!" Childish.
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I always wonder why there is no game of Socialism.
Because you can't make up bounces about "socialism, there are no conversions and the bushes really are full of cops.