The GAME game
Some of our best fun as a family is playing board or card games.
Oh, it's not about the game itself...but the silliness that results.
But there is one board game I cannot stand. And adamently REFUSE TO PLAY.
Detest is not strong enough a word.
One mention of it... and I am instantly irritated.
M-O-N-O-P-O-L-Y
Ironically, we own 3 of them. A german, a british and a good ole american version. Joy.
Oh wait. Make that 4, since we have a version for the playstation. Or is it the Nintendo?? Who knows?! Who really cares??
I've tried over the years to asses the reasons for my animosity for this seemingly-innocent game...and it all boils down to this:
ENDLESSNESS and COMPROMISE
It is a game that will last so long, I would rather be doing ANYTHING short of gouging out my eyes with the wheelbarrow.
and....
The people who play it ad nauseam, feel the need to negotiate a better hand, once all the properties are sold...at any cost. I've seen grown men become hardened enemies, because one wouldn't give up their Oriental Avenue for less than a Reading RR, Baltic Avenue and St. James Place.
Why?? For all that is holy---WHAT BRINGS YOU TO SUCH DEPTHS????
It's a game for crying-out-loud. And you DO know the money's not real, right?!
Alas,today, for the first time in 17 years at least, I gave in and played....Aj had to play a game with play money for his 2nd to last BEAR requirement.
(:::I'll take the W.G.M.*** awards any way I can get them:::)
And after 3 hours ofdrumming my fingers checking my eyes for pinholes, inspecting the need for a manicure playing with 5 players... and after adding up all the loot... my 7yearold proprietress cleaned house and announced that we should play this game more often.
THIS refugee is SO done for a few more years.
"The way a man plays a game shows some of his character. The way he loses shows all of it." ~~Unknown
***Worlds Greatest Mom
Oh, it's not about the game itself...but the silliness that results.
But there is one board game I cannot stand. And adamently REFUSE TO PLAY.
Detest is not strong enough a word.
One mention of it... and I am instantly irritated.
M-O-N-O-P-O-L-Y
Ironically, we own 3 of them. A german, a british and a good ole american version. Joy.
Oh wait. Make that 4, since we have a version for the playstation. Or is it the Nintendo?? Who knows?! Who really cares??
I've tried over the years to asses the reasons for my animosity for this seemingly-innocent game...and it all boils down to this:
ENDLESSNESS and COMPROMISE
It is a game that will last so long, I would rather be doing ANYTHING short of gouging out my eyes with the wheelbarrow.
and....
The people who play it ad nauseam, feel the need to negotiate a better hand, once all the properties are sold...at any cost. I've seen grown men become hardened enemies, because one wouldn't give up their Oriental Avenue for less than a Reading RR, Baltic Avenue and St. James Place.
Why?? For all that is holy---WHAT BRINGS YOU TO SUCH DEPTHS????
It's a game for crying-out-loud. And you DO know the money's not real, right?!
Alas,today, for the first time in 17 years at least, I gave in and played....Aj had to play a game with play money for his 2nd to last BEAR requirement.
(:::I'll take the W.G.M.*** awards any way I can get them:::)
And after 3 hours of
THIS refugee is SO done for a few more years.
"The way a man plays a game shows some of his character. The way he loses shows all of it." ~~Unknown
***Worlds Greatest Mom
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