Monopoly mania
People are seriously kind of freaky about the gimmicks that companies use to get people to buy their stuff. Coke points, Subway had the Scrabble thing, and, of course, Monopoly at McDonald's is always big. I was at an Oktoberfest in Lake Arrowhead, Calif. on Sunday afternoon and yes, I'd noticed the little green square, face down near my foot. I'd be lying if I didn't feel compelled for a hot second to pick the damn thing up, just out of curiosity. It's like peeling them off the cup, you don't think you'll REALLY win anything, but you're curious. Well, some lady walked by with a kid in her arms, another in two, a husband just ahead of her and a friend walking right behind her, stopped dead in her tracks and told the friend to pick the damn game piece up. "Seriously?" her friend asked in disbelief, thinking she might just be kidding. She wasn't. I wonder if it was Park Place.
Jolene@foodiemom.com : RE: Monopoly mania More..
We’ve been trying for a royal flush with the Pabst Blue Ribbon poker bottlecaps.
JustinHill : RE: Monopoly mania More..
I don’t know about all the other games, but the Monopoly game at McDonald’s always seems to wrap me in because I am a huge Monopoly fan to begin with. It’s like one of the best board games of all time. Maybe other people feel the same way and that’s why it is so big?
kimikokopuffs : RE: Monopoly mania More..
Oh, I’m sure. It’s all about the nostalgia.
Personally, I hated Monopoly. I could never win. And the game would take HOURS. Hours stuck with $200 dreading the turn where whomever I was playing had a whole side of the board filled with hotels and all I had was the damn railroads and Marvins Gardens.
JustinHill : RE: Monopoly mania More..
I’ve definitely had games like that as well. There is some strategy to winning though, but of course a lot of luck involved too. It’s really all about balancing the fine line between being buying up as much as you can and not going bankrupt the first trip or two around the board. If you can get a lot of properties going early, it sure helps in the long run.
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