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The 2 Ways You Can Tell Monopoly Is Old (Original Post)
Playinghardball
Jan 2012
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Neoma
(10,039 posts)1. Besides that, who wears top hats anymore?
Besides awesome eccentric people that is.
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)2. But the prize for second place in a beauty contest is still 10 bucks.
I found that out the hard way believe me.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)3. Yet the same ending happens in unbridled capitalism.
And corporatists LOVE their utility monopolies.
Until they get caught book-cooking, that is.
applegrove
(118,492 posts)4. In the 1970s we found a monopoly game in my grandmother's attic from the 1930s. I think my sister
still has it today. My cousin's kids just got the most modern version of monopoly - little computers are used. There is no cash.
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)5. And that freak'n get out of jail free card. Imagine that!