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You'd think this was from The Onion...
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07/25/06 12:42 PM
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Don Sicilia
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Monopoly swaps cash for plastic Monopoly money will be phased out in a new version of the game in a bid to keep up with the times. Instead players will use mock Visa debit cards to keep track of how much money they are winning or losing. An electronic machine is provided, which allows the banker to transfer money from players and record their earnings and payments. The new updated edition of the game is being sold along with the traditional cash version. The revamped model will also include several changes, such as an increase in property prices and new fines like paying the congestion charge, to bring it upto date. Chris Weatherhead, brand manager at Parker games, which makes Monopoly, said: "We wanted to design a more relevant version of Monopoly to reflect modern society. "As the popularity of plastic cards increases when paying for goods instead of using cash, we wanted to reflect that in the new Monopoly."
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Re: You'd think this was from The Onion...
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07/25/06 12:45 PM
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Don Sicilia
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Re: You'd think this was from The Onion...
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07/25/06 01:48 PM
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The Slippery Slope
plawrence
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Another game I can offer to play people at for real money  .
"Difficult....not impossible"
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Re: You'd think this was from The Onion...
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07/25/06 02:55 PM
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Beth E
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Originally posted by Don Sicilia:
Instead players will use mock Visa debit cards How long before Master Card sues?
How about a little less questions and a lot more shut the hell up - Brian Griffin
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Re: You'd think this was from The Onion...
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07/25/06 05:01 PM
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Double-J
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Originally posted by klydon1:
As long as they keep the little metal shoe, I ll still play the damn game. For me, it was the hat. :p I still prefer Ghettopoly , though.
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Re: You'd think this was from The Onion...
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07/25/06 10:05 PM
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Right here, but I'd rather be ...
long_lost_corleone
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Right here, but I'd rather be ...
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Originally posted by Don Sicilia:
Instead players will use mock Visa debit cards "Keeping up with the times" or product placement?
"Somebody told me when the bomb hits, everybody in a two mile radius will be instantly sublimated, but if you lay face down on the ground for some time, avoiding the residual ripples of heat, you might survive, permanently fucked up and twisted like you're always underwater refracted. But if you do go gas, there's nothing you can do if the air that was once you is mingled and mashed with the kicked up molecules of the enemy's former body. Big-kid-tested, motherf--ker approved."
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Re: You'd think this was from The Onion...
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07/26/06 11:50 AM
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Walter Mosca
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Originally posted by klydon1:
As long as they keep the little metal shoe, I ll still play the damn game. !
"Jonny Tightlips... you're shot!
- whered' they get you?"
"I ain't sayin' nutin'."
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