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London Turned into Giant Board Game

Posted by samzenpus on from the detroit-chutes-and-ladders dept.

webponce writes "Hasbro have fitted out 18 London cabs with GPS tracking devices, and hooked them up to a real time, real life game of monopoly. You get to choose which cab driver you want to 'play' with, and then pick which properties around London you want to put your houses and hotels, hit go, sit back and wait for the other cab drivers to land on your square and make you rent. You get 24 hours of your cab running around London, and you have to see how much money you can make in a day (my bet, put your property on Wimbledon this week ;)"

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  1. but... by torrents · · Score: 5, Funny

    real life counterstrike would be better... guess you'd have to go to iraq for that though...

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    1. Re:but... by ISaidItOmega · · Score: 5, Funny
      You're missing the biggest problem of all:

      The US soldiers would probably give up their positions once the Iraqis heard them shouting "FUX0RING N00BS!!!11" or "thiS GUYS USING a WaLLHACK!!"

      ....fucking Iraqis and their wallhacks..

  2. Go directly... by Bifurcati · · Score: 5, Funny
    In other news, thousands of Brits have been trying to hack the game so that Margaret Thatcher, and indeed any other of her party, land on the "Go Directly to Jail" square.

    Democrats flew President Bush over (on the pretense of buying him a pet sheep) for a similar trick, but Bush simply changed the constitution so that while he didn't have to go to jail, he did get to collect $200, and without having to pass Go, either. He then rewrote to board to read "Go directly to Guatanamo Bay. And stay there."

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  3. Re:i'm "playing" this now by spongeboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    yeah, but it did help me come second in a beauty contest.

  4. Re:Huh? by aussie_a · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's actually more fun for the passengers.

    Cab: Where do you want to go?
    Passenger: Regent Street
    Cab: You sure you really want to go there? I hear they've got some hotels on that street.
    Passenger: Yeah I'm sure.
    Cab: Alright. ....10 minutes later a police-man pulls them over....

    Cab: What's the problem officer?
    Policeman: This one of them monopoly cabs?
    Cab: Yup.
    Policeman: Can you and your passenger get out of the vehicle, this street has been designated the go to jail street.
    Cab: Aaah shit.
    Passenger: Don't worry, I've got a get out of jail free card.