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London Turned into Giant Board Game
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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London Tuned into Giant Board Game
While the space inside the cab was spacious, I can't say I appreciated the attitude of the driver. From the time I walked up to the queue, he was already trying to jump to the front without waiting, then during the ride he was blabbering on about something (he was apparently speaking Manchesterese or something, but it wasn't English), and when we got the destination he wouldn't make change nor give a receipt.
I doubt that all cabbies in London are like that, but considering the relatively small area that London encompasses and the ease of using public transportation, I wonder how often people find themselves using cabs.
A more interesting game would be to try to pick which cab takes the longest route between any two places. I don't think I've seen drivers in other countries so eager to rip off passengers by taking the scenic route through the heart of traffic than I've seen in England.
Shane Warne is also playing and he has landed on Fleet Street.
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not funny anymore....
and this is why we don't have girlfriends....
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