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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 ;)"
I just don't get it. Why would you want to create a real life game that would not really encourage anyone to go and buy Monopoly? I might encourage them to buy a GPS. The only thing it will produce is polution.
But if I can get the cabbie to drive past Go, do I get $200?
Regards,
g@z.
This is a sad commentary on the readership of this site.
On one hand, they feel that this comment is funny. It makes light of the killing in Iraq.
On the other hand, they flame and insult American citizens, partly as a product of this war.
Which is it?
London Tuned into Giant Board Game
What key is that? A minor?
I mean, I knew the editors were blind, but musical too? Who knew?!
*ducks*
really have that much free fucking time on their hands? Here's a hint, good people of Britain: get out of the fucking cab, get off the fucking Dole, and get a fucking job!!
if you're going to indulge in preformulated group-think at least get your facts strait...gitmo has been in american hands since 1903... so that would have had to be TR who rewrote the board. It would have been more appropriate to have written Iraq if you're into that adorable internet revolutionary thing. It would have also been prudent for you to make a joke about monopoly being similar to the bush family's involvment with oil and other international businesses. Furthermore, why would the Brits want to bother Margeret Thatcher. She's not in public life anymore. The last time I've even seen her on tv was for the Reagan memorial. Besides, last time i checked, the Brits don't have a problem with Thatcher. They seem to like not speaking Russian.