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…I’ll tell you what I’d like *you* to do with your Toblerone bar
You certainly thought of that and discarded it for being overly naughty and obvious. Yet, I feel it’s the imposing version. Isn’t humour a lemon that begs for being squeezed?
…rather a compelling version, I guess. Us non-native speakers have funny ways, sometimes. Hey, wait, I’m a bloody foreigner but I’m a native-speaker, too, come to think of it. But you get my drift… Humor ist, wenn man trotzdem lacht. No, I’m not fussy, why do you ask?
my family used to play monopoly regularly, until my english husband got into some weird intense grudge match with my cuz’ german girlfriend. we all fell away, and indeed, fell asleep, but they continued. at 2am i had to take the pieces out of their nerveless fingers and proclaim the game a draw. we never played again…
My brother and I would play Monopoly. I hated it because he would ALWAYS win it. On the other hand, I loved RISK and he hated it because I would always win that. Both games are won decisively and losing is protracted. My brother threw the RISK board across the room several times growing up…I don’t remember ever throwing the Monopoly board.
@ Whiterabbit – it’s an English/German thing, don’t worry about it.
As for being able to play monopoly and not losing freinds – there is only one thing to do, Do NOT open the box, put the box back in the cupboard and play something else.
I disagree… I think if RICK is the one doing *blank* with the bar, then he gets to exact his own revenge… plus, look at Rick’s face – what’s more “imposing” than being threatened with deadpan delivery? As it was a lead-in to the next line (sometimes, we have to read the whole thing to get the humor), it’s perfect as written… maybe the point was to get YOU to fill in that blank…
Monopoly is still a lot more fun than Socialism, where all the properties are worthless and no one has money to buy them from the government anyway. Half of the spaces are “Go To Jail” and the other half are “Stand in lline for shoes and bread”.
Maybe it’s a matter of preferences: while I wouldn’t mind at all getting my revenge, I’d much rather have my opponent do funny things with Toblerone bars to himself–helping in *that* process just isn’t my cup of tea. But yes, the next line would need to be amended, it’s implied: “That’s your business, sir, but you’ll be charged even if you don’t eat it.” Arguably, killing redundancy squeezes what needs squeezing even more effectively. Scott: just my 2c, the strip is fine, of course. I guess it’s just a matter of two loyal fans being, um, anal about issues. However, if that’s fine with your alter ego, who am I to object?
ah, yes, the memories of sore-losing family members… my father would always declare “EARTHQUAKE!” if we were playing a board game he’d gotten bored with… and we lived in Miami…
In my house if you went to the bathroom you were likely to be robbed, or your property to be taken because of “emanate domain” and given to someone else that could better use it.
ah Izzy, you should see our horrorshow of board games…all consist of a scrabble board and a bad idea, like the time we decided to allow esperanto and klingon slang terms…or the time we thought the all-hebrew version might be a fun idea…then there was strip scrabble, and of course scrabble, the drinking game…which became another version of strip scrabble, which became another game entirely. but it all beat the hell out of monopoly
please be careful in your sharing of your perverse versions of “good family fun” as miss izzy is still a minor child amongst us. but thanks for the fun, fab ideas for those of us who are of age!
when i was in college we would play ’star trek drunk’ while watching the original series in reruns… ah, the joy of drinking shots to shatner’s melodrama!
Just to clarify, my intent was that Ric was threatening to do something to me with the bar, but I turned it around as if he intended to do it to himself.
Monopoly was much much different after we really read the rules. A person lands on property. If s/he does not buy it, it immediately is up for auction to all players. So you lowball, then try to get other players to buy something they don’t want…or you get it for cheap. A WHOLE non-luck strategy is in play.
[...] I used to love playing Monopoly when I was younger. With the group I was playing with things could get a bit heated since we were all very competitive and losing was not an option. It would have been nice to have this comic back then, How to win at monopoly without losing a friend. [...]
I just came across this strip, and I’m a bit confused. People win at Monopoly? Meaning, people actually successfully finish games of Monopoly? Surely you must be kidding.
February 22nd, 2009 at 9:59 pm
oh man, me and my brother would have 8 hour games sometimes. he will never let me forget about my mobile hotel ponsy scam
February 22nd, 2009 at 10:33 pm
This comic reminds me why I hate Monopoly
February 22nd, 2009 at 10:39 pm
…I’ll tell you what I’d like *you* to do with your Toblerone bar
You certainly thought of that and discarded it for being overly naughty and obvious. Yet, I feel it’s the imposing version. Isn’t humour a lemon that begs for being squeezed?
February 22nd, 2009 at 10:47 pm
…rather a compelling version, I guess. Us non-native speakers have funny ways, sometimes. Hey, wait, I’m a bloody foreigner but I’m a native-speaker, too, come to think of it. But you get my drift… Humor ist, wenn man trotzdem lacht. No, I’m not fussy, why do you ask?
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:25 am
my family used to play monopoly regularly, until my english husband got into some weird intense grudge match with my cuz’ german girlfriend. we all fell away, and indeed, fell asleep, but they continued. at 2am i had to take the pieces out of their nerveless fingers and proclaim the game a draw. we never played again…
February 23rd, 2009 at 6:37 am
…17-day-long game… Then I took the greens and yellows… Boardwalk/Park Place followed… Those poor people, they never stood a chance.
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:00 am
Ah! That’s why I don’t play monopoly anymore. Any luck bastard will continuously beat you for 3 or more hours.
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:38 am
My brother and I would play Monopoly. I hated it because he would ALWAYS win it. On the other hand, I loved RISK and he hated it because I would always win that. Both games are won decisively and losing is protracted. My brother threw the RISK board across the room several times growing up…I don’t remember ever throwing the Monopoly board.
Thanks for the memories Scott.
February 23rd, 2009 at 9:37 am
That’s why we called it “Monotony” in my house!
And I’m obviously clueless, but today I noticed the repeating background for the first time – very funny!
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:33 am
@ Whiterabbit – it’s an English/German thing, don’t worry about it.
As for being able to play monopoly and not losing freinds – there is only one thing to do, Do NOT open the box, put the box back in the cupboard and play something else.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:05 pm
*puts down box, backs away slowly* *Pulls out cross* May the power of christ compel you . . . to burn the game!
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:45 pm
I disagree… I think if RICK is the one doing *blank* with the bar, then he gets to exact his own revenge… plus, look at Rick’s face – what’s more “imposing” than being threatened with deadpan delivery? As it was a lead-in to the next line (sometimes, we have to read the whole thing to get the humor), it’s perfect as written… maybe the point was to get YOU to fill in that blank…
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:47 pm
well, in that case, you better not pull out Trivial Pursuits either!
February 24th, 2009 at 3:40 am
I will memorize these instructions and always do the opposite. It’s much more fun.
February 24th, 2009 at 6:46 am
You’re right, Trivial Pursuit is just as bad.
It can get to the stage where just playing snap can become a full contact blood sport as well though.
February 24th, 2009 at 7:07 am
Monopoly is still a lot more fun than Socialism, where all the properties are worthless and no one has money to buy them from the government anyway. Half of the spaces are “Go To Jail” and the other half are “Stand in lline for shoes and bread”.
February 24th, 2009 at 10:07 am
“…in Soviet Russia, Boardwalk build hotel on YOU!”
February 24th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Maybe it’s a matter of preferences: while I wouldn’t mind at all getting my revenge, I’d much rather have my opponent do funny things with Toblerone bars to himself–helping in *that* process just isn’t my cup of tea. But yes, the next line would need to be amended, it’s implied: “That’s your business, sir, but you’ll be charged even if you don’t eat it.” Arguably, killing redundancy squeezes what needs squeezing even more effectively. Scott: just my 2c, the strip is fine, of course. I guess it’s just a matter of two loyal fans being, um, anal about issues. However, if that’s fine with your alter ego, who am I to object?
February 24th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
ah, yes, the memories of sore-losing family members… my father would always declare “EARTHQUAKE!” if we were playing a board game he’d gotten bored with… and we lived in Miami…
February 25th, 2009 at 9:15 am
A strange game. The only winning move is not to play
February 25th, 2009 at 9:26 am
In my house if you went to the bathroom you were likely to be robbed, or your property to be taken because of “emanate domain” and given to someone else that could better use it.
It made Monopoly a much tougher game.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:48 am
SWEET! wish it was like that @ my house, . . . but NO!
February 25th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Yep, this is exactly why I hated Monopoly! The being charged even if you don’t eat it is priceless, though!
February 25th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
…don’t make me say dirty things in your native tongue and then quote Einsteurzende Neubauten lyrics at you….’cos that’s about all I really COULD do.
February 25th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
ah Izzy, you should see our horrorshow of board games…all consist of a scrabble board and a bad idea, like the time we decided to allow esperanto and klingon slang terms…or the time we thought the all-hebrew version might be a fun idea…then there was strip scrabble, and of course scrabble, the drinking game…which became another version of strip scrabble, which became another game entirely. but it all beat the hell out of monopoly
February 25th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
please be careful in your sharing of your perverse versions of “good family fun” as miss izzy is still a minor child amongst us. but thanks for the fun, fab ideas for those of us who are of age!
when i was in college we would play ’star trek drunk’ while watching the original series in reruns… ah, the joy of drinking shots to shatner’s melodrama!
February 25th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Excellent Matthew Broderick movie reference
February 26th, 2009 at 8:42 am
Just to clarify, my intent was that Ric was threatening to do something to me with the bar, but I turned it around as if he intended to do it to himself.
March 13th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
This was a great first panel.
Monopoly was much much different after we really read the rules. A person lands on property. If s/he does not buy it, it immediately is up for auction to all players. So you lowball, then try to get other players to buy something they don’t want…or you get it for cheap. A WHOLE non-luck strategy is in play.
March 15th, 2009 at 10:40 am
[...] I used to love playing Monopoly when I was younger. With the group I was playing with things could get a bit heated since we were all very competitive and losing was not an option. It would have been nice to have this comic back then, How to win at monopoly without losing a friend. [...]
August 15th, 2009 at 9:17 am
I just came across this strip, and I’m a bit confused. People win at Monopoly? Meaning, people actually successfully finish games of Monopoly? Surely you must be kidding.
November 11th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
I agree. This comic explains in detail why people shouldn’t play Monopoly.
If you want a cruel, demoralizing victory, at least play Settlers of Catan so it can be finished in under two hours.