Fargin' Monopoly! Makes people crazy!

[Spiffy McMoron]

And color me stupider, but since when did a bacon ranch salad become healthy? Delicious, maybe, but still totally bad for you!

As long as it has a vegetable on it, it's healthy for you! For example:

Big plate of hot wings-bad for you.
Big plate of hot wings...and a carrot or two on the side-completely healthy, well-rounded meal.

It's in the same principle as "ordering a diet Coke makes up for the supersizing"

[El Barto]

My Mom won a cruise to the Bahamas once! Boy, was she excited!

We almost won a Toyota SUV a few years ago. We had two of the three game pieces we needed to win it. When we went on vacation we got the third game piece, but we lost it somewhere before we got home.

[mrtauntaun]

Hah, Boardwalk is actually a very common piece to find, whereas Park Place is extremely rare. And why would they want those two pieces? When collecting all the railroads wins the big money.

Park Place is rare? I've gotten 3 of them so far! :P

[Mark Healey]

As long as it has a vegetable on it, it's healthy for you! For example:

Big plate of hot wings-bad for you.
Big plate of hot wings...and a carrot or two on the side-completely healthy, well-rounded meal.

It's in the same principle as "ordering a diet Coke makes up for the supersizing"

Exactly! And when you need to fill your veggie slot there is nothing better that Guacamole.

[MadMike]

Exactly! And when you need to fill your veggie slot there is nothing better that Guacamole.

I don't think I'm going to touch that one...

[Imogene]

Park Place is rare? I've gotten 3 of them so far! :P

Okay, maybe it's the other way around. I know I read an article on the rarity of certain pieces the other day...

[Rapscallion]

I don't think I'm going to touch that one...

I wouldn't either. It's sticky!

Rapscallion

[Kusanagi]

If it's like the last few games, there are 2 Boardwalks in the entire country, while Park Place is very common.

[Teysa]

Exactly! And when you need to fill your veggie slot there is nothing better that Guacamole.

Well, my mother did once try to convince her doctor that Guacamole counted as a green vegetable when he told her she needed to eat more greens.

[JuniorMintz]

Totally bad for you? When compared to the greasy burgers being sold next to it? Um, no. Not at all.

You know, I didn't say that the hamburgers were *good* for you, either. They're both high in calories and fat. (Of course, there are variables, such as the dressing, grilled vs crispy chicken, etc.)

But, they *are* yummy. Just not what I would consider health food!

[Jack T. Chance]

I know how it is, many moons ago I worked at the same chain and had to deal with the first monopoly run with em....and even no coworkers where i am at are nuts over this. Folks just loose it over the idea they might win...something.

Hah, Boardwalk is actually a very common piece to find, whereas Park Place is extremely rare. And why would they want those two pieces? When collecting all the railroads wins the big money.

I'm going to reply to both of you at once by relating a story I just heard on the news the night before last. It seems that somewhere in our great country, there is a woman (a rather LARGE woman, so we know she eats at McD's WAY too much!) that has collected 3 of the 4 railroads. And she is so determined to collect the 4th and final one, that she has actually gone onto her blog (possibly on MySpace) and is BEGGING people to let her know if they have the 4th one, so that they can put their pieces together and split the prize. She's also talked to all her family and friends about this. But the idiot made the mistake most people make with their blogs: she put up way too much personal info, enough that someone who knows what they're doing can figure out exactly who she is and where she lives. The result? She came home from work one night recently to find that someone had broken into her place and had completely tossed it, looking for her stash of Monopoly pieces!

My response to her stupidity? In the immortal words of Bill Engval (sp?) from the Blue Collar Comedy Tour... "Here's your sign!"

Much as it grieves me to agree with a SC, and while i recognise that MuckDonalds can run its games any which way it chooses, I think its stupid. It really makes no difference to the corporation whether customers buy salads or burgers, so why not include game pieces with all food purchases?

Me, I refuse to set foot in the ghastly place, so it doens't really bother me at all, but I feel for the cashiers who are getting grief from stupid customers because of it.

I'm like you. McD's is my least favorite fast food restaurant, so in the average year, you can count on one hand the number of times I get something at a McD's. On the rare occasion that I do go to one, here's what I'm most likely to get:

1. Breakfast food
2. A milkshake
3. A McFlurry

Their breakfast food is good, at least to me, but everything else is crap... except for their fries. Everything else, I can get at Burger King or Wendy's and it's much better quality than what you get at McD's.

We almost won a Toyota SUV a few years ago. We had two of the three game pieces we needed to win it. When we went on vacation we got the third game piece, but we lost it somewhere before we got home.

"Here's your sign!"

J/K. Dude, that sucks! When I travel, I wear a money belt... one of those flat pouches you wear under your clothing to keep your valuables in... and that game piece would've gone in there!

But look at the bright side... at least you weren't driving that gas-guzzling thing while gas was $3 (or more) a gallon! You would've been paying like $75 just to fill it up!

[tollbaby]

Well, my mother did once try to convince her doctor that Guacamole counted as a green vegetable when he told her she needed to eat more greens.

but avocados aren't even vegetables!!!! how does that work?

[chainedbarista]

yep, avocados are a fruit, just like a tomato; mom sounds a bit confused.

it was broccoli!

[Teysa]

I never said it worked. I merely said that she tried. As far as brocolli goes, I don't think you could pay my mom to eat the stuff which is probably why she wanted guacamole to be a green vegetable. Can't blame her for trying.

Now back on the subject of McDonalds Monopoly, I used to enjoy the game but never got upset if what I bought didn't come with a game piece.

[Bliss]

And avocados are quite high in fat afaik, it'0s not animal fat but still....