# Quick! Claim a Monopoly piece! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2002, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140 "2002-05-15T03:47:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140/21 "2002-05-15T07:27:21Z")
[nasally whiny voice] I have this! I have that! I’m a big Monopoly dork! [/nasally whiny voice] Nobody asked you, **racer72.** Go make us some nachos. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Spooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spooky)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140/22 "2002-05-15T07:31:39Z")
Who’s gonna be the banker? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140/23 "2002-05-16T01:04:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ell \* > \*\*Battleship! I’m the battleship! \*\* No way. I’m _ **always** _ the battleship! If I’m not the battleship, I’m not playing. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140/24 "2002-05-16T01:26:26Z")
I’ll just use the beaver from the Canadian edition. ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140/25 "2002-05-16T01:46:13Z")
As a kid, I’d always bring in my action figures to act as ad hoc pieces. So I’m **Godzilla** , darnit. ---
**Author:** ![Hosayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@Hosayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hosayf)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140/26 "2002-05-16T02:02:33Z")
Let’s see… I’ve got a roach, a lighter, rolling papers, ooh and some empty baggies. How about… Wait not that baggy full of oregano… yeh that’s it oregano hehe. Let’s just put that one back in my pocket. Uhh… Would the lighter be ok? ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140/27 "2002-05-16T02:05:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bryan Ekers \* > \*\*I’ll just use the beaver from the Canadian edition. \*\* Ooohhhh…Canadian beeeeeaver. ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140/28 "2002-05-16T02:17:25Z")
Damn I wanted to be the Doggie… I’ll fight anyone over it on canine teeth size! 😉 (bear in mind, mine are over an inch long! - Doncha just love dentists!) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140/29 "2002-05-16T08:05:43Z")
I wanna be the piece of glass! ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140/30 "2002-05-16T09:19:32Z")
Since we’re out of pieces from the regular game, I got the little plastic cars from flodjunior’s Monopoly Junior game. And since I’m the one who brought them, dibs on the RED car!!! ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140/31 "2002-05-16T13:07:09Z")
All I’ve got on hand is an old _Stratego_ set - so I’m going to be **The Bomb**. Better not land on a space while I’m there! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140/32 "2002-05-16T13:19:49Z")
I’ll be **R2D2** from the Star Wars edition. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140/33 "2002-05-16T13:59:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pravnik \* > \*\*Car!! Wait-CRAP!! > > Iron! \*\* Grrrr, I have always been the iron, always! I even wore the iron on a chain around my neck when I retired it after it had gone 32-0. And now it’s gone. How about if I be my own piece? _sits on go_ ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140/34 "2002-05-16T14:14:21Z")
Mmmm… Naaaaaaah, I guess I’ll be the banker. Who needs these ten-billion dollar - Wait a sec, is that _real_ money or _Monopoly_ money we’re using? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140/35 "2002-05-16T14:18:17Z")
Mine has **Darth Maul** , so I’m taking that one!!! ---
**Author:** ![GrandfatherTrout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@GrandfatherTrout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandfatherTrout)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140/36 "2002-05-16T14:45:51Z")
I wanna be the severed head! ---
**Author:** ![Ell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Ell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ell)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140/37 "2002-05-17T01:28:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Smeghead \* > \*\* > > No way. I’m _ **always** _ the battleship! If I’m not the battleship, I’m not playing. \*\* Nu uh! I’m always the battleship. I’ll fight you for it though. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140/38 "2002-05-17T06:50:43Z")
I’ll play if I can be the banker. It’s the only way I ever win at Monopoly. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140/39 "2002-05-17T07:01:08Z")
Funny, when I was a kid we played with Micro Machines. I was the Porche 911 (or the shrunken clown car version thereof). They rolled all over the place, so you had to be careful. “Yeah, I was over _there_.” If I can’t do that, I’ll take Emperor Palpatine from my Star Wars set. “Join me on Boardwalk, and your journey to bankruptcy will be complete!” ---
**Author:** ![friggae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/45deac/32.png) [@friggae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friggae)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140/40 "2002-05-17T07:32:44Z")
Oh man, the iron is the best piece! It’s so small that sometimes you can land on someone’s property and they don’t notice until it’s too late! I’ll take the electron! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-claim-a-monopoly-piece/109140.md?page=3)