# Which piece do you play in Monopoly? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 4, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015 "2009-12-04T19:17:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/21 "2009-12-04T22:04:18Z")
The hat. So that when I’m doing poorly, I can turn it upside down. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/22 "2009-12-04T22:07:29Z")
> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#): > > The hat. So that when I’m doing poorly, I can turn it upside down. this ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/23 "2009-12-04T22:09:40Z")
Dog because I like dogs. Actually, I don’t play anymore, but when I was a kid this was true. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/24 "2009-12-04T22:36:54Z")
Naval buff here, so it’s the battlewagon. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/25 "2009-12-04T22:39:51Z")
I’m a dog person. It’s my defining characteristic! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/26 "2009-12-04T22:44:50Z")
Which one I wanted on any given day changed around. ---
**Author:** ![NajaSong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9d8465/32.png) [@NajaSong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaSong)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/27 "2009-12-04T22:54:40Z")
The dog, because he can stand on his nose. ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/28 "2009-12-04T22:56:04Z")
I was always the hat ever since I met Bode’s Cheech Wizard. “Anybody got a problem with that gets a kick in the nads.” ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/29 "2009-12-04T23:01:06Z")
[Moneybags](http://osdhorn.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/sackmoney1.jpg)it’s so round and stable… I just always liked it, it never really fell over or anything. Just like a little anti-Buddha. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/30 "2009-12-04T23:04:59Z")
The wheelbarrow. Ever since I was a kid, it was the most logical: you want something you could carry ridiculous amounts of cash in, right? You cannot do that in a thimble. You cannot do this with a Yorkie or whatever that little canine is. You certainly cannot do it with an iron. I was really surprised to see that no one here had picked it. I was too much of a loner to consider a ship or train. My second choice was the shoe, but I don’t remember why. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/31 "2009-12-04T23:54:25Z")
Always the cannon. ---
**Author:** ![\_xiao\_wenti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b782af/32.png) [@\_xiao\_wenti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_xiao_wenti)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/32 "2009-12-05T00:08:54Z")
Shoe - because I kick butt. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/33 "2009-12-05T00:28:57Z")
Whatever’s closest. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/34 "2009-12-05T00:39:52Z")
Always the iron. I like to flatten the competition. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/35 "2009-12-05T00:54:15Z")
The Thimble, then the Iron. I like that they’re harder to knock over. I always accidentally knocked over the dog, horse, and somehow, the car. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/36 "2009-12-05T01:10:16Z")
The Hat of course! I thought I was the only one, but I see that us fellow Monopoly Hat Wearers have taken 3[sup]rd[/sup] place so far. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/37 "2009-12-05T01:50:38Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > I always assumed that was a statue, not a horse. It has a rider, so if it’s not a statue, that means it’s actually a _person_, which I think is antithetical to the whole idea behind the pieces. We always called it a statue in our house, too. And we kids always fought over who got to play that token–it was everyone’s favorite! ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/38 "2009-12-05T01:58:12Z")
Lately I’ve been playing with young nieces and nephews, so I haven’t really had a chance to choose. I’ve been the ship most often. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/39 "2009-12-05T02:13:23Z")
Of course many years ago psychologists divined the meaning behind each of these choices: Wheelbarrow - murderer Battleship - mass murderer Hat - likes kinky sex Dog - likes even kinkier sex Shoe - foot fetishist Iron - domesticated Cannon - recently fired Car - needs phallic symbol Thimble - penis envy Horse - just the opposite Moneybag - rich bastard Train - hobo Hasbro’s research in 1998 was slightly different : Most Popular Monopoly Pieces: Race Car, 18% Dog, 16% Cannon, 14% Top Hat, 10% Battleship, 9% Horse and Rider, 8% Shoe, 8% Thimble, 7% Iron, 7% Wheelbarrow, 3% ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/40 "2009-12-05T02:13:33Z")
I heard somewhere that the latest versions no longer have the horse statue, which pisses me off because it’s my favorite. I know the new iPhone app doesn’t have it as an option. No dog, either. On the iPhone I don’t care what I play, what with my two favorites gone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015.md?page=3)