# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/41 "2009-12-05T02:17:53Z")
I like the shoe because you can pick it up by the little loop at the back and swing it…in such a way as to kick the other pieces off the board as I go by. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/42 "2009-12-05T02:27:24Z")
The Hat. Always. And in any game where the choice is available, I pick yellow. (“Man”, Token, Croquet Mallet, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/43 "2009-12-05T02:34:18Z")
I had to wait 17 years to be the biggest person in the house so I could have the car when I wanted it. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/44 "2009-12-05T05:40:02Z")
I also am a fan of the train. No one else loves the Money or the Choo-choo? =( Two of the most solid stable pieces out there… ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/45 "2009-12-05T06:17:25Z")
The horse because it’s easiest to pick up and move. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/46 "2009-12-05T06:18:35Z")
The car, of course. You push it and it drives around the board, just like a car would. A dog - fuck no, you’d have to bounce that piece every time you moved, so that it would walk. A cannon? What’s pulling it? Huh? No moter in a cannon! Gotta be the car. The ship comes in second, but only if the board is water. Horse statues don’t fucking move! clearly, monopoly is important to me. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/47 "2009-12-05T07:39:33Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Cannon. I leave it to you Freudians to explain why. Fellow cannonite! I like it because its easy to maneuver around. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/48 "2009-12-05T08:04:57Z")
I’m all about the iron. I don’t like to fight, and think it’s hip and edgy to choose something so uncool. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/49 "2009-12-05T16:38:33Z")
In the regular edition, I take the car, cuz I like to make the vroom-vroom noises. I also have an Iditarod edition and like the bush plane. ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/50 "2009-12-05T18:06:16Z")
I can’t believe the shoe isn’t more popular. When I was a kid there was always a tussle between my siblings and I for it. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/51 "2009-12-09T18:14:17Z")
The Battleship, because it’s the most interesting, and not as cliched as the car (though I do agree with the car concept described by **Small Hen** above). ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/52 "2009-12-10T03:04:47Z")
We may have a problem, the 35 people who have to choose another piece… If I can’t be the car, **I SHAN’T PARTICIPATE**. :mad:. Sorry, total tangent, but…I wonder why no one ever wants to play Monopoly with me? ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/53 "2009-12-10T05:26:09Z")
My set’s so old it doesn’t have all those different pieces, just different coloured cones. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/54 "2009-12-10T05:54:23Z")
My board is the deluxe edition, with the train. I always pick it because it’s relatively rare in the Monopoly world and it’s pretty fun. If the train is not available, I’ll probably pick the hat. ---
**Author:** ![badlyburnttoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@badlyburnttoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badlyburnttoast)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/55 "2009-12-10T08:40:12Z")
The battleship, with the cannon coming in a VERY close second. I always used to imagine I was blasting the other players when I was a kid… actually who am I kidding? I still imagine that. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/56 "2009-12-10T12:29:10Z")
The dog cause I can tilt him to one side and have him pee on my opponent’s hotels when I land on them. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/57 "2009-12-10T13:52:23Z")
> [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](#): > > We may have a problem, the 35 people who have to choose another piece… > > If I can’t be the car, **I SHAN’T PARTICIPATE**. :mad:. > > Sorry, total tangent, but…I wonder why no one ever wants to play Monopoly with me? You remind me of my brother. He used to knock over the board if anyone else landed on Boardwalk first. ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/58 "2009-12-11T11:15:10Z")
The Hat. I’m just _mad_ about hats. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/59 "2009-12-11T12:45:30Z")
Anybody else remember [these tokens?](http://www.monopoly-history.com/images/1954wood.jpg) The tall white one was the most sought after in our house. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015/60 "2009-12-11T13:53:38Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Anybody else remember [these tokens?](http://www.monopoly-history.com/images/1954wood.jpg) The tall white one was the most sought after in our house. I have a number of complete sets of these. I also have about 450 other Monopoly tokens to go along with the 80 or so games I have collected. I’m not going to vote, I have a custom painted 57 Chevy token I use when I play. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-piece-do-you-play-in-monopoly/520015.md?page=4)