I think the reason for today's song choice will shortly become obvious. Please enjoy the stylings of Sir Tom Jones:
Even for people who have never had the slightest involvement with dollhouses, these iconic miniatures will surely be familiar:
Because I am not on Facebook, I was completely unaware of the momentous announcement until I read about it this morning on lifeinc.com:
Over the past month, hundreds of thousands of Monopoly fans worldwide voted for which new token should replace one of the iconic ones being retired after countless journeys past Go. After a hard-fought campaign, representatives revealed the newest game piece Wednesday morning on TODAY.
I may really have to reconsider my non-presence on Facebook, if it deprives me of the chance to vote on the important issues of the day. But it seems that the right choice was made without me. I couldn't be more pleased with the newest Monopoly piece:
The cat! Yes!! Excellent choice, Monopoly voters!! The other choices were a helicopter and a robot. Puh-lease!
The announcement of this new token got me to reflecting about the popularity of cats, and I found this website: Cats and Coffee, which reports that the following famous people were cat lovers: Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, Mark Twain, Albert Einstein, Claude Monet and Charles Dickens. For some reason Freddie Mercury was included, not that I don't love him but it seemed incongruous.
According to this same site, do you know who HATED cats? Adolph Hitler. In the interest of doing at least perfunctory fact checking, I found endless other citations that confirm the Fuhrer loathed felines. And I also found this ...
... which proves that there is literally a site about EVERYTHING on the internet. Apparently Stephen Colbert mentioned the site on his show awhile back, and hits went through the roof. Some people found it offensive and in poor taste, feeling that it glorifies Hitler. The owner of the site makes it clear that is not the case. I'm not sure how I feel - I mean, I hate snakes more than anything in life, and if someone started a website called snakesthatlooklikeange.com I think I would find that insulting, not glorifying. But anyway, hopefully no one is offended.
Now that we have established the awesomeness of the new Monopoly token, we must talk about the darker side of the story. To make room for the cat, one of the old classic tokens had to go, and this was also decided by vote. Sadly, I cannot endorse this choice with the same unbridled enthusiasm, in fact I am downright disappointed.
The wheelbarrow and the shoe were also on the chopping block, but they were saved.
Well, I am very upset, but life must go on.
The Newest Monopoly Token! Photo: Hasbro |
The cat! Yes!! Excellent choice, Monopoly voters!! The other choices were a helicopter and a robot. Puh-lease!
The announcement of this new token got me to reflecting about the popularity of cats, and I found this website: Cats and Coffee, which reports that the following famous people were cat lovers: Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, Mark Twain, Albert Einstein, Claude Monet and Charles Dickens. For some reason Freddie Mercury was included, not that I don't love him but it seemed incongruous.
According to this same site, do you know who HATED cats? Adolph Hitler. In the interest of doing at least perfunctory fact checking, I found endless other citations that confirm the Fuhrer loathed felines. And I also found this ...
... which proves that there is literally a site about EVERYTHING on the internet. Apparently Stephen Colbert mentioned the site on his show awhile back, and hits went through the roof. Some people found it offensive and in poor taste, feeling that it glorifies Hitler. The owner of the site makes it clear that is not the case. I'm not sure how I feel - I mean, I hate snakes more than anything in life, and if someone started a website called snakesthatlooklikeange.com I think I would find that insulting, not glorifying. But anyway, hopefully no one is offended.
Now that we have established the awesomeness of the new Monopoly token, we must talk about the darker side of the story. To make room for the cat, one of the old classic tokens had to go, and this was also decided by vote. Sadly, I cannot endorse this choice with the same unbridled enthusiasm, in fact I am downright disappointed.
The wheelbarrow and the shoe were also on the chopping block, but they were saved.
In fierce voting from 185 countries, Monopoly fans showed the least interest for the iron piece, exiling it from a new version of the game set to debut in mid- to late 2013. The statuette, which was added to the game in the 1930s, picked up just 8% of the vote.The iron?? Really Facebook voters? The iron is the PERFECT Monopoly piece. I was ALWAYS the iron. It's so cute and easy to move around.
RIP, Iron Monopoly Token 1935-2013 |