A 19-year-old Norwegian kid with more o's in his name than Bill Gates' bank account won $20,580 in the Monopoly world championship.Why the weird number? Well= kids, that's how much money is in your 20-year-old board game. And why is there a Monopoly world championship? Well kids, because there are also champions of Guitar Hero, Nathan's hot dog eating contests, and curling. And since this tournament was held in Las Vegas, the same city that holds a rocks paper scissors championship and let Celine Dion live for almost five years, it really comes as no surprise that a board game bonanza such as this one exists.
Now if only I could use $20,580 of Monopoly money at the mall, I'd feel as lucky as that Norwegian boy with no life and a bigger bank account than I have.
Or I'd roll like Kanye West and buy these:
No ripping on Celine. She was fabulous in Vegas :P. Also... Those shoes scare me. Also, how does one get that good at Monopoly? I don't even remember ever finishing a game. It's all fun and good for the first half hour. Then everything gets confusing and people run out of money and it's just not worth the effort.
ReplyDeleteI'm so with you on the Monopoly money at the mall thing, though... How do we make that happen?
Really Interesting!
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