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10% or Bust

DoorFrame — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:09:41 +0000

In other Monopoly news, in 2008 the American board was changed to bring it more in line with foreign versions. There were several changes, but the most important was that Luxury Tax no longer included a 10% option. Heresy.

2009 McDonald’s Monopoly Rare Pieces and Odds

DoorFrame — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:22:40 +0000

McDonald’s Monopoly time. Here are this year’s rare pieces (according to Wikipedia):

Mediterranean Avenue – $50 – Odds 1 in 1,057,000
Short Line Railroad – $500 – Odds 1 in 21,956,000
Vermont Avenue – $1,000 – Odds 1 in 64,603,000
Virginia Avenue – $2,000 – Odds 1 in 34,165,000
Tennessee Avenue – $5,000 – Odds 1 in 256,235,000
Kentucky Avenue – $10,000 – Odds 1 in 427,058,000
Ventnor Avenue – $25,000 – Odds 1 in 320,293,000
Pennsylvania Avenue – $50,000 – Odds 1 in 640,586,000
Boardwalk – $1,000,000 – Odds 1 in 542,034,000

As always, except for Boardwalk, the rare property is always the last one alphabetically.

This is a RumorsDaily tradition.

Coupon

DoorFrame — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:03:25 +0000

A coupon for me. If you’re buying.

Moonwalking

DoorFrame — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:02:14 +0000

The amazing part about the moonwalk is that it looks like both of his feet are in motion.

I don’t get it.

Oxyphenbutazone

DoorFrame — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:13:05 +0000

The theoretically highest scoring word in Scrabble is “oxyphenbutazone“. Good luck actually playing it.

Bernie Madoff Facts

DoorFrame — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:38:15 +0000

Surprising information from the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post:

He’s dying of cancer.
“That ‘a bare-chested Bernie has been killing time at the prison participating in Native American religious purification ceremonies.’ The ceremonies involve ‘praying, using heated rocks to induce sweat and smoking from a ceremonial pipe.’”
“Madoff is hanging out with a ‘homosexual posse,’ although the relationships are reportedly purely platonic, say sources.”
“Various ‘gangs’ at the prison are trying to recruit Bernie to their crews. They’re regularly cooking sandwich wraps for him back at their cells.”
“Madoff was quickly assigned a job in the prison’s engraving section when he first arrived, but last month he was transferred to a job painting fences.”

A gay posse? Gangs trying to recruit with wraps? Is he in the prison from Arrested Development?

Also, how many fences could there really be to paint in prison? It’s not like we’re in Tom Sawyer land.

Elaine Donnelly is Unfortunate

DoorFrame — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:05:19 +0000

NYTimes: “Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, a group that opposes fully integrating women into the Army, said women were doing these jobs with no debate and no Congressional approval.”

Eh?

Tax Percentages

DoorFrame — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:46:07 +0000

You asked for it, you got it:

Watery Antipodes

DoorFrame — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:18:44 +0000

Almost nowhere on Earth could you drill through to the exact opposite side of the globe and arrive on land.

I find this disappointing.

Haggling for Expired Meat

DoorFrame — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:59:39 +0000

Time really shows you how to haggle, for food that’s gone bad:

At Whole Foods, the upscale organic grocer that frowns on haggling in its pristine stores, Gault scours the bacon packages in search of one whose sell-by date has come and gone. She finds one and launches into shock-and-awe mode, firing questions at the guy behind the meat counter about possible combo deals that would include an unexpired package. After some back-and-forth, Gault winds up with two $6 packages of bacon for free. In the haggling world, getting free cured meat from Whole Foods is like winning the Super Bowl by eight touchdowns. Check those packages.

What a great bargain on putrid bacon! It’s like winning the Super Bowl and finding out you really do get the free trip to Disney World, but all of the rides are broken and the entire place is staffed by zombies.

Is Whole Foods even allowed to sell expired meat? I’m calling whoever regulates supermarkets.