
He went on: "Remember, the box top from the game Life? Everyone was having such fun. Do you remember playing that game?"
"Yeah," I said, "I remember that you could sell your children when you neared the end of the road."
The man just stopped and stared at me, blankly.
I was momentarily confused...didn't everyone try to accumulate children when playing Life so they could sell them at the end?? Apparently this was a goal only to those of us of a certain social strata... because I looked over and another woman about my age and, um, caliber, was bent over laughing her ass off in recognition.
BTW... I think this child selling arena was actually the space on the board entitled "College" wherein, now that I read the rules, one is supposed to pay $40k (this can't be the 1977 version) or some such sum. My brother, being the good, red blooded male that he is, convinced me, perhaps rightly, that he should be reimbursed for his progeny. That boy was way ahead of his time.
(And the answer to the question in the back of your mind is: Yes. He has 4 children... so far.)
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