well well… as you may know, I was in India last week to do some work. On my only day as a tourist I was driven down to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. This is my attempt at a slightly atypical picture of the vast place. It really is quite staggering - particularly given it is simply a tomb. This wasn’t what I am planning to write about - but I felt the need to upload at least one photo….
so, onto bigger things. this evening I suggested monopoly as the game to play and for the first time in years it wasn’t rejected as a stupid idea by family members who associate the game with losing repeatedly. being more mature I plumped for the oranges, the set of properties that statistically provide the best returns on investment. I also got the reds, but never quite got around to developing them. I continue to insist that I was unlucky and my sister was lucky - and to an extent it was true. I went bankrupt fairly soon after I put my third houses on my orange properties.
about an hour into the game we were talking about how different it would be if you could apply to the bank for a credit card and use it to buy houses. later on community chest cards may just force you into consolidating your debt into huge crippling debts for bank fees of £200. Monopoly: Credit Crunch Edition? You heard it here first.
love the picture and just wanted to let you know :)
oh, and shame on the loss in monopoly.