So yesterday Troy and I were playing Monopoly. We don't do this often because I always lose and it's no fun to lose at Monopoly because once you start losing it just gets sadder and sadder. Anyway, we played last week and I won (thank you Boardwalk), so when Troy pulled it out yesterday I wasn't too opposed. So we're playing along and we're both broke, but Troy and I play the big bucks Free Parking way and he landed on it. He made mucho dinero and started building houses on his only monopoly so he could go for the kill. I was pretty sad, but decided I'd stick it out a little longer to prolong his happiness (what's a wife for, right?). I tried offering him some really bad deals so I could at least get a monopoly (as in I was trying to give him two cheap-o, mortgaged properties for Park Place), but he wouldn't bite.
Finally I picked up the last yellow property and scrimped and saved until I could put a couple houses up (I promise this will get good soon). He kept landing on my stuff and I kept building, but I was also rolling very well and never landed on his properties. Yay! Anyway, he lost.
However, when he lost he started playfully tossing the board and money and everything else. I was laughing while he kept doing it as I tried in vain to clean up. So I would try to sort the mess and he would toss more paper money, chance cards and property titles in the air. Finally he stopped and guess what---that's right. As we cleaned up the game, we discovered he'd lost Indiana. Now Monopoly is ruined forever because I'm married to a pouter.
We've now decided that whenever Troy screws up I can call him Indiana (not after the dog, for you Harrison Ford fans) because after searching everywhere in the room, the piece is lost forever. Well, maybe just until we move, but it's still a funny story.
