{"id":258,"date":"2012-10-30T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/?p=258"},"modified":"2012-10-30T22:45:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T05:45:00","slug":"mcdonalds-monopoly-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/archives\/258","title":{"rendered":"McDonald’s Monopoly 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like last year<\/a>, I again increased my consumption of McDonald’s food products during their Monopoly game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I always have hope that I’ll win a million dollars. In this day and age, a million dollars isn’t enough to let you quit your job, but that’s still way more money than I’ve ever had. I have faint glimmers of hope whenever I get a dark blue piece, but alas, it always turns out to be Park Place. Worthless Park Place. Well, worthless unless you also have Boardwalk. Which I never seem to get.<\/p>\n

This year, I managed to not spend as much as I did last year. Maybe it was out of laziness. It’s still work to get all the way to McDonald’s, after all. I spent $35.84 at McDonald’s during the Monopoly game, compared to $61.49 last year. I only spent $3.15 at McDonald’s over the first nine months of this year when Monopoly wasn’t going on, though, so it was still a 10+-fold increase. Oh well.<\/p>\n

I actually tried the mail-in thing this year, where you can send self-addressed stamped envelopes to them, and they’ll mail you four game pieces per envelope. I did five of them, so including the postage required to send them, that was another $9. OK, so I guess I spent $44.84 on Monopoly. I ended up with 44 game pieces:<\/p>\n