Betty by Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen for January 07, 2025

Eye on the prize

In one of my groups of friends, that is called “pulling an Irv,” after the guy who, when he wanted to go to bed, would just totally tank out of whatever game he might have been playing. To be fair, that is still better than the sourballs who will simply abandon an online game they are losing rather than finish it.

The best way to approach Monopoly.

In chess-boxing, competitors have been known to throw the chess game so they can stop getting punched in the head. Yes, chess-boxing is a real thing.

I’m with the kid.

Many years ago, playing Monopoly with my wife and some friends, somebody sold a property for $500 to somebody else that gave them a Monopoly and pretty much gave them the game. When aske why he did that, he responded “but it was $500!” I had to remind him it wasn’t real money. :-)

This strip is in a rerun week of Feb. 2020 strips.

I tried to play Monopoly online alone and it was so boring. Evidently handling all the bit and pieces and haggling or arguing with other players is what makes the game enjoyable.

If Camus had known about Monopoly he would have had the game in No Exit. My personal idea of hell is a Monopoly game in an IKEA store.