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The history of the board game Monopoly can be traced back to the early 1900s. Elizabeth Magie invented in 1903 a version of The Landlord's Game which was a real estate trading game in which players got rich by monopolizing sets of properties. This game, usually called "monopoly", was played extensively from 1904 through 1931 when it showed up in Atlantic City, New Jersey. There a group of Quaker teachers changed it to a version which was copied by Charles Darrow. The copy was then commercialized by Parker Brothers which claimed that Darrow had invented the game and turned Darrow into a rags to riches embodiment of the American dream. In the 1970s, Professor Ralph Anspach, while defending himself against a trademark infringement suit filed by Parker Brothers and its then parent company, General Mills, against his Anti-Monopoly game, uncovered the true history of the game. Because of the lengthy court process, and appeals, the legal status of Parker Brothers' trademarks on the game was not settled until 1985. The game's name remains a registered trademark of Parker Brothers, as does its specific design elements. International tournaments, first held in the early 1970s, continue to the present day, with the next world championship scheduled for 2008. (more...)
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"Bananaphone" on the Internet
"Bananaphone" has seen use in many flash animations which have greatly increased its popularity (arguably being the source of its memetic attention on the internet to begin with).
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"Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring, BANANA PHONE!
Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring, BANANA PHOOONE!
I got this feeling,
So appealing,
For us to get together and sing, SING!"
- Raffi. Or James Blunt? Oh well.
