I AM OUTRAGED... that AIG would play Monopoly under some weird rules that would allow 2 hotels on Park Place.

hp6sa: I AM OUTRAGED... that AIG would play Monopoly under some weird rules that would allow 2 hotels on Park Place.

What rules? This is the financial industry we're talking about.

hp6sa: I AM OUTRAGED... that AIG would play Monopoly under some weird rules that would allow 2 hotels on Park Place.

THIS

What heathen allows two hotels on monopoly property?

/Monopoly destroys friendships, marriages, lives
//Because I never let anyone else win

Can someone post some CliffsNotes?

AIG > Tebow

a 2+ year old article? really?

Anyone bother reading the date on the article?

Think of the worst company you have ever worked for.

Now multiply that by 100. Thats AIG (yeah i worked there ).

Never seen a company where the employees were more unhappy and paranoid. Saw lots of examples of IT people shoring up their "job security" by doing things that drastically reduced productivity.

this article is almost three years old and it was a much larger quarterly loss than 4.3 billion. Still, thanks for reminding me assholemitter.

Bob16: Think of the worst company you have ever worked for.

Now multiply that by 100. Thats AIG (yeah i worked there ).

Never seen a company where the employees were more unhappy and paranoid. Saw lots of examples of IT people shoring up their "job security" by doing things that drastically reduced productivity.

Things like Farking while they work?

how about this: CNN

or this: Businessweek

bemis23: hp6sa: I AM OUTRAGED... that AIG would play Monopoly under some weird rules that would allow 2 hotels on Park Place.

THIS

What heathen allows two hotels on monopoly property?

/Monopoly destroys friendships, marriages, lives
//Because I never let anyone else win

I just negotiate way too aggressively - something about Monopoly makes me act like a dick. Probably the mercantile nature of the game, which is why the Blue family mainly plays Settlers now. And I have a beer, too, which helps me chill the fark out.

Well... they just posted a $4.1 billion loss. (new window)

I'm not sure WTF is with subby's link though.

What, no newsflash tag?

Fark Irony Police: AIG > Tebow

3 year old news articles > Tebow

themanuf: how about this: CNN

or this: Businessweek

wow, can we let them fail this time?

nosferatublue: bemis23: hp6sa: I AM OUTRAGED... that AIG would play Monopoly under some weird rules that would allow 2 hotels on Park Place.

THIS

What heathen allows two hotels on monopoly property?

/Monopoly destroys friendships, marriages, lives
//Because I never let anyone else win

I just negotiate way too aggressively - something about Monopoly makes me act like a dick. Probably the mercantile nature of the game, which is why the Blue family mainly plays Settlers now. And I have a beer, too, which helps me chill the fark out.

Monopoly brings out the hyper-aggressive/competitive dickhead in everyone.

So basically all the exec's get bonuses for achieving such a quarterly loss?

Abe Vigoda's Ghost: Bob16: Think of the worst company you have ever worked for.

Now multiply that by 100. Thats AIG (yeah i worked there ).

Never seen a company where the employees were more unhappy and paranoid. Saw lots of examples of IT people shoring up their "job security" by doing things that drastically reduced productivity.

Things like Farking while they work?

They didn't have just ordinary undocumented code. They had entire undocumented frameworks.

Aww man.. now I want to play Monopoly.

Most games of Monopoly I have played in, the people playing did not want to play it properly.
They wanted money, usually $500, on Free Parking.
They wanted the tax money to go to the Free Parking pot.
They didn't want to auction properties.

So the games took forever to play. Monopoly is a money drain. Last one standing wins. But when you keep throwing money back into it, via the Free Parking pot, and delay the entry of a vast amount of property by refusing auctions on unwanted land it just stretches the game on and on.

All I want to know:
Did they win it on the Value Size Coke or the Value Size Fries?

Monopoly? Pfff!

Really want to pass time well how about:

Dominion
Settlers of Catan
In the Year of the Dragon
Caylus
Nortre Dame
Puerto Rico
Imperial (and Imperial 2030)
Hamburgum
Power Grid
Le Harve
Agricola

/get with times folks!
Race for the Galaxy

way2slo: Most games of Monopoly I have played in, the people playing did not want to play it properly.
They wanted money, usually $500, on Free Parking.
They wanted the tax money to go to the Free Parking pot.
They didn't want to auction properties.

So the games took forever to play. Monopoly is a money drain. Last one standing wins. But when you keep throwing money back into it, via the Free Parking pot, and delay the entry of a vast amount of property by refusing auctions on unwanted land it just stretches the game on and on.


Boy, that sounds familiar.

ObscureNameHere: Monopoly? Pfff!

Really want to pass time well how about:

Dominion
Settlers of Catan
In the Year of the Dragon
Caylus
Nortre Dame
Puerto Rico
Imperial (and Imperial 2030)
Hamburgum
Power Grid
Le Harve
Agricola

/get with times folks!
Race for the Galaxy

This plus Small World
Ticket to Ride
Pandemic
Stone Age
etc...


Monopoly is boring.

Success at Monopoly almost always relies on that first trip around the board. Bad roll of the dice, and you're in jail while everyone else is buying property.

Bob16: Think of the worst company you have ever worked for.

Now multiply that by 100. Thats AIG (yeah i worked there ).

Never seen a company where the employees were more unhappy and paranoid. Saw lots of examples of IT people shoring up their "job security" by doing things that drastically reduced productivity.

Sounds like how they do things at UPMC.

Bob16
They didn't have just ordinary undocumented code. They had entire undocumented frameworks.

Bonus points if the variables had names like x, xx, xxx, z, zp, zzz, y, yy....

I recall that on my first software job (internship) some poor coworker was trying to rewrite and improve a sizable chunk of undocumented code where all of the variables were named after model train components.

Vanquish: way2slo: Most games of Monopoly I have played in, the people playing did not want to play it properly.
They wanted money, usually $500, on Free Parking.
They wanted the tax money to go to the Free Parking pot.
They didn't want to auction properties.

So the games took forever to play. Monopoly is a money drain. Last one standing wins. But when you keep throwing money back into it, via the Free Parking pot, and delay the entry of a vast amount of property by refusing auctions on unwanted land it just stretches the game on and on.


Boy, that sounds familiar.

The housing bubble is a money drain. You keep throwing more and more cheap money into it via low interest rates, home owner incentives, and bailouts and delay the exit of vast amounts of toxic assets by refusing to allow bankruptcy and the recession just stretches on and on.

RedfordRenegade: I got caught cheating at RISK one time. It was catastrophic and I did not get bailed out.

/csb

Did you have troops in the Ukraine?

Abe Vigoda's Ghost: RedfordRenegade: I got caught cheating at RISK one time. It was catastrophic and I did not get bailed out.

/csb

Did you have troops in the Ukraine?

Did it involve sneaking an X in the place of a V?

Hot Rod Zoidberg: hp6sa: I AM OUTRAGED... that AIG would play Monopoly under some weird rules that would allow 2 hotels on Park Place.
What rules? This is the financial industry we're talking about.

Oh yeah, good point.

/came in to biatch about "two motels on Park Place."

RedfordRenegade: I altered the lines with a marker and no one noticed.

I pray you did not alter it any further.

AIG posts $4.1B quarterly loss. This is not a repeat from 2009.

HotWingConspiracy: Success at Monopoly almost always relies on that first trip around the board. Bad roll of the dice, and you're in jail while everyone else is buying property.

FTFY

jst3p: Monopoly is boring

But strip Monopoly is a lot of fun

muckin refarkable
But strip Monopoly is a lot of fun

+1.
you would be amazed at what your tenant is willing to do to cover her rent...

muckin refarkable: jst3p: Monopoly is boring

But strip Monopoly is a lot of fun

Go on....

greenboy: muckin refarkable
But strip Monopoly is a lot of fun

+1.
you would be amazed at what your tenant is willing to do to cover her rent...

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayum.

RedfordRenegade: I altered the lines with a marker and no one noticed.

What, did you add Israel?

Abe Vigoda's Ghost: [3.bp.blogspot.com image 297x400]

Anyone bother reading the date on the article?

Apparently the admin didn't

The only benefit of doubt I can give subby is that the msg is "history repeats itself".

Otherwise...