You truly never really know what previous owners have done to a home until you start renovations and find the weird stuff.
Like, for instance, a GIANT MONOPOLY BOARD PAINTED ONTO THE FLOOR.
This story comes from Reddit earlier this week. The poster explained their in-laws ripped up their carpet and found…well, this.
So, so many questions. We’ll rattle off some.
- Why?
- Where are the Community Chest cards?
- If you land on “Jail” do the actual police show up?
- Does someone show up with a giant cardboard check when you pass “Go”?
- Do you use an actual iron for the board piece?
- That’s going to be a huge thimble. That’s not a question, just an observation.
- This is kind of a dark space. Are there no windows?
- What does the rent for this place pull down?
- What are the neighbors like?
- Is it near any schools?
Needless to say, there are theories from the Redditers as to our first question. The most logical is that it was part of a trend in the 1950s that saw people paint or tile board games into their floor. My theory: small giants that liked Monopoly.
We also now want to do a giant Candy Land, complete with the actual places on the board. Can you imagine a genuine Gloppy pit?
