Thursday, August 8, 2019

riddle - A bankrupt man, a condemned man, and a lucky man



A man leads his dog along a road until he reaches a friend's house. Suddenly he realizes he is bankrupt and takes his dog off the road.

Another man wearing a hat stops at the street corner. He is extremely unhappy when he is suddenly arrested and taken to the jail the other side of town.

A man visiting the condemned man in jail drives his car away from the jail until he finds a parking slot at the corner. He parks and is happy to find he is now very rich



Explain.



Answer



The explanation is that this is:



Monopoly




A man leads his dog along a road until he reaches a friend's house. Suddenly he realizes he is bankrupt and takes his dog of the road.



The man was using the dog as his monopoly piece. When he went bankrupt, he lost and removed the dog from the board.



Another man wearing a hat stops at the street corner. He is extremely unhappy when he is suddenly arrested and taken to the jail the other side of town.



This man was using the hat piece. He landed on the "Go to jail" space, which is the corner opposite of jail.



A man visiting the condemned man in jail drives his car away from the jail until he finds a parking slot at the corner. He parks and is happy to find he is now very rich




This man, playing as the car, landed on the "free parking" space on the corner next to jail.



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