MONOPOLY

For the first time in ages, I tried my luck at monopoly today. And believe it or not it was great fun. Only this time around, there was no board, it was a nice PC game. 3 of my roommates joined me at it.
The last time I played monopoly, we did not stick to any of the rules. It was just 4 guys and a fifth playing as a "banker". People could trade, they could make rent let-offs, the bank was doing things at random. Seemed fun in the beginning, but then it all ended up in quarrels. Made me realize that it is sometimes the best option to stick to the rules. When you stick to a common set of rules, and there are no concessions for anyone and each one exists on equal grounds, there is no scope for any unrest. Otherwise if you put it in the real perspective (and that does sound like the ground reality, at least in India), it's not human civilization we are talking about, but the law of the jungle.
And the Red Sox did win today. So now the series stands tied at 3 a piece. All down to the wire. But I think even The Tampa Bay Rays must be feeling the frustration of their "so close yet so far" kinda outcome already.