she would go door to door and get the signature of every resident of the greater Kansas City metropolitan area

There has been previous discussion on this blog about the significance of the thimble token in monopoly - as in this post right here.

But today when Chris pointed out to me that Hasbro announced they are getting rid of the thimble I decided the issue must be re-visited.  The thimble!   Angie's favorite token.  The one that none of us ever went for because we knew that one was mom's.  Apparently it was the bottom ranked of all the tokens.  Oh bite your tongue AND blasphemy. 

Angie Moss would start a letter writing campaign if she was here.  She would go door to door and get the signature of every resident in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area.  And if that wasn't enough she would move on to St. Louis and all points north, south, east, and west from there. 

P.S.  The scene above is from the famous, never to be repeated, washington cherry martini - monopoly playing marathon.  I kept mixing them up and brother kept drinking them.  Oh we laughed ourselves silly that day.  If memory serves correctly Angie won that game.  And we all needed naps afterwards.  And mom had the thimble, I had the dog, brother was the race car, and I think Dottie had the hat. 

Comments

[Dottie Moss]

Oh, Mom's thimble! Maybe sending Hasbro this post will persuade them of the folly of their ways. If not, we can take them rounds and rounds of your washington cherry martinis which we know will make them ultimately cave
and keep Mom's thimble in circulation.
Mostly, thanks, sister for recounting these details which make Mom live again.

[jacki long]

So love every Angie story. Thanks for sharing.

[Chris]

Angie!! So nice to see her this morning. Let me know if you need me to write letters.

[robin]

I think I miss Angie almost as much as I miss my own mom. Thanks for a lovely memory (even if I wasn't there....)

[Diana]

I always love your Angie stories. Keep 'em coming.

[Joan]

I do remember the post about the Monopoly Marathon. Look at that sweet face so smug with bundle of money and probably had the Boardwalk and Park Place properties too. Aren't wacky family times so much fun? I've had laugh times that made my face ache and ribs hurt from laughter.