Reading (For Dummies)

I wish I was making this up

I was out visiting some of the local bookshops with Megan this afternoon when I hit upon a rare gem full of kitsch and social commentary value.

"It's kind of like Monopoly, but with Arabs..."

This back of the box reads,

For Dick and Bev Anthony and their four children, it's a dream finally becoming a reality!
The game is unique and so is the story of how it came to be. It's the tale of a family playing together and working together.
After a hard day's fishing on a lake in the Canadian wilderness, the Anthony family clustered in the kitchen of their cozy cabin.
As the day's catch sizzled in the big iron skillet, young Betsy piped, "I don't have anything to do!"
"Yeah," answered big brother Tom. "Kinda nice, isn't it?"
"No T.V., no telephone..." sister Suzy wailed.
"Hey, I've got it!" said Julie, the eldest. "Why don't we do something really different? Why don't we figure out a game to play?"
"Hey, that sounds neat!" said Dad. "As a matter of fact, I've been thinking...wouldn't it be fun to play a game where you could own oil wells?"

And the rest is history. I noticed that the back of the box was completely content-free (it had no information on how the game is played, rules, etc). I can't help but chuckle as I think how this parallels real life.

I also couldn't help but think that a certain miserable failure probably played this board game often with his father, although this was invented in 1982...