Was talking Albuquerque with a friend as a reunion destination and had a flashback to my childhood friend Deepak Rao in Pune. He lived next to my grandparents. He was the best friend a 9 y.o. could have cos his family was both well-off and nice! He had swag! Much swag!
He belonged to that once rare and much envied breed of kids in India - someone with an uncle or aunt in USA who visited often and expressed love in toys and comic books and pretty much anything a 9 year old boy wants. Visiting his house was such a bliss! I spent entire summers!
That's where I first played G.I. Joe and Clue and Scotland Yard and a bunch of different board games that kept us busy, with comic book reading breaks in between as his mom filled us with food.
One of the games I still remember vividly was a Monopoly. I was most fascinated!
One of the games I still remember vividly was a Monopoly. I was most fascinated!
Fascinated cos it was not an unknown concept. I was quite an expert at India's knockoff version of Monopoly rather unimaginatively called "Business". But I was also a geography nerd. So this American version with all these foreign names I had never heard before was a delight!
Abeyaar what does this have to do with Albuquerque you ask. I'm getting to it.
I say it was "a" Monopoly cos when I remember the squares on it, it wasn't original Monopoly, which as everyone knows is set in Atlantic City. This was a version with cities, like "Business".
I say it was "a" Monopoly cos when I remember the squares on it, it wasn't original Monopoly, which as everyone knows is set in Atlantic City. This was a version with cities, like "Business".
So you had a handful of curious boys looking at this board and coming across the name Albuquerque. This was before the name Afonso de Albuquerque appeared in our textbooks.
Much debate was had over how to pronounce it and I'm remembering that flashback in vivid detail lol.
Much debate was had over how to pronounce it and I'm remembering that flashback in vivid detail lol.
"Al boo kyoooorkyu?"
"Albukuerkukukuku"
"Albakyuarkayray"
"Albuququrayqu.."
And this went on for a while until his usually very sweet mom stormed into the room and sternly asked us to can the din. 🤣🤣
If you remember being 9, you'll get why this is so memorable and funny🤭
"Albukuerkukukuku"
"Albakyuarkayray"
"Albuququrayqu.."
And this went on for a while until his usually very sweet mom stormed into the room and sternly asked us to can the din. 🤣🤣
If you remember being 9, you'll get why this is so memorable and funny🤭
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