Monopoly Player Insists On Being Wheelbarrow

BAKERSFIELD, CA–The start of a Monopoly contest was stalled for more than 30 minutes Monday, when player Andrew Shermer insisted on being the wheelbarrow. “I must be the wheelbarrow in any game which I am to play,” Shermer, 10, told reporters in a press conference at his home in Bakersfield. “Jamie [Dugan] and Chris [Cambria] are being ding-dongs about this.” While Dugan, 8, cited Shermer’s use of the wheelbarrow in last week’s game as the basis for his claim over the coveted game piece, Cambria claimed “rightful dominion” over the piece based upon the fact that playing was his idea. The dispute was eventually resolved by Shermer’s mother, Linda Shermer, who seized the wheelbarrow piece and forced the disgruntled players to choose among the thimble, dog, racecar, top hat and shoe. The iron could not be found.