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#FakeBoardGameFacts

I had fun with the trending hashtag #FakeBoardGameFacts on Twitter yesterday. Here's a list of my tweets, ordered from the most to least popular (all my tweets can be seen here - https://twitter.com/CraigRozniecki):

1) Ben Carson first knew he wanted to be a neurosurgeon after falling asleep while playing Operation.
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36 Likes, 9 Retweets

1) Ted Cruz wants to make it illegal for two blue pegs or two pink pegs to get married in The Game of Life, b/c The Bible.
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38 Likes, 7 Retweets

3) George W. Bush claims he first spotted the 17-letter word 'misunderestimated' on a 4x4 grid in Boggle.
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30 Likes, 10 Retweets

4) George W. Bush and Sarah Palin have boycotted Stratego until it changes its name to Strategery.
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32 Likes, 5 Retweets

5) Winning one game of Risk qualifies you to be Commander-in-chief. This is what prompted Marco Rubio to run for president.
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17 Likes, 7 Retweets

6) Ben Carson was once suspended from school for attacking a fellow student with the thimble piece from Monopoly.
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16 Likes, 5 Retweets

6) In high school, Ted Cruz was voted "the student most likely to win a 1-person game of Outburst at their 20-yr reunion."
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18 Likes, 3 Retweets

8) After losing in Chinese checkers, Trump said, "We'll make America great again by getting rid of checkers from Chiiina!"
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12 Likes, 7 Retweets

9) In Monopoly, whenever you pass go, you give your $200 to the top 1%, and it'll eventually trickle back down to you.
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12 Likes, 6 Retweets

10) Donald Trump claims his best move in Chess is, "Putting my whatever over your wherever."
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12 Likes, 5 Retweets

10) Chris Christie's biggest fight was over a game of Candy Land. He was 41.
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13 Likes, 4 Retweets

10) If elected president, Donald Trump wants to build a big beautiful wall around Mediterranean and Baltic Avenues.
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16 Likes, 1 Retweet

13) Whenever Sarah Palin claims she's able to see a foreign country from her house, she's talking about the Risk game board.
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15 Likes, 1 Retweet

14) The GOP was going to pick its nominee via a game of Trivial Pursuit. When no one won, they were left with 17 candidates.
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11 Likes, 3 Retweets

14) Ben Carson only simultaneously opens his eyes & speaks while sleeping or playing a game of Charades.
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12 Likes, 2 Retweets

16) Bernie Sanders has seriously injured 12 people, including himself, while playing Guesstures.
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8 Likes, 5 Retweets

16) Mike Huckabee's first date in college came courtesy of a bet he won over a game of Chutes and Ladders.
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10 Likes, 3 Retweets

16) Donald Trump contends he's never landed on bankrupt in Wheel of Fortune even though video evidence showcases otherwise.
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11 Likes, 2 Retweets

19) The idea for Viagra emerged after a man told his wife, "I think you sunk my battleship."
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9 Likes, 3 Retweets

19) Just before every Family Feud Fast Money round, Donald Trump yells, "Get a small $1 million loan from your daddy!"
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9 Likes, 3 Retweets

21) Whenever Donald Trump asked his daughters to play Lie Detector, they immediately pointed at him, and yelled, "Liar!"
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8 Likes, 3 Retweets

21) Ted Cruz has been barred from playing Twister b/c he always lies down with his back on the mat.
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9 Likes, 2 Retweets

21) The most interesting man in the world wins every game he doesn't play.
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9 Likes, 2 Retweets

24) The creators of Clue originally said Donald Trump did it in the Balless Room with a small lead pipe.
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9 Likes, 1 Retweet

24) If elected president, John Kasich wants to find a way to defund Privateer Press board games bc their abbreviation is PP.
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10 Likes, 0 Retweets

26) Donald Trump's bucket list includes changing the name of the game "Sorry!" to "It's Someone Else's Fault!"
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7 Likes, 1 Retweet

26) When first hearing about Apples to Apples, Rick Santorum said, "Oh, like gay marriage & marrying a hamster named Rambo?"
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8 Likes, 0 Retweets

28) When asked what his favorite board game was, George W. Bush unhesitatingly responded, "Solitaire."
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5 Likes, 2 Retweets

29) In Jeopardy, Bill Clinton constantly says, "What is 'is'?"
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4 Likes, 2 Retweets

29) Anthony Weiner is attempting to make a comeback by creating the new game, "Dick-Pictionary."
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4 Likes, 2 Retweets

29) As part of Bill O'Reilly's France boycott, he refused to play the game Trouble, or Trublè as he pronounced it.
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5 Likes, 1 Retweet

29) "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" was once called "Who in the World is Jim Gilmore?" but only sold 1 copy.
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6 Likes, 0 Retweets

33) Connect 4 was originally called Connect 2, for Rick Perry was the creator and couldn't count any higher.
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4 likes, 1 Retweet

33) Jeb Bush was part of the high school rock band, Bored Games. The only song they ever completed was called "Charades."
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5 Likes, 0 Retweets

Totals: 430 Likes, 108 Retweets (Averages of 12.6 Likes, 3.2 Retweets)

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