Mensch ärgere dich nicht

My favorite board game when I was a child was called "Mensch ärgere dich nicht". It's a German board game that means basically "Hey man, don't get annoyed". The reason for the game's title is that players knock each other out (kind of like "Sorry").

My mom brought that game to America with her when she immigrated here in 1957 (it was among her very few possessions) and it was a treasured toy for us when we were kids. (I was born only six years after she arrived in this country)

Well, I saw this story the other day about my favorite game. It just turned 100 years old. Happy birthday Mensch ärgere dich nicht!