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Today was a very weird day for me.
First, I saw a rainbow with the colors white, pink, yellow, green, blue, beige, and orange.
Then, I drove my car across the sea.
Finally, I saw a dog convicted of a crime and then almost immediately pardoned.
My friends were with me the whole time, but so were Charles, George and Edward, who are not my friends. However, I do know their last name.
Do you?

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  • Worth pointing out that (if the answer is correct), the second clue may or may not make sense depending on where the reader grew up. – SPM May 18 '16 at 12:50
  • @SPM Where did you grow up where it doesn't make sense? – paste May 19 '16 at 20:56
  • @paste In Australia, we don't have seas on our board, only famous Australian streets, landmarks and utilities, so it wouldn't immediately come to mind. – Xylius May 21 '16 at 04:34

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Charles, George, and Edward have the last name:

Parker Brothers

Today you:

Played Monopoly.

First, I saw a rainbow with the colors white, pink, yellow, green, blue, beige, and orange.

These are the colours of the money.
Monopoly Money

Then, I drove my car across the sea.

The car and the ship are pieces that travel on the same track. enter image description here

This clue could also pertain to the spaces (which are all named after streets in Atlantic City, NJ) have the names of bodies of water. (Atlantic, Pacific, Baltic, Mediterranean)

The asker has commented that he meant that the first space after the Go space is Baltic which is named after a sea.

Finally, I saw a dog convicted of a crime and then almost immediately pardoned.

The dog got sent to jail (Go to Jail Space? or other card) and then either payed his bail or had a get out of jail free card.
enter image description here

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  • Is there a new version of this or something? Half of these hints don't make sense with the original – gannolloy May 18 '16 at 03:56
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    @gannolloy The rainbow is the money – LeppyR64 May 18 '16 at 03:57
  • Makes sense now +1 – gannolloy May 18 '16 at 04:01
  • I updated the answer with some more details. – LeppyR64 May 18 '16 at 04:06
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    Sea hint could also refer to Atlantic or pacific – gannolloy May 18 '16 at 04:08
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    Or Baltic/Mediterranean. – f'' May 18 '16 at 04:10
  • Sure, I added it. – LeppyR64 May 18 '16 at 04:14
  • I think the "sea" refers to driving through Atlantic City, nothing more. – Scimonster May 18 '16 at 11:34
  • Well done! I figured someone on here would make the connection quickly, but I thought it might be a fun head-scratcher for the rest :) For the record, what I had in mind for driving the car across the sea was that my piece was the car and the first space on the board has the name of a sea. – paste May 18 '16 at 12:49
  • You can also get out of jail by rolling a double (ex. both die land on 5) within your next 3 turns :D – MooseLucifer May 18 '16 at 13:58
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    @trevor You can also go to jail in other ways. I didn't want to copy the entire monopoly ruleset for my answer :D – LeppyR64 May 18 '16 at 14:01
  • The fact that one of the pieces is a cruise ship now could also go along with "the sea". (Pretty sure that's a new piece? I remember they got rid of the guy-on-a-horse and replaced it with something...) – Darrel Hoffman May 18 '16 at 14:12
  • @DarrelHoffman It's actually a battleship, see the pic in my answer. – LeppyR64 May 18 '16 at 14:30
  • @LeppyR64 - Yes, I was referring to said pic, it just kind of looked like it could be a cruise ship. On closer inspection, I can see that it does have guns on it, so I guess battleship is more accurate. Point is, whatever kind of ship it is, you'd likely find it out at sea, and in Monopoly, you might drive your car right next to it... – Darrel Hoffman May 18 '16 at 15:18
  • On behalf of @SPM: "Worth pointing out that if this answer is correct, the second clue may or may not make sense depending on where the reader grew up." – Jonathan Allan May 18 '16 at 17:13