[Closed] MORNINGTON CRESCENT

Down Street.

Given the spelling, I feel we should head to King's Cross, and then on to the British Library.

Damn. That's me scuppered already.

Do you mind if I play? I'm a total beginner but I have been an armchair fan for years and would love to have a go.

Don't armchair fans have to complete a prelim circle of Circle Line? It is Monday, 1:45 after all.

[b]Hounslow Central[/b]

Only if they're wearing red. As you say, it is Monday.

[b]Barking[/b], like a mad dog.

Avoiding the neophytes on the Circle, Archway the hard way.

Goodge Street. Classic Cryer opening.

*goes to get changed*

Goodge Street

Hah! Nice try, but I'm not falling for that one, anonymouse. 😉

Canny divert to

[b]Finchley Road & Frognal[/b]

Penge.

Hyde park corner. You know why.

I'm not playing ... but I'd just like to say what a wonderful word Penge is.

Penge

I'm not playing ... but I'd just like to say what a wonderful word Penge is.

Penge

See ... so good it's been wierdly double posted

Where's my helmet and stick? I haven't played this for ages...

In honour of yesterday's ToB - I'll have Kilburn.

See ... so good it's been [i][u]wierdly[/u][/i] double posted

That's weird.

Meanwhile, back on track. In your face with another boombastic flava......Bank.

I may be putting myself at risk of a reverse huff here but...

East Finchley

Changing at Kentish Town and West 'Ampstead, to finally end up at Gospel Oak.

Praise the Lord.

Flashy, I might move that you be strike-delayed for failing to state that Penge is, in fact, Penge West.

Schoolboy error, that. 😉

[b]Bank[/b] you say?

I'll respond with a snifter of...

[b]Pimlico[/b]

I may be putting myself at risk of a reverse huff here but...

Inspired. If I were going via Kentish Town I'd reverse your huff, but as I'm not - [b]Marble Arch[/b].

Phew, got away with it, the forfeit for a successful reverse huff north of Archway hardly bears thinking about,

why is this game following the exact same route as the infamous Harbinger Double Scotcher of May 1963?
Is this a glitch in the signalling matrix, or are you boys playing me for a doozer?
I call cheat, and I'm playing my SHUNT card.
That's right, I said it.
SHUNT.

PMJ is in the sidings now.

well I'm not...me and my dodgy spelling are going to

[b]Bethnal Green[/b]

sorry PMJ
the game was.... going off the rails [groan]
who wants to..... get it back on track? [groans]
I'm off to Canning Town for a Raspberry Triple

[s]w[/s][b][u]W[/u][/b]ell I'm not...[s]me and[/s] my dodgy spelling [b]and I [/b]are going to

FFS. I despair sometimes. When in despair, there's only one thing for it. Waterloo.

Going for an Encirclement gambit, a la Prosser, 1956.

Brondesbury.

As its the STW massive playing, I'll drop in the signalling problems wild card in, SingleTrack between Theydon Bols and Ealing Broadway. That should put the cat amongst the pigeons.

[b]West Brompton[/b]

You are invited to gasp at the efficacy of this trans-zonal bad boy:

[b]Alperton[/b]

[b]Russell Square[/b]...via the Arse

Bank.

Bank? Sorry, wrong play. You're in nib until another player crosses the diagonal now.

^^^^ what CaptainGrammer said...

It's a risky ploy, but I'll take [b]Cockfosters[/b] and pray that the next in line does what they should.

Penge

My wife's from just up the road from Penge. I always though it sound like some sort of disease, as in 'I'm sorry to tell you that you have contracted a serious bout of Penge...'

My wife's from just up the road from Penge.

I bet she is! I bet she is! Eh? Phwooooaar! Eh?

[i]CaptainFlashheart - Member[/i]
Bank? Sorry, wrong play. You're in nib until another player crosses the diagonal now.

Flashy, isn't that your second rule breach for misnaming? I do believe that puts [I]you[/I] in [b]Nidd[/b], m'sieur...

PMJ is in the sidings now.

😳

Leytonstone. Via Newbury Park.

[Tina Turner]

What's Nidd got to do with it?

[/Tina Turner]

Parson's Green.

It is [b]Nidd[/b], as in the Yorkshire River. A second rule breach is also covered in Stovolds (circa'72).

Back to [b]Newbury[/b].

Home,

#Canary Wharf

😉

[Tina Turner]
What's Nidd got to do with it?
[/Tina Turner]

[Ike]
It's Nidd, not nib, you dozy wench <slap>
[/Ike]

It may often be, but it's not Nidd now. It's nib. Do try and keep up.

Mudchute.

Can we include DLR?..

Shadwell (cough)

007.

Bond Street.

Unfortunately (for you, BB), that exposes [b]Chancery Lane[/b]. Tut tut tut, you really should have scoped those rising diagonals.

Mudchute still makes me chuckle. 😆

A skip, hop and a jump to [b]Aldgate East[/b].

From Aldgate into Tower Hill.

[b]Charing Cross[/b]

and double points for me

Hoxton 😉

ON A MONDAY!

I'll see your charing cross and I'll raise you with bromley by bow. (Mosely's variation, I think you'll find).

Interesting.

But have you not forgotten the 1976 Cumberbatch clause, specifically designed to limit that particular sort of nefarious play?

School's finished, so I can avoid the crush at [b]Grange Hill[/b].

I was rather enjoying the direction we were going actually.

So.. Hornchurch

Just in before the 5PM rush hour too, wouldn't want to end up in Lord Farquarson's snare now would I?

Nine Elms - I'm assuming that's allowed in this variation, though I might be getting ahead of myself there

Well played sir, before rush hour and you'd have been huffed into the middle of next week with that one.

OK, I'll make a double play with Battersea in that case - let's see you lot get out of that one.

Been sitting waiting for that Battersea!
Earls Court, Baron's Court, Tottenham Court Road! Ha!

Been sitting waiting for that Battersea!
Earls Court, Baron's Court, Tottenham Court Road! Ha!

I think you'll find that the laterals are still closed.

Amateur.

Penge West to Penge East via Cafe St Germain. With extra cake points if you do it on a singlespeed.

😳 Just Earls Court then.
[EDIT] Too late, Brooess has blocked me. Think I'll just watch this game now I've made a fool of myself

excellent ...

Bristol Parkway.

I'm off to Baker St right now..

Being a beginner at this I clearly haven't thought this through. 😆

Guess that means I'll have to go to Hainault then. Which, with the dropped H and the glottal stop, always sounds rude to me...

Through the banana to Marble Arch.

Erm...... If I'm not mistaken, and employing the '67 derivative to avoid elephant and castle.......

Mornington Crescent

classic Pook goal poaching!

*stands and applauds*

I don't think you're allowed to go straight from Marble Arch to Mornington Crescent, not even using the '67 derivative. Not unless they've changed the rules since I last checked. Game still on in that case - I'm going to invoke the Leytonstone gambit here and go for [b]Heathrow Terminal 4[/b] - clearly I couldn't get there from Marble Arch, so need to use the gambit to start from a previous illegal move.

Been thinking about this all evening....
Back to [b]Marble Arch.[/b]

(See what I did?)

Nope. You're going to have to explain that one.

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This is [b]Cadiz 1587[/b] all over again. Except for Heathrow Term 5. Obviously, it would have been Term 1.

I can't bear this.

It's 'CRESCENT' and seeing the thread title constantly popping up on the top of the thread list is grating more each time I see it.

*breathes*

Don't do it. You'll only fall foul of the cunning trap Flash has set.

He knows that devilish 1937 Clapham amendment better than anyone I've ever met, and often spins it into an evil web of trickery.

Striking a diagonal to [b]Harlesden[/b].

Striking a diagonal to Harlesden.

Doesn't meet the 1688 French crochet requirements (v3.8.92). I call foul.

Surely in nip?

Sorry to break this to you old bean but the 1688 French crochet was repealed following the 3rd Conclave of the revisions board in May 2007. The conclave was split 50/50 but it went through when the chairman invoked Hutchinson's breaker.

Note that the English and Belgian crochets remain in place for now unless playing on a saints day.

Maybe Mr Jazz could lend you his current copy of the rules so that you can have a bit of catch up.

Anyhow, where were we, Harlesden eh? Tricky.

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