Mornington Crescent

[52D]

Is Brunels Impasse allowable under these rules or will banishment result? If the great western heretical strategem is applicable (note the use of lower case lettering) i will play Chalfont and Latimer

Modernists have been known to play Tyne & Wear Metro as well as Glasgow subway i take it we are staying with the pre 1948 rules.

[Spamcan81]

Is Brunels Impasse allowable under these rules or will banishment result? If the great western heretical strategem is applicable (note the use of lower case lettering) i will play Chalfont and Latimer

Modernists have been known to play Tyne & Wear Metro as well as Glasgow subway i take it we are staying with the pre 1948 rules.

There's a small club in Yeovil where such experimental work is carried out. One theory is that all underground/metro systems are valid. I for one think that this is a step too far but still welcome their studies concerning move and counter move. One chap is applying Chaos Theory to his play and so with that in mind I will play Paddington (Bakerloo Line).

[Autocar Publicity]

Yes, perhaps I'm a traditionalist but I also feel that stations on other metro networks should not be playable within a game unless it is specifically declared at the outset that Rule 381 applies and Petersen's Geographical Supposition is invoked. I've viewed a round of Morningside Crescent (the Scottish version) but being a Sassenach, found it rather difficult to follow... I have also heard of games being played using the New York subway and Los Angeles Bart, however, I think I'll pass on those and stick to the traditional geographical version of the game.

52D, as far as I know, Brunel's Impasse is still a legitemate move, interesting idea of yours to combine it with a lower case application, I had to think about that for a while... He may have been a Western man, but he was also an enthusiastic player of the game, developing DuValier's Tangent. There was also a suggestion, which has never been proven or disproven, that the Eiffel Tower was constructed as the result of a certain French engineer losing a match with IKB.

Hyde Park Corner

[Flamingo]

Nowhere has it been stated that Baldrick's Plan is not allowed in the current game context. so I am hereby invoking Melchett's Variation of it.

So now we hand over over to Henry Slowfeld at The Oval for further news of the 5th Test:

"Welcome back to our Radio 4 long wave listeners after the Shipping Forecast. My dear old things, I'm sorry to have to tell you that due to a power supply failure there has been a complete suspension of service on the Northern Line between here and Chalk Farm. We will of course keep you informed regarding onward travel arrangements.

Oh, umm, er. just a minute, I can see a big red London bus coming along the Harleyford Road. Its gone past the Pavilion End disturbing the pigeons and as they settle down again on the pitch ----- oh my goodness me, this is really exciting--------it's one of those old double decker Routemasters I think they're called, Umnm err wait a minute and I'll be able to read the destination for you. Oh bother my glasses have steamed up this is so exciting isn't it Aggers?
Ah that's better I can see again now ---- yes no that was really close I think he played at that one---- no yes umm err it says Rail Replacement Service to Camden Town via.............
I can't believe this............

MORNINGTON CRESCENT !!!

So what do you make of that Sir Geoffrey?

[StevieG]

Cobras!

[Spamcan81]

Nowhere has it been stated that Baldrick's Plan is not allowed in the current game context. so I am hereby invoking Melchett's Variation of it.

So now we hand over over to Henry Slowfeld at The Oval for further news of the 5th Test:

"Welcome back to our Radio 4 long wave listeners after the Shipping Forecast. My dear old things, I'm sorry to have to tell you that due to a power supply failure there has been a complete suspension of service on the Northern Line between here and Chalk Farm. We will of course keep you informed regarding onward travel arrangements.

Oh, umm, er. just a minute, I can see a big red London bus coming along the Harleyford Road. Its gone past the Pavilion End disturbing the pigeons and as they settle down again on the pitch ----- oh my goodness me, this is really exciting--------it's one of those old double decker Routemasters I think they're called, Umnm err wait a minute and I'll be able to read the destination for you. Oh bother my glasses have steamed up this is so exciting isn't it Aggers?
Ah that's better I can see again now ---- yes no that was really close I think he played at that one---- no yes umm err it says Rail Replacement Service to Camden Town via.............
I can't believe this............

MORNINGTON CRESCENT !!!


So what do you make of that Sir Geoffrey?

Here's me thinking you'd bowled us a googly until I realised that there is no cricket being played at the Oval, they're all off playing the colonials in South Africa, so it's a case of "NO BALL" Sir! According to Cattermole I believe you have to return to the Oval and miss two turns. I will now play Monument.

[chaz harrison]

MORNINGTON CRESCENT !!!


So what do you make of that Sir Geoffrey?

Here's me thinking you'd bowled us a googly until I realised that there is no cricket being played at the Oval, they're all off playing the colonials in South Africa, so it's a case of "NO BALL" Sir! According to Cattermole I believe you have to return to the Oval and miss two turns. I will now play Monument.

Well Spamcan I don't want to be controversial but I believe Flamingo's MORNINGTON CRESCENT must stand.
Check The Handbook - vol. 3, appendices pp312 - 345 Replacement buses. So well done Flamingo!

So who is going to kick off the next round? How about a Jubilee start? I can't wait!

[Flamingo]

So what do you make of that Sir Geoffrey?

"What do Ah mek o' that you say Henry? Look, my old Gran cood hav' caught that last booss, an' she's bin in a wheelchair these 20 years, nigh on. An' as for that oompire, well my pal from the Blind School cood see that booss were nivver goin' ter hit leg stoomp, it were missin' by a mile. If that were out then Ah'm away ter my tea. "

"Thank you Geoffrey and so what about the next game"

"Don't ask me."

[chaz harrison]

How about we accept Spamcam's.....

Monument Rule 76 - failed challenges

as the first of a new game? Seems an excellent first move to me.

Chaz

[Spamcan81]

MORNINGTON CRESCENT !!!


So what do you make of that Sir Geoffrey?

Here's me thinking you'd bowled us a googly until I realised that there is no cricket being played at the Oval, they're all off playing the colonials in South Africa, so it's a case of "NO BALL" Sir! According to Cattermole I believe you have to return to the Oval and miss two turns. I will now play Monument.

Well Spamcan I don't want to be controversial but I believe Flamingo's MORNINGTON CRESCENT must stand.
Check The Handbook - vol. 3, appendices pp312 - 345 Replacement buses. So well done Flamingo!

So who is going to kick off the next round? How about a Jubilee start? I can't wait!

Whilst I accept that replacement buses are indeed valid, I challenge Flamingo on the ground that there was no cricket being played at the Oval and thus dear old Blowers couldn't possibly have been there commentating and thus sighting any London buses going anywhere. At the moment Blowers is visiting the colonies and commentating on the cricket between the MMC and South Africa. Not even the most liberal interpretation of duPlesis' Parallel Play - devised by that great Afrikaans player Joop van der Meuwe - could conjure up a replacement bus from Centurion Park to Mornington Crescent. In the interest of harmony though I will withdraw my challenge.

[Autocar Publicity]

I think we got a little diverted there, it sounds like a discussion at the experimental research station in Yeovil 52D mentioned. Still, if you can't get diverted with a replacement bus service...

Back to the game, moving across the river to the Jubilee Line, using a one stop rover ticket - London Bridge.

[Spamcan81]

Time to use a Norton's non-sequitur. I will play Turnham Green.

[52D]

I will play an interloper from which much discussion in the clubhouse is required, some of the traditionilists among you may not like it as its almost without the area of remit so i give you Ongar

[chaz harrison]

That's a bit tricky 52D, can't even find it on my UG map. Right out in the sticks eh?

Using Lockhart's Transformation I think I can get back to my roots, I hope nobody is going to object to....

Stepney Green

I know it's on the District, but that's not always a bad thing.

Chaz

[52D]

I will take a leg up from the last post and offer Green Park