Mornington Crescent

[FrustratedLawyer]

DMC, It was to part of the wider phallic manoeuvre occurring at the time.

I think i'll consolidate by taking this roadshow up north with ...

St John's Wood

[David Mc]

I'll have to look that one up but the book's at home and I am not. In the meantime I'll risk:

Canada Water

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Bad move David Mc.

Mornington Crescent!

[FrustratedLawyer]

What is this trickery? I call for a steward's enquiry!

[David Mc]

Explain please this "wider phallic manoeuvre". It's not in my edition (which admittedly is not quite up-to-date) and is obviously the only reason why Canada Water could be illegal. FL clearly agrees. Please explain in suitable MC detail why you can claim to have won.

[FrustratedLawyer]

Ah but its quite elementary my dear David. If memory serves me correct it was first used during by Liberated Mornington Crescent Society during the 3rd Glastonbury Festival (it was fringe gathering only reported in the local press). It was considered far too risqu? and puerile until its revival and inclusion in the mainstream game by the Royal Society in 1993.

The easiest way to explain would be for me to take you through the moves we have seen above:

Cockfoster's -> Nelson's Column -> St John's Wood

Successful execution usually leads to victory within 6 moves.

[macroban]

Never trust a lawyer.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Never trust anyone who puts an apostrophe in Cockfosters or anyone who plays Mornington Crescent at 4.00AM.

Rickmansworth

[David Mc]

Quite - never can put things in simple terms! One minute they're accusing the winner of trickery and calling for an enquiry (I concede by the way), the next they're defending them using the most arcane rules of them all. Game in 6? Pah! We had same in 3 predicted before and that never happened.

But (grudgingly) - well done Peckhamgatecrasher. Let's play again sometime, though I'll need to review a more recent rulebook with this sort of competition!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Sorry all. I did crib - I bought a Humphrey Littleton Memorial Pamphlet at auction recently: someone had scribbled the moves on the inside cover.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> Sorry all. I did crib - I bought a Humphrey

> Littleton Memorial Pamphlet at auction recently:

> someone had scribbled the moves on the inside

> cover.

Sorry but I Haven't A Clue why nobody else hasn't objected to this reference to Humphrey.

Mis-spelling of that fine fellow Humphrey LYttleton surely disqualifies PGC's thread-winning move?

Referee(!)(?)

[David Mc]

I agree but we need an independent review from an expert who hasn't yet been involved in the game.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Ungentlemanly TLS. I can't type that name without a tear or two escaping, my vision was blurred.

[The MC Authority]

I am an independent adjudicator from The Royal Society. This game was called to my attention by one of the players. I've put the moves through the Society's Analyser and technically none are illegal. There have been some churlish and rather silly, wicked and confusifying moves (e.g. the game could have been brought to an end after the move to Nelson's Column [via Monument obviously]).

I have no choice but to reset it to VICTORIA (get it)?!!

Enjoy the rest of the game (shouldn't be too far off now).

TMCA

[mightyroar]

Arsenal

[David Mc]

Nice!

Gunnersbury!

[Brendan]

Cannon Street

[David Mc]

Sanity returns!

Woolwich Arsenal

[Brendan]

If Cliff Fort?s Extensions Principle applies: Canons Park

If not: Bank (obviously)

[David Mc]

It does, so Canons park it was. Bank would have been very dodgy.

Sticking with the CFEP, I'm off to:

Wimbledon.

[Andystar]

you are all on drugs....my head hurts now

[Brendan]

Well in that case the only sane play at this juncture is Shoreditch.

[David Mc]

Mornington Crescent!!!

I win.

With the Spectrum and (particularly) with the CFEB laws in operation, you cannot go to a station currently only served with a bus replacement.

See you all next time!

D