Heave to all ye scum who sail here.
Facebook group Morningtion Crescent - Round 37 - Pirate Rules! (Damn Straight!)
They seem to have hit the doldrums.
Take it from one who know..... Mrs Trellis with the golfing umbrella.
::)
Suggest seek and pillage. Or at least a little shunting.
Ye've lost me thar me hearty...Mornington What?
Are you on Facebook Bartie? http://www.facebook.com/board.php?uid=2239339164
wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(game))
we have recieved a letter from a Mrs Trellis of northwales... she writes
Dear Gardeners Question Time...
Dollis Hill
triple shunt to Hammersmith - and the Dollis Hill loop was banned as it so often is
EDIT
blimey there's 465 black barts <real name deleted> on facebook.
Hangem Lane Piratory System
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blimey there's 465 black barts <real name deleted> on facebook.
Is that rhyming slang?
:ROFL: x 2
Golders Green via Bank
Gallions Reach via the World's End.
Go re-read the Rules !!!!!
I'm a pirate. The only rule is I win.
Oi think oim in .
In where? Not Aldwych I hope.
Ok I suppose I'm a dope. (the only thing I get is that something should rhyme, or something)
as usual I'm like
what?
(naturally this simply proves that we North Americans do not speak nor understand proper English)
Will the real Black Bart please stand up
Nope Anthro. You really haven't got it. Rhyming is not one of the standard rules. That was just Beagle invoking some obscure little used deviation from the textbook game.
:ROFL: :ROFL:
very mean and untoadfishish but that's typical of players of Mornington Crescent
Quote from: Griffin NoName on April 05, 2008, 07:05:48 PM
Nope Anthro. You really haven't got it. Rhyming is not one of the standard rules. That was just Beagle invoking some obscure little used deviation from the textbook game.
:ROFL: :ROFL:
very mean and untoadfishish but that's typical of players of Mornington Crescent
SEEEEEEEEE--- I told you so (and not mean at all) as it is a game. Does anyone do yo mamma ?
and leave it to beagle to do obscure
EDIT: I have contacted the IMCS and expect to receive a copy of The Little Book of Mornington Crescent by Tim, Graeme, Barry and Humph; very shortly.
Quote from: anthrobabe on April 05, 2008, 07:09:11 PM
SEEEEEEEEE--- I told you so (and not mean at all) as it is a game. Does anyone do yo mamma ?
and leave it to beagle to do obscure
Yo mama's got a pegleg with a kickstand. ;)
MooredGate.
Stratford Yeast
You know we really ought to be playing the Livingstone Rules.
Quote from: Agujjim on April 05, 2008, 10:14:41 PM
Quote from: anthrobabe on April 05, 2008, 07:09:11 PM
SEEEEEEEEE--- I told you so (and not mean at all) as it is a game. Does anyone do yo mamma ?
and leave it to beagle to do obscure
Yo mama's got a pegleg with a kickstand. ;)
yo mama's so ugly yo daddy poked his eyes out ;)
sorry, will behave now
Some people (mentioning no names), aren't taking this seriously enough.
People have died playing this game (mainly boredom...).
Quote from: Griffin NoName on April 05, 2008, 11:41:00 PM
You know we really ought to be playing the Livingstone Rules.
Rules that we only talk about after the press have discovered all about them?
I assume you'll be voting for Boris?
Cannon Street.
so sorry there beagle
(puts on serious face--- cracks up and falls in floor)
Ahem
Dollis Hill
Good move, and a triple-word score with Livingstone rules. Looking forward To Griffin's answer to that.
Almighty groan. The Dollis Hill loop.
Dollis Hill.
am considering a Paddick waste the vote tactic
But Boris has such great soundbites...
"The dreadful truth is that when people come to see their MP, they have run out of better ideas. "
"Some readers will no doubt say that a devil is inside me; and though my faith is a bit like Magic FM in the Chilterns, in that the signal comes and goes, I can only hope that isn't so. "
"There is absolutely no one, apart from yourself, who can prevent you, in the middle of the night, from sneaking down to tidy up the edges of that hunk of cheese at the back of the fridge. "
"Yes, cannabis is dangerous, but no more than other perfectly legal drugs. It's time for a rethink, and the Tory party - the funkiest, most jiving party on Earth - is where it's happening"
"My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters. "
Dollis Hill.
Quote from: beagle on April 07, 2008, 08:11:25 AM
But Boris has such great soundbites...
Exactly. Who needs a Mayor with soundbites. We need one with real bite. ;) one might say sound bites LOL
The only reason I'd vote for Boris would be to get the West London congestion charge removed. Not a good enough reason. Sadly.
On the other hand, I suppose he would jolly up the BBC 10 oclock news regularly. No, not a good enough reeason either.
Hmmm, I just remembered Bendy Buses. Ill have to think about that one.
+++++++++++++++++++++
Dollis Hill
Time to apply the random historical temporal link to break the deadlock I think.
Bletchley Park.
My goodness that's an unexpected move. Still, needs must and it seems to have done the trick.
Naturally it does limit the immediate possibilities and I am going to make a very unusual and risky move, given the recent deadlock.
Kensal Rise
Ah, do I detect a preparatory antecedent of the Peek Frean defence? or possibly even the Smirnoff cop-out?
Brondesbury
Damn, you sussed it. Time for the Vladivostok shunt.
Kilburn.
Looks loik I'm 'Up the Junction'.
Argh ! Oi be lost up thee creek .
Those moves were ruled inadmissable during the Geneva Conference 1972. The one move you could have played was
I'm up the swanee.
:mrgreen:
Picadilly via ______
Quote from: Griffin NoName on April 10, 2008, 03:07:57 AM
Those moves were ruled inadmissable during the Geneva Conference 1972. The one move you could have played was
I'm up the swanee.
:mrgreen:
What about...I'm up the Swansea, look you.
where is the part about not rattling sabres
is it in the out of print edition
(yes you may point and laugh at the newbie)
I think this is a game which does not involve any sabres or spittoons...pay attention in the ranks!
The last mention of sabres was in the 1275 manuscript Britannia Rules. It was merely a passing reference to someone falling on their sabre after losing a match. Those rules have been out of print for many years.
As to spittoons, BB is correct as far as I know. It's possible the 'Spitting vicar' sacked by bishop (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/7340526.stm) could alter that, but Beagle probably knows most about that.
Finsbury Park (avoiding Abu Hamza)
Quote from: Griffin NoName on April 10, 2008, 04:42:04 PM
As to spittoons, BB is correct as far as I know. It's possible the 'Spitting vicar' sacked by bishop (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/7340526.stm) could alter that, but Beagle probably knows most about that.
Par for the course out here in Midsomer Looney. I'm learning more about psychology every day. Today's lesson is the various forms of reaction to grief (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7341022.stm).
Blackfriars.
I'v hear a rumor-- but it's just rumor
Charing Cross
Quote from: Griffin NoName on April 10, 2008, 04:42:04 PM
The last mention of sabres was in the 1275 manuscript Britannia Rules. It was merely a passing reference to someone falling on their sabre after losing a match. Those rules have been out of print for many years.
As to spittoons, BB is correct as far as I know. It's possible the 'Spitting vicar' sacked by bishop (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/7340526.stm) could alter that, but Beagle probably knows most about that.
Finsbury Park (avoiding Abu Hamza)
Spitting Vicar?
Perhaps he made a mistake when took the cloth instead of joining The Sex Pistols.
St John's Wood (very nice tube station).
Westminster !!
Try and get out of that one !
Tower Hill
(Yes, the Tschebycheff response to Wallinger's Gambit. I think you'll find it's been legal since the Congress of Paris, whatever Miss Hilton subsequently claims).
Mile End
Pudding Mill
Somebody tip her spittoons out the window!
Pudding Mills!!!!!
Pudding Lane maybe but that tube station's been shut since Christopher Wren burnt his pinkys on a Jammy Dodger.
Mile End...now let me think....
Ah Ha...Grange Hill! The Tucker Gambit!
Chipping Sodbury
Put that in yer pipe and smoke it!
Ah, wonderful. A chance for a Double Reverso (with kumquat)
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you joy of Kensington Olympia.
Ha...
Earl's Court...touche.
So, Bartie, you tempt me with the Lyttelton Manouvre. But I am wise to your trap, having seen De Montressant fall for it in the 1934 final in Stockholm. So, singing the obligatory verses of "Le Haricot Vert", I direct your attention to Ruislip Gardens.
Ruislip Gardens was closed before the overground was invented. Thus ruled inadmissable.
Fast forwards to Barons Court.
Are we not playing by Classic Rules, then? After consultation with Mrs Trellis, Totteridge and Whetstone.
My dear Pachy, I AM Mrs Trellis. You will find me on Facebook. I think I know enough dear, to tell what is and isn't admissable. I am the First ranking player as you well know.
Well, Mrs Trellis, First ranking player or not, you failed to nominate a station. Thus, under the Convocation of Trumpington's Variations, the title of First ranked moves two slots to the left, making Bartie El Numero Uno.
Dollis Hill
I didn't fail to nominate a station. I was obeying the Clapham Junction injunction on "making asides and important notes".
Now look what you've done! What a time to bring in the red light at Ongar reverse shunt. We'll be stuck for ages.
Dollis Hill
I am sorry to hear that...
How long as Dollis been Ill?
Ah, well. I shall escape us from this loop, as no-one else seems aware of Gruntfuttock's Posture, whereby, utilising the yellow flag and walking like an Egyptian, I lead us, complete with Pearly King and Court Jester, to
Theydon Bois
East India
By Jeevses another double points track diversion. How do you do it boys?
Leighton Buzzard.
Elephant and Castle...
Do not alight here if you value your life.
Cutty Sark
(all pirates alight, please)
Trafalgar Square
Quote from: Pachyderm on April 24, 2008, 06:48:51 PM
Cutty Sark
(all pirates alight, please)
I don't know if we can call a smoulderin pile of matchsticks 'Cutty Sark' anymore...it was the Capn Cronan visit wot did it!
Nearly forgot to go:
Island Gardens (there is no way I'm going South!)
Cockfosters*, utilising the Risible variant.
*During WW2, a camp was set up near Cockfosters, for POWs. It's location and purpose was to be kept a secret as it was the Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre (CSDIC). In order to keep it secret, it was never referred to as a military establishment, far less the CSDIC. The only problem was the telegraphic address, which remained unchanged "PRISWAR BARNET".
That's the sharp military mind at work you see; a double bluff. Like the way army convoys always drive slowly with their headlights on. It's the one thing the enemy won't be expecting.
Holloway Road
Archway.
anyone feel like jumping?
Quote from: Griffin NoName on April 29, 2008, 09:19:53 PM
Archway.
anyone feel like jumping?
Blackfriars...now there's a place to jump.
Jumping in tunnels gives me a headache.
Cockfosters
Same to you wiv bells on!