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Post by hulmeman on Mar 17, 2020 12:42:24 GMT
So, many of us will be in a lockdown or a self isolating situation and to remedy the boredom this will bring, I suggest a game of Mornington Crescent, lockdown rules.
If any of you are unsure of the rules, turn to page 27 and all will be revealed.
I'll start us off with
THEYDON BOIS
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Post by justinj on Mar 17, 2020 13:26:42 GMT
Dollis HIll
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Post by tonyloco on Mar 17, 2020 14:30:03 GMT
Oh gosh, the monkey has just made the move I was about to make.
I thought I was the only one old enough to remember the Angel when it was a life-endangering experience to walk along that extremely narrow underground central platform between the two tracks, but one had to get to Sadler's Wells somehow to see all those Australian opera singers singing in very clear English.
In which case, despite my semi-self-isolation, I have no option but to offer my now local station, which brings a smile to my face (the name, not the station):
Upney
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Post by hulmeman on Mar 17, 2020 14:31:57 GMT
Lockdown Rules? Not been in play since the "great doughnut collapse" of 1872 in the Congolese Tea Room at the New Moulting Theatre, Redditch after a Tuesday matinee in November. Still, at least it means tonyloco is permitted to play as it grants self-isolating immunity to pianists - the only way the tea-room one survived until they started serving theatre-dinner at 6.30pm, if I recall correctly. Angel. Thank you, you are pretty heavenly yourself. BUT Why theatremonkey do you have to complicate thing with these over explanations. Rather than all that rigmarole about Congolese tea rooms, just come clean and say it was BurleyBeaR's debut performance of the dance of the seven veils. Therefore - Cockfosters |
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Post by hulmeman on Mar 17, 2020 14:37:14 GMT
Oh gosh, the monkey has just made the move I was about to make.
I thought I was the only one old enough to remember the Angel when it was a life-endangering experience to walk along that extremely narrow underground central platform between the two tracks, but one had to get to Sadler's Wells somehow to see all those Australian opera singers singing in very clear English.
In which case, despite my semi-self-isolation, I have no option but to offer my now local station, which brings a smile to my face (the name, not the station):
Upney Oh good move tonyloco. Memories of Dame Nellie Melba busking on the "Up Barking" platform. They don't write songs like that anymore. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 17, 2020 19:14:37 GMT
Lockdown Rules? Not been in play since the "great doughnut collapse" of 1872 in the Congolese Tea Room at the New Moulting Theatre, Redditch after a Tuesday matinee in November. Still, at least it means tonyloco is permitted to play as it grants self-isolating immunity to pianists - the only way the tea-room one survived until they started serving theatre-dinner at 6.30pm, if I recall correctly. Angel. Thank you, you are pretty heavenly yourself. BUT Why theatremonkey do you have to complicate thing with these over explanations. Rather than all that rigmarole about Congolese tea rooms, just come clean and say it was BurleyBeaR's debut performance of the dance of the seven veils. Therefore - Cockfosters BurlyBeaR 's performance is the stuff of legend, or rather, cautionary tales. I do think, though that your move was under the Hogan Explanation, in which we are advised that the best way to Cockfosters is to drink it warm. It is tiny details in the rules of the game that drive me to such exposition each move. Expositions of course need a venue to be exposed in, which brings us back again to ancient things and furry scary creatures justifying: Crystal Palace. Nana Burly never saw those net curtains back. |
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 17, 2020 21:34:24 GMT
Lockdown Rules? Not been in play since the "great doughnut collapse" of 1872 in the Congolese Tea Room at the New Moulting Theatre, Redditch after a Tuesday matinee in November. What collapsed exactly? The piles of doughnuts or the tea room ceiling? |
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Post by Deal J on Mar 18, 2020 13:16:28 GMT
Ahh, Crystal Palace - home to the Eiffel Tower of South London.
Although it may be a tenuous link, I believe that allows me to employ the “être vraiment limite” manoeuvre, first employed by Mary Tudor after her brief reign as Queen of France.
Bienvenue a...
Mary le Bone
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Post by Deal J on Mar 18, 2020 13:18:40 GMT
I see theatremonkey took a second turn while I was posting. Are you allowed to do a double turn there, or have you been drinking too much Temple Mead?
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Post by Deal J on Mar 18, 2020 15:52:39 GMT
Of course, the McDougal Ruling!
My rulebook doesn’t cover late 2019 properly - due to a printing error the text is ciphered in Tottenham-taught code.
Which leads me on nicely to...
Tooting Bec
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Post by tmesis on Mar 18, 2020 15:56:30 GMT
Well when it comes to alcoholic drinks I'm with Jeremy Corbyn (although as a noted teetotaller he did not mean it in this context) I'm...
'for the many not the few.'
So let's go to Fullers for a beer for the long session -
Chiswick
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Post by tonyloco on Mar 18, 2020 16:16:29 GMT
I'm trying to keep up but I'm still thinking about Dame Nellie Melba busking on the District Line and BurlyBear doing strange things so most of the recent posts have thoroughly confused me.
But I do want to remind players that Mary-le-Bone should be pronounced Marrabn (not a lot of people know that) and St John's Wood is Sinjin Bois, so I suppose my next move would have to be:
Neasden, pronounced Kneesdn.
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Post by Deal J on Apr 12, 2020 15:56:31 GMT
In honour of the man who helped write the rule book, might I break the rules slightly and send us to...
Mourning-Tim Crescent
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