# A friendly game of Mornington Crescent **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 29, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179 "2020-12-29T14:45:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/141 "2022-08-30T17:23:49Z")
Finsbury/Elkington hasn’t been used for years - not since The Birmingham Incident. Do try to stay current. **Woodgrange Park** ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/142 "2022-08-30T20:45:18Z")
If you want a current game, start your own ! **Brixton** ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/143 "2022-08-30T22:25:19Z")
**Hammersmith**! Under the [No-Sleep-'Til-Rule](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Sleep_%27til_Hammersmith), this should have an impact. A quadruple interchange to shake off followers. this is the Dope, not [Instabrat](https://schumanchu.eu/html/r1/r1_00131instabrat.html)! ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/144 "2022-08-31T00:00:42Z")
**Sloane Square** ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/145 "2022-08-31T12:53:34Z")
Wait - Circle or District line? If it’s Circle, I cry foul. As demonstrated by the 1985 Johannesburg Friendly and reinforced by the 1996 Glasgow Open (Never you mind the brawl that broke out. There is absolutely no evidence I was involved), the Circle line is closed off after the No-Sleep-'Til-Rule has been invoked. **Aldgate** ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/146 "2022-08-31T19:56:42Z")
This is _exactly_ why i specified the Finsbury/Elkington rules (1977). They’re simple, unambiguous and non fungible. Any post 1977 amendments **do not apply**. So… **Knightsbridge** ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/147 "2022-08-31T20:11:33Z")
Aw, come on, **do not apply** is not even a proper Station! I must urge more caution when bolding. _Italics_ is the way to go in such cases, as per the Montmorency Addendum Appendix. So three stations up to ~~[Pickaninny](https://schumanchu.eu/html/l/l_00072pickaninny.html)~~ **Piccadilly Circus**. If pickpocketing tourists does not give me some points at last, I don’t know what will. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/148 "2022-08-31T20:18:29Z")
Speaking of points I’m going to spend half of my remaining points to change to a Bakerloo line destination. Since I assume we’re playing New American Rules (2020 Amended) that means I can choose any station on that line. I say… **Paddington** ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/149 "2022-08-31T20:26:56Z")
I do not think New American Rules _can_ apply, since we have at least one antipodean player, and @pjd is insistent on Finsbury/Elkington (despite the obvious asbestos hazard). I may have to look into some of my back copies of Twistleton’s Monthly to find a good play. **Rickmansworth** ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/150 "2022-08-31T20:47:53Z")
I’ll do a zone 7 lateral and take us to **Carpender’s Park** ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/151 "2022-08-31T22:28:56Z")
Wow! Just Wow! What a glorious play. Magnifique! Elegant, subtle, profound. Look, you are obliged to tolerate neophytes invoking all the obscure, fanciful and apocryphal variants. A bit of saccharine fun. Then you can see how all that faux dross and tinsel can be swept aside, laid bare, to expose the genuine dross and tinsel underneath. That folks is how you play. I bow in your presence, Sir! You are a true Master. I can die happy. **White Hart Lane.** ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/152 "2022-08-31T22:33:22Z")
ISWYDT: **Highbury & Islington** ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/153 "2022-09-01T17:25:12Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > Wow! Just Wow! What a glorious play. Magnifique! Elegant, subtle, profound. > Look, you are obliged to tolerate neophytes invoking all the obscure, fanciful and apocryphal variants. A bit of saccharine fun. Then you can see how all that faux dross and tinsel can be swept aside, laid bare, to expose the genuine dross and tinsel underneath. > > That folks is how you play. > I bow in your presence, Sir! You are a true Master. I can die happy. This is (supposed to be) a friendly game; there’s no need for sarcasm. **Hackney Wick** ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/154 "2022-09-01T21:57:30Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > This is (supposed to be) a friendly game; there’s no need for sarcasm. When I use sarcasm, there’s a whiff of cordite. When I dish out genuine praise as here, I do it with a trowel. **Plaistow** , just to watch what happens next. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/155 "2022-09-02T12:59:05Z")
Plaistow? _ **Plaistow** _?!? The heck am I supposed to do with that? Time to break out the Old School strategies. **South Kensington** ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/156 "2022-09-02T20:24:19Z")
**Putney Bridge** HaHaHaHaHa !!! Get out of _ **that** _, suckers ! ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/157 "2022-09-02T20:32:35Z")
You asked for it: **Baker Street** Elemen… no, actually not a quote. Just tempting to say it. hehehehe… ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/158 "2022-09-02T23:17:48Z")
When the going get’s tough, the tough go to: **Bond Street** ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/159 "2022-09-03T20:15:17Z")
**Monument** ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friendly-game-of-mornington-crescent/929179/160 "2022-09-03T22:19:10Z")
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