# Let's play Mornington Crescent! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2005, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139 "2005-07-12T06:14:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/21 "2005-07-12T11:52:03Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Thank you!!! Yes, I was sure I remembered correctly. All very valid points, but surely in the event of a Double opener, it is possible to make a jump south of the river! I cite precendence with Klaskarink vs. The London Workingman’s Club MC team, Hastings Anniversary Tournament 1972, Cantrell vs. Cochrane, 1989 and… \ Miggins vs. Van Clompf, Clapham Invitational 1982. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/22 "2005-07-12T11:53:00Z")
**West Ham** Can anyone see a route out of the east end? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/23 "2005-07-12T11:54:02Z")
> [@TwistofFate](#): > > All very valid points, but surely in the event of a Double opener, it is possible to make a jump south of the river! I cite precendence with Klaskarink vs. The London Workingman’s Club MC team, Hastings Anniversary Tournament 1972, Cantrell vs. Cochrane, 1989 and… \ Miggins vs. Van Clompf, Clapham Invitational 1982. When they finally get these on-line and searchable, I will concede the point. Until then, I am sticking with the basics. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/24 "2005-07-12T11:55:24Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > **West Ham** > > Can anyone see a route out of the east end? If there’s a way to do it in less than six, I’m all ears. Until then, **Hornchurch**. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/25 "2005-07-12T11:55:25Z")
Cockfosters? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/26 "2005-07-12T11:56:53Z")
I’ll chime in with **Hainault** , just to muddy the waters. Bipolar traverses are inapplicable (see _Finch, Finch, Finch and Threpple_, 1947 edition). ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/27 "2005-07-12T11:56:58Z")
> [@TwistofFate](#): > > Cockfosters? From West Ham or from Hornchurch? ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/28 "2005-07-12T12:01:01Z")
Hainault offers off-peak opportunities… **South Woodford** ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/29 "2005-07-12T12:02:38Z")
West Ham. t’would be an impossible move from hornchurch given the current conditions. If you wanted a Northern line hops from Hornchurch… Mill Hill East. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/30 "2005-07-12T12:05:35Z")
Nooo!!! **Dollis Hill** :: sigh :: We’re going to be here for some time, now :: puts the kettle on :: ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/31 "2005-07-12T12:07:36Z")
I agree – Cockfosters (an end-line) is a legal play from Hornchurch. So where are we? Dollis Hill? I’m lost. I have no idea how to get out, at least in a good direction. I could play Marylebone, but that puts us right back at Square One. Someone else have a go. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/32 "2005-07-12T12:08:52Z")
We’re in the Dollis Hill loop. Just grin and bear it. **Neasden** ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/33 "2005-07-12T12:11:35Z")
Just for the record: It should have been obvious from context, but when I played **Mile-End** , above, it was the _District Line_ side, not the Central side. East-bound Central has NOT yet been in play. Just, in case, you know, anyone wants to take the plunge. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/34 "2005-07-12T12:17:52Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > We’re in the Dollis Hill loop. Just grin and bear it. > > **Neasden** I actually once wrote a little Visual Basic program to print out all the possible Dollis Hill combos. I wish I could find it again. Neasden? **Kingsbury** ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/35 "2005-07-12T12:22:18Z")
**Dollis Hill** ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/36 "2005-07-12T12:23:17Z")
ok, i’ll ask. what the hell is going on in here? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/37 "2005-07-12T12:24:36Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > **Dollis Hill** That’s one. **Neasden** ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/38 "2005-07-12T12:28:02Z")
**Dollis Hill** fubbleskag: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington\_Crescent\_(game)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_%28game%29) - only read if you don’t want to experience the full glory of the game ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/39 "2005-07-12T12:28:23Z")
> [@fubbleskag](#): > > ok, i’ll ask. > > what the hell is going on in here? We’re playing _Mornington Crescent_, a game of jumping from one tube station to the next (fictiously, of course; you need not stir from your easy chair) with the object being to end up at Mornington Crescent. There are a set of somewhat simple rules about which station is an acceptable jump from any other station, and a more complicated set of gambits, precedents, home-grown exceptions, and classic manouvres that make the game fun and challenging for the observer as well as the player. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/40 "2005-07-12T12:30:01Z")
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