# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/61 "2005-07-15T15:27:02Z")
**Miss Scarlett** In the **Billiard Room** with **Colonel Sanders** ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/62 "2005-07-15T17:07:39Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > I believe you are in error, sir. Such ungentlemanly language has no place in this sport :eek: With the Cluedo Invocation in place, I’m obliged to go for **Manor House**. It’s a shame really, as I’m sure you can all see what I would otherwise have done. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/63 "2005-07-15T17:31:28Z")
Forgive the intrusion, but might I offer a bold, wild move? **Seven Sisters** I remain untutored, but plucky. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/64 "2005-07-15T17:33:41Z")
Beginner’s luck, my friend…you’ll learn… **Tottenham Hale** ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/65 "2005-07-15T22:43:03Z")
I am feeling reckless and abandoned… **Stockwell** --or is that still controversial given the 1989 ruling? ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/66 "2005-07-15T22:51:13Z")
_1889_, surely? As far as I know, the 1989 ruling is still optional, due to the potential for almost limitless confusion. In order to build towards a Charing Cross Branch diversion, I’ll go **Morden** ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/67 "2005-07-15T23:04:45Z")
Oops-my bad. These reading glasses just aren’t strong enough anymore! Morden is brilliant. Hey-any info on whether a planned line strike changes the course of play? I never did understand the Buckingham manifesto. I’ll not try until I am certain about the strike rulings. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/68 "2005-07-15T23:08:05Z")
I think Buckingham has now been superceded by PFI Initiative Amendments. **Bermondsey** ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/69 "2005-07-15T23:27:13Z")
**Elephant and Castle** Feeling much out of my league, but flattered that I am allowed play. Thank you, kind sir. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/70 "2005-07-15T23:29:20Z")
Ahh, the cracks in the amateur tactics are starting to show 😉 - you’ve left the Moated Defence unguarded. **Lancaster Gate** ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/71 "2005-07-15T23:40:23Z")
Oh, I am not quite through yet. **Goldhawk Road** (My Daddy taught me that one). ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/72 "2005-07-15T23:44:01Z")
Your daddy never dealt with the DLR, did he? **Cutty Sark** ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/73 "2005-07-15T23:48:23Z")
Now I know you’re toying with me. I’m game. **Perivale** --let’s see you slide out of that one G-man. Ha! ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/74 "2005-07-15T23:49:21Z")
I’ll pass on that one, you fiend! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/75 "2005-07-16T00:02:17Z")
Simple, really. Continue on Central Line to **Ealing Broadway** and then from there, one can access **Ealing Common** and hence to **Alperton** It’s delineated quite nicely in _Understanding the Underground_ --a book for beginners. It’s been a great help to me, I tell you. It may not have the sophistication of more erudite works, but it gets the job done. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/76 "2005-07-16T00:04:42Z")
You’re using a book?! OK, you’re a beginner, but we need limits. I’ll invoke Stradbroke’s Emergency Timetable, and revert to **Snaresbrook** ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/77 "2005-07-16T00:19:21Z")
oh, heaven’s! Not whilst playing! (that would be dirty dog cheating). But the guide has come in useful. (funny how I take on British-speak when I play this). I must leave the field, bloody, but unbowed. I timorously bleat **Aldgate** as I retire. TTFN ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/78 "2005-07-16T01:16:48Z")
I’m sorry, are we playing faulty elevators are wild? If so then **Tooting Bec** ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/79 "2005-07-16T04:26:57Z")
Ah, yes. **Tooting Bec**. The move that lost me my left hand. I will not make the same mistake as before, no no! I’m going to present myself in a more defensive stance, but I feel safe in saying… **Bayswater.** ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139/80 "2005-07-16T04:46:36Z")
I haven’t played this since I got my MA in East Anglia, so forgive me if I’m a bit rusty… **Enfield Lock** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-mornington-crescent/312139.md?page=3)