# Mornington Crescent question **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 23, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794 "2010-09-23T17:52:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/381 "2010-10-15T16:34:08Z")
**Dover Street**! It’s a legal play because Lynne has played Paddington more than six times and fog has been deemed ‘lifted’, thereby making ‘past names’ eligible (provided it does not contravene the shunt rule, which it obviously doesn’t in this case). ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/382 "2010-10-15T16:39:53Z")
Wow. I’m going to have to pass - a good time to do so, as I have no legal moves anyway :). ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/383 "2010-10-15T18:05:31Z")
I accidentally passed through a police box now I’m in **Times 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:** [October 15, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/384 "2010-10-15T18:28:21Z")
**Green Park** Modern names restored. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/385 "2010-10-15T18:45:33Z")
**Notting Hill Gate**. Exit turnstiles broken. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/386 "2010-10-15T20:06:28Z")
**Camden Town** Olly, olly, in come free! ---
**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:** [October 15, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/387 "2010-10-15T20:12:12Z")
Well played, you two. That knocks me out. My tokens go into the kitty, and show down to claim my discards. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/388 "2010-10-15T21:38:33Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Well played, you two. That knocks me out. > > My tokens go into the kitty, and show down to claim my discards. Technically you could still play **Greenford** , but that’s the only legal move I see, and it wouldn’t help you anyway. ☹ Fine competition, sir. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/389 "2010-10-15T21:39:40Z")
I will play **Rotherhithe**. ---
**Author:** ![lynne-42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lynne-42/32/3138_2.png) [@lynne-42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynne-42)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/390 "2010-10-16T01:36:48Z")
Well played, Maus. Maus discards claim! Escalators disabled at **Paddington**. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/391 "2010-10-16T04:11:23Z")
**Stratford**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/392 "2010-10-16T11:37:10Z")
**Clapham Common** , doubled. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/393 "2010-10-17T00:08:46Z")
**Waterloo** , and brush the kitty. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/394 "2010-10-17T09:41:07Z")
**Bricker** , my friend, what is this ‘Rotherhithe’ of which you speak? I have not been able to find it on the Underground map. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/395 "2010-10-17T11:22:27Z")
You’re a sly one, **Bricker** - thank goodness we have **ianzin** keeping an eye on things. I was about to do a Duncan Bannatyne and sign off with a curt “I’m oot”, but your illegal move (coupled with an inspired, but equally illegal move from **furryman** ) has put me right back in the game. I’m not about to give up in my personal battle with **lynne-42** , so I play **Paddington**. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/396 "2010-10-17T13:33:17Z")
I don’t have access to my references this morning, so I’m playing based solely off the top of my head. Given: - Tudor Court rules were lifted. - Two illegal moves in close succession. - Yet another move to Paddington. - The number of tokens I’ve been sitting on for more than a week. I believe all lines and stations are open to me. So I’ll attempt: Mornington Crescent!! And let’s see if this sticks! Otherwise 2/3 of my tokens are back in the kitty. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/397 "2010-10-17T20:56:44Z")
Nice try, **Scuba\_Ben** , but I believe brushed kitties at **Waterloo** void all illegal moves made within the previous 15 rounds. See Dunsameere&Wales, pp 903-05 - discussing the Royal Academy of Veterinary Intramurals of 1927, when the kitties rule first came to prominence. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/398 "2010-10-18T02:17:54Z")
It was worth a shot. **Acton Town**. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/399 "2010-10-18T04:13:24Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > It was worth a shot. > > **Acton Town**. I see you’ve been trapped in one of the suburban constellations again. That frees me to play **Bank** with extra ventilation. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794/400 "2010-10-18T10:36:20Z")
Bless you, **Sunspace** , I’ve been waiting and _waiting_ for someone to open up a two-line station for me! Now, at last, I can play… **King George V** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mornington-crescent-question/554794.md?page=21)