# Morninton Crescent! Extra points for stations with working AC! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 12, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727 "2003-08-12T20:56:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/21 "2003-08-14T10:59:46Z")
Sneaky. But, with _Summer Timetables_ in effect, and since it isn’t a leap year, the _1946 inverse sequence rule_ (even allowing for the subsequent abolition of ration cards) permits a left-handed backslide along the District Line … and the advantages of **Baron’s Court** are, I think, obvious. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/22 "2003-08-14T11:10:04Z")
Obvious advantages; but significant disadvatages to Barons Court, as we are into the whole “apostrophes” debate (earls Court, shepherds bush etc). So to clear things up a bit: Rayners Lane ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/23 "2003-08-14T11:28:21Z")
Huh. “Clear things up a bit”, he says, and then plays a move that sends reactive tremblings halfway across Zone Four. I can’t be doing with this. Someone else can debate the merits of _Hufnall’s Shunt_ against the _Fairlane-Hartington Convention_ with a Bank Holiday coming up; me, I shall retire to the comparative safety of **Finchley Road** and wait out the inevitable storm. It’ll all end in tears now, I know it. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/24 "2003-08-14T11:33:29Z")
Finchley Rd??? Finchley Rd??? Fighting talk!!! MC with attitude! Extreme MC! on that basis (and to make this a man’s game): Canning Town (jubilee line extensions are allowed in full contact MC) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/25 "2003-08-14T11:50:44Z")
Since an abandoned station has been played, then _Etruscan Rules_ apply. Hence, **British Museum**. Remeber, postal lines are never allowed in _Haversham (1956)_. ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/26 "2003-08-14T11:52:09Z")
Looking at nisbet placement, it would seem this would be a very good time to open with **West Ruislip.** ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/27 "2003-08-14T13:22:10Z")
You all moan about it but rules are rules people - _someone_ has to try and keep order in these games. And i’ll change at **Tufnell Park** ---
**Author:** ![pierre72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@pierre72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pierre72)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/28 "2003-08-14T13:59:21Z")
I’m in danger of being completely Camberwicked here… Unless… can I use an obsure rule that was never actually rescinded: Remember in the Twelfth Edition of the Laws (Hodder & Staughton, 1869), Page 2237, paragraph (g), subsection viii, they never printed the opening parenthesis, thereby leading to what was referred to as the \*Perivale Oversight \*loophole? If I can use that, from **Tufnell Park** I can technically slide west-sou-west to **Queens Park**. Else, I am afraid, my game is over and I must concede. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/29 "2003-08-14T14:35:40Z")
According to my dog-eared copy of _Elphinstone’s Compendium_, all stations with _edible_ connotations are playable _at tea-time_ - and since they’re off the field at Trent Bridge at this very minute, I can leap in with **Victoria** (as in sponge cake, for the Americans’ benefit). ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/30 "2003-08-14T14:45:36Z")
Fairy nuff. Swiss (roll) Cottage. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/31 "2003-08-14T15:50:57Z")
Hmm. Checking up on that ruling, I found the _1973 codicil_ ruled that **Elephant and Castle** was _not_ allowable - apparently, the committee reckoned that an elephant was properly considered edible _only at dinner-time_. Which rather puts the mockers on my plan for a cross-town slip onto the Northern Line. Pity. Leaves me in rather an awkward position vis-a-vis the usual peak time blocking … I think I’ll have to chance a _Roberts-Grant manoeuvre_ to **Notting Hill Gate** , and damn the consequences. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/32 "2003-08-14T16:59:30Z")
I have no idea what I’m doing but I think a hop on over to **Kew Gardens** is in order. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/33 "2003-08-14T17:55:53Z")
**Kew Gardens** would be a good play, **Jeff** , … a great play, even, assuming you’re mindful of the fact that in over 45% of MC games, the briefcase penalty for any station with at least two working water fountains means that you get about half the players using their skipturn. But you neglect one tiny thing. In 75% of those games, you’re looking at MC being played by people who have briefcases with them. This is an online game, so the odds are decreased drastically. Guess who doesn’t have one with him. I’ll just employ the _Jadire-Pensley Creeper, 1981_ and practically apparate to **Hillsford Grove**. If the rest of you need a minute to catch up, I’ll understand. And do remember that _Peagram’s Numbers 1899_ apply here. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/34 "2003-08-14T18:47:08Z")
**Hillsford Grove**? Well, not much to do here other than head over to **Totteridge & Whetstone**. All my totteridges are dull anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/35 "2003-08-14T19:46:10Z")
Somewhat accidentally, we seem to have completed _Lyttleton’s Blowhole_. All **mainline** stations are wild when travelling west. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/36 "2003-08-14T20:01:52Z")
In which case … and since the _Shotton Convention_ definitely _was_ ratified at Oslo in 1988, no matter what _Culvershaw’s Definitive Rules Compendium_ says … **Maida Vale**! Ha! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/37 "2003-08-14T20:36:19Z")
Then I’ll follow _Lennon-McCartney, 1967_ and visit those 5,000 holes in **Albert Hall**. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/38 "2003-08-14T20:46:28Z")
**Albert Hall**! **Jeff** , were you present for the debate at _Ursula’s Umbridge 1975_? That very move was played a month prior ( **T&W** to **AH** ) and it was debated FURIOUSLY. They couldn’t agree on if the mainline wild applied if it was raining or not. No matter, though. Thanks to _Young’s Monstrum 1975_ I can feel safe in playing a 6-stop station move. I’ll see your **Albert Hall** and raise you a **Eule’s Post**. I do hope you’ve remembered what happens if you follow with a crisp station. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/39 "2003-08-14T21:18:34Z")
**Albert Hall** is and has never been allowed under any set of rules thst I have access to. maybe you’re referring to the double shunt form Prince Regent to Royal Albert??. **Euel’s Post**?? What is that supposed to be? Anyhoo, the last legal move was **Maida Vale** , which leads to **Pimlico**. Please note that passports will not be required for players who have EU citizenship. The rest of you must miss a turn queing at your respective embassies. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/40 "2003-08-14T22:16:28Z")
**Eule** , **Tapioca** , not **Euel**. I’m surprised you missed it. While **Euel** ’s post is, of course, a fictional location depicted in Twain’s oft-forgotten work _The Maiden of Villery Foe_, **Eule’s Post** is a valid stop on the double-west line, and just a hop skip and jump underground from **Albert Hall**. I suggest you consult your _Nordstrom’s Exceptions 1955_ for the specifics of playing such a move. So **Pimlico** is right out, because _Suburban Bidding_\* means you’d have to double-back four straight stops above ground, and that’s explicitly forbidden in _Haversham 1956_. From here, let’s see what you all make of **Airdale Place**. Whoever wants to go next will want to remember that the briefcase penalty is still in effect for the next half-hour. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727.md?page=3)