# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_Master_of_Ceremonies)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/41 "2003-08-14T22:53:50Z")
I invoke _LaGrange’s many-pocket trousers_ (_Weimar_1992)which allows cheap day returns on the _Docklands Light Railway_ but closes _Zone 1_ to _Lamb shifts_ and plump for **Peckham Rye**. ---
**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, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/42 "2003-08-14T23:06:37Z")
Normally I’d just do the standard **Peckham Rye** to **Winchester Row** , but I’m wondering … does anyone have an objection to a double-blind switch north to **Port 41**? ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/43 "2003-08-14T23:09:12Z")
**Albert Hall**? It’s clear that can’t allow such moves - there simply is no Albert Hall tube station. I understand that being stateside you do not have regular access to first-hand experience of the London Underground but we can’t go wandering off into the realms of fantasy - that makes a mockery of the whole game. Please gentlemen, stick to real stations. ---
**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, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/44 "2003-08-14T23:16:05Z")
Unless you have something that can trump _Lennon-McCartney 1967_, **Francesca** , I suggest you play rather than object:) ---
**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, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/45 "2003-08-14T23:30:45Z")
Thank you **Francesca**. The station is **Pimlico** is the move is yours. I think the lack of air conditioning stateside has addled their brains somewhat more than usual. ---
**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, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/46 "2003-08-14T23:47:28Z")
Lack of air conditioning? At least we don’t award points in case you happen to find a station with working AC;) ---
**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 15, 2003, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/47 "2003-08-15T10:34:31Z")
Dear me. The Americans have gone all peculiar. Well, I suppose that’s not news … And if only real stations are allowed, I guess **Canada Water** ’s right out. 😉 I’m going to call **lost property** to pre-empt **Francesca** , then do a sideways triple-shunt to the Circle Line; remember, _smallholdings are void_ on a Friday, so the Farringdon-Barbican reverse loop is inoperative, which leaves me at … hmm … let me refer to _Pickford’s Manual_ here … ah, yes, **Gloucester Road**. Put _that_ in your pipe and smoke it. ---
**Author:** ![brainfizz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@brainfizz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainfizz)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/48 "2003-08-15T11:04:36Z")
I think some delaying tactics are called for. I’m going to **Euston (Bank Branch)** and declaring **Bomb Scare**. That should keep things central for a while (well, barring shunts, anyway, but Haversham pretty much stops single shunts.) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/49 "2003-08-15T11:23:47Z")
Bomb scare? Ha ha! A bomb scare combined with a precedent for allowing disused stations means I can play **Bull & Bush** ; as the deepest station, I score _double points_! Woo-hoo! Okay, it’s not a great strategic move, but I’ve always wanted to play that and this is the first chance I’ve had. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/50 "2003-08-15T11:27:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Steve Wright \* > \*\*Dear me. The Americans have gone all peculiar. Well, I suppose that’s not news … \*\* Remember: according to Lord Littleton himself, the new rules for American play indicate that we get to declare the winner ahead of time (as opposed to the old rules, where the Americans merely join the game two years after it’s started). 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/51 "2003-08-15T12:01:02Z")
I am going to invoke the \* Branston’s Pickle intervention \* (1936) and declare **hootenanny!** from **Mill Hill**. It may keep me out for a round or two, but I have a cunning plan! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/52 "2003-08-15T12:13:50Z")
Time for **Choudhury’s Leap** I think (_Innovations in Anglo-Indian Tournament Play_, 1967). **Chancery Lane** , here I come. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![brainfizz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@brainfizz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainfizz)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/53 "2003-08-15T12:36:09Z")
Hootenanny under the Haversham rules! Whatever will they think of next! Well, with that in effect, I’ve no choice but to **sweep** all the way down to **London Bridge** , and invoke the _Bridge’s Out_ rule (_MC A’bridged!, 1973_) ---
**Author:** ![pierre72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@pierre72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pierre72)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/54 "2003-08-15T13:45:52Z")
_Bridge’s Out_? On a Friday Teatime? Do you not remember _Ponsonby-Smythe vs. Pellowe_ in 1974? Pellowe tried to call _Bridge’s Out_ from **London Bridge** , and found himself three shunts from No-Side. Be that as it may, if you insist on playing Devil-May-Care, I shall not be the one to _debag_ you. I will, however, allow someone else to: **Arnos Grove** , if you would be so kind. And _Mind The Gap_, please, gentlemen… ---
**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 15, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/55 "2003-08-15T14:03:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Francesca \* > \*\ ***Albert Hall**? It’s clear that can’t allow such moves - there simply is no Albert Hall tube station. I understand that being stateside you do not have regular access to first-hand experience of the London Underground but we can’t go wandering off into the realms of fantasy - that makes a mockery of the whole game. Please gentlemen, stick to real stations. \*\* A thousand pardons, I thought we were using the _Lonnie Hart-Klubb variant_. I’ll just head over to **Westminster** and declare _stopped clock_. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/56 "2003-08-15T15:40:43Z")
From **Westminster** on a _POETS Day Pass_ under Haversham Rules, I can move via a _New New Cross Cross_, which will bring me to…well, **New Cross** , actually. I suppose I should have seen that coming. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/57 "2003-08-15T15:40:57Z")
I’ll cry “ **Matron!** ” and shunt **Seven Sisters**. Ooo err. ---
**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 15, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/58 "2003-08-15T17:00:07Z")
Well, damn. That leaves me completely planked up along the eastbound lines. Looks like my only option is a cross-sided hump to **Baker Street** , and that’s only available because of leftwards toad spinning on the Metropolitan line. Guess I’ll just have to make the best of a bad job here. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/59 "2003-08-15T18:01:50Z")
I call **Turnpike Lane** , where, on my way to the Kinks’ **Konk** , I was once mistaken for a **prostie** called **Edna** ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727/60 "2003-08-15T19:08:05Z")
It’s not my turn to move, but that sounds like a fascinating story **Ms Boods** (or should I call you _ **Edna** _? ;)) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morninton-crescent-extra-points-for-stations-with-working-ac/194727.md?page=4)