Player
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Move
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Jacob Rees-Mogg
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Hampstead Heath
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Greg Anthony Daniels
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Loughborough Junction
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Soffy
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Stratford High Street
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Ded
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Chalk Farm
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Floral
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Bayswater
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The Stun Master
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Westbourne Park
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Duke Dice
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Parsons Green
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Lad in Bin
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Nine Elms
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Graded
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Cannon Street
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resu
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Caledonian Road
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Forsythe
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The Monument
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Ceri
|
Elephant and castle
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The Hull Plonker
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Archway
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Esme
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Edgware
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Graded
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Barbican
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Subwaywiz
|
Hmm? london bridge
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Captain Pissflaps
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Bank
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alan
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goodge street
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Anselm
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Swiss Cottage
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The Chairman
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Kensal Green
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resu
|
Fine... Shepherds Bush Market
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The Chairman
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I note that Graded claimed a winning move there in response to Harrow on the Hill. Close. Impressive. But while the John Lyon Gambit has been discredited it has not been formally deprecated and, as this game started pre 2007, under the Addendum to the North Metropolitan Codicils, a player must declare intent one turn before and maintain a clear Zone of Control for one full rotation to prevent a void move. This is therefore void and the player resu must withdraw.
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Graded
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MORNINGTON CRESCENT! (your mistake was playing Harrow on the Hill as that's the John Lyon Gambit which has been discredited)
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resu
|
Harrow on the Hill
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Graded
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therefore, Southfields
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Lad in Bin
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Queensway
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resu
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Tottenham Hale
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Corbin
|
That's a monumental mess-up. Old Kent Road
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|
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Vauxhall
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Gav
|
Heathrow Terminal 4 - tickets please!
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Larry
|
Chorleywood
|
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Daniel
|
Camden Town
|
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Lad in Bin
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Willesden Junction
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paddymurphy
|
Classic up-under to Upton Park.
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Mystery player
|
Mudchute
|
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Count Down
|
Paddington
|
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Bard of Croydon
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Gloucester Road.
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Sadly, I do not.
|
A three-in-two consecutive? Well, if we're playing that sort of a game, try Hanger Lane for size.
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Farfraha
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Pinner
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Farfraha
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Leyton
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|
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Marble Arch
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Matt
|
Sheffield Victoria
|
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Bard of Croydon
|
Fascinating invocation of Old Richard's Slingshot, not a tactic you see very often at all - in fact, this is a downright bizarre passage of play we've got ourselves in, but that makes it all the more fascinating. Watford.
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Matt
|
Sheffield Victoria
|
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paddymurphy
|
Bromley via Plaistow. Not saying which Bromley or which Plaistow as I'm invoking Auld Cheeseface's uncertainty principle.
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Matt
|
Stamborough Lake
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bob
|
Blackfriars
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Tim
|
Blackhorse road
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Bard of Croydon
|
Some very tightly-coiled play going on here...Elm Park.
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Matt
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Hertford All Saints
|
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file not found
|
roding valley
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Danny
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Brent Cross
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Bard of Croydon
|
That certainly livens up the proceedings, quite the shift in play there. Leyton, along the radical.
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John Aplenty
|
We seem to be in a bit of St Giles rut, so I'm going to be a bit cheeky and play Silvertown and London City Airport.
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Bard of Croydon
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Bermondsey.
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Graded
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Limehouse
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resu
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Kensal Green
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Carlitos
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Tottenham Court Road
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resu
|
Plaistow
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Graded
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Sudbury Town
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Bob
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Chorleywood
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Travis
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Chancery Lane
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Lad in Bin
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Golders Green
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resu
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Finchley Road and Frognal
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Graded
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White City
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Graeme
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East Putney
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Carlitos
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Rotherhithe
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Bard of Croydon
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Warren Street.
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Jim
|
Archway
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Graded
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Burnt Oak
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resu
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Tower Gateway
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Graded
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Finchley Central
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resu
|
Chalk Farm
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Graded
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Boston Manor
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resu
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Pinner
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Graded
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Finchley Road
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resu
|
In that case, West India Quay
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Graded
|
Kilburn High Road
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|
resu
|
Great Portland Street
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Frarriet
|
Camden Town
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Jack
|
Elephant and castle
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Bard of Croydon
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Clever, some nice defensive manoeuvring here. Russell Square.
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Martin
|
London Bridge
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Jack
|
Elephant and castle
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Bard of Croydon
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Maida Vale.
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changedlater
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Therefore... Barons Court
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Justin Welby
|
Kentish Town West
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changedlater
|
White City
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Jack
|
Elephant and castle
|
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paddymurphy
|
Does this seem too obvious? Have I missed something? At the risk of embarrassing myself then, my move is to Upton Park.
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Eli
|
Aldwych
|
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Jack
|
Elephant and castle
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Slartibartfast
|
South Kensington
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Bard of Croydon
|
Haven't been here in a very long time, nice to see the game's still going....Turnpike Lane.
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Jim Morrison
|
Bermondsey
|
|
Jim Morrison
|
Chalk Farm
|
|
Jim Morrison
|
Finchley Road
|
|
Lanark
|
Finchley Central
|
|
I do not.
|
Farringdon nine times
|
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Dave
|
High Barnet
|
|
Danny
|
Brent Cross
|
|
Lewis
|
East India
|
|
a. b. user
|
Dollis Hill
|
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paddymurphy
|
Archway
|
|
Magnolia
|
Oh, very nice. Very nice. I'll have to go to Tottenham Court Road, then.
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Baldrick
|
Cutty sark for maritime grenwich
|
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Magnolia
|
Paddington!
|
|
Mystery player
|
Cutty Sark
|
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barry
|
bank todai-mae
|
|
joseph stalin
|
bank
|
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Andy
|
Balham
|
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Alfie
|
Snaresbrook
|
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Benson
|
Knightsbridge
|
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Alma
|
Tottenham court road
|
|
Matt
|
Green park
|
|
I do not.
|
Bethnal Green. You left that wide open.
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|
Andy
|
Parsons Green
|
|
Digby
|
From one park to another - Regents Park.
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|
Blue Painted
|
Liverpool Street, invoking the Elizabeth Line shunt
|
|
Danny
|
Brent Cross
|
|
Norbert
|
Hainault
|
|
Norbert
|
Southfields
|
|
Norbert
|
Euston Square
|
|
Norbert
|
Hounslow East
|
|
Joe
|
Mansion House
|
|
Paul
|
Chalfont & Latimer
|
|
Digby
|
From one park to another - Regents Park.
|
|
Matt
|
Rickmansworth
|
|
Cubby
|
Elephant and Castle
|
|
Charles
|
Chalfont & Latimer
|
|
Matt
|
Piccadilly Circus
|
|
Mike
|
Russell square
|
|
Matt
|
Leicester Square
|
|
Oliver
|
Kentish Town, in that case
|
|
Fiends
|
Sudbury Hill
|
|
Willy
|
Caledonian Road
|
|
Matt
|
Mill Hill East
|
|
Matt
|
Going Underground.... Waterloo
|
|
Runtychain
|
First go and I have adopted Waldridge's Stance on laterals, which for a first timer is little uncomfortable. I'm going Temple
|
|
St Pancreas
|
Been out of the game for some time so forgive my if I'm a bit rusty. I can see you've now adopted the 1972 Bakerloo-Hammersmith ruling in this game, which puts me in a difficult position both vertically and horizontally. Tower Hill it is then.
|
|
Danny
|
Brent Cross
|
|
Malcolm
|
Oxford Circus
|
|
lord_globulax
|
the cockfosters gambit
|
|
Joe
|
Oxford Circus
|
|
Midworthy
|
Since it's the month of June... Plaistow
|
|
Richard
|
Shadwell
|
|
Andy
|
Bromley by bow
|
|
Sarah
|
Monument
|
|
Chris
|
Tottenham Court Road
|
|
N
|
Central line to white city
|
|
Billy Mack
|
Dollis Hill
|
|
Mr. Trellis
|
Vauxhall
|
|
Jazz
|
Bank
|
|
James Jacobs
|
Kentish Town
|
|
James Jacobs
|
Euston
|
|
Kevin Primtrouse
|
Ealing Broadway
|
|
laura
|
london waterloo then reverse cross to west ruislip
|
|
Roger Wenack
|
Kings Cross
|
|
Mikkel Petersen
|
Mill Hill East. I'm fairly new to this game, but perhaps some of the more experienced players could tell me whether this play fulfils the four-four-four criterion, thus placing the Finchley Central player in Nidd? I realise Mill Hill East opened in May 1941, so it would fail according to standard rules - but I should think four-four-four takes precedence over both standard rules and the Southwark temporal amendments? Can't find it explicitly stated anywhere, though?
|
|
Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry Barry
|
Oh, nice. South Wimbledon it is then.
|
|
Digby
|
From one park to another - Regents Park.
|
|
Kisma Nutz
|
Finchley Central
|
|
Roger Wenack
|
Kings Cross
|
|
Just A Friendly Nazi
|
Colindale
|
|
Chris
|
Camden Town
|
|
Scorpion de Rooftrouser
|
Now that's a tricky one to counteract. The obvious temptation is to triple-back to Roding Valley again, but I'll wager that's just want you want me to do. Next thing I know I'm trapped in an Epping Moebius. Tactics like those are killing the game, you know. I've seen many a neophyte get condemned to that eternal Nidd and subsequently swear off the game forever. Fortunately I'm no beginner and have noted the opportunity for a Ruislip Corollary, allowing me to squeeze into Digby
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|
Jazzy
|
I'm going to go somewhat against the grain and play that little known gambit Loughton. I know the diagonals are sometimes in opposition to this, but since Black Horse Road has been left undefended I saw an option to double back through the Roding Valley loop.
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|
Danny
|
Brent Cross
|
|
jMES
|
PICCADILLY CIRCUS
|
|
Jeff
|
Tottenham Court Road
|
|
Harry Snapperorgans
|
Leicester Square
|
|
I do not.
|
Bromley by Bow.
|
|
Kitta
|
Finchley Road
|
|
Digby
|
From one park to another - Regents Park.
|
|
Mystery player
|
Clapham common
|
|
Peter
|
Baker street
|
|
Peter
|
Covent garden
|
|
Dolly Sill
|
Rotherhithe
|
|
(optional)
|
You've left that one wide open! Maida Vale
|
|
Pete
|
Finchley Central
|
|
Toby
|
Colliers wood
|
|
CateBelowZero
|
From Park to Neutral - Marylebone - and the Swiss Embassy
|
|
Digby
|
From one park to another - Regents Park.
|
|
James
|
Finsbury park
|
|
The Old Gitfaces
|
Charing Cross
|
|
Matt
|
Limehouse
|
|
Richard
|
Shadwell
|
|
Rumbletrousers
|
Ladbroke Grove
|
|
Gerry
|
Baker Street
|
|
Gary
|
Camden Town
|
|
James
|
Kings Cross
|
|
Niv
|
Tooting Bec
|
|
Paul McClean
|
West Ruislip
|
|
Gav
|
Bromley by Bow
|
|
Dunc
|
south quays
|
|
The Doctor
|
Waterloo
|
|
Digby
|
From one park to another - Regents Park.
|
|
John
|
Chalk farm
|
|
Mike
|
Cockfosters
|
|
Mystery player
|
Holborn
|
|
Gav
|
Ickenham
|
|
Humph
|
Cockfosters
|
|
brain for brains
|
Surprised no-one did it sooner, but since it's the first week of the year, Rickmansworth.
|
|
Digby
|
From one park to another - Regents Park.
|
|
CateBelowZero
|
Forgot to top up my Oyster card - Happy New Year from Euston Square
|
|
NU
|
Euston Square
|
|
brain for brains
|
Edgware road. Deal with it.
|
|
optional
|
I didn't want to do this, but Mill Hill East
|
|
brain for brains
|
Elephant and Castle
|
|
Digby
|
From one park to another - Regents Park.
|
|
optional
|
Damn it all. Morden it is.
|
|
Digby
|
From one park to another - Regents Park.
|
|
Oliver
|
Temple
|
|
Morgan
|
Bank
|
|
Lev
|
East India
|
|
Allan
|
Finchley central
|
|
Mike
|
Russell square
|
|
optional
|
Blackhorse Road
|
|
Graham Greene
|
I see you've made the biggest mistake of your career - bringing the game back to the Ancient King's Game. So in that case... Finchley Central
|
|
Archie Pelago
|
On a Tuesday? Not a chance. You go to nid and I'll goto Canary Wharf
|
|
Mr Trellis
|
From one gap to another - Bank
|
|
Dingle Bingle
|
In that case, Watford
|
|
Digby
|
From one park to another - Regents Park.
|
|
if you have one
|
High Street Kensington
|
|
Tom
|
moor park
|
|
optional
|
Digby, the Regents Park loop hasn't been allowed since the Conference of Gruyeres finally codified the supremacy of Haymarket's Ledger over the Winstonborne Pamphlet. And if you want to use pre-Gruyere rules it's a stipend of 400 Swiss francs or a hundredweight of carob. Either stump up or find a new strategy. In the meantime, Gospel Oak.
|
|
Stath Eagle
|
I appreciate the purists won't like this, but the smart play here is Blackhorse Road.
|
|
Skeleton Jones
|
Snaresbrook
|
|
Digby
|
From one park to another - Regents Park.
|
|
Frankly
|
I know I need to brush up a bit and this is a bit of a reach... High Barnet?
|
|
Cardboard Cockney
|
I am going to do an Espinoza dissection for the first time since I played in the the Zagreb under 18 European championship some 40 years. A negative splik over to Blake Hall is a highly irregular move I would agree as only 18 people have this move since the turn of the century but the situation dictates
|
|
optional
|
Excuse me, this is not slam-invitational. Epping.
|
|
Digby
|
From one park to another - Regents Park.
|
|
Gav
|
Sidling over to Heathrow Terminals 1, 2 and 3!
|
|
Gordon Bennett
|
Heathrow Terminal 4
|
|
Digby
|
From one park to another - Regents Park.
|
|
Ferret
|
OK I'm new to this but I'm trying a daring move - Bank!
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|
mags
|
Elephant and Castle, should be OK
|
|
Digby
|
From one park to another - Regents Park.
|
|
David
|
In that case, Caledonian Road
|
|
Mystery player
|
I'm going to pop up to Bank.
|
|
Malcolm Spinks
|
Charing Cross
|
|
Malcolm Spinks
|
Tooting Broadway
|
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Gav
|
I'll go Dagenham East.
|
|
Jason H
|
Leyton - the hard way
|
|
Derek Berwick
|
Bow Church
|
|
Pukeko
|
Heathrow Terminal 5
|
|
Legioona
|
Bank to St.Pauls
|
|
Digby
|
From one park to another - Regents Park.
|
|
Mrs Trellis
|
Baker Street
|
|
Marcus
|
Will have to take into account the new covid isolation rules and stay at home. Colindale
|
|
Chairman
|
Before its grand opening I take the new down escalator to Battersea Power Station
|
|
Graeme's Ladygarden
|
South Kenton
|
|
Hyacinth
|
Pimlico
|
|
Davdj
|
Bank
|
|
James Jacobs
|
Cockfosters
|
|
James Jacobs
|
Euston
|
|
The Doctor
|
St Johns Wood
|
|
Digby
|
I'll take a chance on Chancery Lane.
|
|
Mike
|
Templeton Peck
|
|
Derek Follicle
|
Parsons Green. RIP
|
|
Thomas
|
Victoria Station
|
|
CS
|
Tottenham Court Road
|
|
Digby
|
I think I need to use a Northern Line clause in order to avoid Nidd, so will go to Borough.
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Gav
|
Sneaky sneaky! I'll have to slide down to Pimlico in that case.
|
|
Peter
|
Hainault, obvs
|
|
Sarah Merriner
|
Goldhawk road
|
|
Arch
|
Blackfriars
|
|
Digby
|
Hah! Morningt... oh, wait now, I forgot I can't go there after the previous player went with a parallel reversal. So near and yet so close! So in that case I will simply play a straight lateral to Turnham Green.
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|
Kat
|
A good defensive move there Gav. I'll take Seven Sisters.
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|
Gav
|
Like on the Weakest Link - I'll Bank.
|
|
barbirolli
|
Queensway
|
|
Digby
|
I hoped it wouldn't have to come to this - Maida Vale.
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Gav
|
Nice move Adam - I'll go with Canada Water.
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|
Adam
|
They go low, we go Highgate
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CateBelowZero
|
Much as I hate to do so (my dear Pa was a QPR fan) the only answer is Tottenham Hale
|
|
Norman Frederick Stovold
|
Lets get back on the network- West Ham
|
|
TheBat
|
I make an elliptical transfer to Mansion House.
|
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Digby
|
That puts me in a bit of a quandary - take a standard lateral to Temple, or a cheeky diagonal to Warren Street.Yes, Warren Street it is!
|
|
CateBelowZero
|
Performing another u-turn and ending up in the honourable member for Uxbridge. Yuk!
|
|
bleh
|
West Hampstead
|
|
Eagle
|
Paddington
|
|
Pedantic
|
Charing Cross is outlawed in August except where there is a full moon and it hasn't rained in Stratford since May. This was introduced under the Simeon Welsh variation of 1979. Now more commonly known as the Maggie. Therefore Cybill, Embankment.
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|
Cybill
|
Clever move Victor for a beginner but I think my Charing Cross will top it.
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|
Victor
|
East Finchley
|
|
DRA
|
Tooting Bec
|
|
Cerys
|
Euston, Paddington, train station please.
|
|
CateBelowZero
|
Oh no, I've landed on a snake! Elephant and Castle
|
|
Mal
|
Diagonal to Kings Cross
|
|
Exiled
|
The obvious move would be Hampstead so... Brent Cross
|
|
Rikki
|
The silver's blue but the Golders Green
|
|
Rose
|
I think Graham's move gets me out of Nidd? Barking
|
|
Name
|
leicester square
|
|
Graham
|
Barbican. It's fantastic!
|
|
Humphrey
|
Yes, that's definitely fish. Canning town!
|
|
Humphrey
|
Canning Town
|
|
Madame Cholet
|
Leicester Square - time for tea
|
|
Uncle Bulgaria
|
Shepherds Bush - can I get a new series?
|
|
Wellington
|
Wimbledon
|
|
Matt
|
Returning to Chesham
|
|
CateBelowZero
|
Belend Park - sorry I meant Belsize Park
|
|
CateBelowZero
|
Blackfriars
|
|
RaabsBigFoot
|
Becontree - two steps on from Barking (Mad)
|
|
CateBelowZero
|
Belend Park - sorry I meant Belsize Park
|
|
C4Shiah
|
Sudbury Town. Need a park next to a park.
|
|
ateBelowZero
|
Belend Park - sorry I meant Belsize Park
|
|
RaabsBigFoot
|
Down Street
|
|
CateBelowZero
|
Dollis Hill - on crutches
|
|
RaabsBigFoot
|
Neasden (it's what daenerys would do)
|
|
Door
|
Paddington
|
|
CateBelowZero
|
Queens Park (the LBW rule being suspended)
|
|
somewhat interested
|
Sorry my mistake, I meant to use the earlier Crabgate rule (the 1924 version) and therefore... Clapham Common
|
|
G
|
Continuing north to Amersham
|
|
Attila the Pun
|
Social distancing to Golders Green
|
|
Frank
|
Marble Arch, under the Armistice rules of engagement (1955 update)
|
|
Zachary Klaas
|
Willesden Green...I looked it up and it's the closest to Cricklewood. RIP TBT.
|
|
Qwerty
|
East Putney to Putney bridge. Without getting my feet wet
|
|
MacdonaldKarlovich
|
Euston
|
|
Spooky
|
Temple
|
|
Mike
|
Oxford Circus
|
|
Matthew
|
Uxbridge
|
|
Jamie
|
High Street Kensington avoiding a switch at Kensington (Olympia)
|
|
Darrell
|
Upminster
|
|
Gary Backyard
|
Victoria ... if I am lucky
|
|
Gary Backyard
|
Ah, I meant Aldgate East
|
|
Digby
|
North Acton.
|
|
RAA
|
Kings Cross St Pancras
|
|
Viv
|
Greenford
|
|
Robert
|
You leave me with no choice but Croxley, a last ditch attempt at avoiding any Dollis Hill loops.
|
|
Digby
|
I'll follow that with an abrupt but useful lateral move to Dagenham Heathway.
|
|
Barry
|
Arnos Grove
|
|
Enid Flanberry
|
Goldhawk Road
|
|
Gary Backyard
|
Ah, I meant Aldgate East
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Phil
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Waterloo via the Welsh turnabout.
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Andy
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gunnersbury
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Digby
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Hold on tight everyone! I'm fighting against a stiff crosswind into Heathrow Terminal 5!
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Gary Backyard
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Queensway
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petunia
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kings cross
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Gary Backyard
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Timelords gambit... Strand
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Gary Backyard
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Ah, I meant Aldgate East
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Josh
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Using the late entry swing manouver, I will go to Ealing Broadway
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Gary Backyard
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No I didn't... Temple
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Gary Backyard
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Ah, I meant Aldgate East
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Digby
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A standard diagonal to Alperton.
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Tom
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Turnham Green
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John
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Holborn
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Alex
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Euston Road
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Steve Rundle
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Tottenham Court Road
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Gary Backyard
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Ah, I meant Aldgate East
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Gary Backyard
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Diagonal Wainscot to Aldgate
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Ben B
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I shall bypass the secondary vertical to shunt at HIGH STREET KENSINGTON (in accordance with the 4th ammendment to Finnegan's variation)
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Matt
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Royal Victoria
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Geoff
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Bow Church
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Chris
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Mudchute
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Digby
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Hmm, tricky! London Bridge? No - Island Gardens!
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Gary Backyard
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Diagonal Wainscot to Aldgate
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Matt
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A backward corkscrew terminating at Cockfosters
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Attila the Pun
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I feel I should raise the tone of this honorable pastime with Boston Manor
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Digby
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Good move, sir! I shall counter it by utilising Marshall's least used station principal to play Roding Valley.
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Rizla Red
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The long-overlooked Threadneedle Overstep allows me at this point to declare Theydon Bois
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Geoffrey of Monmouth
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Wimbledon
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Gary Backyard
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Hah, you're in nid, so I play Holborn
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Euan
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East Finchley
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Laura
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Tottenham Court Road
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West Ham
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Gary Backyard
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Calling in the Timelord's joker ... Farringdon Crossrail when it opens in 2525
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Um
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Euston.. I guess? that's the only one I know.
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Fat Banker
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A double back to Burnt Oak
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Matt
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Embankment
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Lipman rules!
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Theydon Bois
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Jeremy
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Bayswater
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hoop
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old street
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Digby
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Gah! That means I can't play Queensway without going into nidd - I shall have to play Latimer Road instead!
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Cardboard Cockney
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I am making a royal refusal based on Konev's inspiration at the 1976 Barking & Dagenham Open. As I am sure you all know, no moves with regal connotations can be played for 72hrs.Moorgate.
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M
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Using the west country rule, Devons Road
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Gary Backyard
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Stopping at Epping For Rest
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Andy
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Taking the long winded route to Epping
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Digby
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Somewhere that's like Dover but isn't Dover... It's Kentish Town.
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Andy
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Taking the long winded route to Epping
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Gary Backyard
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Aha, can call on Thatcher's forfeit ... Mudchute
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Digby
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Reverse lateral to Farringdon.
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slartibartfast
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Grange Hill
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Rob
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Willesden Junction
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Andrew
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Euston
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Jack
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Warren Street
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Digby
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Let's go to Mansion House.
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Gary Backyard
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Hah, you mentioned bunnies - therefore I can play Watership Down St.(Winston's prerogative).
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Rizla Red
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Aah my turn - sorry I have been playing Wobbling Bunnies. My move is Uxbridge Vine Street.
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Attila the Pun
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Hmmm 1918 rule book eh? So that allows the use of triple cubits. Lambeth North
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Guy
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East Finchley
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Min
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Has anyone had seven sisters?
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Gary Backyard
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I am not addicted to Mudchute, my browser is haunted. Anyway, British Museum (we are playing to the 1918 rule book?)
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Gary Backyard
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2 steps back to Mudchute
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Colin Sell
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Not sure if I'm actually allowed to play? But I'd go TOOTING BEC if I can.
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Digby
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Gallions Reach, using a forward Cryer manoeuvre.
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Gary Backyard
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2 steps back to Mudchute
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Hot Rat
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Reverse Borgia%27 Conumdrum to Barking.
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Wee Willy
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Aah, I can employ Fairlop's Last Theorem (birefringent scattering from Mitre Bridge Junction of course)and move to Crouch End.
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Swan Vestas
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High Wycombe (!!) The 2M29 "Parlimentary" from Paddington at 1135 to South Ruislip now nonstops West Ruislip and roars straight to High Wycombe.
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Digby
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Angel Road - using a least used station gambit.
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Phil
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Shoreditch
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Phil
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2014 Freedom Pass Gambit to Shoreditch, Overgound twist.
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Sammy the Sradine
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Cockfosters followed by Hayes opens the game to Cloistering. I can therefore declare Penge West.
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Rizla Red
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Hayes & Harlington.For some unknown reason TFL Rail wasnt available to me, I had to get a 140 bus from Heathrow 123
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Tom
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Cockfosters
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Digby
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Elephant & Castle.
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Matt
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Lewisham & Deptford
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Hot Rat
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Reverse Borgia' Conumdrum to Barking.
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TimsWheelbarrow
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Kennington for the double box off!
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SlySven
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I think I can make a good opening move at this point with a strile to Willesden Junction.
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Digby
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Marylebone - Standard lateral.
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Foisty Dankpatches
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Nah, you'll call riots in Brixton. I'll go Tooting Broadway.
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Attila the Pun
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Triple Furghits ( Wainwright's extension not withstanding) allows me to suggest Brixton
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Hot Rat
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Reverse Borgia' Conumdrum to Barking.
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Yes I have a name
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Upminster Bridge
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Digby
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Standard Brooke-Taylor Principle lateral move to Westbourne Park.
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Mystery player
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Castlebar Park (changed at Greenford)
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Gary Backyard
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2 steps back to Mudchute
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Walkers Max Strong
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Stratford International
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Gary Backyard
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He he, you've totally ignored Rees Mogg's Victorian Tontine segue. Strand, coz you're never alone.
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Rizla Red
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Queensbury
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Raw Cones
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Kingsbury puts you right in Nidd! I'll go Mitre Bridge Junction please.
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The Doctor
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Kingsbury
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Digby
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Bard - happened to me too! Mudchute.
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THE Bard of Croydon
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Now I don't know who's just played a couple of moves masquerading as the Bard Of Croydon but it wasn't me, I've been away since I played Ealing Broadway. Now, I reckon St. Paul's should be quite comfortable in this stage of the game.
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Bilbo Baggins
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If I may join at this time (Snaresbrook Protocol) I shall go with Stratford
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Digby
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Yes you can - bit of a standard lateral, but not bad for an opening gambit. Chancery Lane.
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Samantha's Sister
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Hi I'm totally new to this, so can I go Gunnersbury?
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Digby
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Snaresbrook - trick play using a reciprocating inverted approach.
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Captain's Daughter
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Kentish Town West
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Winnie The Pooh
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Caledonian Road & Barnsbury please.
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Matt
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Dagenham Heathway
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Mortimer
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Playing a Secondary Tangent (assuming the diagonals are quartered) my move is Southwark
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Mystery player
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Employing the Pokeholder's Nudge I will Spring Grove & Osterley
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Gary Backyard
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I can box your Poplar with Wandsworth High Street
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Digby
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Poplar ought to be a popular move (see what I did there?)
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Bard of Croydon
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High Street Kensington is no use to forward triangulation - Theydon Bois.
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Shakes
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ok risky move now High street Kensington
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Atilla the Pun
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Belmont (via 230 bus from Stanmore)
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Mystery Player
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Ha! Shoot-up Hill to your Turnham Green!
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Shakes
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if you Peckham rye then I'll Turnham green
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Oxford circus
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Digby (the real one!)
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Don't know who that last 'Digby' was, but it wasn't me! Anyway, my move is to Gallions Reach.
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Digby
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WOAHH!! I can hold you at signal GE66 at Greenford.
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Gary of Backyard
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From oxford circus I can go Sydenham Hill
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shakes
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Oxford circus
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Bard of Neasden
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Fort William (via the Caledonian Sleeper from Kings Cross)
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Shakes
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Gunnersbury
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Peter Simpson
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maida vale
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Shakes
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Ealing Broadway
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anonymous player
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Borough Market will straddle your Stratford
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Shakes
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wow hold on there anonymous player thats a bit risky but to keep you in check Stratford
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Shakes
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Hmmm looks like my only option is Amersham
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Horace Batchelor
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Change at Paddington for trains to Keynsham (spelled K-E-Y-N - S-H-A-M)
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Garner Ted Armstrong
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Worship with me in the temple for victory on the sabbeth.
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Stanley Knife
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Sudbury Hill Harrow please
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Gary Backyard
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Special government train to the Churchill War Rooms at Westminster.
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mich
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reversals are allowed so I go Dollis hill
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Gary Backyard
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You can't initiate Wellington unless 3 players are in Nid and it is raining. Neither are true, so ........ Waterloo!
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Mystery Player
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I can straddle those three Elephant & Castles for Dudding Hill Junction.
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Amie
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Ooo, Elephant and Castle allowed?
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mich
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reversals are allowed so I go Dollis hill
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Amie
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Ooo, Elephant and Castle allowed?
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mich
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using the chaos inversion principle I will go Finchley Central
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Amie
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Ooo, Elephant and Castle allowed?
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shakes
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good move Henry I will opt for the safe move of Temple
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Henry Crun
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Is Croxley Green allowed yet?
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Shakes
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Using Wellingtons 4th statagem I will go Perivale
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Digby
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Using a Bakerloo Line semi-inverted approach to go to Lambeth North.
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Roger Michael Slater
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Change at Euston for Llawryglyn
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Bard of Croydon
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Go to Mill Hill East. Go DIRECTLY to Mill Hill East. Do NOT pass Mornington Crescent. Do NOT win game.
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Sonia
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Have you noticed on-train announcements say "fepping"instead of Epping? They ought use this system on journeys to UCKFIELD.
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Rizla Red
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Forward Triangulation from there gives me HAINAULT Via Newbury Park!
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Colin Dale
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Well I was born in Colindale, but my move is Beckenham Junction.
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Sven
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New Cross
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Shakes
|
humm Gunnersbury
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Marcus
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Archway - gis a chance fat boy?
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Digby
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Welcome to the game, Mike! Warren Street.
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Shakes
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hmmm I will go Temple
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Tony Benn
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Embankment
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Anne Widdecombe
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Baker Street 221b
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Freda Belch
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Croxley Green
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Mike
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I've just joined in. I'm new to the game. Maybe I'm using old rules, but am I allowed Aldwych?
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shakes
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Putney bridge
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Digby
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Could somebody please eject Fat Banker from the game - unsportsmanlike conduct for making multiple repeat moves!
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Fat Banker
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A double back to Burnt Oak
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Shakes
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which in turn lets me use Hardys horrible sing turn to move to Waterloo east
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Digby
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Burnt Oak gives me an ideal opportunity to play a Rushton's Reversal move to Belsize Park.
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Fat Banker
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A double back to Burnt Oak
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Attila the Pun
|
Is there an echo in here? Russell Square
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Fat Banker
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A double back to Burnt Oak
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Digby
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White City leads us very nicely to Island Gardens.
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Shakes
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using Humphs 3rd stratagem I will go White City
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Classic diagonal to Finsbury Park
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jumpeyspyder
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Hard to counter that!, hesitantly.. Willesden Junction
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Attila the Pun
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Burnt Oak. Surely that puts you in prime Nidd territory?
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Fat Banker
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A double back to Burnt Oak
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Dollis Hill
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Shakes
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Chesham
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Guy
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Canning Town
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Attila thePun
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A six! Move forward three squares to White City avoiding laterals
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shakes
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Putney bridge
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Attila the Pun
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I'm feeling lucky. Leicester Square
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Digby
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Tanking things laterally to Latimer Road
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Shakes
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Knightsbridge
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DeeCee
|
Clearly, Bank. Surely?
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Attila the Pun
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Avoiding Trump's wall with Charing Cross.
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Shakes
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Chalk farm
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Digby
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Back to Baker Street.
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Shakes
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Perivale
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seb
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Farringdon
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seb
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Acton Town
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seb
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Chalk Farm
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seb
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Baker Street
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seb
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Great Portland Street
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Digby
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Finsbury Park.
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Sven
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Putney bridge
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Shakes
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West Ham
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Digby
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Cheers for the cake Shakes! Russell Square.
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Shakes
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as it's my Birthday to day cake is available to everyone at Bank
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Sven
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Harrow on the hill
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Shakes
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Oxford circus
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Digby
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Ealing Broadway.
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Shakes
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Walthamstow central
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Matt
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East London University
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Matt
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Poplar
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Digby
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No worries, Shakes! You'd do the same for me! Limehouse.
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Shakes
|
cheers Digby Epping forest
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Matt
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Euston Road
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Digby
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Bad luck, Shakes - maybe this will help you out a bit, Goodge Street
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Shakes
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Moorgate damn that puts me in NID
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Matt
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Highbury & Islington
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Digby
|
A brisk lateral to Mansion House is needed methinks.
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Beejam Freezer
|
Looks like I will have to choose Seven Sisters
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Shakes
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Gunnersbury
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Digby
|
Camden Town - damn! So close and yet so far!
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Shakes
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Burnt oak
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Mr Trellis
|
Opening it up a little: Heathrow, via Shinjuku
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WIDGEY
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BARBICAN
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Jam
|
Gunnersbury... how did I end up back here?
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Digby
|
Gunnersbury. Nice and simple.
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Fat Banker
|
A double back to Burnt Oak
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Shakes
|
Heathrow terminal 2mmm I see a pattern developing here
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Matt
|
Heathrow Terminal 3
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Digby
|
Circling for three hours and coming in to land at Heathrow Terminal 4.
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Matt
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Euston
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Shakes
|
Cannon street
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Matt
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Russell Square
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Shakes 2017
|
Perivale
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Shakes
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Covent garden
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Matt
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Green Park
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Shakes
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Hyde park Corner
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Paul
|
Encircled and then diverted to Kings Cross
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Sven
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Kingsbury
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Redvark
|
Hainault
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Shakes
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Queensbury
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Matt
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Brent Cross
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Shakes
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Putney Bridge
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Matt
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Charing Cross Road
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Shakes
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Cannon street
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Matt
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Twickenham Juction
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Shakes
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Wembley central
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Matt
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Chesham
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Digby
|
All the way out to Amersham.
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Matt
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Liverpool Street
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Shakes
|
Watford High street
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Fat Banker
|
A double back to Burnt Oak
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Matt
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Charing Cross Road
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Digby
|
Cannon Street - Boom! that should make things interesting!
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Matt
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Victoria & Albert
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Shakes
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Shepherds Bush
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Matt
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Lewisham
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Shakes
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Gunnersbury
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Matt
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Brixton
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Shakes
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Rotherhithe
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Samantha
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White City
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Shakes
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Harrow on the hill
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Matt
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Kings Cross
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Shakes
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Custom House for ExCel
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Matt
|
Highbury and Islington
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Shakes
|
that was me sorry Perivale
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Mystery player
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Perivale
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Digby
|
Finsbury Park - using the new Night Tube Inversion Principle.
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Shakes
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Watford High Street
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Mr Trellis
|
Nivanov takes me to a King William Street
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Matt
|
Watford High Street
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Mr Trellis
|
Nivanov takes me to a King William Street
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Shakes
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White City
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Digby
|
Oooh! Crafty move, Gary! Forces me into a diagonal deviation - Royal Oak.
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Gary Backyard
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Ha! You must be having an off day .... Museum Station (Nivanov's exception allows for abandoned stations after Old Street)
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Mr Trellis
|
From the lack of action, I can see that has put us all in a bind. Assuming Trumpington's Variations are in action, I'll go Old Street
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Digby
|
Sorry everyone, I know this won't be a popular move, but I have to play Limehouse. Sorry!
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Mr Trellis
|
Oh, good move: so near yet so far. Stanmore: take that!
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Gary Backyard
|
Clever! Though I shall call your bluff ... South Kensington
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Move to bank
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Digby
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Only if the previous move was an obverse lateral, so you're alright there. Richmond.
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Mr Trellis
|
Does New Cross Gate take me into nip?New Cross Gate
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Bard of Croydon
|
Ealing Broadway.
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Digby
|
Gotta think fast to avoid the offside trap! Moorgate.
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Mystery player
|
Cockfosters
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Matt
|
Long time no speak. Bank
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bond street
|
bond street
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Gary Backyard
|
Looks like problems with a hyperthing. Samantha often has problens with the internet, says her mouseball needs lubricating.Holborn
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Anthony
|
You must think I'm really stupid. Who could forget the Fairlop via Bank fiasco? I'm sorry guys but I'll have to play the diagonal. Wimbledon.
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Bard of Croydon
|
Not sure what just happened there, but I'm headed for Bow Road.
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Anthony
|
You must think I'm really stupid. Who could forget the Fairlop via Bank fiasco? I'm sorry guys but I'll have to play the diagonal. Wimbledon.
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Digby
|
That's okay Anthony, even Grand Masters make mistakes! Wimbledon's a pretty good move. Let's do a lateral shift to Golders Green.
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Digby
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Sorry Anthony, the rules state we have to take your first move. However it's not a bad move - it gives me a chance to play Vauxhall without sending anyone into nidd.
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Anthony
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You must think I'm really stupid. Who could forget the Fairlop via Bank fiasco? I'm sorry guys but I'll have to play the diagonal. Wimbledon.
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Anthony
|
Mortimer's Conversion; Cockfosters.
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Shakes
|
gloucester road
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Digby
|
Time to use a reverse diagonal - Cockfosters.
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Shakes
|
Bow Church
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Bard of Croydon
|
Acton Town.
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Shakes
|
Wow Matt that is a hell of a move it leaves me with no choice Temple
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Matt
|
Hampstead
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Shakes
|
Better play safe Covent Garden
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Digby
|
Ouch! This is gettin' tricky! Better calm things down a little by playing a safe diagonal - Shadwell.
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Bard of Croydon
|
Oh bloody hell, you're right. Well played...Rickmansworth.
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Gary Backyard
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Hah, fell into my trap. Illegal move as it violates the Wexford Convention. You lose all tokens and go directly to Brixton
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Bard of Croydon
|
Heathrow Terminal 5.
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Matt
|
Lewisham
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Gary Backyard
|
Not subtle enough ... I shoot to Woolwich Arsenal at full velocity.
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Digby
|
Embankment allows me to play a sneaky lateral to Gunnersbury.
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Shakes
|
Another good move matt but you fell into my trap Embankment
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Matt
|
I appear to have vanished. Nevertheless, Bethnal Green seems safe.
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Shakes
|
oops that was an error my bad I ment Bank
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Shakes
|
Thank you Digby, I thought I'd never get out, Baker Street
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Digby
|
Here Shakes, I'll do you a favour and play Limehouse to take you out of nid!
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Bard of Croydon
|
Bayswater, that should secure me for the moment.
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Gary Backyard
|
While on the subject of bakers, Monument (reverse Walburton)
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Shakes
|
Baker Streetoh dear thats put me in NID
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Digby
|
Finsbury Park - Booooom! 'ave summa that!
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Bard of Croydon
|
This has got very serious all of a sudden, South Harrow.
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Jumpeyspyder
|
Ouch , shakes you're playing hardball, only option is Canons Park
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Digby
|
Stepney Green looks very good Bard - a tricky move to follow! I shall play Balham.
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Bard of Croydon
|
Haven't been here in a while...Stepney Green looks good.
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Gary Backyard
|
Diagonal spevin to St Pauls
|
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Shakes
|
ooh good move Matt Temple (of doom)
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Digby
|
Loughton. Pretty safe move but I don't want to risk going into Nidd.
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Shakes
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staying east East Ham
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Shakes
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ok if we are going east then East Acton
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Digby
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Cross the footbridge and over to Waterloo East
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gary backyard
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Crossed legged to waterloo
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Bard of Croydon
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Bloody hell, I'm gone just a bit and by the time I get back we're at Putney Bridge. Alright...Bromley-by-Bow.
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Shakes
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Indeed Digby Putney Bridge
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Digby
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A case of Deja Vu Shakes? Lewisham.
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Shakes
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fast and furious action Amersham
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Digby
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Charing Cross - a neat little safety move to stop y'all from getting carried away!
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Shakes
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fast and furious action Amersham
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Gary Backyard
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Aha .... Morn oh no, sorry I missed the lateral trump.In that case, Elephant and Castle
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Digby
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I'll use Numan's Northern Line Negative Notation to play Farringdon.
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Gary Backyard
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Fripp! Gonna slide across to Mudchute
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Shakes
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no need for that sort of langue scott you might Turnham Green
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Bard of Croydon
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That really does spice things up. Balham.
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Digby
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Let's spice things up a bit - Embankment
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Shakes
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Putney Bridge
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Bard of Croydon
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Mile End.
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Shakes
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Gurtcha Digby that means I'll have to play Upton park
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Digby
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A fine move Bard, but I'm letting my ruthless streak show - Becontree.
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Bard of Croydon
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Bloody hell, what's happened here? Chorleywood, I suppose.
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Digby
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Whoa!! Steady on Gary! I'd better put your shenanigans to an abrupt halt by playing Waterloo East.
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Gary Backyard
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Ahhh there it goes again ... Gonna try Vauxhall instead, home of the other spooks.
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Gary Backyard
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Holborn - exploiting Rothman's caveat
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Gary Backyard
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My PC is haunted by the ghost of Hump!Back to Mansion House!
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Gary Backyard
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Holborn - exploiting Rothman's caveat
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Gary Backyard
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Upgrading to Mansion House
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Shakes
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good move Digby Swiss cottage
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Digby
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Using Planter's Picadilly Principle, thus effecting a reverse diagonal, I shall play South Ealing.
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Shakes
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New Cross Gate
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Bard of Croydon
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Hammersmith.
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Mystery player
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kings cross
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shakes
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I've been away to my move is Gunnersbury
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Digby
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Sorry Baldrick - I'm gonna be a b*****d and play Cannon Street to keep you in Nidd!
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Baldrick
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You smeghead! Holborn *should* get me out of Nidd... I hope...
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Bard of Croydon
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Finchley Road.
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Baldrick
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I play Rise of the Clown! By sacrificing Debden, I can force all players to Notting Hill gate, provided I go to Nottingham.
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Digby
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Looks like it's battle stations then - best hop to Woolwich Arsenal to stock up on ammo!
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Baldrick
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A-ha! I reveal my face-down card: Polymerisation! I combine Moorgate and the Guardian of the New Cross to enable me to play New Cross Gate... in attack mode.
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Digby
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I think I'll take a chance on Chancery Lane.
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Bard of Croydon
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Canada Water.
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Baldrick
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I'll play Moorgate in Defense Mode, and put one card face down.
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JL
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Look at this board state, it's patently absurd. And wonderful. Willesden Junction.
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Digby
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Time for a crafty terminus move methinks! Wimbledon.
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Bard of Croydon
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Well this is very interesting indeed. Caledonian Road.
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Baldrick
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A reverse reverse diagonal should end your ploy. Cockfosters.
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Dame Celia
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Playing the reverse diagonal, Morden.
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Digby
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Hmm... interesting. I'll have to tread carefully here! Umm... Royal Oak.
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Baldrick
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That's any line with a service that calls at Bank locked out... Slough.
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Aeolian Harp
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Totteridge and Whetstone (contradiagonal exception 7iii from the Guild of Deaf Piano Tuners' alternative handbook 1911)
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Baldrick
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We'll transcend the Underground and move onto Penzance. That's one hotel on Mayfair, please banker!
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Digby
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I know this won't be popular, but needs must to avoid Nidd - Farringdon (sorry!)
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Bard of Croydon
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Bounds Green.
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rosso
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If we are allowing 'Ghost Stations,' British Museum
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Gary Backyard
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Clever, putting on a play to Tooting Broadway
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Digby
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Canny move Bard! Mudchute
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Bard of Croydon
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Sorry I've been away for a while, my move's to Ealing Common.
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Attila the Pun
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Using the old barrister;s oyster card gambit to avoid the fares , I am laughing all the way to Bank
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Shakes
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I will go with.....Euston SquareAlight here for the Brittish Museum and Friends House
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Digby
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Thanks bard, we all the know the importance of quick thinking in this game! Stonebridge Park.
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Bard of Croydon
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Very quick on the uptake there, Digby, I had half a mind to take Upney myself. Northolt.
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Digby
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Phew! now that the District line is back in play, Upney.
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Bard of Croydon
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Edgware Road, Bakerloo line.
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Digby
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Solid move, but as we all know, a move to Barons Court locks out the District Line for the next three moves. Barbican.
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Captain's Daughter
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Although... yeeeah, apologies, I see I can't just jump to Aldgate East like that. Barons Court.
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Bard of Croydon
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Leytonstone.
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Digby
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Nice move! Got to think outside the box to avoid Nidd - therefore, Gants Hill
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Captain's Daughter
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At this point it's quite a challenge as certainly Stoke Newington would be an obvious move.. Took me an hour of office time to come up with something tricky - Goodge Street it is then!
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Bard of Croydon
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North Harrow.
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Shakes
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Parsons Green
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Digby
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Some rapid-fire moves going on here! Poplar.
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Hannah Hassall
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Finsbury Park
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Bard of Croydon
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You most certainly are, I've not had to get out of a situation like this in a long time. Alperton.
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Digby
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Monument - am I on a roll at the moment or what?!?
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Bard of Croydon
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Well colour me impressed Digby, that was one hell of a move. Any defence is bound to be little more than a compensatory effort, so I suppose Becontree works well enough.
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Digby
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Kennington - how's THAT for a cunning stunt?!
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Bard of Croydon
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Chiswick Park.
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Digby
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Thanks Shakes! I shall now invoke Boris's Blackfriars Bonus Bonanza!!
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Shakes
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Great move Digby,Tower Hill
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Digby
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Hmm... interesting move, I'll need to be careful to avoid Nidd. London Bridge.
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Bard of Croydon
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OK, Gants Hill.
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Digby
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M... Mo... Mor... Morden.
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Bard of Croydon
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Nice play. Osterley.
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Bard of Croydon
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Alrighty then, Cannon Street.
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Digby
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The cabbies shelter near Lord's does a nice cocoa to let's go to St Johns Wood!
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Attila the Pun
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Alas I have missed the hob nobs. Perhaps there will be cocoa later. Bank
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Bard of Croydon
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Clapham South.
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Digby
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Okaaaayy... with that in mind I shall make a conservative play and go to Waterloo East.
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Bard of Croydon
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Ruislip, I think that ought to work quite nicely.
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St. Pancreas
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Cunning play here. My only realistic option is to travel north-south-north to Borough. Biscuits have remained north of the river ready for collection.
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Digby
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That was me by the way! Let's all go to Charing Cross. Don't ask me why... it's just going that way y'know!
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Shakes
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Nice move dig Stratford
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Dig
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Nice use of Covent Garden exit strategy there! Which leads us nice and neatly to Beckton.
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Shakes
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Covent Garden (exit only)
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Bard of Croydon
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Thank you, I thought there was definitely something there. Elm Park.
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Digby
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What. A. Move!! Really hard to follow that one... Let's see... Goodge Street.
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Bard of Croydon
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Oh, very nice. Very nice indeed. Buckhurst Hill.
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Digby
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Good call, gives an opportunity for a seriously aggressive move - Greenwich. BOOOMM!!!
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Bard of Croydon
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Mansion House, I think.
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Digby
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Hmmm... Maida Vale.
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Shakes
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St Pauls
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Digby
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I shall use Robinson's Reversal Ruling and go to Goldhawk Road. There are a couple of Hob-Nobs left if anyone wants one!
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Shakes
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Bow church
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Hannah
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Euston
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Bard of Croydon
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Wanstead.
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Shakes
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Wapping
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Digby
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Hmm... I'm getting a distinct feeling of deja vu with St. Panreas' latest move so I think we should disregard it! I will go with Heron Quays to get things back on track.
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St. Pancreas
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Cunning play here. My only realistic option is to travel north-south-north to Borough. Biscuits have remained north of the river ready for collection.
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steve
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charing cross
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Shakes
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Digby I think I'll skip the biccys and move stright (or as stright as I can be) to the cake Victoria
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Digby
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Shakes - No Bourbons I'm afraid, but there are some choccy digestives waiting at Finsbury Park if anyone's interested.
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Shakes
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I'm more of bourbon man myself on which note I'll go Blackfriars
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St. Pancreas
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Cunning play here. My only realistic option is to travel north-south-north to Borough. Biscuits have remained north of the river ready for collection.
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Digby
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Euston - picking the biccies up along the way! Custard cream anyone?
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St. Pancreas
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Cunning play here. My only realistic option is to travel north-south-north to Borough. Biscuits have remained north of the river ready for collection.
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Shakes
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In which case using the latterals South greenford
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Bard of Croydon
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Covent Garden.
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shakes
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Beckton
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Digby
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Aaaaaaaaall the way out to Amersham!
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Shakes
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Having missed out on tea and bisuits i'll go Harrow on the Hill
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Bard of Croydon
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Nicely done; I'll take the old '49 Spin over to West Finchley.
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JL
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With the last of the biscuits spoken for, I will reflect a lateral off Elephant & Castle and end up at Queen's Park for a nice pause in the action.
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Shakes
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I'll go see the bard Southwark
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Bard of Croydon
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The Bard sees you, and heads to Woodford for those biscuits.
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Shakes
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I'll go see the bard Southwark
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St. Pancreas
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Cunning play here. My only realistic option is to travel north-south-north to Borough. Biscuits have remained north of the river ready for collection.
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Bard of Croydon
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Hmm...Clapham North.
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Digby
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Nice one Shakes! That leaves me able to use Osmond's Ruling of 1975 and go to Morden. And as we all know, playing Osmond's now means that the next three moves must be south of the river.
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Shakes
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Temple
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Bard of Croydon
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You're right, that really has disrupted things. I suppose I'll go for Debden then.
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Digby
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Now I know this won't be a popular move but circumstances dictate that I must play Tottenham Court Road. Gotta avoid going into Nid somehow!
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Shakes
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Grange hill
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JL
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I will take a cue from last year's Madrid Series semifinal and double-jump to Turnham Green.
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Shakes
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Seven Sisters
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Bard of Croydon
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Thanks, I try to go for the unusual plays. Mill Hill East.
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Shakes
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Intresting move Bard Chigwell
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Bard of Croydon
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Excellent, biscuits always change things up. Croxley.
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St. Pancreas
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If biscuits are ready then I could go to Rich(Tea)mond or possibly Hol(Bour)born. I will in fact go for the obvious - Green Park.
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Shakes
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Sudbury town
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JL
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Bow Road. The Piccadilly timer now rolls over to zero, which means biscuits are ready.
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Shakes
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Sudbury town
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Bard of Croydon
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Yes, that's a good point. Latimer Road.
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St. Pancreas
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Looks like all Bury's are now wild- Highbury and Islington
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Vforcostomrservice
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Mor...Mor..monument
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Bard of Croydon
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Queensbury.
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Vforcostomrservice
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Mor...Mor..monument
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Shakes
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Gunnersbury
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Vforcostmerserves
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I'm goingt o follow the yellow brick road to Watford
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shakes
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I'm going to go with....Ep.. no scrach that Chigwell
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Bard of Croydon
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I often find myself skirting the upper levels of spoon, though admittedly this is a little higher than usual. Chesham.
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St. Pancreas
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Blimey. I leave the game for a few days and it has escalated dangerously close to ?maximum spoon?. To restore a bid of law and order - Parsons Green.
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JL
|
Ah, at long last the laterals on the Circle Line are open! Thus, Aldgate.
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shakes
|
South Ealing?
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Bard of Croydon
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...Northwood Hills.
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shakes
|
South Ealing?
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Bard of Croydon
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East Putney. Oh yes.
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Tom
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Swiss Cottage
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Shakes
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I was just trying to avoid Nid Greenwich
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Shakes
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Perivale
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Bard of Croydon
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Ah, I see. Not the path I'd have taken, but to each their own. Rayners Lane.
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Shakes
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I was just trying to avoid Nid Greenwich
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Bard of Croydon
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Bank...hmm, that's interesting. Not quite sure of the intent there, I'd better be on guard. Manor House.
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Shakes
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Bank
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Bard of Croydon
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Oh, well played. Well played indeed. Let's see...Kilburn Park.
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Digby
|
Of course, playing Harlesden now means that all Zone 3 stations are wild. With that in mind I shall play West Acton. 'Ave summa thaaaat!
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Bard of Croydon
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Thank you, I've been working on my precedence game. Harlesden.
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JL
|
Excellent foresight being shown here. If I'm not mistaken, Bard, you now have precedence and I'm in the bizarre position of having to move to Knightsbridge (yes, a Zone 1 station!) to avoid an access penalty.
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Bard of Croydon
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That really shook things up, especially with the Morden move - please, take a seat, tell us your name, I think your style might make things interesting. Anyway, I'm for West Hampstead.
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Ooh errr missus i will go Mordor no sorry Morden
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Digby
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Time to throw a monumental spanner in the works - Theydon Bois.
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Shakes
|
Great move Bard Putney bridge
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Bard of Croydon
|
The pace has really picked up here, this is getting tense. South Harrow.
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Digby
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Well intercepted! Farringdon.
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Vforcostomerserves
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Ahh I see the trap you were laying Shakes you can't get me that easy Euston Square
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Shakes
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Get your passports ready Pimlico
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Bard of Croydon
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Loughton, I think the potential huff might come in handy.
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Shakes
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Got a new car it's a greenford
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Digby
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Ooohh, good play Shakes!Waterloo East.
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shakes
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Chalfont and latimer
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JL
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We've just entered a type 2 Lane state. Hold on to your hats, everyone, this is going to get messy. Beginning the insanity with Victoria.
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Bard of Croydon
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Nicely done, very smooth. Chalk Farm.
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Digby
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Hmm... I think a diagonal DLR lunge to Tower Gateway.
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St. Pancreas
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I will take the inverse of your hyperbolic path and square root it, thus leading me to High Street Kensington.
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Bard of Croydon
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I drink to your health then, and to your groats...Knightsbridge, the hyperbolic path it traces looks quite elegant.
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(optional)
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Slow recovery, poor health, down to my last few groats. Turnham Green.
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Bard of Croydon
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Agreed, I don't think I've ever been this deep in quasi-blockages before. Tom seems to have eased things up a little there, but it's still rather uncomfortable for my tastes. I'll pull the old '31 Switch to Leyton, that should hepl.
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Tom
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Oxford circus
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JL
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This game is quickly developing the most complicated set of quasi-blockages that I've ever seen! My best option looks like White City, scoring points off Shepherd's Bush by an en passant entry.
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Bard of Croydon
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Mudchute, now that was unexpected. Well, I suppose I'll head to South Wimbledon then.
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Digby
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Yay! The Mojo's, Blackjacks, flying saucers and jazzies are on me! Oh, and my move is for Mudchute.
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St. Pancreas
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Digby, by my calculation your Bank wins you a total of 12 shillings that has amassed for this entire game. Meanwhile, I will invoke Ffarquhar?s northern approach to Canons Park.
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Bard of Croydon
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You're right, I see it now, how foolish of me. I put it down to experience, the game is woefully underplayed in these parts. Anyway, I think I'll head for a backward parabola to North Greenwich.
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Digby
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BANK. That wasn't a move by the way, just banking the money amassed so far in this game!
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(optional)
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A mad move Bard, the kind of risk an old player like myself wouldn't even consider but I salute your youthful exuberance. Me, I'll reside at Boston Manor.
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Bard of Croydon
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Of course, it's been some time since I've gone down this strategy but I think I can make it work. Hmm...Barking.
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Digby
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It does indeed, although try and be minful of the fact that Metropolitan Line moves must be followed by a District Line inversion. So with that in mind I shall play Ravenscourt Park. Welcome to the game Bard!
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Bard of Croydon
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This is my first move in this game, am I right in thinking this variation allows for the Metropolitan Entry at Eastcote?
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Nominative Determinism
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Invoking the 1957 Korean Reverse Theory, I think we can slip past the gatekeeper and make it to Shoreditch.
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Gary Backyard
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Huhhm ... Chancery Lane was a little risky. I am going to envoke Dee's preference and scoot to Seven Sisters! Hah - get out of that!
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St. Pancreas
|
Embankment is good. Haven?t seen a move like that since that infamous quarter final of 1997 in Luton, and we all know how that ended! My move to Chancery Lane will seem quite amateurish in comparison.
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(optional)
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Embankment indeed! I'll invoke a Back E.M.F. bush skim and make for Waterloo.
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Digby
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Who said that?? Come on, own up to it! No one plays a masterstroke of a move like that without at least mentioning their name!!Anyway, a class move like that needs a subtle strategy to avoid going into Nidd, so I will use a reverse shift and take us to Stamford Brook.
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embankment
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Digby
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it does indeed St Pancreas - Turnpike Lane enables me to employ Brooke-Taylor's Picadilly Line Exclusion Principle and take a southern lateral approach to Crystal Palace.
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St. Pancreas
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Looks like we?ve reached somewhat of a stalemate, Kenton often has that effect. So I?ll use Barnaby?s half-ultimatum to Turnpike Lane, which should get things flowing again.
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(optional)
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Well Digby, that's put the cat amongst the pigeons! Kenton.
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Gary Backyard
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Holborn - exploiting Rothman's caveat
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Digby
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I am invoking Rushton's Reverse Radial Resolution to take us to Rotherhithe.
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Attila the Pun
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Sounds like we may be in a somewhat sticky wicket so I'll go silly mid off with Elephant and Castle
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St. Pancreas
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Now that we?re in a new innings, I?ll use Botham?s half diagonal to Kennington.
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JL
|
Now that we're on a new wicket, I'll cross over dual-diagonally to Wood Lane.
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Digby
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Oval - new bails please!
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St. Pancreas
|
To avoid leaving my laterals exposed i'll invoke a Frumpington Bypass to Stanmore.
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Digby
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A standard iverted lateral progression leads me nicely to Boston Manor.
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Attila the Pun
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Using Blenkinsops fourth approach (with sidebars) - CockFosters
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(optional)
|
First rate strategies being played here. To avoid the cross-fire and beastly traps until the new year I'll invoke a 'polymorphic paradigm' and reside in Chorleywood for the duration.
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Gary Backyard
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Queensway - paddle me, paddle me!
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Ace
|
Kings cross
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JL
|
Digby, your subtle attempt to set up a three-line Godfrey Block has not gone unnoticed! Getting a piece of the action with a lateral procession to South Kensington.
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Digby
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A wise move NooNoo, The Royal Paddle should be avoided at all costs. Sore buttocks can really put one off one's game! I will use a parabolic shift to Royal Oak (That's by using McWhimple's Parabolic Inversion Principle, by the way).
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NooNoo
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If Cryer's Third Rule from 1995 is applied, then anybody who goes for a station on the Central line is liable for a very harsh spanking with a paddle covered in barbed wire, and said paddle is to be wielded by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. As such, I shall be making a move to Upminster.
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St. Pancreas
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If i?m not mistaken I can go from Grange Hill to Hanger Lane for 30 bonus points and extra custard!
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Digby
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Grange Hill - Let's go and visit Ziggy Greaves by using Mrs McCluskey's patented Central Line Principle.
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Ferrat
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Hammersmith ,the root centre
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JL
|
Oh, that's a Baker Street Triad, isn't it? Very nice. Can't let it progress to a quartet, though, so... Mile End.
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michelle
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swiss cottage
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St. Pancreas
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That move to Barbican has put a spanner in the works. The Hammersmith and city line is now blocked (for obvious reasons) and so I will employ Montague?s diagonal variation to Bayswater.
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Digby
|
Let's throw in a curve ball to liven things up a bit - Barbican.
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TESSA
|
Ealing Broadway
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JL
|
I think I'm now allowed to continue Steinham's Second Series to Whitechapel. I don't have much experience with disused stations, so someone correct me if I've done something terrible!
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Stern
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Fairlop a rare outing of Steinham inversion via disused Essex section
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St. Pancreas
|
Thanks for the sheen. I hadn?t taken into account rotations, so I will deduct myself 12 points (as per Norton 1987 regulations). But now that play is more open I?ll use a Bakerloo expansion to Marylebone.
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Digby
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Great move JL - almost worthy of a grand master! And since parks score double at the moment I'll go with Park Royal.
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JL
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Great move, (optional), really opens up the game! Under Norton rules, a sheen into zone 1 means that all parks score double until we reach a line terminus, so I'll use a variant Thames Slide to get to Queens Park.
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(optional)
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St. Pancreas, I think you've placed yourself in a Commons or Gardens Rotation. Employying a sheen, which should help? Leicester Square.
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Colin Dale
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Colindale
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Digby
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Abbey Road - to annoy American tourists who think it is where the iconic zebra crossing is (it isn't! - Abbey Road station is on the DLR and is nearer to West Ham than it is to Abbey Road studios),
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Gary Backyard
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Deja vu - these trembles are getting worst ...From Green Park to St Pauls by exercising Bishop's Prediliction.
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Gary Backyard
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Holborn - exploiting Rothman's caveat
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St. Pancreas
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After several weeks I'm thankfully no longer in an Edgware triangle, and so I will undulate to Green Park.
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Digby
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Sorry Fiercely, your move to Mornington Crescent is a bit premature. Norton rules clearly state that any move to Morning Crescent must be preceded with by a move which adopts a diagonal inversion approach. (Optional's) move was clearly a reverse lateral so I'm afraid that invalidates your move. A typical novice players mistake so don't worry, we won't hold it against you!Any, with Fiercely's move invalidated I shall go from Ealing Broadway to Russell Square.
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FiercelyLoyal
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I'm glad that you took that fast backtrack to Ealing Broadway, as it makes explaining my move all the more fun, I'm using the Norton rules to traverse clockwise past the 180 degrees without it being classed as anticlockwise and therefore being invalid in order to travel to Mornington Crescent.
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(optional)
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Excellent use of angles here and intimidatingly thoughtful play. Backtracking fast to Ealing Broadway.
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St. Pancreas
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That move to Notting Hill Gate has trapped me an ?Edgware triangle?. Thanks a lot. The only option I now have is to use the DLR to Canning Town. I know the DLR is generally frowned upon but I have no other choice.
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JL
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I know the typical follow-up to Moorgate - Westbourne Park is a double parallel inversion to Bank. Problem is, if any more tube strikes occur, that would leave the game in great danger of a very long Nidd state. So, I'll be a bit risky here and use a single inversion instead: Notting Hill Gate.
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Digby
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Good call sir! And of course any move to moorgate leads very nicely to Westbourne Park.
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St. Pancreas
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Tube strike on the central line means I must perform an emergency diagonal shunt to avoid a permanent state of spoon, which of course leads me to Moorgate.
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Digby
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Using a combination of standard diagonal approach vectoring and the new Emirates Air Line, I will go with Emirates Greenwich Peninsula.
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(optional)
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Playing a 'K2 Escalation' to Upminster.
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SDCC
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Belsize Park
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St. Pancreas
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Invoking Frampton?s second inversion, quite a tricky maneuver that, but leads me nicely to Blackfriars just in time for tea.
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Digby
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Oooh good move sir! I believe that takes us safely out of the Westminster cycle (unless some numptie inadvertantly sends us straight back into it by playing a reverse diagonal). So I'll play safe by going lateral to Tower Gateway.
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(optional)
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Complex play here. Invoking a 'Henderson Expansion' which might provide a little breathing space. Temple.
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St. Pancreas
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Westminster Cycle means all gates are wild, so I will straddle along to Lancaster Gate.
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Digby
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Good thinking JL - Gamit maneuvers can be pretty tedious to negotiate and just make a game descend into a boring series of safety moves - let's not go there. So with that in mind and in keeping with the Westminster Cycle I shall pop along to Embankment (even though the Northen Line platforms are closed at the moment).
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JL
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I'll have to go with Bayswater. I know it traps us in a Westminster Cycle for at least the next 4 moves, but it's the only way to avoid a Gamit maneuver, which would allow a standard inversion and then MC in 3 moves.
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JL
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In light of the similarity of the past few moves to the final game of the 2008 Euro Championship... Acton Town.
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Digby
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That means I'll have to go lateral to avoid going into Nidd - let's see... Goldhawk Road.
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St. Pancreas
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Oxford Circus - using Rothman's bilateral gambit and exploiting all five diagonals
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Humphrey Lyttelton
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Elephant and Castle.
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optional
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Passing St. Pancreas on contra line at Russell Square
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St. Pancreas
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Returning out of spoon and nidd now with Russell Square
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Digby
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Harrow & Wealdstone using Watson's Bakerloo Line Principle as featured in "Mornington Crescent For Dummies - a bluffer's guide to succeeding in the gentle art of Mornington Cresent (4th edition)".
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St. Pancreas
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Well that's left the circle line in a state of irreversible disrepair. Thus, Northwick Park (using hopkins rule).
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Digby
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Using Datchett's Diagonal Imperative I will play Turnham Green.
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St. Pancreas
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Well that's left the circle line in a state of irreversible disrepair. Thus, Northwick Park (using hopkins rule).
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optional
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Highbury and Islington - using Hawksworth's dialectic.
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Digby
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Gunnersbury - Using Watkin's third parallel gambit.
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Attilla the Pun
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My hat is off because I am in Nidd (obviously). Avoiding the diagonals with Euston
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St. Pancreas
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Providing hats are on, this leaves me no choice but to by-pass Regents Park and head straight to the less fashionable but more cunning Holloway Road.
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optional
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Leaving the Circle line to travel to the Oval via Leicester Square and Charing Cross.
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Digby
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Theydon Bois - a bit of a 'vanilla' move but should keep things going nicely.
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Gary Backyard
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Strike that, had a touch of Mornington palsy -Green Park (Verde cross mangle lateral with a cherry on top!)
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Gary Backyard
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Holborn - exploiting Rothman's caveat
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Zachary Klaas
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Bethnal Green - this would be a fantastic play if I were Jeremy.
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Gary Backyard
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Holborn - exploiting Rothman's caveat
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Oxford Circus
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George Michael
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Mudchute to Swiss Cottage - Two of the places I got caught
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Hainault
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Hainault - Where Peter Hain got caught for stealing a typewriter ribbon!
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cosmic
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Wimbledon, new balls please.
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Nick Southgate
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Digby, your move was illegal if you are in 'spoon'. I suggest you clarify. Either way I think you'll find Canons Park satisfies Cosmic's "new balls" directive.
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cosmic
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Wimbledon, new balls please.
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Digby
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Seven Sisters, using a standard semi-lateral-inverted-radial-diagonal-northern approach.
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JAMES SMYLIE
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YOU'RE ALL FORGETTING THAT IN THE MONTH OF JUNE THE ONLY OPT-OUT ALLOWED IS THE BARRINGTOON-DALBY GAMBIT, WHICH RULES OUT THE DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY AND TURNHAM GREEN
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Pierre Dubois
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Disappointed that this website doesn't tell me what set of rules we're playing to. Marble Arch is the only one I can think of that will work with all formats.
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Lambkin
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Shepherds Bush
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Ben
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Bank via the castle of doom and the causeway of despair.
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Mystery player
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Arnos Vale via Richmond.
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Digby
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Class move Matron! (doffs hat in recognician of superb tactical play) I'll respond by using De Willis's Overground Revision and go to Rotherhithe.
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Digby
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Using Trumpington's Westerly Traversal Technique I will go to Willesden Green
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Matron
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I'm invoking Peer's Stoppage Rules and my move is Holloway Road.
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GeeGee
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Oh no you don't! Bank.
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Attila The Pun
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Woolwich Arsenal ..that should move us on a bit
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Attilla the Pun
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In view of the current recession I shall abandon my principles and go to Leicester Square.
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GeeGee
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I think I shall play Niblett's Gambit and plump for Whitechapel
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mr trellis
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i double back on a bilateral, but the 1972 land slide rule mean i cannot pass go, and have to skip round the circle line to sloane square
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Hugh Janus
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Golders Green is rendered out of play due to Rule 37 coming into effect follwing the outward legstep and reverting to reverse elision rules means that the next move is . . . . . Finchley Central! (At last!)
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GeeGee
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Seeing as we're out of Nid now, I'll have Goldhawk Road. And I may be in Spoon but I have a note from me Mum. So there!
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GeeGee
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I don't know about anyone else but I don't recall Rule 37 permitting duplicate moves. Even if you are an amnesiac. Old Street.
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Hugh Janus
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Golders Green is rendered out of play due to Rule 37 coming into effect follwing the outward legstep and reverting to reverse elision rules means that the next move is . . . . . Finchley Central! (At last!)
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GeeGee
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The old outward legstep eh? Only to be used by experienced players owing to the risk of invoking Spant's Lateral Embargo. Pimlico.
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Hugh Janus
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Golders Green is rendered out of play due to Rule 37 coming into effect follwing the outward legstep and reverting to reverse elision rules means that the next move is . . . . . Finchley Central! (At last!)
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Juan Saponatime
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A triple spring with outward legstep takes me to Golders Green.......only a few stops from home!!
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Coco Souness
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There was a Lambeth South but Boris Johnson lost it. I shall have to continue my defensive play and go for Stockwell.
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Juan Saponatime
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Why don't they just rename it Lambeth? Is there a "south" as well? Apart from Southwark? Two golden splonders says that this forces a triple rebound !!
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coco Souness
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I don't think that rule applies under this variation, does it?Although I agree it has forced me into wobbling on the diagonals. Looks like I have to go defensive and play Lambeth North.
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Juan Saponatime
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Coco...you are out because you forgot to declare the Big Ben strike before your pass at Westminster.
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Coco Souness
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It's going to be a hung parliament! So I get to take advantage of Leibnitz's hung parliament 3rd variation rule and take a second turn to ensure the game doesn't end with everyone in 'Heseltine' and declare Westminster.
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Coco Souness
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I'd watch out on your left flank if you want to avoid a rather embarrasing slide into nid if you attempt a prime move triangulation. It happened to my grandfather in the 1983 Mornington Crescent (Scotland Region) grand final. I shall say Farringdon via standard metropolitan rules.
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Juan Saponatime
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The perambulator shove has taken me to Theydon Bois. How good is that?
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Juan Saponatime
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Bank.....That will be ?5 please.
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Coco Souness
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I think I shall block you with the slide rule to Aldgate East.
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Coco Souness
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Are you a banker? In which case I will tax you at 100% and now you owe me a fiver. I'll take a little trundle on the DLR and say Blackwall.
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Juan Saponatime
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Bank.....That will be ?5 please.
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Coco Souness
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Kennington (Bank Branch)
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The Colour Bars
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I think we will have some testcard special action and decamp to White City
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Coco Souness
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I don't know about that GeeGee; under these rules your sailing fairly close to ending up in Nid!Mind you, I think you could be playing a tactical hand to force me into a shunt on a diagonal and ruin my triangulation strategy. I'll take us south of the river to Surrey Quays.
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GeeGee
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Wild? It's practically the third world. West Hamsptead
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Coco Souness
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I think I shall play Harrow & Wealdstone under Stovolds 3rd variation. Especially as it gets double points with it being a national rail station and it is wild.
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maltese cross
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That'll put you in Nip - especially in this weather. If Samantha would permit - Pinner!
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GeeGee
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Boston Manor? You don't want to be hanging around there. Perivale
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CocoSouness
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I will take advantage of Monetcute's second station ruling and progress the game to Boston Manor.
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GeeGee
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If we're still in spoon I'll have Kilburn
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Bethany
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I have never seen Wood Green mentioned, and yet it has potential as a move
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maltese cross
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...no, I think you misheard. I said we need a banker. Which reminds me - through Green Park... and... Barons Court. Fair and square.
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Ossification
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No, no no no not Balham, not with these rules, sorry, can I take that back? I meant to say High Barnet!
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Ossification
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Balham
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Juan Saponatime
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Is there anyone else on this train to Bank?
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Juan Saponatime
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Bank.....That will be ?5 please.
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Juan Saponatime
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?5 wasn't enough. I should have asked for ?50 at Moorgate,mate!
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Juan Saponatime
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Bank.....That will be ?5 please.
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Gee Gee
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Dollis Hill I think
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Mad Dave CM
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Tricky one this ... Aaah...Lambeth North
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Wonko
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Tooting Broadway... hang on, am I allowed a lateral shift? It might need adjudication.
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jocko
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Traverse to Hatton Cross. Allowed by retroactive application of the Greyfriars' Gambit (Nodd's 2nd variation).
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SX man
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Uhhh... Epping's tempting, but I've never epped all the way before. So Theydon Bois will have to do.
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duck tracy
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I was up the Prince Regent the other day - he din't like it though!!! BOOM, BOOM!! Hainault via Newbury Park
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GeeGee
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Baker St. If anyone's up for a pint, I'll be in the Prince Regent
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maltese cross
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I think Jocko's shortly going to be in Nip - because I'm asking Humph to invoke the Hapsburg Connection. Grimaldi's Protocol therefore takes precedence. Fairlop!
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jocko
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Traverse to Hatton Cross. Allowed by retroactive application of the Greyfriars' Gambit (Nodd's 2nd variation).
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maltese cross
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Ahh - I see what you're doing. So I'll see your Finchley and raise your momentum. Turnham Green? No - it's absolutely Barking...
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the one and only
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theres only one move i can do a double down on the bakerloo line (totally leagal because of the previous cornet pactice at tooting broad way) so i slide on the diagonal to finchley road
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Chorley's Aunt
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No, he most definitely wouldn't! He has cornet practice right across the board (including diagonals) - so it'll be Tooting Broadway.
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maltese cross
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If Samantha would permit... oh, well, maybe Chorleywood then.
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Stevey
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Lateral shift to Victoria, a similar move to that used by Stovold in the 1989 champtionship final.
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jocko
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Traverse to Hatton Cross. Allowed by retroactive application of the Greyfriars' Gambit (Nodd's 2nd variation).
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The Amazing Rando
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Kings Cross. yes he is, no doubt about it.
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Tooslo Byarf
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Goodge Street or bust.Samantha's bust, that is.
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jocko
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Traverse to Hatton Cross. Allowed by retroactive application of the Greyfriars' Gambit (Nodd's 2nd variation).
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Marcus
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Hmm. I'll have to take the lateral route to Ealing Broadway.
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jocko
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Traverse to Hatton Cross. Allowed by retroactive application of the Greyfriars' Gambit (Nodd's 2nd variation).
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me
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Moor Park. Simple yet effective I think you'll find.
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Walter Lieu
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Interesting Move, how about a circular route - Oval.
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Richard Mond
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An end-of-leap-year swazzle inflection: Theydon Bois
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Mong
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Putney Bridge. Via East Putney, using the 1931 Canoe amendment.
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me
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Ah-ha! Bank (and I know there's no interchange thank you ).
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Cardboard Cockney
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My preferred move if we were using pre-September 1994 rules would be Ongar - in which case I feel a strong position can be developed using twin divergence on Southbound. I presume this would be decreed invalid by the ruling committee on this occasion and will therefore play safe using a Ulysee's switch. My move is Chalfont & Latimer.
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me
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Knaresborough was ditched but only in favour of the Solaglass convention. So he's not in NID. He is in Spoon mind. Moor Park.
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Attila the Pun
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A swift diversion to Bank. We ditched Lord Knaresboroouhs rules in 1976 (at least at County level) - you're still in NID though...
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Duck tracy
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Bloody Hell!! I've found myself in NID!! Miss three goes. We should get rid of Lord Knaresborough's rules!!!
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MornC Master
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Finchley Central for a de la rue run at mornington crescent next go
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duck tracy
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I can block you using the traditional en passe! Hainault via Newbury Park! HA! HA!
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MornC master
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cockfosters eh? that might have cost you the game buddy i can get to mornington crescent the turn after this if i play my cards right.i move to Mordern
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El D
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Mmm, thinks.Cunning plan required.Hounslow Central.
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MornC master
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damn thats messed me up now, i have no choicei have to straddle to Chalfont and latimer on the lateral
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El D
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Aaargh! Not the Dollis Hill loop! Only one way to deal with this. Take a long run at it and....Stratford.There!
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MornC master
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I place a green token on camden town and move to dollis hill invoking the dollis hill loop
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El D
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Kenton??Ah, Bermondsey!
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El D
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Mmmm, think I see the way this game is going.So ? Stratford.
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Attila the Pun
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Good question and well put. Neasden whilst not strictly out of bounds is largely unplayed due to the Caruther's Quango manouvrve - which as you no doubt know went horribly tits up in the 1947 final play offs
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Snuffles
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Tottenham Hale
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gerald
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lewisham (for the Jubilee extension) otherwise it will go to Earls Court Olympia, leading straight to MC the following move
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Adrian
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Or do Oxford rules apply. In which case I suggest that the next player assumes a reverse gruntfuttock's posture. Risky but only way to avoid repeated visits to Dollis Hill and drag this game on interminably..
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Adrian
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Damn. I should have invoked the Trelawny exception. Too late now, though -- We are well and truly stuck in the fortescue loop unless someone can pull off a Monckton-Twistelton reverse and get us onto the central line. Still Dollis Hill.
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Adrian
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Can't see anyway out of it thanks to PJ's irritating (perhaps brilliant?) move, so it's back to Dollis Hill. Groan.
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Wisey Woo
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If we are conducting ourselves with honour, I believe the only option now is Boston Manor
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Bacon
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Are viaducts wild? If so, Marble Arch.
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mr trellis
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turnpike lane
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Rabid One
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Wood Green
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The Professor
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Kings Cross St Pancras
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The Professor
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Ealing Broadway
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macrescue
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South of the river, invoking rule 27a Kew gardens
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Prince
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Tottenham Court Road - I am new to this
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The Professor
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Euston Road
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Ryan
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Angel
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Ali
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Baker Street
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Attila the Pun
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Heathrow - using the BA variance approach and so narrowly avoiding the extra tax
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Reinsurance king
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Snaresbrook
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Reinsurance king
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Liverpool Street I have never before heard this on the showBut when playing central line variations it is the penultimate move
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Simetra
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Goodge Street
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E. Harshaw, LL.B., M.D., Sc.D
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A fair witness tells me that was an error so I am going back to Grange Hill
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Mystery player
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Blake Hall. Delayed service, was booked to arrive 1958.
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Simetra
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Blackfriars - Mind The Gap
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Andy Hall
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No, but 221b Baker Street will be my next move.
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nicci
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knows anyone the adress of george michael in highgate?
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Bern
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Arnos Grove
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Simetra
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Mudchute...no side slides allowed
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bishnar
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With the current bad weather I can't do Heathrow so I'll have to back-double to Paddington
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me
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willesden junction
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Rjh27973
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Normally from being in such a tight position I'd be tempted to go all in on the first go and say MC, but in this occasion as the Battersea Dogs Home clause of 1852 may be envoked I might just be able to get away with Hatton Cross
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Simetra
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Mudchute...no side slides allowed
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Morningtonmaster
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According to Clause 3(b) of the Bath Convention Rules (1957) I should be able to make a direct cross to Harrow and Wealdstone at this point.
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Mr Trellis
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There's only one place to go from here..... Either Hyde Park Corner or Bank..... but as we aren't playing the Weakest Link rules, will go to Crystal Palace.
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Andy Hall
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Will have to go Tottenham Court Road, Buslane thereon.
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_
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This is likly to be my only move of the game:finsbury park
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Alex
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kensington high streetkensal green
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Cardboard Cockney
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My preferred move if we were using pre-September 1994 rules would be Ongar - in which case I feel a strong position can be developed using twin divergence on Southbound. I presume this would be decreed invalid by the ruling committee on this occasion and will therefore play safe using a Ulysee's switch. My move is Chalfont & Latimer.
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Alex
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kensington high streetkensal green
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Cardboard Cockney
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My preferred move if we were using pre-September 1994 rules would be Ongar - in which case I feel a strong position can be developed using twin divergence on Southbound. I presume this would be decreed invalid by the ruling committee on this occasion and will therefore play safe using a Ulysee's switch. My move is Chalfont & Latimer.
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Cardboard Cockney
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I can assure you I only played that move once - either some dastardly man is repeating my move or the PC is kaput.Bethnal Green
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Cardboard Cockney
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My preferred move if we were using pre-September 1994 rules would be Ongar - in which case I feel a strong position can be developed using twin divergence on Southbound. I presume this would be decreed invalid by the ruling committee on this occasion and will therefore play safe using a Ulysee's switch. My move is Chalfont & Latimer.
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Attila the Pun
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Normally you could use a down escalator, but with the lift counter conversion active this would constitute an unviable approach. You could have taken the up escalator but that would obviously have left your laterals dangerously exposed to nidd. Oxford circus
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THE DOCTOR
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I think Cardboard Cockney had just discovered a new loop, or the rules have changed since my day.Clapham Common
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scuffster
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I'm new to this, but couldn't I use a down escalator and go "Temple" from here?
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Cardboard Cockney
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My preferred move if we were using pre-September 1994 rules would be Ongar - in which case I feel a strong position can be developed using twin divergence on Southbound. I presume this would be decreed invalid by the ruling committee on this occasion and will therefore play safe using a Ulysee's switch. My move is Chalfont & Latimer.
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Andy Hall
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I think Chalfont and Latimer is an overused move..so I huff you and go Shepherds Bush, Shepherds Walk and Ewe-ston... 3 Shepherds.... Beat that...
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Hanger Lane Liberation Front
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Hanger Lane
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Cardboard Cockney
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Ah, I feel someone something underhand (or should I have underground) is going on. Someone has played my move exactly as my previous. Dashed unsporting. I revoke the second illegal Chalfont & Latimer move as precedented by Fontague-Smyth in the Barking & Dagenham Open of 1976. Using a Bratislava reverse option, I will call terminuses are open and move to Uxbridge. This leaves a potential double route and a plausible attempt on Mornington Crescent provided the next player doesn't digress at Hanger Lane.
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Cardboard Cockney
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My preferred move if we were using pre-September 1994 rules would be Ongar - in which case I feel a strong position can be developed using twin divergence on Southbound. I presume this would be decreed invalid by the ruling committee on this occasion and will therefore play safe using a Ulysee's switch. My move is Chalfont & Latimer.
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Attila the Pun
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I notice that the previous player's name spelt backwards is Molosba - presumably a reference to the Molosba double bluff on the laterals manouvre of '42. I play Whitechapel
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absolom
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white city
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absolom
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northwood
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Andy
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Bethnal Green.
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Cardboard Cockney
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My preferred move if we were using pre-September 1994 rules would be Ongar - in which case I feel a strong position can be developed using twin divergence on Southbound. I presume this would be decreed invalid by the ruling committee on this occasion and will therefore play safe using a Ulysee's switch. My move is Chalfont & Latimer.
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Andy Hall
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Hnag on..just remembered Hall's 3rd Inversion.... better make it.... Behind the waterpipes, 3rd Washroom along, Victoria Station
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Andy Hall
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Leyton
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silli psy byn
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hanger lane for room tea
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Heraldo
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dam, I just noticed the triple Euston gambit has been played, does this still invalidate my move under the Suez rules, or have they finally been officially revoked?
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Heraldo
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Elephant and Castle
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The Professor
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Southwark
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Neil
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I shall invoke the London Bridge act of 1925 and i shall precede to Morn..nah er Bermondsey
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El Diablo
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Turnham Green
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El Diablo
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Bayswater
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Attila the Pun
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Making use of the relaxed clamping rules and avoiding the low level bridge ...Hanger Lane
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mick
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totteridge and whetstone
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BobM
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Kings cross
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kam
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euston sqaure
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j
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parsons green
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kam
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euston sqaure
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E A Stacton
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Archway. I know this is a move usually only allowed if one is Welsh, but I am claiming this under the Rule of Low Level trajectories.
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Hamish and Dougal
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Dollis Hill!
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mr trellis
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kings cross
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kam
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euston sqaure
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Humph
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ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz... er what Southfields?
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Attila the Pun
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Southfields?? Even allowing for a surprise lateral and application of the sponge ..that would be well off limits.. Adjudication please Humph..
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Lorry M Organ
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Southfields
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Attila the Pun
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Hypotenuse ?? Damn and blast it - I meant cosine - Ah well it's Hammersmith for me then...
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E A Stacton
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Ealing Broadway. Using a hypotenuse after a counter to Nesbits Gambit nullifies the move. Please pay attention!
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Attila the Pun
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Hmmm - swift application of Euclidan geometry on the hypotenuse of the circle line leads us to -Marble arch
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fuscus
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Ealing Broadway.
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E A Stacton
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Archway-(Nesbits Gambit)
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Chris P. Bacon
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Wembley Park
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E A Stacton
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Whitechapel
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James
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aldgate east
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Hamish
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Is that not a northern approach?Errr.... Canada Water
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Dizzy Wizzy
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I think i will invoke the Tottenham convention of '78 and play Hyde Park Corner
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Mac
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Caledonian Road
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roadking
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east ham
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roadking
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watford
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Attilla the Pun
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Well that and the contra flow stymied my end gambit. It will have to be...Ruislip..oh no no I withdraw..Ruislip Manor I meant
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Alf Frome
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Old Street dammit
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Attila the Pun
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Leaving me with an obvious Trellis conversion....Euston
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Dizzley
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Thanks for clearing that up. I believe that lets me out of spoon - after 2 years! Straight to Moorgate then.
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Grammath
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then I'll have to slide down the hypoteneuse to Elephant and Castle
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Meaks
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I'm opening the triangle and playing Theydon Bois
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Alex
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balham
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green donkus
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Northbound and upward to DOWN STREET!
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david
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finsbury park
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hehe
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Sadly this give me the perfect chance to invoke the Dollis Hills loop, which is too tempting to avoid.
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Old Nol
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Controversial choice this one - Baker Street
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Dr Jeckyl
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Using the all change at major stations rule....Hyde Park Corner
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user2
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Green Park
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Damnathan
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That was a vertical approach, was it not? Holland Park.
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John
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You've left me with an easy Bayswater
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back to Embankment, I'm afraid.
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poons
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doublie gimble you say?that allows me a free move through oxford circus without nip penalty and I sayElephant and Castle
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Simetra
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Bounds Green - a gimble reversal
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mr. trellis
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Bond Street
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Carmen Miranda
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Arnos Grove
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Fontleberg
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I'm going to have to open up the board using the War Provision Rationing Rules of 1942, and head straight to Belsize Park!
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Simetra
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Bounds Green - a gimble reversal
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Piccadilly Pete
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taking a wrongun to Ealing Broadway
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Jossman
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Cutty Sark and avast heaving
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Mike Sankey
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Just a quick shifting to Swiss Cottage
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Attila the Pun
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Daylight Saving hours adjustment allows me to go ..Sloane Square
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sydneyparade
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Cockfosters - a sly huff.
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Simetra
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Bounds Green - a gimble reversal
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attila the pun
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..which allows us entry to the SEVEN SISTERS
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swanny
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Canning Town (ecclesiastical back double)
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Phil
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HOLBORN - got quite a few of you cornered there if using the Welsh Sunday '97 amendment
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attila the pun
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Interesting and cleverly approached on the diagonal thus blocking all the obvious moves leaving me with a risky ... Shadwell
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TFL
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I'll open the field up a bit as we seem stuck on stations within the circle line by going for Fulham Broadway. I hope that helps.
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attila the pun
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Well, I'll have to grab your arsenal by the laterals .... and say Kings Cross
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Tart
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That leads me quite unexpectedly onto Camden Town. Painfully, excruiciatingly close to our nemesis.
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Helen
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But Roz, aren't you in spoon? EMBANKMENT
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roz
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Which means that I get stuch in the convention halls loop and end up at EARLS COURT
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moel_hebog
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Which spells Krapy Rub Snif in reverse, leading us to Monkeys Align Point - or KENSINGTON OLYMPIA
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mbfos
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I invoke a reverse triangulation(with pike) and say Finsbury Park
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Fopp
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Having grabbed the Chalfonts firmly, it has cleared the way for a quick return to Mudchute
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billboard pete
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You are joking aren't you. With ot without the escalator rule Barbican is one of the worst moves that can be made! Hainault Crossing Manouvre, as used in the World Championship of 58, should have led you to be wary. However, you seem to have got away with it as some fool put Putney Bridge, so obviously I am going for Chalfont and Latimr.
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smithers
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And unless anyone has involked the up escalator rule without saying so, I get another go, so Barbican
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The Doctor
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High Barnet
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Mogg
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London Bridge
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George W. Bush
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Tooting Bec
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Perkin Warbeck
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WHAT?? BANK? You can't do that if the vending machine is out of order, thus forcing you to invoke Mother Anna of Widdecombe's Seconde Rule of Thumbe and exclude all play on left facing diagonals. On the other hand, Arnos Grove was good play. Erm....where shall I go from there....Marylebone...
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oriental connection
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no no no sorry Bank
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oriental connection
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Arnos grove
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Alfie THOMAS
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Queens Park
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Perkin Warbeck
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Dear Mrs Trellis, I hate to throw a spanner into the teacup but I've just noticed that the Mystery Player failed to realise that old Stovold's Nip Variation quite explicitly makes no exception for the Circle Line and hence the move to Tooting Bec is in direct violation of Broke-Tailleur's Second Proclaimation of 1935, whereby conversions to the Circle Line were not permitted when crossing from an escalator restricted zone. I hope you can see where I'm coming from. If not, try looking the other way. Yours sincerely, Perkin Warbeck (aka Warkin Wardrobe)
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Perkin Warbeck
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My golly gosh, I haven't seen that attempted since Alexander the Great defied logic by crossing the Seventh Parallel at Charing Cross directly to Vauxhall! Erm...the only option from there has to be St Pancras
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Mystery player
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Tooting Bec (avoidin the problems presented by approaching the Cirlce Line in Nip)
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Jem8472
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humm good move,I invoke the short left slide and go to russell square
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smithers
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And unless anyone has involked the up escalator rule without saying so, I get another go, so Barbican
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smithers
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Marble Arch
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Jem8472
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WOW thats a daring move. I think I need the cross line movment ruling, so I can go to shoreditch
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THX`
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umm... hainault. *phew*
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Nelson
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As I've just had some Lucozade the only move really is Maida Vale. Damnit, I should have thought about that in advance.*it was, of course, plain Lucozade, as no doubt you will have realised.
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Nelson
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I forgot to say I invoked the Double Entendre Rule, hence allowing us to return to Maida Vale. The next move must be South though, unless anyone invokes that other rule, the name escapes me...
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Nelson
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As I've just had some Lucozade the only move really is Maida Vale. Damnit, I should have thought about that in advance.*it was, of course, plain Lucozade, as no doubt you will have realised.
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ME
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Kew GArdens
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Alien Cop In Disguise
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A move to Bromley by Bow should make me a row
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Daisy
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Arnos Grove followed by Cockfosters
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WackyMCRacer
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Hyde Park Corner
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Pope John Paul
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St Pauls....quickly!
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fishbourne
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I'm so very Poplar
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SubZero
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Using the Parkinson perojative as my guide...Chalk Farm
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Bernard
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Possibly lands me in Nid - failing that, Totteridge and Whetstone.
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clarence mousepartner
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Parsons Green (or Red if you are colour blind)
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HQ
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An emergency call from the control room at Broadway. All back to St Jamess Park for biscuits.
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Television's Richard Bacon
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Maida Vale (Watneys's)
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Mungo A Tramwicket
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Turnham Green - they'll thank you for it
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Treated Scouser
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Thanks! Returning the favour by SE intercity diagonal to White City...
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Welsh Rarebitt
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like my monument - al move?
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Harold (Gladys) Clutterbucket
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Hanger Lane
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Gregory Topov
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Bank. Note that a red departure token must be surrendered to the player on your right, and the transport card must be exchanged with one at the top of the pile.
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Stanley
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Livingstone crosses the floor, I presume- Kensal Green
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Timbo Trumpkins
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For my first and probably only move, i jump to Kentish Town invoking all the trumpets and bookmarks. Bookmarks are in play, trumpets will be moved sideways. Potentially suicidal i know, but should liven things up a little.
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Please go home!
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A pint of cockfosters please
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sarks
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of course aldgate means I shall have to purchase a new one - ah wella wella said the girl with fair hair
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sarks
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Aldgate I should reckon. Playing the political route today I think
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buster
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Bank what
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peter mayer
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bank
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Woolster Mistencroft
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I'm going to slide up to Mile End, thus enabling a fourth lane grift across to All Saints if the mood takes me.
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Harold Trousers
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If I'm not much mistaken, a move to Notting Hill Gate allows me the opportunity to double-last-gasp onto the Piccadilly Line if a later occasion demands it
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Tony Blair
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Hampstead Garden Suburb
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Projoy
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Something in the region of Dagenham East.
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gandalf
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I am the guardian of the sacred fire - you shall not pass... (sorry, forgot meself for a moment there) err.. Ealing Common (who needs diagonals, anyway!!)
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big papa j
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pimlico (using Petrivnik's diagonal variation)
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Nobby
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Elephant and Castle - by way of Tooting Sodbury
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Metro96
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Assuming diagonals are alowed...... Euston
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Hans Nesson-Bumpsadayzee
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I can't believe this board has been reduced to trans-loop oval ties already. To try and raise the standard of play a litle, Tottenham Court Road.
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I have not been allocated a name!
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Let's restore nomality . . Holborn, Please!
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Happy Tuba
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Grumpy Saxophone( are you of the Sopranos?), that's a very onanistic set of moves that can only lead to a sticky and dead end. I invoke the little rembered Trellis double-back strategy, sometimes known as the beast with two backs because it is devilishly difficult to reverse, which Mrs T. claims to have invented in the early 'Fourties whilst sheltering from the blitz in Sloane Square known at the time by the nickname of 'The Tunnel of Love!' The only known antidote is a gambit played by members of an esoteric cabal called Highgate and Woolitch.
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Grumpy Saxophone
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Upton Park to Mornington Crescent!
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Grumpy Saxophone
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Harrow and Wealdstone to Heathrow Terminals 1 is a parallel under the Chalk Farm '92 convention. Upton Park.
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Grumpy Saxophone
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No... thats a vertical move... isn't it? Heathrow Terminals 1.
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Grumpy Saxophone
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Rubbish! Harrow and Wealdstone!
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Grumpy Saxophone
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Can you do that? Sounds a little too much like the kilburn convention to me.
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Grumpy Saxophone
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Anybody? No? Well I'll play with my self. Tottenham Court Road
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Grumpy Saxophone
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White City
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bored stendent
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In the post 9/11 world, I feel international conventions such as that concerning the use of the inverted Gamit manoevre are irrlevant. So I declare Warren Street. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
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Mick Sing-Bowells
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Doesn't Moor Park take us past our quota of Batt's Increments? I think our mystery player is looking to be given a lifetime exclusion from the game (or "Bill Oddied" to use the original term)
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Evan Jellicle
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(To Viv Aceous) Don't Bank on it., Androgyne.
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Sparky
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Colliers Wood
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Eva Destruction
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Oxford Circus
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Viv Aceous
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Why, Evan Jellicle - I do believe I have you rattled Sir! You and I both know that you were caught fiddling with st johns wood not too long ago!!!!!
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Evan Jellicle
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(To Viv Aceous). You Swiss Cottagers don't fool us, you're always into back down moves, taking it up the Elephant and Castle and all available tunnels! Should be ashamed of yourselves abusing our hospitality and toilets. Go back to Berne in Hell!
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Dai Caesar the 20th.
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Let's not forget the roots of the game as set out in the header. The original line was from Y Drenewydd to Llanllwchaiarn famous for its Shepherds Bush which had to be seen to be believed although much of it was woolly and white. However the line fell into disuse due to pronunciation problems. Still the Llanllwchaiarn Convention remains the classic arcane move known only to native pronunciers. When used as a Circle Line Parallel it is unbeatable. Joining the cabal costs the mere sum of lots of money. Please apply directly to Ivy, Mrs Trellis who will also manipulate your points for a small consideration although size does count for her.
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Joe Kerr
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The Tin miners can't but the colliers wood
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Ray O'Light
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But seriously my move is Stockwell
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Ray O'Light
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The chip shop burned down - all the police found was Blackfriars
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Dai Trying
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Rydw i wedi hoffi'n Bank! Diolch yn fawr. Hwyl.
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Viv Acious
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Fulham - ha - you didn't expect me to know the Swiss Cottage reverse backdown move eh?
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terry lean
|
has no-one seen my double bluff? Victoria of course you young reckless fools
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terry lean
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wimbledon - will no-one stop my canny wiles?
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Alfredo Garcia
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Bank (always handy if playing Weakest Link rules Mornington Crescent)
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Cameron Dennis Road (or Cam-Den for short)
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Sorry, I meant Northern LINE - Northern Live is a variety show on Yorkshire TV featuring the famous competition where entrants have to make their ferret bite famous quiz-show hosts. In light of my error, I will penalise myself by withdrawing Swiss Cottage in favour of Vauxhall
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Cameron Dennis Road (or Cam-Den for short)
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If the Northern Live is in Spoon, then surely we have to assume that the Circle line will open up and take on a diagonal of its own? In which case, I can only say Swiss Cottage.
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Oggy
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Does Westminster Bank count as two moves?
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DK
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I think the bellfounders gambit to Whitechapel is in order here.
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Gordon Bennett
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Heathrow Terminal 4, reducing the line velocity by three and causing the passengers onboard to miss their flight, and putting the Northern Line into Spoon.
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Froggy
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(Chairman) I find that the best pint of Cockfosters with a Stagballs Single Malt Chaser, is to be found in the Trunk Bar of the Elephant and Castle. Meet you there at 9 O' the Clock. I'll be wearing a green skin.
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Chairman
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Hugo and Oggy, Please stay within the time-honoured traditions of fair play in this game or dont bank on me removing your moves. Where can one get a drink here anyway?
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Oggy
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(Hugo)Please tell me the point of it all. Wapping.
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Hugo Rune
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[Oggy] Not with play like that, it ain't. Goodge Street.
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Oggy
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Westminster. It seems that I can put any old tripe down here and it goes through. Is there any point AT ALL in this drivel continuing?
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Juan Saponatime
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Do bookies runners meet at Ladbroke Grove?
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Y
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I have got a bit of a listhp. Would you "Rotherhithe" your head in the thand?
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Inspector Rogers
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I am sick to the back teeth of this sort of puerile stuff you get on the net these days,what wil the public at large make of it all, it's enough to Turnham Green
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albin
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Predictably, Elephant & Castle. But am I using the Treacle Gambit? You be the judge.
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Mark Lederhosen
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Todays attempt to muff-dive under the Channel on a eurostar from Waterloo was postponed due to the use of non-regulation mirkins. Another attempt from the Paris side will be attempted on Sunday.
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Juan Saponatime
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Is it a Becontree or an 'ambush?
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West Ham FC winning promotion next season?
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Hammersmith
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Juan Saponatime
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Invoking Ancient Ceramic League Ruling down the Mudchute
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Juan Saponatime
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Mudchute
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Gerry Rafferty
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Baker Street
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Boy David
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Manhood comparisons in public place.....Belsize Park
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Froggy Moore
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Frogs leap onto North Circular ....... Preston Road
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Dr Seus
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Invoking Dai's Convention on Vertical Escalators, Willesden Junction. Thank you.
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J K Rowling
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The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive... The only person left outside was a teenage boy who was lying flat on his back in a flowerbed outside number four, dead, killed so we can all escape this madness and eliminate forever these annoying pop-up windows on websites which keep popping out of my computer screen trying to sell me tedious Potter paraphenalia...oh sorry, got carried away - Canary Wharf as long as the escalators are working.
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Billy Joel
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Upton Park Girl
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Solomon
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Temple
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Oscar Wilde
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Queensbury Rules on my opening night of being earnest...
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Big Ted
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What's through the Oval window today?
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Ineffectual DIY equipment
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Amersham
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the weakest link
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Bank!
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Soreballs
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Highgate
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Soulsinger
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Dionne Warwick Avenue
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Hairdresser
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High Barnet.. Beehive and Bouffant
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Bookseller
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Edgware to the dustjacket
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Froggy's tree house
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Morden
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Cunning Loiterer
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She told me she shaved but when I got there I found it was all Bull and Bush.
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Darth Vade Mecum
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Oxbridge academic climber. Hillingdon.
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anti-nazi league
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Nick Griffin's dream? White City.
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Lingua Franca
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Down Street, joined to Cunnilingus Lane.
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Met Drug Squad
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We've finnally caught up with the drug lords...Barons Court
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Tony Blair
|
In my determination to get rid of the militant tendency especially in Liverpool, I've made Hatton Cross!
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Soccer fan Ivor Rattle (Simon's Bro)
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Surely our totemic English Captain isn't stuffing the white stuff up his hooter. Surely not a Tooting Bec?:
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stanley knife
|
Need a bit of an edge? Try the services of Totteridge & Whetstone
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penurious salome
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maida vale
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Welsh glacier
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Maida Vale
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Granners
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Tufnell Park, a playground for a drinking, smkoking England cricketer who says 'honest guv, I'm not Brahms and Liszt or Al Caponed.'
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C.S. Forrester
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Becontree....a trunk call?
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Superyob
|
Upney and a sick sensation for me victim.
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friends of the earth
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Turnham Green
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net user
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Lepidopterist...Pinner
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Rampant Vicar
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Hornchurch
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Froggy Moore
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The full Monty, Arsenal
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septimus shagnasty
|
I hear that paedophiles are grassing each other up....'Theydon Bois'
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Sari Patel
|
Unlock your Bombay dreams with my East India Quay
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user Stanley Knife
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What is the world coming to, even eels are mating younger at Elverson Road!
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Ken
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Barbican, if you ask her nicely.
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Pedicure support for jelly baby
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Marble Arch
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Out of the Closet
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Walter - sorry, Waterloo
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Priest's hole in one
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Parsons Green
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Froggy Moore
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Stanmore
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Whisky Galore
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Cutty Sark
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Heavyweight bad actor
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Lewisham
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Goliath again
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Mile End
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Royal temper tantrum
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Kings Cross
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Guy Ropes' erections
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North Greenwich
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Chairman scandal
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Lancaster Gate
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Carnival scandal
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Notting Hill Gate
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Othello scandal
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Moorgate
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Gay cleric's scandal
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Cockfosters @ Bishopsgate
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Goliath's little Goliath
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Wapping
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Chinese twin sisters-Wood shee & Woodn't shee
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Chorleywood
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jesus
|
New balls please Southfields
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George Michael
|
Swiss Cottage
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Newtown Police
|
CRIME ALERT! We have reports of two Seven Sisters of Mercy CDs stolen - all operatives, keep a sharp one out!
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Sherlock Holmes
|
221b Baker Street and don't spare the horses
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Stanley Knife
|
Balham gateway to the south (passim)
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Tony Blair
|
House of Lords...bugger, forget that
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Froggy Moore
|
Can I jump over Paddington Bear please
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Welsh dyke
|
Shepherds Bush
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Any german goal-keeper
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Southgate
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Tony Blair
|
Weapons of Mass Deptford Bridge
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Gordon Brown
|
I have discussed the five tests for convergence today with the Bank of England before we had a jolly good game of M.C.
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Ron Davies
|
Clapham Common
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K. Merkin
|
A pint of Cockfosters please
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Dai Caeser
|
I dont wish to blow my own Hornchurch but isnt that against welsh sunday rules
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Chairman
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No vertical moves down the horizontal to Fairlop allowed in the game please players
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