Woody Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Well, this sudden flurry of play is most gratifying. Keep it up, lads, keep it up. Chris Yes - but some of the moves are a bit Hackney[/size]-ed (overground) for my taste We were all the while longing for the likes of you to get us underground again... Ah yes - indoors, in the shadows, underground - the natural habitat of the MC player. See them squirm when they are dragged, unsuspecting, into the harsh light of day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidcorner Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Yes - but some of the moves are a bit Hackney[/size]-ed (overground) for my taste We were all the while longing for the likes of you to get us underground again... Ah yes - indoors, in the shadows, underground - the natural habitat of the MC player. See them squirm when they are dragged, unsuspecting, into the harsh light of day. Let's go down into the depths under Leicester Square That can't be too far from our final destination, if someone can find the correct combination of laterals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Yes - but some of the moves are a bit Hackney[/size]-ed (overground) for my tasteWe were all the while longing for the likes of you to get us underground again... Ah yes - indoors, in the shadows, underground - the natural habitat of the MC player. See them squirm when they are dragged, unsuspecting, into the harsh light of day. Let's go down into the depths underLeicester Square That can't be too far from our final destination, if someone can find the correct combination of laterals. Sorry for my having to remove from there heading for Goodge Street, however I avoid ascending to the renowned sunny surface... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveS Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) Then I'll sit in the sun and play my concertina, and maybe drink a beer or two - but most people have to work on such a beatiful day - so it may Turnham Green with envy. Edited March 10, 2014 by SteveS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 It's not widely known that Turnham Green used to be called Turnham Blue (a name acquired during the fiercely cold winter of 1683 - 84). It was Wheatstone's close friend Michael Faraday who petitioned Rowland Hill, the first Postmaster General, for the name change to Turnham Green precisely in order to facilitate contra diagonal moves such as the one so elegantly deployed by SteveS. So much history is encapsulated in this game that it is worth a lifetime's study. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 It's not widely known that Turnham Green used to be called Turnham Blue (a name acquired during the fiercely cold winter of 1683 - 84). You are Sid Kipper, and I claim my £10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Drinkwater Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Then I'll sit in the sun and play my concertina, and maybe drink a beer or two - but most people have to work on such a beatiful day - so it may Turnham Green with envy. Happily, it is a weekday, but further down the line, had it been a Sunday, it definitely would have been enough to a make all Parson's Green with envy, as well. Fortunately, due to a misconstrued twerping of the giggles, such a manifest clerical error was swiftly and thankfully avoided. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 It's not widely known that Turnham Green used to be called Turnham Blue (a name acquired during the fiercely cold winter of 1683 - 84). It was Wheatstone's close friend Michael Faraday who petitioned Rowland Hill, the first Postmaster General, for the name change to Turnham Green precisely in order to facilitate contra diagonal moves such as the one so elegantly deployed by SteveS. So much history is encapsulated in this game that it is worth a lifetime's study. Chris On a closely related note let's go shopping down "The Blue" which 250 years ago was the Green until London sprawled all over it. To get there we need to go to Bermondsey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon H Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Well, this is becoming interesting, I scent victory in the air. A simple diagonal pass to.. Kilburn High Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveS Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) It's not widely known that Turnham Green used to be called Turnham Blue (a name acquired during the fiercely cold winter of 1683 - 84). It was Wheatstone's close friend Michael Faraday who petitioned Rowland Hill, the first Postmaster General, for the name change to Turnham Green precisely in order to facilitate contra diagonal moves such as the one so elegantly deployed by SteveS. So much history is encapsulated in this game that it is worth a lifetime's study. Chris Sir, a scholarly and astute observation. You will have recognised that I played 12(a)(i)(D)(II)-1 which governs the application of the contra diagonal. Further, had I played 12(a)(i)(D)(II)-2 (which permits axial rotation on the contra diagonal), then I'd have landed in Nid. Determination of the correct rule to apply was undertaken by judicious analysis of the previous moves. We have much to thank our forebears for when playing the game. Edited March 11, 2014 by SteveS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) Be aware that after Helsinki '06 the numbering has changed and 12(a)(i)(D)(II)-1 is now 12(a)(i)(D)(II)-2 while 12(a)(i)(D)(II)-2 is now 12(a)(i)(D)(II)-1. This doesn't affect play, of course (except during August, obviously). Chris Edited to note that this is seemingly my three thousand three hundred and thirty third post on this forum. Half the Number of the Beast, times ten, plus three. Were I a player this conjunction would allow me to dart a blindsider pretty well at will. Probably a good thing I'm the Chairman, then . Edited March 11, 2014 by Chris Timson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidcorner Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Edited to note that this is seemingly my three thousand three hundred and thirty third post on this forum. Half the Number of the Beast, times ten, plus three. Were I a player this conjunction would allow me to dart a blindsider pretty well at will. Probably a good thing I'm the Chairman, then . Three is a special number in masonic lore, so I have heard. Do we now need a special handshake to make progress? Well, this is becoming interesting, I scent victory in the air. A simple diagonal pass to.. Kilburn High Road. Anyway, I'll nip over to Golders Green Anyone thinking of playing Finchley Central from here will have to pay 2/6 to the chairman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveS Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I think I'll Stockwell up at the local market too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I feel like playing Whitechapel both Circle and Overground, just in order to add sort of ambiguity to the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I feel like playing Whitechapel both Circle and Overground, just in order to add sort of ambiguity to the game. Hmmm - we seem to have slipped seamlessly from puns to shapes, in which case I'm compelled to go to the Oval Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidcorner Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Hmmm - we seem to have slipped seamlessly from puns to shapes, in which case I'm compelled to go to the Oval I'll make an eastern diversion to West Ham Does moving east to a place with west in the name give rise to any complications? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 I'll make an eastern diversion to West Ham Does moving east to a place with west in the name give rise to any complications? A fair question and one which in recent weeks has been much on my mind. Quite honestly I think it only matters if Bateson's is in play. However I would welcome other opinions before I get definitive. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 (edited) I'll make an eastern diversion to West Ham Does moving east to a place with west in the name give rise to any complications? A fair question and one which in recent weeks has been much on my mind. Quite honestly I think it only matters if Bateson's is in play. However I would welcome other opinions before I get definitive. Chris I'm terribly sorry but your questioning leaves me unable to make a metacommunicative statement... Edited March 13, 2014 by blue eyed sailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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