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[challenge entry] d3partment of serendipity
deep beneath mornington crescent the ministry goes to work...


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(sofa jerk, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:26, archived)
# I rather like that game.
So simple, yet so hard.
Esp. for those who haven't lived in London since birth.
(I helped save b3ta! CaroWallis, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:30, archived)
# I once spent an hour trying to work out
what the hell that game is all about.
(I helped save b3ta! djrich - Live from Houghton Regis got this thing for Clémence Poésy, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:32, archived)
# can you save me the time
cos im trying to at the moment... all seems like a great big conspiricy
(I helped save b3ta! comrade yannovski and then, of course, there was the schnapps monkey, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:34, archived)
# what game
is this?
(I helped save b3ta! Sammo, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:35, archived)
#
www.dunx.org/mc/
(I helped save b3ta! djrich - Live from Houghton Regis got this thing for Clémence Poésy, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:36, archived)
# I read that...
... doesnt tell me the EXACT rules though. Just how many volumes of them there are!
(I helped save b3ta! CaroWallis, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:39, archived)
# There are no EXACT rules
as far as I can make out
(I helped save b3ta! djrich - Live from Houghton Regis got this thing for Clémence Poésy, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:40, archived)
# "not every game has a 125 volumne (sic) rulebook"
Yeah, I take it back, the rules are probably so complex that everyone ignores them. Except the dedicated MC players.
(I helped save b3ta! CaroWallis, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:43, archived)
# "I am sure understand me when I say that I cannot explain the Game - steeped in theory though it is, you must play MC to understand it"
how the fuck do you learn it then?

and why do i care so much?
(I helped save b3ta! comrade yannovski and then, of course, there was the schnapps monkey, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:45, archived)
# Some of my friends...
... like to play when they get together. If I'm around I sit out, and get confused. If you close your eyes and listen though, they do sound a load of twazzocks.
(I helped save b3ta! CaroWallis, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:48, archived)
# sounds... wonderful
in an attempt to quench my thirst for knowledge:

www.mornington-crescent-rule.fsnet.co.uk/mornington-crescent-rules.htm
(I helped save b3ta! comrade yannovski and then, of course, there was the schnapps monkey, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:51, archived)
# Well
that clears that up then
(I helped save b3ta! djrich - Live from Houghton Regis got this thing for Clémence Poésy, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:53, archived)
# "Much is written about the rules of Mornington Crescent...
... Some is fantasy".
What the... fantasy rules? Rules that don't exist? Some people fantasise about the rules? Sweet bejesus.

Edit: OMG, read about the 2004 Get-together. I might go just to point and laugh. And tell them I got there... DIRECTLY!!!
(I helped save b3ta! CaroWallis, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:53, archived)
#
Mornington Crescent does have rules - or at least had rules.
(I helped save b3ta! djrich - Live from Houghton Regis got this thing for Clémence Poésy, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:54, archived)
# gah
I really dont care anymore, i will chalk it up to another thing in life i dont understand

*adds to list*
(I helped save b3ta! comrade yannovski and then, of course, there was the schnapps monkey, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:56, archived)
# There is a "Mornington Crescent Appreciation Society"
One of the rules of conduct of this club is that "You don't talk about Mornington Crescent"

ARF!!!

www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A769395

(I helped save b3ta! djrich - Live from Houghton Regis got this thing for Clémence Poésy, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:59, archived)
# Rule Amendments:
Reverse Badgering.
These MC players are weird!
*Dirty Mind*
(I helped save b3ta! CaroWallis, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 14:00, archived)
# I like this one:

1999 Red Ken versus The People ruling

EDIT: There is a "Get Out Of Kilburn Free card " ARF!!!
(I helped save b3ta! djrich - Live from Houghton Regis got this thing for Clémence Poésy, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 14:02, archived)
# Banned Rules and Varients
The 1833 Half Scrotum

arf! scrotum.... should really be on ITV you know
(I helped save b3ta! comrade yannovski and then, of course, there was the schnapps monkey, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 14:05, archived)
# There are 115 of the sad bastards
online right now
(I helped save b3ta! djrich - Live from Houghton Regis got this thing for Clémence Poésy, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 14:07, archived)
# Sorry to piss on your cornflakes
www.ciphergoth.org/writing/mornington.html
(I helped save b3ta! wayward., Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:55, archived)
# "Some is fantasy; much concerns parlour game variations never played on air; one web site even claims there are no rules."
You found THAT site!
(I helped save b3ta! CaroWallis, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:56, archived)
# Oh dear...
(I helped save b3ta! wayward., Sun 18 Apr 2004, 14:01, archived)
# heh heh
(I helped save b3ta! djrich - Live from Houghton Regis got this thing for Clémence Poésy, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:52, archived)
# I agree wth you other lot
WTF is this game?!
(I helped save b3ta! Sammo, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:39, archived)
# It's fun to listen to on the radio.
And NOT fun to play if you can't play it!
(I helped save b3ta! CaroWallis, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:44, archived)
# Never really came to any conclusion
(I helped save b3ta! djrich - Live from Houghton Regis got this thing for Clémence Poésy, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:35, archived)
# The basic rules are stored in the depths of my brain...
... but isn't it - start with a random station, then move from station to station via linking them with a theme/topic, until you get to M.C.
*Sad person that I am*
(I helped save b3ta! CaroWallis, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:35, archived)
# am I just being thick
cos that didnt make any sense...

oh wait, im hungover, that'll be it
(I helped save b3ta! comrade yannovski and then, of course, there was the schnapps monkey, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 13:37, archived)
# well
morington cresent

yay i win
(GarfieldLeChat, Sun 18 Apr 2004, 14:45, archived)