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On 16/11/2013 8:36 PM, clipka wrote:
> You all know that there's a special level of hell reserved for people
> playing this game in public?
Why this is hell, nor are we out of it.
Think'st thou that we, who saw the face of ISIHAC,
And tasted the eternal joys of Hamish and Dougal,
Are not tormented with ten thousand hells
In being deprived of everlasting Mornington Crescent?"
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Regards
Stephen
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On 16/11/2013 9:03 PM, Stephen wrote:
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> Why this is hell, nor are we out of it.
BTW
Left hand down a bit.
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Stephen
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On Sat, 16 Nov 2013 21:04:46 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> On 16/11/2013 9:03 PM, Stephen wrote:
>
>
>> Why this is hell, nor are we out of it.
>
> BTW
>
> Left hand down a bit.
LOL
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On Sat, 16 Nov 2013 21:36:44 +0100, clipka wrote:
> Am 16.11.2013 20:13, schrieb Jim Henderson:
>> On Sat, 16 Nov 2013 11:43:20 +0000, Doctor John wrote:
>>
>>> On 16/11/13 09:57, Stephen wrote:
>>>> On 16/11/2013 4:32 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>>>> It is on the diagonal and you are in Kerfuffle. So the direction
>>>>>>> reverses.
>>>>> Bugger. I knew I shouldn't have made that move with everything
>>>>> going on today.
>>>>>
>>>>> So let's try King's Cross instead.
>>>>
>>>> You can wake up now, Jim. They have all gone home and left the
>>>> grapes.
>>>>
>>>> What part of "So the direction reverses." do you not understand?
>>>> It is John's turn.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Sorry. I was waiting for Jim to make his move. I thought we were
>>> playing The Standard Metropolitan Rules, not the Inverse Tudor Court
>>> ones.
>>
>> Well, now I'm confused, because I thought we were playing Stovold's 7th
>> variation.
>
> You all know that there's a special level of hell reserved for people
> playing this game in public?
>
> It's quite Bosch-esque.
>
> The game, that is. The special level in hell is far worse.
Welcome to the special level in hell. ;)
Jim
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On 16/11/13 19:17, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Nov 2013 14:27:11 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 16/11/2013 12:51 PM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>> On 16-11-2013 13:27, Stephen wrote:
>>>> On 16/11/2013 12:20 PM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>>> "You're in a maze of twisting little passages, all alike" ;-)
>>>>
>>>> :-)
>>>>
>>>> Yeah! The Elephant is like that and it's Turtles all the way down. ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> "Plugh"
>>>
>>>
>> No hollow enough.
>>
>>> London Metropolitan == Colossal Cave == Ankh-Morpork then ;-)
>>>
>>>
>> This must be the L-Space variant. In which case: Money Trap Lane.
>
> Wait, I thought it was John's turn?
>
> Now I'm really confused.
>
> Jim
>
We're using the Harbottle Variant.
Stepney Green
John
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Protect the Earth
It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children
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On 16/11/13 19:11, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Nov 2013 09:57:00 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 16/11/2013 4:32 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>> It is on the diagonal and you are in Kerfuffle. So the direction
>>>>> reverses.
>>> Bugger. I knew I shouldn't have made that move with everything going
>>> on today.
>>>
>>> So let's try King's Cross instead.
>>
>> You can wake up now, Jim. They have all gone home and left the grapes.
>
> Oh, good. :)
>
>> What part of "So the direction reverses." do you not understand?
>> It is John's turn.
>
> Oh, right, sorry, John. I guess I'm in nip this round. :(
>
> Jim
>
I repeat, Stepney Green
John
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Protect the Earth
It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children
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On 16/11/2013 9:14 PM, Doctor John wrote:
> I repeat, Stepney Green
Buzzzz! Repetition.
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Stephen
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On 16/11/13 21:58, Stephen wrote:
> On 16/11/2013 9:14 PM, Doctor John wrote:
>> I repeat, Stepney Green
>
> Buzzzz! Repetition.
>
>
Wrong game. You replace Jim in Nid and all other players open one diagonal.
John
--
Protect the Earth
It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children
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On 16/11/2013 10:41 PM, Doctor John wrote:
> On 16/11/13 21:58, Stephen wrote:
>> On 16/11/2013 9:14 PM, Doctor John wrote:
>>> I repeat, Stepney Green
>>
>> Buzzzz! Repetition.
>>
>>
>
> Wrong game. You replace Jim in Nid and all other players open one diagonal.
>
<embarrassed silence>
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Regards
Stephen
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On Sat, 16 Nov 2013 21:12:51 +0000, Doctor John wrote:
> On 16/11/13 19:17, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sat, 16 Nov 2013 14:27:11 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> On 16/11/2013 12:51 PM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>> On 16-11-2013 13:27, Stephen wrote:
>>>>> On 16/11/2013 12:20 PM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>>>> "You're in a maze of twisting little passages, all alike" ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah! The Elephant is like that and it's Turtles all the way down.
>>>>> ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> "Plugh"
>>>>
>>>>
>>> No hollow enough.
>>>
>>>> London Metropolitan == Colossal Cave == Ankh-Morpork then ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> This must be the L-Space variant. In which case: Money Trap Lane.
>>
>> Wait, I thought it was John's turn?
>>
>> Now I'm really confused.
>>
>> Jim
>>
> We're using the Harbottle Variant.
>
> Stepney Green
AHHHH, OK, now I'm with you.
The obvious next move is Euston Road, so I think I'll pass on that and go
to Goodge Street.
Jim
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