Mornington Crescent?!

[Eggsbutnobacon]

Will somebody please please explain to me what this is all about?

No, you can't play a Minked Crossweave after Vauxhall. demented, sadly, does not win; the game continues!

I'm calling Primes and going to Snaresbrook.

Oh bravo demented, a really excellent reverse splice double there! Almost akin to the Robertson splice in '45 that caused such consternation.

Oh, was that in the '76 revision? I haven't read it for a while.
So the game goes on - tally ho! And on to Victoria!

Gonnagle, yes, that whole splice issue was deconstructed and decided upon afresh in '76.

What??? What??? Well, I've
never been more discombobulated in my life. I demand the opinion of the adjudicator! That was a perfectly legal splice and in no way resembled the Robertson manoeuvre. I cry Foul!

momb C S-B's abridgement was declared heretical in 1415 at the Council of Constance which is therefore where you have sent us.

dementedma Make sure you have the right smelling salts or you could find yourself up shit Chelsea Creek without a paddle.

Oh poor poor Clarissa: I'm sure she had no idea I was at school with her brother Bufter you know and have such fond memories of their gambolling around the lawns at Chambray. I digress, when I should be leading us home, via Freidrichshafen

....idea. I was......

As ever, I'm averting my eyes from the more recherché overseas moves people are essaying

and remaining firmly in the Smoke, with a bifurcated tortoiseshell to Kenton.

Kenton on arrival from foreign shores? Is that really the most appropriate move to assist us outwith a flange pressed twist?? I am recently chastened on my attempts to follow dear Clarissa's apparently heretical rules and therefore must tread softly albeit in frank amazement, so I'll go with a safety shot: Chalfont and Latimer

Well that was a relief to see a classic move Momb .... Hmm. I admit this is a rather near the knuckle afternoon, I suspect the deshabille amendment (par 9, rule 7) may apply shortly or else we shall see tears before bedtime.

In keeping with the mood I will say a staunch South Kensington

Ah!

Very good, rumbling. Now, if I go top-down I can play Roding Valley, which will keep us out of that potential Shadow Tranche I was a bit worried about.

The trouble with that is the diagonal curve to the south-east which is liable to drop you into Laggings. The only safe play - and I know it is tedious - is Mile End and watch the barometer!

momb I forgot to ask - How is the Archduchess these days? Has she got over that nasty business in Hanover yet? I still blame that tattooist - he cannot possibly have believed that she wanted what he did where he did it. Still, at least she can say it's unique, what?

I think that the appropriate move is to Upton Park on the evening of West Ham's last game at their ground there.

I never knew that organised MC flourished in the West Ham area Saints - good news indeed. I hope it is drawing young people away from such nonsense as Association Football. Which team are they playing?

I am reminded of another very foolish activity which distracts people from better pastimes (and one in particular) and I therefore offer you Wimbledon.

What in God's name is happening...

I've absolutely no idea. As my former correspondent, the late and dearly lamented Mr FS Trueman once said in an unguarded moment, I simply do not understand the modern game.

I would proffer All Saints after the previous or last post

Well, it's been an exciting days play, but I think I'm going to play safe at this hour of the evening and leave you all with a Tomisham's downplay of Edgware Road. Night all.

Gonnagle You incur a penalty point for not saying which line but it is waived because of the phase of the moon.

I never knew Mr Trueman played MC - was he any good at it?

Let's spice it up a bit. Davidson's direct to Goldhawk Road

Mr Trueman was indeed a fine exponent of the game in the golden age, but alas felt compelled to conceal his both his identity and his many achievements for reasons which I'm afraid I could never fully understand. However, if I say the words "Bunty Lane-Kirkstall" bells will doubtless chime for those of more senior years. But there - I've said enough.

Ah, dear Bunty. I did always wonder about her basso profundo tones, but attributed them to the Capstan Extra Strength she smoked incessantly whenever play became too intense. (Those were the days long before the smoking ban, of course). I have fond memories of the standoff between Bunty and the choir master, when he attempted to play Bank on a Thursday in April. She was having none of it. Atta girl.

And so, in tribute to Bunty, a lateral Fitzwilliam to

Edmonton

Yes - when Berty Bunty had the surgery it wasn't as effective as it is now.

That bloody choir master was a liberty taker on the grand scale. Remember him at Turin when he was in the under-21 group and . . . No. The other people concerned are in Holloway and the Scrubs respectively and it's time to bury the matter.

Richards' trans-equilibrial, I think, all the way to Pontoon Dock.

Maud, if you bump into the Group Captain, remind him to return my binoculars, would you? He knows when I need them and why. Many thanks!

Now then now then, surely a Richards' must be dodgy within play when it involves Pontoon Dock due to the proximity of the dock and the law of optimal virulence? Mosquitos dear chap, won't somebody think of the mosquitos?

I shall admire the geometry of Maud's elegant Fitzwilliam there and make a direct play for Nottinghill Gate