Mornington Crescent

[ciphergoth]

I can't believe "sluts" is still sustaining the creaking old Mornington Crescent joke. How come "All Your Base" rightly becomes uncool within about three days of the SWF file coming online, yet this tedious old hoax lumbers on for literally decades?

I was brought up on Radio 4 by my Dad, so I've known it was a hoax for longer than I've been online, but I'm constantly amazed that anyone still thinks it's worth the effort to sustain it. Sometimes people even try and argue against you when you reveal it's a joke, pointing to webpages which, strangely enough, don't carry a copy of the rules.

I think I'll use my high Google trust to get a web page entitled "There are no rules to Mornington Crescent" high in the rankings for the query "rules to Mornington Crescent". That should help put a stop to this dull routine.

Comments

[tephramancy.livejournal.com]

Aww...*pout* You just spoiled it! :-)

[wildeabandon.livejournal.com]

Eep. It's obviously infecting goth mailing lists everywhere - there a game going on commune at the moment...

Incidentally, what are you going to be in London for? Cos my exams finish on the 5th, so if you're going to have free time perhaps I could pop down and see you?

E.

I'm in London to meet cute people...

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

...so we should definitely meet up!

More details mailed.

But...

[subbes]

That's the whole point!

That's what makes the game so fun, and Willie Rushton so dead.

Why not simply have more fun than them?

[adjectivemarcus.livejournal.com]

Fr'instance: "Waterloo", "Wembley"
You: "Archbishop Desmond Tutu!"
They: "That's not a valid station!?"
You: "It is according to the Limpopo Rules of 1066"
They: "Uh, ah, um Stanmore?"
You: "Romeo and Juliet in a bath of lime green jelly!"

and so on.. :o)

- M xx