Mornington Crescent
Many aspects of English culture are planned to confuse the visitor. One of the most confusing is a game, played on the BBC radio show ‘I’m sorry I haven’t a Clue’, called ‘Mornington Crescent’.
You might know where Mornington Crescent is. It’s a tube station on the Northern Line, north of Euston.
The game involves each player naming a tube station, in turn. So it might go like this:
“Euston.”
“Morden.”
“Baron’s Court.”
“Cockfosters.”
“Mornington Crescent.”
And the first player to arrive at Mornington Crescent wins.
Now the confusing thing is the rules. There are all kinds of variants of the game. Trumpington Variations, for example. Or the Tudor …read more
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