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[kksweety]

[SOLVED] #140 - Blue - Mornington Crescent

[BennyH]

I went to see ISIHAC (I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, for all you philistines, whence the game comes) recorded a couple weeks back. They played this as well, with Harry Hill.

Alas, it famously has no rules (or rather, the radio show always assumes that the rules are so famous they need no explanation) so don't bother searching. The clue must be in the pattern of the stations. Moreover, they make up new moves and conventions all the time, so my guess is that those things like Dervish Loops are red herrings.

Hope that helps.

[BennyH]

A few little in-jokes:

The radio show is presented by Humphrey Lyttleton, ex-jazz trumpeter. He has a station named after him in PPC. Should we tell him?

Mrs. Trellis of North Wales is a recurring unseen character. She also is referenced in the underground system. (I assume it's her)

[The First Speaker]

Just had a quick mess around on the subway map. Doesn't look too helpful as only 2 of Von's stations are on the map (unless I've gone blind!!!)

Must be something to do with names rather than the locations in PC I'm thinking.

[JebJoya]

Umm, just jumping a little off topic here, that picture doesn't look much like the other Scarlett pictures we've seen... She also appears to have a cat's head on her left breast, and not much on the other... She also appears a bit too dressed up to be doing something in the morning as the card states... Hmm...

Jeb

[Flidget Jerome]

Maybe she's just had a very, very late night out?

[kksweety]

i agree, that pic of scarlett is odd, that was the first thing that occured to me... in her other pics she seems younger and more innocent....

[SteveC]

Umm, the answer is clearly "mornington crescent" ? Otherwise the game would have continued. Of course, given the dimensional gap I'd guess "mobeus loop" myself. Using the little known heisenberg variation I love so much.

[Scott]

anecdotally, the ad on the subway car, to the right of them, is fFor Whipsmart.

[GuyP]

I was thinking Mornington Crescent as the answer too, but:

[cassandra]

I don't suppose we could just input any station?

If not, my answer (using the Duke of Dresden's reverse-timing bypass, last utilized in 1998, with excellent results) is: Graeme Garden.

[BennyH]

The annoying thing is that it's impossible to spot a pattern when we only have a map of the central stations.

I might try and see if there's another map around.

Or do we have everything we need for this puzzle?

[Scott]

It seems to me the wording is a little bit clumsy, just slightly, and SteveC has it right. I really like this card fFor it's duplex brilliance. It brings a cultural thing to the fFront, and makes you look up something with no knowledge whatsoever. That caught me up at fFirst, thinking this was a proper game, and we needed more info. Having never heard the radio show, and not being able the google anything useful saying what the game is, and all. In fFact, however, they are asking "what is the winning move in a game where the goal is to get to a place?" well obviously, the winning move is achieving the goal of getting to the place. It's so empirically obvious to the most casual observer, it becomes incredibly easy to miss.

[diddymac]

How's Scarlett overdressed? She's wearing jeans and a T-shirt!

[tanner]

as "Mornington Crescent" is in london on earth maybe it should be "Teleport Station"