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Tubewhacking

posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 12:41pm on 31/03/2010
This may be even better than Mornington Crescent.

Tubewhacking: an interface designed to let you easily determine that there is no aspartame in Hillingdon, no glutamates in Woodford, no glucose in Bank, and no badgers in Pimlico.
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posted by [identity profile] strange-complex.livejournal.com at 11:54am on 31/03/2010
Aw, so that is the end of being able to baffle people by telling them that there is only one tube station which does not contain any of the letters in the word 'mackerel'? Rotten cheats!
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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 11:57am on 31/03/2010
On one hand - yes. On the other hand, it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling to know there's no Corian in Temple and that, until I told you, no one else knew that either.
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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 12:00pm on 31/03/2010
Or, more seasonally, no daffodils in Upney.
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posted by [identity profile] a-d-medievalist.livejournal.com at 12:24pm on 31/03/2010
then I shall certainly not go to Pimlico, even with a passport.
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posted by [identity profile] del-c.livejournal.com at 06:21pm on 31/03/2010
Pimlico also lacks redheads, and shares with Loughton the disgrace of having no readers.
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posted by [identity profile] daisho.livejournal.com at 12:39pm on 31/03/2010
Interestingly, the only station that contains none of the letters of Mornington Crescent is Vauxhall. Although whether that still applies if one is in nid, I'm not sure. :)
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posted by [identity profile] chazzbanner.livejournal.com at 04:31pm on 31/03/2010
No happiness in Woodford!
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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 10:29pm on 31/03/2010
But no mourning in Shadwell in compensation.
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posted by [identity profile] momist.livejournal.com at 05:43pm on 31/03/2010
Interesting, only Balham, Chalk Farm, Elm Park, Marble Arch, Temple, Vauxhall don't have windows. There's shed loads without ubuntu.
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posted by [identity profile] steepholm.livejournal.com at 07:12pm on 31/03/2010
Vauxhall is without redemption.
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posted by [identity profile] alextiefling.livejournal.com at 09:38pm on 31/03/2010
Only ST JOHN'S WOOD cannot get REAL.

(Anyone else got a different unique whack for a four-letter word?)
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posted by [identity profile] alextiefling.livejournal.com at 09:43pm on 31/03/2010
There's no PEDALO at KINGSBURY.
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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 09:53pm on 31/03/2010
Since you've inspired me to back and play with it a little more -

There's no England in Bow Church, no France OR Germany in Dollis Hill, no Czech Republic in Oakwood, no Australia in Debden, and no Communists in Edgware.

Four letter ones are more challenging.
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posted by [identity profile] forthright.livejournal.com at 10:15pm on 31/03/2010
Another four-letter one: There's no aloe in Kingsbury.
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posted by [identity profile] alextiefling.livejournal.com at 10:50pm on 31/03/2010
Well done!
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posted by [identity profile] forthright.livejournal.com at 02:26am on 01/04/2010
You also can't HEAR in Pimlico.
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