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So which Jail is it and more importantly, where is the free parking?
Debster | Homepage | 26.08.10 - 8:36 a.m. | #
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I mean, where is the actual jail in London according to Ordnance Survey measurements?
And is the Community Chest anything to do with Jordan? Chance is every time you cross the road you take a chance ...
Debster | Homepage | 26.08.10 - 8:39 a.m. | #
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I had much the same cynical thoughts, DG. How extraordinarily handy, thought I on reading the news article.
Otoh, I'd love to find any free parking at all in central London so I don't mind HOW they massage the coordinates!
Jan Jones | Homepage | 26.08.10 - 8:41 a.m. | #
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Free Parking round the back of the National Gallery would be Westminster Council's biggest secret. Forget the Go, that would probably cost you £200 if you did park there.
Mark | 26.08.10 - 8:44 a.m. | #
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A great read at breakfast time again DG!
NLW | 26.08.10 - 8:56 a.m. | #
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logically, Go must be a bridge across the thames. so i vote westminster bridge. If instructed not to pass Go, they have to cross by another bridge.
anthony wong | Homepage | 26.08.10 - 9:01 a.m. | #
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As Monopoly is a journey and that journey includes the trip from Mayfair to Old Kent Road, it would seem reasonable to take the ends of the two roads that are closest to each other rather than their midpoints.
James | 26.08.10 - 9:02 a.m. | #
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I realise that Mayfair isn't a road, so the edge of Mayfair closest to the Old Kent Road would be your starting point on a journey to the Old Kent Road.
James | 26.08.10 - 9:45 a.m. | #
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"Edge of Mayfair" to "top of Old Kent Road" gives a halfway point on the concourse at Waterloo station. Perfect spot for the 'Go' square, I'd have thought.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 26.08.10 - 9:53 a.m. | #
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Yes but not so picturesque. And I never get paid £200 for going to Waterloo. It even costs 10p to spend a penny there.
Debster | Homepage | 26.08.10 - 10:05 a.m. | #
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Apparently, PR people do sometimes approach academics with a specific result in mind, and then ask the academic to cook the books in order to create the result. I was approached once I think, but I was too dense to realise it was happening or take the bait. There aren't really armies of mathematicians or psychologists working on half-witted equations to prove that some types of people are more attractive or happier than other types of people. Oh yes, and money changes hands when this happens.
Max Roberts | Homepage | 26.08.10 - 10:26 a.m. | #
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A fine article. DG meets Ben Goldacre.
THC | 26.08.10 - 10:52 a.m. | #
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Glad I wasn't the only one to be irked by this piece of PR nonsense. Or the only one to get the map out to see where 'Go' really should have been.
John H | 26.08.10 - 11:17 a.m. | #
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I only found out about this PR exercise by reading DG, so Monopoly's money was clearly well spent.
But two important questions remains:
1 - Shouldn't Go actually be County Hall, because the Eye wasn't there 75 years ago?
2 - Will the people who run Monopoly pub crawls recognise the new start point? I expect a PR release from a pub near there soon.
will | 26.08.10 - 12:11 p.m. | #
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Well obviously this is all nonsense, but I would have thought that the Bricklayers' Arms was the place to measure to...
Babs | 26.08.10 - 1:42 p.m. | #
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Also, since when has the OS been a mere "mapping firm", rather than the government's - nay - the nation's mapping agency?
(I've just spent a good 20 minutes reading articles about the OS on Wikipedia now. I still find their original triangulation surveys fascinating.)
martin | Homepage | 26.08.10 - 3:30 p.m. | #
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The Bricklayer's Arms roundabout is probably the best place to "have" the Old Kent Road start from, but your point remains valid.
Silent Hunter | Homepage | 26.08.10 - 7:15 p.m. | #
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That would make a fun project; visiting all the locations on the Monopoly Board! I once did a Monopoly crawl for charity as a student which was a blast, but I don't think you're allowed to shake cans on the tube anymore! Actually according to my mum who occasionally takes part in charity collections, you're not allowed to actually 'shake' the can anywhere anymore!
CornishCockney | 26.08.10 - 7:20 p.m. | #
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Could we please ask Monopoly to warn people heading for the free parking that they will also be liable to pay the congestion charge if they drive on a week day outside of off peak hours?
Actually how about a fun addition to the game: anyone landing on a square in the congestion zone must pay £8 to Free Parking? Or should this only apply to the sports car?
logistical | Homepage | 27.08.10 - 11:02 a.m. | #
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Ordnance Survey have put out their own Press Release, which can be found here, stating the location as Lambeth North tube station.
Barry Salter | 30.08.10 - 12:26 p.m. | #
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Yes Barry, that's the subject of Friday's post.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 30.08.10 - 7:53 p.m. | #
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I'm with you DG having just completed a charity monopoly walk fundraiser, I could understand Hasbro (USA) not caring or understanding their own game , but i thought the OS would not make that mistake as silly as that, they must be going to pot like the rest of the goverment
Peter | 30.08.10 - 9:45 p.m. | #
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