Warts 'n' all Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 Stratton House Challenge Cup - Current Standings Warts 'n' all - 6 Points (4 plus 2 for post No. 4) Vergeltungswaffe - 4 points (Wildlife, 2 Streets, 2. Sadly the Volturno pic falls outside of the competition area). Wicky - 0 Points Sgt. Squarehead - 0 Points Ales Dvorak - 0 Points Erwin - Minus 5 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 M8 Greyhound at St. Sever Calvados August 3, 1944, during Operation Cobra Firefly in Normandy August 20, 1944 Marder (Marten) IIIH in Carentan June 1944 Hummel (Bumblebee) in Normandy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 Picture 1. = 2 Points Picture 2. = 2 Points Picture 3. = 0 Points (Marder translates into English as "Martin" therefore scores Minus 1. Street, 1) Picture 4 = 2 Points 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 I will have to take exception to your ruling on Pic 3. Marder is most definitely Marten in German. A european pine marten is a wild animal: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 I apologise for my misspelling of Marten as "Martin", which is of course a boy's name and not the animal. You therefore get the full two points. well done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 No. 5 Firefly in Escoville. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) Zebra crossing street in France Two Americans using unusually low tech transport, France, July 8th 1944. Privates William Jackson and Joseph King of the 1st Infantry Division take advantage of Donkey transport on the Caen to Caumont-Evente road on July the 8th 1944. Edited August 20, 2020 by Wicky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ales Dvorak Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) First, I knew this competition is rigged. Second, you called my beautiful *khmm* StuFlak Stinkpot, but it could have a name of some wild animal and third, Greyhound is not wild animal,it's domestic dog. I knew it ..... M10 Wolverine, Dreux, August 1944 Edited August 20, 2020 by Ales Dvorak 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 3 hours ago, Wicky said: Zebra crossing street in France Two Americans using unusually low tech transport, France, July 8th 1944. Privates William Jackson and Joseph King of the 1st Infantry Division take advantage of Donkey transport on the Caen to Caumont-Evente road on July the 8th 1944. Hahaha. Sadly no point for the top one. Despite it's comedy value. But two points for the other one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Ales Dvorak said: First, I knew this competition is rigged. Second, you called my beautiful *khmm* StuFlak Stinkpot, but it could have a name of some wild animal and third, Greyhound is not wild animal,it's domestic dog. I knew it ..... M10 Wolverine, Dreux, August 1944 Rigged? How dare you Sir. "Stinkpot" is a very old reference to Little Jimmy Osmond and a BBC disc jockey, which I won't bore you with. Two points for the Wolverine photo. Well done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ales Dvorak Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 40 minutes ago, Warts 'n' all said: Rigged? How dare you Sir. Greyhound is clear evidence of this, Sir. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerKommissar Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 The Berlin Zoo Tower RIP all the beasts 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Ales Dvorak said: Greyhound is clear evidence of this, Sir. There are feral greyhounds in the wild, unfortunately, as race dogs are often dumped. More importantly, Wolverine was NOT the nickname for the M10 until it was made up after the war. The bureau never gave it a name during WW2, it was just the M10 Tank Destroyer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Since my Otter on the Volturno was, quite rightly, stricken (can't believe I didn't snap to that river name being in Italy...), here is an Otter Mark I the day after liberation of May-sur-Orne 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Panther in Caen, July 44 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) The full committee will convene this evening to debate the various disputes, and I would hate to prejudge their findings, especially given the complexity of the Mornington Crescent rules that the competition is using. My own inclinations are as follows... Greyhound acceptable given as how wild they can get if you try to take away their bone. M10 in Dreux unacceptable as there is some dispute as to when the nickname Wolverine was coined, and in CMBN is is only used for the M10 used by the Limeys, Canucks and Poles. Berlin Zoo Tower unacceptable as it falls outside of the playing area. Edited August 20, 2020 by Warts 'n' all 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ales Dvorak Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) Huh, I lost points again ... @Vergeltungswaffe, I was only joking.. Edited August 20, 2020 by Ales Dvorak 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 No.6. A Dingo in Nijmegen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ales Dvorak Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 29 minutes ago, Warts 'n' all said: Greyhound acceptable given as how wild they can get if you try to take away their bone. So is Chihuahua. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Can anyone join this party? I didn't get the invite so might get kicked out but here goes: It's in Normandy and I would argue it's in a street? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 @Vacilllator You've left it a tad late but you're welcome. Obviously "It's" is not the name of a wild animal. So you might want to try again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Warts 'n' all said: @Vacilllator You've left it a tad late but you're welcome. Obviously "It's" is not the name of a wild animal. So you might want to try again. Indeed I have it seems, it's often the way for me with parties. It's a Puma, thought I was good to go without saying it. Where can I find the full Mornington Crescent ruleset? Edited August 20, 2020 by Vacilllator 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, Vacilllator said: Indeed I have it seems, it's often the way for me with parties. It's a Puma, thought I was good to go without saying it. Where can I find the full Mornington Crescent ruleset? Two points for the Puma in a Norman street. And I think that given the fact that you are the first to actually ask about Mornington Crescent you might deserve bonus points. "And what do points mean?" "Points mean prizes". As someone with far more talent than myself and his mates often said. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 You are most kind, I can only hope the committee agree with you. I would however like to check whether we are playing under Tudor Court Rules or some similar variant? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 No.7. Kangaroos in Groningen. ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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