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The poem format was maybe a bit too constraining, so here's yet another silly word game we can play with Tube stations. As with the poem, we're going from one end of the line to the other, one station at a time, but this time each player has to write an acrostic - a sentence (or sequence of sentences) in which the initial letters of each word spell out the name of the station. So for the Waterloo and City line we might have:

William and Tony each really liked olive oil.
But Anna never knew.

I don't know if there's much chance of making this one into a coherent narrative, but we can try!

This time I'll start with the Hammersmith and City line. (Please try and stick to the right line this time )

Harriet adored Michael's magnificent earring. Rashly, she mentioned it to him.

"Good old Lord Danvers has auctions with keyrings, random objects and doilies."

So, he enthusiastically persued Harriet entirely round Danvers' shop.
But, unwittingly, she had met a ruthless killer, evil throughout.




Edited out atrocious typo!!!

Wobbling ostentatiously over Danvers,
Largely avoiding Ned's elbows...

• (someone needs to complete this sentence in the next post, I guess...!)

...little 'Arriet thought, "I might eventually return, riding on a donkey!"

[Urzzz1871: brilliant, but I assume you mean "round" rather than "around".]

Later, after Danvers', both remembered observing King Edward's golden ring, obviously valued economically.

When eventually she tried buying one unusual ring, Nigel entered, producing a right kerfuffle.

"Rack off, you Australian larrikin!", ordered 'Arriet knowingly.

"Patience!" answered Danvers. "Disrepect is never given to our Nigel."

"Everyone deserves good will around retail establishments." rambled on angry Danvers.

But 'Arriet kept exceptionally restrained. She thought retail establishments exercised tolerance.

Gentle reassurance ended any tension. Perusing over rings tensed little 'Arriet noticeably. Danvers suggested trying reiki: Eastern energy therapy.

"Everyone uses similar therapies."
"Oh no!" She quite understood about reiki energy.

[Anyone want to continue with this?]

"Kinesiology is no good," she countered. "Reiki, osteopathy, shiatsu - several such therapeutic practices are not currently regarded as scientific."

[Seems a shame to abandon this just as it was getting interesting...]

"For a rupture, reiki is no good," Danvers observed, nodding. "But a real benefit: it can alleviate nerves. Maybe one of reiki's greatest advantages - thoroughly effective."
"Look, it's very easy repeating platitudes," opined our little sceptic. "The real effect evades testing."
Audibly, Lord Danvers got a tad exasperated, employing a sarcastic tone. "Well, Harriet, is the entire complementary health area pointless? Even loathsome?"
She took exception. "Pointless, no. Evil, yes! Grotesque, ridiculously expensive, evil nonsense."
"Maybe I like expensive evil nonsense, darling."

[To be continued]