Crescenters announce arrivals at a ball nominated by any player, until topics are exhausted or dying, whereupon another social function is picked and it all begins again.
plump - Please welcome
Mr & Mrs Rowe-Wave and their son
Mike
plump - Also please put your hands together for
Mr & Mrs Dardlamp and their son
Stan
penelope - This party's hotting up! It's the representatives of the
Boiler family, lead by
Gus and swiftly followed by his cousin,
Ian Mersion-Heater
st d - all the way from SARF london, its the Door family, wiv their terrible twins,
Fran Door & Beck Door
Rosie - Will you please welcome
Mr and Mrs Cupboard and their daughter
Erin.
Brendan - And say a big hello to
Mr and Mrs Chunsink and their son
Kit.
widey - Its
Mr and Mrs Hall with their sons
Stuart,White,Addlington,Bredbury,Lostock,Grange,Gorse and daughter
Bram
ZK - Welcome please that multicultural family all the way from Cheddar Gorge, Mr & Mrs Sgrater and their lovely daughter, Chi.
ZK - Ooh, phooey. Too long away, one feels.
widey - All the way from the Orient its
Mr&Mrs Chin with their sons
Itchee and
Hairee
st d - This game needs sectioned i believe - for observation.
penelope - Welcome please (just ahead of the men in white coats)
Mrs and Mrs Ing-Board and their son, the straightest guy in town,
Ian Ing-board.
Brendan - Look, it's
Mr and Mrs Quisk and their daughter
Electra ...
ZK - [Brendan] Genius! Welcome please
Mr Towcester and his partner
Ms Witch, and their charming son,
Sam Witch-Towcester.
plump - Please welcome
Mr & Mrs Bag and their daughter
Peg
Milo - Isn't that
Mr and Mrs T'caseonwheels's daughter,
Sue? And that's
Sal Udbowl. (widey, your mum says your tea's ready)
Milo - That stir is being caused by
Mr & Mrs Dblenda and their daughter
Anne
plump - Followed by distant cousins,
Mr & Mrs Singbowl and their son
Mick
plump -
How about a visit to the
"Place Names Ball" I can see our first guests it's
Mr & Mrs Yer and their daughter
Libby
st d - Oh dear, put on your woolies for its the Tarcticas again, with their icy daughter
Anne Tarctica. I think I will hang out instead with Mr & Mrs Gall, and their warm and friendly son
Ben Gall.
Rosie - Please welcome
Mr and Mrs Tshire and their son
Will. (He's got a German friend
Hants).
Software - Welcome, please, from Bristol
Mr & Mrs Stoke and their son
Bradley.
Snodgrass - And following close behind I see
Mr and Mrs Norton and their award winning stonemason son
Chipping and its good to see them again!
Toby - Escorting
Miss Issippi is her beau
Herr Frank Furt.
Snodgrass - And here is
Mr and Mrs Apolis with their daughter
Minne and her partner
Paul Saint
Herr Bratsche - Please welcome Mr & Mrs Tolya, and their daughter
Anna Tolya.
Rosie - Prithee all be upstanding for
Mr and Mrs Thorpe and their windswept daughter
Mabel.
Rosie - And while we're about it, how about a big hand for
Mr and Mrs Green and their son
Lee.
Rosie -
Fussy point, but places that are named after people should not be allowed, eg Johannesburg. Probably rules out half the place names in England, including where I live - "the hamlet of Weorla's people".
Software - From darkest Wiltshire,
Mr and Mrs Malford and their son,
Christian.
Don't know if that one offends your rule, Rosie.
Rosie - Will you please welcome
Mr and Mrs Terbourne Abbas and their son
Wyn. (Softers) - Looks all right to me. :-)
Herr Bratsche - From Dorset, Mr & Mrs Port, and their daughter
Brid Port.
Tuj - Ladies and gentlemen, the delightful
Mr and Mrs Chester, who also have a son called
Wyn.
widey - Please welcome
Mr and Mrs Ford and their son
Brad
Rosie - All be upstanding for
Mr & Mrs Gio di Calabria and their son
Reg.
widey - A big welcome to
Mr & Mrs Le street and their fine son
Chester
Rosie - Let's hear it for
Mr and Mrs Bao and their son
Bill. Dreadful.
Software - Obviously,
Mr & Mrs Borough and their son,
Peter.
Software - Also introducing from Wiltshire,
Mr & Mrs Isbury and their daughter,
Sal.
Rosie - All rise for
Mr and Mrs Ham and their son
Rex. (Softers) Your first one violates The Rule!
widey - Look who's here its
Mr & Mrs O'Groats and their son
John
Herr Bratsche - [Rosie} CanI just say that the problem with "The Rule" is that a large proportion of places *are* named for people, whether resident or saintly. Thus Peterborough - but I'd allow this, as it's all one word, whereas Mavis Enderby (Lincs) would be instantly disqualified.
Mt & Mrs Caster and their son
Don Caster.
Rosie - And now, let's hear it for
Mr and Mrs de Janeiro and their son
Rio. (Herr Bratsche) Doesn't using the already-existing personal name as part of the "answer" defy the whole purpose of the game, which is to conjure names out of thin air, as it were? There's no essential difference, in this sense, between your two examples. BTW, aren't you up rather early this morning, for a musician? :-)
Herr Bratsche - [Rosie] I don't do it for a living! By day, IT consultant, by night, musician.
Rosie - Please welcome
Mr and Mrs On-Wye and their son
Ross. And from the wilds of Wyoming here's that retiring young lass
Shy Anne. (Herr Bratsche) Oh, hard cheese. :-)
Herr Bratsche - [Rosie] It's OK, it pays the bills. Mr & Mrs Gate and their son
Harry Gate, closely followed by Mr & Mrs Istone and their daughter
Pen Istone.
Software - While in the realms of fantasy, all the way from
Ambridge , introducing
Penny Hassett.
Rosie - Ladies and Gentlemen, please put your hands together for
Mr and Mrs Ericay and their son
Bill. (Herr Bratsche) If you twang your knob fast enough do you get a Penis Tone?
st d -
**twangs nob very fast and places it against ear***
***does it again***
Rosie] No, but it's kind of fun.
Herr Bratsche - From the beautiful Lake District, Mr & Mrs Dermere, and their daughter
Wyn Dermere.
ZK - All the way from Essex I see we have
Mr and
Mrs Ple-Soken and their godlike son,
Thor.
Snodgrass - And with us once again are those outrageous socialites
Mr & Mrs Stone and their daughter
Connie
Rosie - Please welcome
Mr and Mrs Isle and their son
Carl.
Snodgrass - Please be upstanding for
Mr and Mrs Terr and their son
Les
Toby - Joining us all the way from Italy, we have
Fiona Renze and her friend
Silas Ennar (who prefer to be addressed by their nicknames please).
Rosie - Will you all put your hands together, please, for
Mr and Mrs Ws-y-coed and their daughter
Bet.
Software - Will you welcome please,
Mr and Mrs Man and their daughter,
Isla.
Snodgrass - And resplendent in their patriotic orange are our Dutch guests
Mr & Mrs Bolden and their son
Wim
Herr Bratsche -
Mr & Mrs Rith and their daughter
Pen, and
Mr & Mrs Dull and their son
Ken.
ImNotJohn -
Mr and Mrs Lazoosh and their son Ashley Barrisdale Donnisthorpe. Hello
Ash B. D. Lazoosh
Rosie - Please engage low gear for
Mr and Mrs Ock and their son
Paul. I don't usually do LOL, but the last four were highly chortleworthy.:-)
plump - Please welcome
Mr & Mrs Bee-Anne and their daughter
Carrie
plump - Also please welcome
Mr & Mrs Toft and their daughter
Lois
plump -
Mrs Supermare has lost her little son Stanley. Where's
Stan Supermare?
plump - Please welcome
Mr & Mrs Vizes and their daughter
Dee
Herr Bratsche - Mr & Mrs Venscarandeskdalerailway and their son
Ray Venscarandeskdalerailway.
Topnosh - Please say hello to Mr and Mrs AGE and their son STEVEN
plump - Please welcome
Mr & Mrs Tober and their son
Manny
plump - Also please put you hands together for
Mr & Mrs Etarborough and their son
Mark
Software - Please stand back for
Mr & Mrs Tonmobray and their daughter,
Mel.
Software - Please also welcome the singing duo
Papa Le Town and his partner
Mama Cas.
Rosie - Let's have a big hand for
Mr and Mrs Pford-Peverell and their son
Sam. (Herr Bratsche) Not too "in" for me, squire. :-)
Herr Bratsche - [Rosie] ;-)
Mr & Mrs Juxta-Twycross, and their son
Norton Juxta-Twycross.
Rosie - Will you please all abase y'rselves before, from Pakistan via the Emerald Isle,
Mr and Mrs O'Babad and their son
Jac(k).
(Herr Bratsche) WTF's that?
Dujon - Please be standing for Mr and Mrs
Hog and their son
Art.
Falstaff - Please welcome, joining us from his Greek resort on Mt. Olympus [home of mythological gods], the inimitable
Herr Chulés.
Snodgrass - And close behind let us welcome
Mr and Mrs Castle and their dyslexic son
Barnard
- - BTW Do people with dyslexia suffer from daily sex? (anag)
Rosie - And sharing the minicab from the North-East is a member of the clergy,
Bishop Auckland. (Snodders) Mmm . . . maybe literacy isn't so wonderful. :-)
Software - From Kent, please welcome
Mr & Mrs D'scastle and their son,
Lee.
Herr Bratsche - From Staffordshire,
Mr & Mrs Bington and their son
Bob, and from almost next door,
Mr & Mrs Tingham and their daughter
Pat. Keeping close company from Birmingham are
Bill and
Lesley, and our first Jewish family,
Mr & Mrs Ihull and their son
Sol. Following close behind are
Mr & Mrs Wood and their daughter
Holly, and not far away are
Mr & Mrs Slee and their daughter
Mo.
plump - From further afield please welcome
Mr & Mrs Shus and their son
Maurice
plump - Also please welcome
Mr & Mrs Assker and their son
Al
Rosie - From a little further east, will you please welcome
Mr and Mrs Adelphia and their son
Phil.
Dujon - Ooh, they must have arrived on the same plane - please recognis(z)e the
Sylvanias and their daughter
Penelope
Snodgrass - And all the way from deepest darkest London Town I see
Mr and Mrs Sington and their well heeled son,
Ken.
(Rosie - Agreed but I knwo whihc i'd rathre hvae! Trust you're well)
Snodgrass - And close behind are
Mr and Mrs Sippi and their beautiful and curvaceous daughter with no name,
Missi
Rosie - Will you please welcome, from Wales via Italy,
Mr and Mrs Disi and their son
Bryn.
Falstaff - Ladies and Gentlemen, we are shocked and delighted with the arrival of the late
Walt Neland in the form of his lovely daughter
Daisy.
Rosie - And now let's hear it for
Mr and Mrs More and their son
Stan.
Puckoon - [Rosie] you forgot his old friend
Colin Dale...
Please welcome the holy man from the Eastend Saint Ratford
Software - Please welcome, from Gloucestershire,
Mr & Mrs Erstone and their lovely daughter,
Bev.
Software - And following them, thier close neighbours
Mr & Mrs Chinhampton and thier daughter,
Min.
Rosie - And now please give a big hand for
Mr and Mrs Mere and their daughter
Hazel.
Rosie - And now it's
Mr and Mrs Bull and their son
Stanley, whom no-one seems to have heard of. Who
Is Stan Bull?
Software - Please stand back for these two hippies smoking spliffs, the
High Wycombes.
Snodgrass - And yes, just emerging from their G Reg Capri are
Mr and Mrs Rickey and their laddish offspring
Billy/
Rosie - And now can we hear it for
Mr and Mrs Th and their son
Dar(r)en. (Snodders) I did Billericay earlier, but it's way off the top of the page by now. :-)
Snodgrass - And in the distance I see
Mr and Mrs Morangie and their 15 year old son
Glen (Rosie, Sorry, I will try to keep up!)
Rosie - They've come a long way, so a big hand for
Mr and Mrs Arkand and their son
Sam. Or is it daughter? Mrs Nextdoor is Sam. (Snodders) Dunnit meself, mate, but patronisingly excused on the grounds of senile dementia.
widey - Aye up its
and their sexy daughter
Rosie - From "the uttermost end of the earth" please welcome
Mr and Mrs Agonia and their daughter
Pat.
??? - Joining us now are Mr.
Deese and his sizzling daughter
Haye and behind them approaches the good doctor
Dopheles who appears to be escorting his charming assistant
Mavis.
plump - Please welcome
Mr& Mrs Recoast and their son
Ivor
plump - Also welcome
Mr & Mrs Ablanker and their daughter
Cass
Rosie - Please welcome
Mr and Mrs Ingham and their daughter
Gill.
Software - From India, please welcome
Mr & Mrs Izes and their son,
Dev .
Snodgrass - And here with a fresh supply of Scones and Clotted Cream are
Mr and Mrs Vergissey and their daughter
May (Rosie, Senility is in the eye of the beholder - If we're repeating perhaps its time to change the topic)
Rosie - Still brushing the snow off, but here are
Mr and Mrs d'Isère and their daughter
Val. (Snodgrass) Wish that were true because I look a lot younger than I am, but my dentist, not to mention all the ex-PantsMC players, knows the awful truth.
Snodgrass - And just behind we see those Swiss socialites,
Mr & Mrs Va and their beautiful, and available, daughter
Jenny. [Rosie] I know exactly what you mean, I have seen your photo and Mr Angello is to be congratulated LOL.
Rosie - Please welcome another snow-covered couple,
Mr and Mrs Sk and their son
Tom. (Snodders) How did you know my dentist is called Angelo? (Fernandez, Goanese origin). BTW I took my piccy in a mirror and reversed it, with Photoshop Elements. It's brilliant. Sow's ear to silk purse - no problem. :-)
Puckoon - And arriving a little late we have
Mr & Mrs Lass and their son
Doug.
falstaff - Ladies and gentlemen, please hold the applause as we usher in
Mr and Mrs Singh and their daughters
Jen and
Singh.
widey - Please welcome the famous motorcycling couple
MR & Mrs Staff and their beautiful daughter
Bell
Snodgrass - And shivvering through the door I see
Mr and Mrs Kyavik and their son
Ray [Rosie] Is thet an SLR in your hand or are you just pleased?
Rosie - Please welcome
Mr and Mrs Tchewan and their daughter
Saska. (Snodgrass) I'm afraid it's just a camera. It
was, of course, originally an RLS.
Snodgrass - Please give it up for
Mr and Mrs Pines and their son with the perfect complexion
Phillip [Rosie] LOL for RLS! Nice to see you up during the day!
LotUS - And a warm welcome for
Mr and Mrs Ombo and their detective son
Col whose also brought along his pet
Rat, Napura.
widey - Adding a nice Welsh/Celtic flavour
Mr & Mrs Gest and their son
Di
Rosie - Raise your glasses for
Mr and Mrs Bourg and their daughter
Cher. (Snodders) As you can see from the pic, it does happen, from time to time. (widey) Eh? WTF's Digest?
widey -
Mr & Mrs Sota and their daughter
Mini
Rosie - Prithee all be upstanding for
Mr and Mrs Furt-am-Main and their son
Frank.
Rosie - And while you're still on your feet let's hear it for
Mr and Mrs Aygo and their daughter
Sandy.
ImNotJohn -
Mr & Mrs Erham and their lovely daughter
Kate
Rosie - And from just down the road here are
Mr and Mrs Ley and their son
Ken. (ImNJ) Only a mile or two from where I live.
Software - From Scotland, perhaps, please welcome
Mr & Mrs Worth and their son,
Tam.
plump - Please welcome
Mr & Mrs Bucktoo and their son
Tim
spliggo - Say, who are these young thespian gentlemen - can it be Messrs
Naco, Ritious, (ouch!) Gadishoo, Scow and
Naghan? Indeed it is - five guys named
Mo!
widey - Hmmmmm I'm not the only one who posted none-place related names, see above!!! and Digest was something for the readers, fna, fna,.......
Rosie - Please welcome
Mr and Mrs Buzzard and their son
Leighton. (plump)
Why didn't I think of that one? :-)
Software - From darkest Wiltshire, please welcome
Mr & Mrs Malford and their son,
Christian.
Ditto, Rosie.
Spliggo - Will you please put your hands together for the
Issippi children and their cousins, the
Issouris.
SNodgrass - And, yes, the rumour is true, here is
Mr and Mrs Ana and their eldest son
Guy
Sodgrass - And just behind I see
Mr and Mrs Snia-Herzegovinia and their son
Bo
ImNotJohn -
Mr & Mrs Mington-Spa and their son
Lee [Rosie] Not Chaldon, by any chance?
spliggo - and making their presence heard, the OK Chorale with their lead
Singa -
Pore
Rosie - Please welcome
Mr and Mrs Per and their daughter
Bel. (ImNotJohn) No, not Chaldon, but Hamsey Green, the Warlingham half.
plump - Please welcome from the West Indies it's
Bob Haydoss and
Jim Acre
ImNotJohn - Not to forget their
Aunt Ega and her friend
Martin Eek.
And who's that over-trendily dressed older man? It must be
Trini's Dad
plump - Please welcome
Mr & Mrs Jeers and their son
Al
Rosie - Will you please welcome
Mr and Mrs Monton and their son
Ed.
Rosie - Closely followed by
Mr and Mrs Ngay and their son
Harry.
st d - Oh look, here's
Crystal Palace, withher twin sister,
Alexandra.
widey -
Mr & Mrs Aviv and their son
Tel
Falstaff - Please welcome
Mrs. Elsa Ware, her fledgeling daughters
Della, Summer, Anna, Averi, and their dashing brother
Noah.
Falstaff - OOPS! [Of vital interest to any and all unattached gentlemen present] We are delighted to announce the arrival of their maidenly Aunt,
Bee.
Greg - Please Welcome Mr Clothesof twice married and his son oliver
plump - Please welcome
Mr & Mrs Otho and their son
Les who changed their names by deed poll from
Mrs & Mrs Utoland and son
Baz
Herr Bratsche - From Russia,
Vlad E Vostok, and from central Asia,
Sam Markand.
Rosie - Please welcome our American guests,
Mr and Mrs Tucky and their son
Ken. This game is slowing up. Anyone for a change of subject?
Snodgrass - [Rosie] I agree. Any suggestions ?
Uncle Korky -
I would like to invite all-comers to
The Cowboys and Indians Ball.
Please welcome
Mr & Mrs Oon, and their daughter
Sal.
Chalky - Sorry - the horrid Indians aren't playing properly...
Mornington Crescent
Audience -
*shouts, screams, generally goes wild for Chalky*
ImNotJohn - A tad abrupt, I thought -
Sioux will be upset
This is the end of the line. There is no more.