The firey Phoenix plays blackjack... 21

darcle · Post by **darcle** » Fri May 26, 2006 3:58 pm

Fair enough.

Without a monopoly board it makes it quite difficult coz i havent played it for years!!

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Fri May 26, 2006 5:15 pm

Yeah, that says its just shortened for the board game.

Trivia
Great Marlborough Street is shown on the British Monopoly board as "Marlborough Street".

As for the Angel,

'The Angel, Islington is not a street in London but an area of North London named after a coaching inn that stood on the Great North Road'

Surely that makes it the right answer and not Marlborough street?

Matt

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Fri May 26, 2006 5:24 pm

You're right Matt.

Maybe I should have phrased the question differently. I should certainly have checked my sources and cross-referenced my references.

Anyway, I shall return rejuvenated after the weekend, with sheafs of well-researched questions from a crack-team of highly-paid researchers.

Or failing that, some plausible-sounding bullshit that somebody told me in the pub.

Have a nice weekend!

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Fri May 26, 2006 5:30 pm

Thanks mate....have a good weekend

Right. I should think everyone knows about the supposed Bermuda Triangle. What is suggested as the main reason for so many ships disappearing in that area?

Matt

tka · Post by **tka** » Sat May 27, 2006 11:16 pm

A hurricane or tornado?

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Sun May 28, 2006 11:14 am

Excellent guesses, but both are wrong. Keep trying!

Matt

tka · Post by **tka** » Sun May 28, 2006 11:32 am

Pirates kidnapping them?

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Sun May 28, 2006 11:41 am

hehe, i like that!

Nope, it's science based, thats the only hint your getting for now. As im shortly travelling 200 miles back to sunny Cambridge, i wont be about until later today!

Matt

tka · Post by **tka** » Sun May 28, 2006 12:17 pm

Huge waves/ strong under-currents?

jimmymac · Post by **jimmymac** » Sun May 28, 2006 12:18 pm

magnetic fields aint it effecting compasses and causing the boats to lose their way....or something to that efect.

If i right then have to pss over to someone else, dunno when i gonna get back on, if wrong then nevermind

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Sun May 28, 2006 11:08 pm

Right. Story I heard (off said chap in said pub) was that the Bermuda Triangle isn't actually any more dangerous than any other area of the world, but because of the frequency of boats through the region (and therefore the amount of sinkages / disappearances), it was naturally assumed to be more dangerous than it actually was.

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Sun May 28, 2006 11:27 pm

Yes, that could be a plausible explanation your eminence. I've also read that one too....

However, i'm after the specific given reason for boats disappearing. I'll throw you all anotehr bone....it's to do with density.

MAtt

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Mon May 29, 2006 11:23 am

I remember reading a comic once that put the reason down a huge amounts of seaweed fouling propellors and suchlike... Although I could be thinking of the Sargasso sea.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Mon May 29, 2006 1:06 pm

Is the water less dense in the Caribbean, so boats are more likely to sink? or something

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Mon May 29, 2006 6:05 pm

Hmm, maybe i should give the answer away.

What i was looking for was methane deposits. These erupt, causing large amounts of bubbles (less dense than normal water) to rise, which causes the ship to go under. They've done scaled scientific tests to show it can happen, so thats what i was after!

Over to someone whos up to it

Matt