[r-t] No worst, there is none

[Don Morrison]

Oops, sorry, wrong list. I've sent so darn many messages to this one
the last few days my address book just rearranged the order it picks
them out from the prefix "ringing-". Sorry!

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Don Morrison <dfm at ringing.org> wrote:
> AJB asked
>> We could have a debate about which is the worst method. There are so many
>> bad ones about.
>>
>> Anything worse than Rutland? Any method that contrives to keep the big bells
>> apart on the back as well as on the front?
>
> While the line has much to commend it, if it's the usual sorts of
> music you're trying to avoid then Girton College Surprise Major would
> be a good place to start.
>
>  <http://ringing.org/main/pages/method?title=Girton+College+Surprise+Major>
>
> If, on the other hand, it's mind numbing tedium you're after, you
> might want to give Derwent Surprise Major a try.
>
>  <http://ringing.org/main/pages/method?title=Derwent+Surprise+Major>
>
> For a different sort of stupefaction, try Little Little Little Little
> Penultimus Little Place Major. As if weren't bad enough that the line
> is devoid of interesting landmarks, it's even boring just to say "Go
> Little...". I suppose I should admit that I've rung a peal of the 2nds
> place variant of this one, and even enjoyed it. It helped
> immeasurably, though, that it was in hand, and that that 2nds place
> lead end does add a lot more interest.
>
>  <http://ringing.org/main/pages/method?title=Little+Little+Little+Little+Penultimus+Little+Place+Major>
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> --
> Don Morrison <dfm at ringing.org>
> "Much can be said about cabbages.... In the mass, however, they lack
> a certain something; despite their claim to immense nutritional and
> moral superiority over, say, daffodils, they have never been a sight
> to inspire the poet's muse.                        -- Terry Pratchett
>