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An Invitation for the Residents of Plumsville

October 15, 2014 8:33 am

Aunt Dahlia and Uncle Tom cordially invite you to join them for a grand celebration on the occasion of the 133rd Birth Anniversary of Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse.

Guest of Honor: The Empress of Blandings

Special Invitees: Lord Emsworth, Uncle Fred, Ukridge, Mr Mulliner, Mike and Psmith

 

Le Programme

Madeline Bassett: A talk on Astronomy and Love Signs
Gussie Fink-Nottle: Presentation – Effect of the Moon’s phases on the Love Life of Newts
Stephanie Byng: Chants ‘Hey Nonny Nonny’ to the accompaniment of a piano
Bertie Wooster: Shares the Challenges in abiding by The Code of the Woosters
Sally: Demolishes some Modern Feminism myths
Roderick Spode: Talks on Design and Marketing Lessons from ‘Eulalie’

 

Le Diner

Caviar Frais
Cantaloup
Consommé aux Pommes d’Amour
Sylphides a la crème d’Ecrevisses
Mignonette de poulet petit Duc
Points d’asperges a la Mistinguette
Supreme de fois gras au champagne
Neige aux Perles des Alpes
Timbale de ris de veau Toulousaine
Salade d’endive et de celeri
Le Plum Pudding
Nomais de la Mediterranee au Fenouil
Selle d’Agneau aux laitues a la Grecque
L’Etoile au Berger
Benedictins Blancs
Bombe Nero
Friandises
Diablotins
Fruits

 

Venue: Brinkley Court

Date: October 15, 2014

Starting: 1630 hrs GMT

Code of Conduct:
1. Enquiries regarding Anatole’s recipes shall be frowned upon.
2. Pets are better left home. Throughout the proceedings, Bartholomew would be restrained, but with love and affection.
3. Those exceeding the time limit of 10 minutes for their speeches or performance shall be henceforth banned from visiting Brinkley Court.
4. Casual remarks regarding taxation blues of Uncle Tom shall be wholly unwelcome.
5. Positive comments regarding ‘Milady’s Boudoir’ shall be gratefully acknowledged.

RSVP: Jeeves

[A Note of Gratitude: Aunt Dahlia and Uncle Tom wish to place on record their sincere appreciation of the timely reminder received from http://honoriaplum.wordpress.com/2014/10/11/happy-birthday-plum. This alone enabled them to plan the gala event.]

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12 Responses to “An Invitation for the Residents of Plumsville”

  1. What Ho! The Glossops shall be in attendance a little later in the evening after Sir Roderick is finished attending to his patients.

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    By honoria plum on October 15, 2014 at 11:43 am

    1. Pip, pip!

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      By ashokbhatia on October 15, 2014 at 11:46 am

      1. May I share the invitation at Plumtopia or is it a strictly invite-only guest list?

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        By honoria plum on October 15, 2014 at 11:49 am

      2. Please do so. You are the inspiration for this post; the wider it gets circulated to his fans, the better it would be!

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        By ashokbhatia on October 15, 2014 at 12:56 pm

  2. Sounds like a wonderful evening! And perhaps Mr Wooster and Mr Fink-Nottle could be persuaded to end the evening with their famous knockabout cross-talk act…

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    By FictionFan on October 16, 2014 at 12:17 am

    1. Good idea! Hope they can regale us with that act next time round. We would also need to ensure that Gussie’s pre-performance orange juice is not laced with any of our normal tissue restoratives.

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      By ashokbhatia on October 16, 2014 at 10:32 pm

      1. Let’s please request Mr. Spink-Bottle (or is it Fitz-Bottle) for an encore of his Market Snodsbury Grammar School prize distribution speech. Old Tom Travers and Bertie have been left alone for too long.

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        By The VIBGYOR Chronicles on October 10, 2015 at 10:08 pm

      2. Good thought. I am sure your request shall be given a serious consideration by the organizers.

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        By ashokbhatia on October 10, 2015 at 10:32 pm

  3. […] your dining companions – and your dinner – […]

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    By Eating like P. G. Wodehouse – the ultimate Anatole menu from The Code of the Woosters | Moulders Lane on October 31, 2015 at 5:08 am

    1. Thank you, Victoria.
      Permit me also to share these with you:
      https://ashokbhatia.wordpress.com/2015/07/30/the-epidemic-of-wodehousitis
      https://ashokbhatia.wordpress.com/2015/10/15/invitation-to-a-swearing-in-ceremony-at-blandings-castle

      I suspect you may like these.

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      By ashokbhatia on October 31, 2015 at 8:20 am

  4. This is brilliant. Was there a secret list of people not to be invited, e.g., the Duke of Dunstable and Sir Roderick Glossop?

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    By Chakravarti Madhusudana on August 6, 2021 at 6:32 am

  5. Jeeves alone may know!

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    By ashokbhatia on August 6, 2021 at 12:11 pm

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