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I should know. I am, of course, the Earl of Poncey.
But at least my castle isnt mouldy.
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Oh, name talk has been the BEST exchange between members in a LONG time! I love it! It made me laugh!
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I should know. I am, of course, the Earl of Poncey.
But at least my castle isnt mouldy.
Don't let His Lordship hear you saying this! 
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Bring it on. We are ready to flick Vs at you.
Lets have a look in the map, where to engage his forces?
Hmmmm, Naseby looks potential. If we can find each other in the fog.
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Can I supply the refreshments and the bandages?
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Yeah, but when they see how nice the south is (wow, indoor loo's & croissants for breakfast) they might defect
In the north west we never have croissants for breakfast in the loo, whether indoor or outdoor!
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Every time I read Alan Bennett I have questions for y'allz....
In his diary entry for 3 November 2005, he writes that in Harrogate he bought
a ["]Fat Rascal["], a large flat fruit scone, a piece of confectionery which is marketed as a Yorkshire speciality and so unwilling am I to collaborate in the trumpery exercise that I find myself uable even to pronounce the name - instead pointing and saying, 'One of those curranty things.'
[Bennett's husband] regards it as a moral weakness that I buy it at all.
I don't get
a) why the name is a "trumpery exercise"
b) why buying it is a "moral weakness"
Can you help?
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Dec 24, 2021 - 12:22 AM
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Tall Guy
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Every time I read Alan Bennett I have questions for y'allz....
In his diary entry for 3 November 2005, he writes that in Harrogate he bought
a ["]Fat Rascal["], a large flat fruit scone, a piece of confectionery which is marketed as a Yorkshire speciality and so unwilling am I to collaborate in the trumpery exercise that I find myself uable even to pronounce the name - instead pointing and saying, 'One of those curranty things.'
[Bennett's husband] regards it as a moral weakness that I buy it at all.
I don't get
a) why the name is a "trumpery exercise"
b) why buying it is a "moral weakness"
Can you help?
Glad you asked, David.
Firstly, please see below a “fat rascal” of our recent acquaintance…
I hope the “moral weakness” part is clear - we shared one, for having one each would be an indulgence indeed. This delicious comestible was consumed very near to Harrogate, by some chance, at RHS Harlow Carr, during a visit on our 29th wedding anniversary last year.
“Trumpery” is not connected to your erstwhile politician of similar name but a typically obsolete Bennettian word meaning futility or uselessness. So maybe…. no, rules are rules! I guess there may be a wider contextual meaning to its use here.
You might be interested to know that most of my militia returned from the south having defended my honour with colours flying. Of course, they weren’t completely unscathed. We lost two to the pox, and whilst another four of them did in fact stay behind, swayed by the novelty of indoor defecation and women flinging themselves down left and right for a northern accent, one of them actually returned north a few weeks later, declaring that there was “just so much smashed avocado that a man can take”. We naturally had him shot; a kindness really, as his body clock had become irretrievably calibrated to something called “ brunch”.
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Ah yes, the corruptions of the south.
Its normal to us. Smashing the avocado of a slutty minx is a daily chore. 
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Glad you asked, David.
“Trumpery” is not connected to your erstwhile politician of similar name but a typically obsolete Bennettian word meaning futility or uselessness. So maybe…. no, rules are rules! I guess there may be a wider contextual meaning to its use here.
You might be interested to know that most of my militia returned from the south having defended my honour with colours flying. Of course....
Oh, dear. This, like all the best British writing, must needs reading twice to understand.
I'll copy the text, and take it home to read it carefully.
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Firstly, please see below a “fat rascal” of our recent acquaintance…
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I just noticed that that thing is AT LEAST AS BIG AS YOUR HAND.
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2005, 28 Jan
"...a lot of the camp has gone out of British Airways... a lot of their stewards have gotten older and less outrageous[,] so the service has declined."
[Bennett, Keeping On Keeping On]
Is this your experience of British Airways? Southwest Airlines used to be a little goofy with their announcements, but no more.
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I don’t think I’ve ever flown BA, so regretfully can’t assist with a comparison of the relative campness coefficient.
Then what am I paying you for???
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