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Chalet School - plot inconsistency bothering me

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VintageGardenia · 26/10/2008 19:19

I don't know why I suddenly thought of this but perhaps my first 3 consecutive glasses of postnatal wine have brought out my inner dullness.

There is a Chalet School book (Exploits?) where some of the girls bake apple pies and mistakenly use cloves of garlic instead of cloves.

Not believable and silly.

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Earthymama · 26/10/2008 19:36

Sorry X-posted

Earthymama · 26/10/2008 19:35

CMOTdibaargh...what DO you Do!!

can I do it too?

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VintageGardenia · 26/10/2008 19:34

I'd still love to try lacrosse. We had an old shed with nets in at school, used to fire hockey balls around, highly dangerous.

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differentWitch · 26/10/2008 19:34

I much preferred the doughnuts incident in "Carola"

cuttingmeownthroatdibblaaaargh · 26/10/2008 19:34

I'm not terribly active, but am a member of Folly (I collect Lorna Hill and a few other authors) - my mum is more active and has a big Chalet School, Abbey and Bessie Marchant collection and is a member of Friends of the Chalet School. The conference was a one day thing in Bristol, and it was really interesting, and fab to meet so many people who like reading school stories. There was even a 'celebrity' fan.

differentWitch · 26/10/2008 19:34

I loved all the school series.

differentWitch · 26/10/2008 19:33

These girls were not usually required to have much common sense.

SazzlesA · 26/10/2008 19:33

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VintageGardenia · 26/10/2008 19:32

Oh God Frau Mieders there's a name from the echoey caverns of the past.

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VintageGardenia · 26/10/2008 19:32

Fraitfully posh of course but stchooooopid too?

God I knew I shouldn't have started this thread.

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differentWitch · 26/10/2008 19:31

Besides, I always thought that Frau mieders was remarkably foolish trusting to let the girls go in search of their own ingredients

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VintageGardenia · 26/10/2008 19:30

cuttingmeown is this a professional thing you did or are you a very active hobbyist? Never heard the like!

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TotalChaos · 26/10/2008 19:30

wouldn't most of the girls been terribly posh and had maids and cooks at home so would be unfamiliar with cooking?

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VintageGardenia · 26/10/2008 19:27

Sazzles get out of here!!! AND

It's unbelievable because the girls ask to use cloves, they don't just read the word "cloves" in a recipe. So even if Cornelia didn't know what a clove was the others did & would have copped as soon as they were handed them.

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SazzlesA · 26/10/2008 19:26

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cuttingmeownthroatdibblaaaargh · 26/10/2008 19:23

I think it is one of those plot devices that make the CS what it is. Isn't there a Dimsy where they put Keatons flea powder in the cooking ?

I went to a conference on Girls School Stories recently, and they did a fab bit where 4 people pretended to be the headmistresses of fictional schools and had a 'prospective parent' interview them

differentWitch · 26/10/2008 19:23

How is it totally unbeleivable? Corney Flower was not the brightest spark, sheltered life. It was probably highly likely that she had never seen either items in person and tried to make an incorrect connection.

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VintageGardenia · 26/10/2008 19:21

Sorry it's not a plot inconsistency just a silly plot and my wine is 3 months postnatal not immediately and I MEANT to call for other stupid plots but

a I shouldn't post when tipsy
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b the Chalet School series is full of em so hardly noteworthy

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