I had a bit of spare time and made you all a Chalet School drinking game for the summerhouse.
Name-related EBDisms
1 shot if a character's name changes from one book to the next. Bonus shot if it reverts back to the original later on.
2 shots if a character's name changes within the same book.
Age-related EBDisms
1 shot per year lost or gained
2 shots per year lost or gained within the same book (actual birthdays excepted)
Finish the glass if it is Peggy Burnett, who remains in the Second Form for approx twenty years
Sedatives
1 shot if given by a doctor
2 shots if given by Matey
3 shots if given by someone else (may be a kidnapper, may be Hilary Graves)
Bonus shot if the sedative is only required because someone fell into a box
Cameo appearance by a doctor
1 shot if he immediately marries someone
2 shots if he is someone's father
Finish the glass if neither of these and s/he is simply a doctor doing their job
Pregnancy
1 shot for knitwear-related hints: wearing a shawl or knitting a vest
2 shots for hints regarding incapacitated status: woman is not to be troubled just now, is not fit to take long walks etc
3 shots for the word "busy"
4 shots for "the family's having an extension"
Births
1 shot if one baby (pity the mother)
2 shots if twins
If it is triplets, drink the bottle and promptly fall asleep. You will never hear the end of this one.
Bonus shot if a difficult labour is hinted at.
Bonus shot if baby named after Madge.
Two bonus shots if baby named after Jo. Add another if the baby named after Jo is born to someone nobody can remember.
Hair
1 shot each time a Senior signifies her adulthood by putting her hair up. (Add another if said hair is put up 'in a coronal of plaits'.)
1 shot for each and every mention of chestnut hair. (Add another if combined with violet eyes.)
2 shots for hair hacked off in a fit of passion
2 shots for Miss Annersley 'playing hairdresser'
2 shots if a sensation is created by - gasp! - switching from two plaits to one
3 shots if disaster dramatically improves someone's appearance