Jules she/herRight who wants the story of how @SaintlySin was given a commemorative Wedgwood plate belonging to the grandparents of TV legend Sue Perkins last night?
It's been a good couple of days, not just waking up to a Green win in Gorton and Denton this morning but going to see Sue Perkins on her Eternal Shame comedy tour last night. It was brilliant, and I'd recommend you try and catch her if she's performing near you but it's probably sold out so you can't. The audience was an absolutely lovely crowd composed seemingly entirely of lesbians, people who like cake or lesbians who like cake
She did a bit about being diagnosed with ADHD and @SaintlySin cheered, and from that point on she made a point of doing (very kind and good natured) shout-outs to Charlie whenever she mentioned ADHD leading to the sort of impulse control issues that lead to people randomly shouting things out in comedy shows. We were in absolute stitches and I know I was kind of star struck
She also did a bit about her grandparents getting married on Christmas day, and how on every wedding anniversary they would drink brandy cocktails and buy themselves a Wedgwood commemorative plate as a sign that they had saved up, worked hard and could afford nice things. When they passed there were 64 plates, evidence of a very long and happy marriage.
And she thought they were worth a lot of money and wanted to sell them and donate the money to care organisations that helped her grandparents at the end of their lives, but was disappointed to discover the entire collection was worth about £20. Which is a really interesting discussion about how sentimental things that were valuable to our older relatives aren't really monetarily valuable, which I think is something a lot of people my age are having to navigate around now.
So she decided to give one away at each comedy show instead. And in Exeter she decided to give it to @SaintlySin as the person who would probably forget where she got it or leave it on the bus on the way home. So my wife got to come up to the stage and receive a commemorative Wedgwood plate belonging to Sue Perkins' grandparents.
We're going to hang it on our wall. My Nan had commemorative plates and suspended them invisibly by means of an ingenious contraption of wires and springs. I have absolutely no recollection whatsoever of the pictures on the plates themselves but remember being fascinated by how the springs in the hangars worked, which probably says something about my own form of neurodiversity. We plan to toast it with brandy cocktails every Christmas to guarantee a happy marriage, although we might forget by then because of ADHD.
Sue ArcherThat's a lovely story!
Alfred Chow - Maker of Things@afewbugs
A wonderful story!
A wonderful story!
Bec
Broadfork
Dash
MxBikil is Spoopy🎃 and Gay!❄️@afewbugs that is all incredibly fabulous! Thank you for sharing this amazing story!
Helen Clayton@afewbugs that’s a wonderful story 😂
Aegir@afewbugs That’s a lovely story! Put a plaque under the plate when you put it up so you won’t forget 😆 (we both regularly forget when our anniversary is)
@aegir we did the legal ceremony at the registry office and then had a big celebration in the woods, so we have two. Twice the chance of remembering one right?
@afewbugs It's a possibility! We got married on the anniversary of us meeting so that we'd have less to remember. Nope! My sister reminded us one year by sending us a card.
Nic Dafis
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Caz Mockett@afewbugs @SaintlySin what a great story! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
eclectech@afewbugs @SaintlySin This is a great story!
Saintly Sin@afewbugs I should add, for anyone interested that this is a relatively standard happening in my utterly bonkers life! I joke that someone, somewhere is writing a fanfiction with me as the main character and it plays iut as my actual life. A friend that has been a feiend since we were about 15 (we are now early 40s) said she would side eye most people telling that story, but because it was me she just thought "Oh, it's just Chaz"
Chrissy@afewbugs @SaintlySin That is such a cool story, how fun!
Piers Cawley@afewbugs @SaintlySin I remember watching Jo Brand doing a bit about public schoolboys and the biscuit game when she asked if anyone had ever played it for real. Someone in the audience had! Derailed the set for about a minute as she suddenly turned into an interviewer before remembering what she was supposed to be doing and getting back on track.
I liked her before, but she definitely went up in my estimation for that.
Heather@pdcawley @afewbugs @SaintlySin Wellll I just looked up the biscuit game on Wikipedia and have now been educated. I will never refer to a stale biscuit as 'soggy' ever again 🤢
woollypigs@afewbugs sounds like there was a lack of cake there, mind ;)