Thursday, August 20

The Wonders of Worcestershire


Does anybody remember laughter? Surely on this day, legendary cock rocker Robert Plant remembers laughter. ‘Twas August 20st, 1948, that the mystical, curlicued warbler was born in Worcestershire, home to the original Worcestershire® sauce. Long a staple in the Johns household, Mum and Dad splished and splashed the smoky, spicy sauce on all manner of dishes, hot and cold. Of course, dear old Dad, cunning linguist he, would dish up the most warmly welcomed of all, a punchline no less — "Mmm, Mother," he would say, "Wort's dis here sauce?" — leaving us properly rolling on the linoleum! But I digest. In all my years, in all the venues policed, I've never met a finer gentleman whose skin tight jeans displayed a more generous manly endowment than Bob Plant. We toast the Worcestershire Wonder on his 72nd birthday with a Bloody Marian™ dashed with our beloved Lea & Perrymans®. The sauce of kings. Jeers™!