Come on, you esoterics...

[venta]

I've just had the following email from my Mum (she's a journalist):

"The boss has had letter-to-editor from a d'Arcy Orders claiming to be archvist for the Ancient Order of Kalithumpians - a dining club founded in 1920 - may have Cambridge (?univ) connections. We're not sure if it's a wind-up."

Google turns up no hits for "Ancient Order of Kalithumpians".

Anyone have any light to shed?

Comments

First obvious thing

[onebyone.livejournal.com]

d'Arcy orders was apparently in the Footlights in 1947/48:

http://www.footlights.org/past/1947.html

the guy existed

[metame.livejournal.com]

Searching google for "d'Arcy Orders" shows he was at Cambridge - did the Footlights revue with them in '47. snippets below...

Of course, if I was hoaxing I'd pick a real name too, but it's a step.

"1947

May Week Revue

Company: David Eady, Kenneth Poolman, D'Arcy Orders, Ken Willis, Bernard Langley, John Boston, George David"...

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

The Ancient Order of Kalithumpians was founded for the purposes of thumping the Monochrome user "kallisti" every time his opinions became too illogical or offensive (i.e. 6 to 10 times a day). It has since been disbanded due to "kallisti" leaving Mono. Apparently LJ users are moving to create an Ancient Order of Verlithumpians instead, though.

Oh, alright then, BLUFF.