Talking of Which, 26.03.24

Easter Special!

Can I Have a Sprite?

True story. I left my house the other morning and just outside my front gate stood a sad little Indian man (Sri Lankan it turned out) in a dirty tracksuit, not much protection against the morning chill.

‘Can I have a Sprite sir?’ he asked me. I could see that he had been crying. ‘A Sprite?’ I asked. ‘Or a Fanta,’ he said. ‘I don’t hav…