Would you like milk in your tea?

"No, just pass the Courvoisier!"

I saw my mum's friend Gloria at the bus-stop this morning. She said to me it's chilly today isn't it. I said to her I felt OK because I always wear layers. I hate to feel the cold so I always make sure that I compensate by keeping warm with a vest, top, cardigan, jacket and scarf and whatever else it takes to keep warm.

Gloria said to me when she first came to Britain from Ghana, she worked in a tea-shop in London Bridge which had tables and chairs out-side which she had to wait on so she used to feel especially cold first thing in the morning. Gloria said "dear child, do you know what I used to do? I used to pour half a cup of brandy in my tea every morning before stepping outside the house. I would stay warm for the whole morning right up until the early afternoon." Gloria went on to say "people used to laugh and say Gloria's so happy and bubbly".

Little did they know!

Gloria's done herself a disservice though, because she's still happy and bubbly... unless of course she's still knocking back the brandy every morning.