Off Golf, Dogs and everything after…

There are few pleasures in life which are as dramatic as a child getting his first taste of an aerated drink. Be as it may, a significant contributor to childhood obesity and tooth decay, it is still one of the most memorable tastes a child acquires as he grows up. And the first drink is always special. Unlike your first drink ‘drink” and the discovery of the secret realms of alcohol which almost certainly ended up in you being wasted, the first aerated drink is an experience akin to nirvana…and for little Maddy, it was no different. I was fortunate to have been in close quarters (read - I gave him the drink) when he got his first taste of the forbidden liquid. His face almost immediately started to emote in ways hitherto unknown. From the initial “Hello..what is this?” leading to the “Damn where have you been hiding all this time” to the climatic “I will never forgive my folks for keeping me off this, this long” is a chain of expressions too profound to be summed up in the 26 alphabets queens English allows us. That afternoon, by the pool, Maddy discovered one of the first forbidden pleasures of life. One of the few that he will experience over the course of his life. Having been a part of that experience for little Maddy, I can only wish that he continues to be surprised by new and exciting tastes that life will pitch fork his way and that may each taste evoke similar reactions of delight and sublime joy.