Louis Burke | Culture | Contact
A trip to nanna’s house became a trip to remember today as grandchild Devan Wheeler (13) discovered ice cold tins of Kirk’s Lemonade in the spare fridge.
Sensing that she’d have a mutiny on her hands otherwise, Nanna Leighton (70) dished out the discount drink to her grandchildren who seemed to prefer the cost-efficient sparkling lemonade to more well-known brands of soft drink.
“I like it better than 7Up,” stated young Devan Wheeler.
“And way better than LA Ice Cola. When she has that I just drink water instead.”
Going down an absolute treat, Nanna Leighton’s seven grandchildren drank the carelessly named soft drink, soaking up enough sugar to ensure they couldn’t sit down to watch a DVD, electing instead to chase each other around the house in a game of ‘Real-life Fortnite’ that did an estimated $7,103 worth of damage to Nanna Leighton’s property.
“It’s so nice to have them around,” said a smiling Nanna Leighton as she swept up a broken urn of her father’s ashes.
“He would have loved these kids too!”
Despite witness statements that there were smiles all round, one person has come forward to state a disdain for Nanna Leighton’s Kirks pushing ways.
“I’m the one who buys the bloody Lido,” stated baggy-eyed grandpa Rob Leighton.
“She just takes all the credit and doesn’t hide a few tins behind the frozen sauce so when I bloody want some, there’s still some left!”
According to Nanna Leighton, giving the lemonade to her grandchildren is a tactical decision she makes in order to stop her diabetic husband from drinking it himself.
“He knows he’s not supposed to have it but he’s cheeky! I can see where the grandkids get that from!”
