Holding Tongues

SHORT ONE: I got told off by a Mancunian today for telling a bloke from a soft drinks company that his brand used to be known as the poor man’s version of another popular soft drink…

Now ‘I’, per se, didn’t actually state that as my opinion… Rather, I quoted a History Channel programme on the war between this duelling duo of fizzy drinks firms.

Question: Was I wrong to open me big ‘Ull gob[Hull mouth]?

What if the bloke hadn’t been aware of the programme? With the new knowledge I gave him he could now right a stern letter to the History Channel, damning the broadcast and calling for a public apology from the makers of the History Channel (Discovery?) for saying that in the 1950/60s people put X fizzy pop in the bottles of Y fizzy pop to impress guests ... because X pop was for reeking pogs.

But, then again, maybe he couldn’t do that because perhaps the Histroy Channel just told the truth.

Or maybe it was actually just a really successful marketing campaign for Y fizzy pop.

Two questions at the end of this short one.

Should we hold our tongues or speak freely?

Is my boss wise to send me to business functions?