I was listening to an item on RTÉ Radio 1 in which Victor Bartlem was telling the tale of how a letter which his mother wrote to Santa Claus 100 years ago had been found up a chimney.
It has quite a long list of 'I wants' & Victor said ‘We’re all like that, as children.’
And I suddenly remembered the standard adult riposte: I want never gets.
A sure way to introduce a foot stamping tantrum or a devastating retired hurt in the small child.
