Cereal Alcoholic

(It is nine am. I am serving a mother and her young son.)

Me: “Can I get you anything to drink while you’re looking at the menus?”

Mom: “What’s in a Roy Rogers?”

Me: “Grenadine and Coke.”

Son: “I want that!”

Mom: “No, you can’t have Coke for breakfast!” *to me* “Can you make it with Sprite instead?”

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