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37. The only pop my mom would allow in the house, and even then, only if we were sick.

Reply to Polly Hennessey (Reply #36)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 06:12 PM

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She'd put a spoon in a tall glass of ginger ale so the bubbles would all attach to it and you'd pull out the spoon and then the ginger ale would have fewer bubbles and be more syrupy. I looked forward to being sick.

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