7/10
A nice little story
1 February 2006
Warning: Spoilers
A Toddy is a traditional cold cure which can be made with Whisky The story plays on the strict Presbyterian adherence found even now in the outer islands.

There are lots of little jokes

When the Home Guard Captain calls to report the theft of the cargo he asks for number 666

And if you read it as a joke, the number of children that run out the house at the start when the narrator tells us that the islanders enjoy but simple pleasures.

A similar story was used for a Scotch whisky advert in the late 1980s
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