What’s The Opposite Of Ribena?

Cometh the Friday, cometh the podcast. It’s setisoppO, where we work out the opposite of things that don’t have a natural opposite. This week, we tackle Ribena, kangaroos, and astro turf.

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First of all, this is the poem we were talking about.

And this is the opening of an episode of Alexei Sayle’s Stuff I mentioned.

And here’s a rather adult advert for Gini, the drink I mention enjoying as a child. It’s rather fruity.

The slogan is ‘the hottest of cold drinks’. I’ve lost all my innocence now. No wonder I used to get a weird look whenever I ordered it as a kid in France.

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