Thank Fathom it’s Friday

Tony likes tins

Erik Britton4 July 2025|

When he was a young man, my father-in-law, Anthony (Tony) Morgan, CMG, ret. (more usually known as ‘Mogs’), once remarked to his mother-in-law that he found the peas on his plate to be unusually tasty. It was just a courtesy, really. He could equally well have remained silent or have made a remark about the weather. It was lightly done. The meal had been proceeding as they usually did. Perhaps he felt it was his turn to say something. Perhaps there had been a period of silence that was too long and had become strained. We all know the feeling of anxiety that grows, sometimes, when silences go on for too long. Pregnant silences. But who could have guessed what a momentous birth would issue from that silence!