Amuse Bouche

-Do they want wine? said Jimmy Sr when he’d everything else in order.

-Yeah, said Darren.

-Black or blue?

-Blue.

Jimmy Sr ducked in under the hot plate and got out a bottle of Blue Nun.

-Do the business with tha’, he said to Darren, and he held out the bottle to him.

-I’d better get back for their sweets, said Darren.

Jimmy Sr turned to Bimbo.

-There, he said. - Suck the cork ou’ a tha’.

from The Van by Roddy Doyle (1991). Very Highly Recommended.