Dad (in answer to an email I wrote telling him I was looking at the AMAZING train journey site Seat 61 whilst considering a trip on the Trans Siberian Railway this summer): Send me the link then
Me: No sooner said than done: http://www.seat61.com/Trans-Siberian.htm
Dad: I'd heard about this site but never used it. Fantastic.... I've got a blue tit* hanging upside down from the gutter looking at me!
Me: Too - many - jokes - but I'll start with, is it still cold there then?
Dad: No, but it really is a great tit**.
Me: Speaking of birds, will e-mail a photo for you to identify some that were outside this morning... (note; My dad is a font of knowledge about such things...)
Dad: Go ahead. I'll just go and get the anorak on.
Me: Just sent them...
Dad (around 60 seconds later): Waxwing... Probably en route to Siberia after winter in W. Europe
Me: Thankyou. Did you have to look that up?
Dad: No. It's been a good year for them here in the UK. Probably because of severe weather in Scandinavia.
Me: And of course the beer's cheeper in the UK, too... (two jokes in one. I am on FIRE)
Dad: And more opportunities for tweeting.
Me: A truer word...
Dad: PS They enjoy the tits*** in the Sun as well!
Me: Thankyou very much, I'll be here all week.
Ends...
Explains a lot about me, doesn't it...
* For those outside the UK, a 'blue tit' is a type of bird/
** As is a 'great tit'
*** Here, we're not talking about birds. Not the feathered kind, at any rate.
You are so very British lol.
ReplyDeleteI thought I would get lost, but I followed that conversation and thought that's the kind of conversation I have!
Yep, that was a funny conversation that I would have too.
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I feel that I should try a cultural experiment here. I should get a Midwesterner round, and try and explain why this conversation is funny. On the other hand, not sure I have the time or energy. And I probably wouldn't succeed.
ReplyDeleteOn second thoughts, I think the challenge wouldn't be so much to explain why this conversation is funny, as to explain why this conversation is a conversation.
ReplyDeleteNo idea what Iota is talking about, have you? ;-)
ReplyDeleteI followed it....you're right, only someone British could possibly begin to understand.
ReplyDeletePippa, all Brits together, hey?
ReplyDeleteBNM, so good to know I'm not alone!
Iota, go on - do the experiment - I dare you!
EPM, well...
NVG, cultural references are great, aren't they?
Oh goodness me yes... mind you, there is a limit to the volume of puns one family can contain before the chief offender is sent to Coventry.
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