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.
