pinch-punch it's the 1st of the month say...

I spent the day with my folks, I try to see them at least once a fortnight, and happily they have lost none of their conversational spark and cheer.

My parents are young in comparison to most of my peers, my mother for instance knows about video conferencing while my father knows how to programme and record the PVC decoder, the result is that I often take advice from them because most of our experiences are still ‘generationally’ concurrent, and it’s easier.

But, although they are young they effectively combine old fashioned values with this modern approach to life which makes them rather clever.

Today they used that parenting ‘Jedi mind trick’ of complaining about other people’s behaviour in our company and then saying, “Our children were taught never to…”

Basically don’t ever try that … if you know what is good for you.

And if you know what’s good for you, you would say, “White Rabbit!” because it’s the first of the month.