Marcus Green

@richardintheuk Actually, yes.

@HelloFromMarcus Was your previous pet a parrot?

We're having a barbecue to celebrate our dogs' third birthday tomorrow, which is slightly ironic as he's a sausage dog.

@PegFluff This is obviously the correct answer but doesn't play well with the joke.

@creventa @ThermopylaeRIP Thank you for keeping us in the loop and please give the old stick some suitably mawkish greetings.

Just got back from my morning visit to @ThermopylaeRIP He remains tired but signs of his humour returning. It's the weekend so I can't get much of an update on his medical status but save for any unexpected turns he looks on the path to recovery, albeit not a short road. I've got his phone working again. If you send a message, I'd just ask that you remind him you don't expect a reply, but just want to pass on your thoughts, etc. He just doesn't have the energy to reply, even though he ordinarily would. More news when I have it.