ePerils

Two little stories for you – both about the amazing world we’re living in. Too fast, and without enough concentration, apparently!

I sent this email to friends in Derbyshire a few days ago because the remains of the most recent tropical hurricane had hit central England with quite some force.

Hello. We've been seeing incredible TV weather pix from over your way - including a waterfall in the Peaks District blowing upwards. Hope you're not getting too battered?

Love,

Kris. xxxx

I received a most surprising reply -

We r fine we r in bath xxx

Sent from my iPod

Goodness! They’re the same age as us. It’s a while since we’ve had a bath together (or admitted we had.) As the sheikh I’m writing about is currently having fun in the bath with his girlfriend my mind boggled a bit and I felt very grateful I‘d had a reply at all.

But had I got it wrong? Was the weather so bad they were sheltering in the bath like tornado victims do? Surely not. Stupidly, I asked.

This morning I received a reply headed ‘Home from Bath’. Yep – the lovely old English city of Bath. I needn’t have put my brain into overdrive after all, but a capital B in the first email would have helped…

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