On the day:
02/10/2012
On the way:
The lean old man with the white bristles stands at the door to the train, his cream and brown furry friend in his folded arms.
He's sporting a green harness (the ferret, not the man; the man is in grey shade cammo trousers and a blue Disney hoodie with a tasteful embroidered Tigger in lieu of a breast pocket, and his customary peak cap advertising a local plumber) but shows no sign of wanting to explore further than the shoulders and arms of his human. And when he is weary of his adventures, he curls up his long torso in the crook of the man's arms for a nap.
It's true friendship.
Not everyone's first choice companion, of course - "You know those ferrets, they're 'orrible little things," comments one disgusted commuter to his wife from the safety of the station platform, with all the righteous authority of a resident of Tunbridge Wells. "They bite and they piss all over you."
Perhaps. But on the bright side it doesn't waddle around passing gratuitous judgements about the toilet habits of it's fellow commuters. However much fun that would be.
I can tell yeh.
On the pod:
Losing Touch - The Killers
On the front page:
Miliband in £1bn pledge to focus on apprentices
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