Funny thing happened on the train

Yesterday I took a bus from Wenatchee to Seattle and then a train from Seattle to Portland. On the train, I ended up sitting across from a couple from Australia. Actually he is from Oregon, but has been living in Australia for 35 years where he met and married his Australian wife. This is all inconsequential information, but I felt like I should be completely accurate. Anyway, they were a fabulous couple who made the train ride a lot more fun. They told me about their two children. One of which is dating a girl, Sarah, who is "lovely". They kept saying that over and over again as if they were trying to convince themselves of it. You could totally tell that although they admired their son for his commitment and loyalty to his girlfriend Sarah, who is a lovely girl, they were secretly hoping that he would end up with the neighbor girl and life long best friend, Purdy. Odd name, but you know, they're Australian. Foreigners always have odd names. The best part about it is that her last name is Skerry, pronounced scary. So yes, they have a daughter named Purdy Skerry. I guess her father is an eccentric genius who wanted to make sure that no one forgot his one and only daughter. Where was her mother, I asked, when the naming was done? After all, that's what mothers are for, to protect their babies from the random whims of their fathers. The couple said that although not as much as her husband, she is eccentric in her own right. So there you have it, poor Purdy is left with an odd name crushing on the neighbor boy who is dating Sarah, a lovely girl.