And he phones me every lunchtime (which is sweet) but he always says the same thing. 'Hello, it's me. What's new?' and then I listen to him breathing for a couple of minutes then he says 'I haven't got much to tell you, so I'll see you later.'
If I'm out he always leaves the same message, 'Hello, it's me, it's 20 past one, give me a call when you get back from wherever it is you've gone.'
Then I call him back and have the what's new conversation...