"I'm going to call you bird from now on," Punchy greeted me this morning at 5am with a smile. 

Punchy comes up with a new name for me each week so I wasn't particularly surprised, but I asked where this one came from anyway.

"Well you're Richard," he started.

I corrected him with: "Well, you know it's Richa actually....".

"You're Richard" he repeated.

Apparently:

Richard the THIRD

Third = Bird ----> Richard = Bird

So until the next time, I AM BIRD.