“Why”? Putin asks
“I fly to another city, call home and everyone is asleep. I woke you up at 4AM but I thought it was only evening. – I call Angela Merkel to congratulate her on her birthday and she tells me she has it tomorrow. – I wish the Chinese President a happy New Year, and he says it’s not today.”
“Indeed” Putin replies “but that’s only minor stuff, remember when that Polish plane crashed with the president? I called them to express my condolences, but the plane hadn’t taken off yet!!”