18:30 Vi spiser aftensmad: Lois smider resten af den fasan, som vores
nabo, Bob, skød, i en karry-gryde – nam nam nam!
19:30 Bagefter bruger vi aftenen på at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser den
første afsnit af den 2. serie af ”Sorry”, en gammel sitcom fra 1980’erne,
stjernespækket Ronnie Corbett, den skotske komiker. Serien handler om en
41-årig bibliotekar, Timothy Lumsden, der stadigvæk bor hjemme hos sin krævende
mor og afslappede far.
Afsnittets handling udspiller sig i februar måned. Timmy vil forføre en
frodig kvinde ved navn Veronica, så han planlægger en lørdag aftens fest, han
kan invitere hende til. Han vil have, at hans forældre ikke er hjemme, så han
betaler for, at de overnatter på et hotel i Cromer, en kold badeby, der ligger
på Englands østkyste – brrr!!!
Midt i programmet glider jeg over i søvnen i et par minutter, men jeg
ser slutningen: Timmys far, der er blevet skadet i en mindre ulykke, er stadig
hjemme og er i gang med at nyde festen.
Han sidder på sofaen sammen med Veronica og flirter med hende. Så ser vi
stakkels Timmy, der sammen med sin mor fryser i et koldt hotelværelse i Cromer.
Du godeste! Sikke et mareridt!
Timmys far er blevet skadet i en mindre
ulykke
Timmys skadede far benytter festen for at flirte
med den frodige Veronika....
I mellemtiden fryser Timmy og hans mor i et
koldt hotelværelse i Cromer
Tilbageblik til Cromer i lykkeligere tider:
Lois og jeg besøger denne kolde badeby i October 2014 – brrrrr!!!!!
08:00 Derefter viser de University Challenge og Only Connect, to af de
få tv-programmer, der ikke er egnede for de dumme – ha ha ha!
Victoria Coren, Only Connects vært, stiller et interessant spørgsmål: hvad
er forbindelsen mellem de ikke eksisterende ord ”foke”, ”hombay”, ”egantic” og
”leakfast”. Svaret er som følger: hun har skabt nye ”portmanteau” ord i deres mulige
alternative former: ”foke” i stedet for ”smog” (”smoke” og ”fog”), ”hombay” i
stedet for ”Bollywood” (”Bombay” og ”Hollywood”), ”egantic” i stedet for
”ginormous” (”gigantic” og ”enormous”), og ”leakfast” i stedet for ”brunch”
(”breakfast” og ”lunch”). Du godeste! Hvor har hun dog en forskruet hjerne!
22:00 Vi går i seng – zzzzz!!!!
03:45 Jeg står tidligt op og kigger lidt på internettet. Jeg ser, at
mere sne er i gang med at ramme Danmark – du godeste! Brrrrr!!!! Lois og jeg er
så heldige, at vi bor i Cheltenham. Ingen sne her – hurra!
Mere sne rammer Danmark – brrrr!!!
09:00 Terry, den lokale handyman, dukker op og går i gang med at
reparere forskellige ting omkring huset og haven.
10:00 Min ven, ”Magyar” Mike kommer, og vi studerer ungarsk i en time. Vi er fast besluttede på at forbedre vores ungarske
ordforråd, og jeg har udarbejdet en liste over 50 engelske ord, jeg vil have
ham til at oversætte til ungarsk. Jeg er så krævende – ha ha ha! Mike bringer
som regel en anden liste, han har udarbejdet til mig, men han søger i dag i sin
mappe og opdager, at han har glemt at bringe den. Vi beslutter at udsætte denne
gensidige ordforrådtest til næste uge.
11:00 Mike skal af
sted. Lois og jeg går hen ind i landsbyen og smutter ind hos Waghorne’s, den
lokale slagter, for at købe kød, brød og scotch egg – nam nam nam! Så smutter
vi ind hos postkontoret og afsende et Star Wars tegneserieblad til Josie, én af
vores 3 børnebørn i København. Bagefter går vi en kort tur i nabolaget og
kommer hjem via den gamle kirke og Borgergade.
13:00 Vi spiser
frokost. Terry, den lokale handyman, skal af sted. Han kommer tilbage i morgen
for at reparere vores hegn.
14:00 Jeg går i
seng og tager mig en lang lur. Francis, vores svigersøn, ringer til mig fra
Australien. Han råder mig til, hvordan jeg skal takle et problem med hans bil,
som han efterlod hos os, da familien for 6 uger siden flyttede til Perth.
Problemet er, at motorens advarselslampe tænder, når jeg starter bilen, og
slukkes ikke – du godeste! Det ville være rart ikke at skulle tænke på dette
problem – jeg interesserer mig overhovedet ikke for biler, det er både sikkert
og vist!
15:00 Jeg står op
og Lois og jeg slapper af med en kop te på sofaen....
English translation
18:30 We eat dinner: Lois throws the rest of the pheasant, which our
neighbor, Bob, shot, into a curry pot - yum yum yum!
19:30 Afterwards we spend the evening watching a little television. They
show the first episode of the second series of "Sorry", an old sitcom
from the 1980s, starring Ronnie Corbett, the Scottish comedian. The series is
about a 41-year-old librarian Timothy Lumsden, who still lives at home with his
demanding mother and relaxed father.
The episode's action takes place in February. Timmy wants to seduce a buxom
woman named Veronica, so he plans a Saturday night party, he can invite her to.
He wants his parents to be not at home, so he pays for their stay at a hotel in
Cromer, a cold seaside resort, located on England's East Coast - brrr !!!
In the middle of the program I slide into sleep for a few minutes, but I
see the end: Timmy's father, who has been injured in a minor accident, is still
at home and is starting to enjoy the party. He sits on the sofa with Veronica
and is flirting with her. Then we see poor Timmy, who with his mother is
freezing in a cold hotel-room in Cromer. My Goodness! What a nightmare!
Timmy's father has been injured in a minor
accident
Timmy's injured father uses the party to flirt
with the buxom Veronika ....
Meanwhile Timmy and his mother are freezing in
a cold hotel-room in Cromer
Flashback to Cromer in happier times:
Lois and I visit this cold seaside resort in October 2014 - brrrrr !!!!!
08:00 They then show University Challenge and Only Connect, two of the few
television programs that are not suitable for stupid people - ha ha ha!
Victoria Coren, Only Connect's host, puts an interesting question: what is
the connection between the non-existent words "Foke",
"hombay", "egantic" and "leakfast". The answer is
as follows: she has created new "portmanteau" words in their possible
alternative forms: "Foke" instead of "smog"
("smoke" and "fog"), "hombay" instead of "Bollywood" ("Bombay " and
" Hollywood ")," egantic " instead of "ginormous
" (" gigantic " and " enormous "), and " leakfast
" instead of " brunch " (" breakfast " and "
lunch "). My Goodness! What a twisted mind she has!
22:00 We go to bed - zzzzz !!!!
03:45 I get up early and take a look on the
internet. I see that more snow is starting to hit Denmark - my goodness! Brrrrr
!!!! Lois and I are so lucky that we live in Cheltenham. No snow here - hurray!
More snow hits Denmark - brrrr
!!!
09:00 Terry, the local handyman, appears and begins to repair various things around the house and garden.
10:00 My friend, "Magyar" Mike comes and we study Hungarian for one hour. We are determined to improve our Hungarian vocabulary and I have compiled a list of 50 English words, I want him to translate into Hungarian. I am so demanding - ha ha ha! Mike brings usually a different list, he has provided to me, but he is looking for it today in his briefcase and discovers that he forgot to bring it. We decide to postpone this mutual vocabulary test till next week.
11:00 Mike has to be off. Lois and I go into the village and slip in at Waghorne's, the local butcher, to buy meat, bread and scotch egg - yum yum yum! Then we slip in at the post office and ship a Star Wars comic magazine for Josie, one of our three grandchildren in Copenhagen. Afterwards we go for a short walk in the neighborhood and come home via the old church and Borgergade.
13:00 We eat lunch. Terry, the local handyman has to be off. He'll be back tomorrow to mend our fences.
14:00 I go to bed and take me a long nap. Francis, our son-in-law, calls me from Australia. He advises me on how to deal with a problem with his car, which he left with us when the family six weeks ago moved to Perth. The problem is that the engine warning light comes on when I start the car, and will not turn off - my goodness! It would be nice not to have to think about this problem - I care not at all about cars, that is both certain and sure!
15:00 I get up and Lois and I relax with a cup of tea on the couch ....
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