18:00 Vi spiser aftensmad og bruger resten af aftenen på at se lidt
fjernsyn. De viser et gamle afsnit af
”The Good Old Days”, et tv-program, der prøver at genskabe stemningen af
det gamle vaudeville-teater. Programmet blev først udsendt i marts 1976, lige
før min 30. fødselsdag – du godeste, lykkelige dage!!!
For vores vedkommende, er højdepunktet (som altid) knivkasteren. Det er en
skam, at man nu til dags sjældent ser knivkastningsnumre - hvorfor ikke? Lois og jeg plejer at
kommentere, at det er en skam, at knivkasterens glamorøse assistent altid ser
så munter ud. Når vi ser assistentens muntre ansigt, kan vi ikke længere tro,
at en forfærdelig ulykke er en mulighed – du godeste! Selvom jeg formoder, at
assistenten faktisk kan være en meget bekymret men også meget dygtig
zenbuddhist.
Knivkastningsnummeret – hvorfor er den glamorøse assistent altid så munter?
Jeg tror, at knivkasteren er klar over, at der er en mindre
”troværdighedsproblem”, fordi der altid også er en version med ”tilbundne øjne”
(i dette tilfælde er ”bindet” faktisk en avis dateret i 1976), men jeg har en
vis overbevisning, at den glamorøse assistent stadig smiler bag avisen – du
godeste! Men jeg er bare en gammel kyniker!!!
Mens knivkasteren er i gang med at kaste sine kniver, læser jeg i et kort
øjeblik den gamle avis, der gemmer assistentens muntre ansigt. Jeg ser, at man
kunne flyve til Amerika eller Canada og tilbage med Laker-Airways for kun £102 – du godeste,
lykkelige dage (igen) !!!! Freddie Laker var en banebrydende britisk
forretningsmand, der startede Laker Airways og sat i gang verdens anden virkeligt
billige flyture i 1970’erne (den første var Islands Loftleiðir). Laker Airways gik desværre konkurs først i 1980’erne – uha!
Assistentens ”bind” er en avis dateret 1976
Det er sandt, at assistenten ser lidt lettet ud, da knivkasteren er færdig
med denne del af nummeret, men det kan være, at hun bare er en meget dygtig
skuespillerinde – du godeste, jeg er så kynisk!!!
Assistenten ser helt sikkert lidt lettet ud, da knivkasteren er færdig!!!
Det er sandt også, at klimakset af hele nummeret kommer, da en ung mand i
publikummet bliver valgt til at blive knivkasterens sidste ”offer” (han tilbød
at skifte plads med kvinden), men jeg mistænker, at det sikkert er ét langt
bedrag fra knivkasterens side – måske var han parrets teenagesøn!! Forsikringsbetalinger
ville ellers have været forfærdelige – hvis for eksempel, drengen havde bevæget
sig lidt efter en kniv blev kastet – du godeste! Jeg gyser at tænke, hvad der
kunne være sket!!! Stakkels dreng!!!!!
Var denne dreng virkeligt en sand frivillig deltager,
valgt
tilfældigt fra publikummet???
Ken Dodd, den ekcentriske komiker,
var showets store stjerne. Det er indlysende at han er den slags komiker,
der nyder vældig meget at være på scenen og at ekstemporere så snart
publikummet (især kvinderne) er begyndt at le hysterisk til ham. Jeg formoder,
at det er svært at overtale ham til at holde op og forlade scenen, så snart han
begynder at more sig – du godeste! Hans nummer varer faktisk så længe, at der næsten
ikke er tid til showets afsluttende sang – du godeste (igen)!
Ken Dodd: det er svært at overtale ham at holde op med at
ekstemporere
og forlade scenen – uha!
Det er Lois enig med mig i. Én af hendes tidligere arbejdskollegaer på det
plejehjem, hvor hun arbejdede, kendte Ken Dodd godt. Tilsyneladende overskred
han rigtig ofte sit tidsgrænse på byens ”Everyman” teater, og mange gæster blev
tvunget til at forlade teatret midt i forestillingen – du godeste!
04:45 Jeg står tidligt op og laver én af mine rutinemæssige danske
ordforrådtester. Jeg kigger lidt på internettet, og jeg ser, at vores yngste
datter, Sarah, der for et år siden flyttede til Australien, sammen med Francis,
sin mand, og deres 3-årige tvillinger, Lily og Jessica, har sendt mig nogle
charmerende fotos af børnene. De går højt op i kunst og tegninger, også ”fuzzy
felts” osv – det har jeg ikke nogen tvivl om !
Børnenes seneste “Fuzzy Felts” værk
(1) Jessica og (2) Lily, i færd med deres kunstværker. Hvor ser de dog søde ud!!!
07:45 Sarah sender mig en sms. Hun vil tale med os på Skype kl 17
(west-australsk tid). Det giver mig lidt af et chok. Jeg skynder mig ind i
køkkenet og laver to kopper te og jeg bringer dem op på vores soveværelse. Jeg
kryber tilbage i vores seng og vi drikker teen. Vi beslutter at overlade vores
sædvanlige brusebad til senere på dagen.
08:15 Vi står op og snupper en hurtig morgenmad.
09:00 Vi taler på Skype med vores datter, Sarah, også de 3-årige Lily og
Jessica. Tvillingerne viser os endnu flere af deres tegninger og malerier.
Lois
taler med Lily (til venstre) og Jessica (til højre)
Sarah siger, at tvillingerne nyder vældig meget deres balletlektioner hver
lørdag hos APASTAGEWORKS, med deres
glamorøse balletlærer, Tammie Rafferty.
Tvillingernes glamorøse balletlærer, Tammie Rafferty
Det er meget sjovt at tale med dem om deres liv i Perth. Sarah har nu i to
uger arbejdet på sit nye job, ved Tim Davies Landscaping. Den anden uge var
lidt stressende, fordi hun måtte fuldføre under stor pres selskabets
ledelsesregnskaber for måneden september. Hendes forgænger kunne ikke fuldføre
dem, før hun blev afskediget eller sagde op. Næste uge kan Sarah begynde at
arbejde på regnskaberne for oktober. Du godeste, stakkels Sarah!!!
Hun siger, at firmaet lukker midlertidigt ned i to uger julen og nytåret
over. Det vil være rart for Sarah at kunne tilbringe disse to uger hjemme
sammen med sin lille familie.
Det er så rart at kunne tale med dem, men vi føler os lidt triste efter opkaldet, fordi vi savner dem så meget.
13:00 Vi spiser frokost og bagefter går i seng.
16:00 Vi står op og slapper af med en kop te på sofaen.
English translation
18:00 We have dinner and spend
the rest of the evening watching TV. They show an old episode of "The Good
Old Days", a television program that tries to recreate the atmosphere of
the old vaudeville theater. The program was first broadcast in March 1976, just
before my 30th birthday - my god, happy days !!!
For our part, the highlight (as
always) is the knife thrower. It's a shame that nowadays you rarely see knife
throwing acts - why not? Lois and I usually comment that it is a shame that the
knife thrower's glamorous assistant always look so cheerful. When we see the assistant's
cheerful face, we can no longer believe that a terrible accident is a
possibility - my goodness! Although I suppose that the assistant may actually
be a very anxious, but very skilled zen-buddhist.
the knife-throwing act – why is the glamorous
assistant always so cheerful?
I think the knife thrower is
aware that there is a minor "credibility problem" because there is
always also a "blindfold" version (in this case, the
"blindfold" is actually a newspaper dated 1976), but I have a certain
conviction that the glamorous assistant is still smiling behind the newspaper -
my God! But I'm just an old cynic !!!
While the knife thrower is busy
with throwing his knives, I read for a short moment the old newspaper that is
hiding the assistant's cheerful face. I see that you could fly to America or Canada and
back with Laker Airways - for only £102 - my god, happy days (again) !!!!
Freddie Laker was a pioneering British businessman who started Laker Airways
and launched the world's second series of really cheap flights in 1970 (the first was
Iceland's Loftleiðir). Laker Airways unfortunately went bankrupt in the early
1980s - oh dear!
the assistant's "blindfold" is
a newspaper dated 1976
It is true that the assistant looks a little relieved when the knife thrower is finished with this part of
the act, but it may be that she's just a very talented actress - my god, I'm so
cynical !!!
The assistant certainly looks a little
relieved when the knife thrower is finished !!!
It is true also that the climax
of the entire act comes when a young man in the audience is selected to be the
knife thrower's final "victim" (he offered to swap places with the
woman), but I suspect that this is probably one long deception on the knife
thrower's part - maybe he was the couple's teenage son!! Insurance payments
would otherwise have been awful - if, for example, the boy had moved slightly
after a knife was thrown - my god! I shudder to think what might have happened
!!! Poor boy !!!!!
Was this guy really a truly voluntary
participant,
chosen at random from the audience ???
Ken Dodd, the eccentric comedian,
was the show's biggest star. It's obvious that he's the kind of comedian who
very much enjoys being on stage and extemporizing as soon as the audience
(especially the women) have started to laugh hysterically at him. I suppose
that it is hard to persuade him to quit and leave the stage as soon as he
starts having fun - my god! His act actually lasts so long that there is hardly
time for the show's closing song - my god (again)!
Ken Dodd: it's hard to persuade him to
stop extemporizing and leave the stage - oh dear!
Lois agrees with me. One of her
former workmates at the nursing home where she worked knew Ken Dodd well.
Apparently he exceeded his time limit at the town's "Everyman" theatre
really often, and many audience-members were forced to leave the theater in the
middle of the show - my god!
22:00 We go to bed - zzzzzz !!!!!
04:45 I get up early and do one
of my routine Danish vocabulary tests. I look a little on the internet, and I
see that our youngest daughter, Sarah, who a year ago moved to Australia, along
with Francis, her husband and their 3-year-old twins, Lily and Jessica, has
sent me some charming photos of the twins. They are very into art and drawings,
also"fuzzy felts," etc. - I have no doubts about that!
The children’s latest "Fuzzy Felts'
work
(1) Jessica and (2) Lily, busy with their artwork. How cute they look!!!
07:45 Sarah sends me a text message. She wants to talk to us on Skype at 5pm (Western-Australian time). It gives me a bit of a shock. I hurry into the kitchen and make two cups of tea and I bring them up to our bedroom. I creep back in our bed and we drink the tea. We decide to leave our usual shower for later in the day.
08:15 We get up and grab a quick breakfast.
08:15 We get up and grab a quick breakfast.
09:00 We talk on Skype with our
daughter, Sarah, also the 3-year-old Lily and Jessica. The twins show us even
more of their drawings and paintings.
Lois speaks with Lily (left) and Jessica
(right)
Sarah says that the twins are
very much enjoying their ballet lessons every Saturday at APASTAGEWORKS, with
their glamorous ballet teacher, Tammie Rafferty.
The twins' glamorous ballet teacher,
Tammie Rafferty
It is a lot of fun to talk with
them about their lives in Perth. Sarah has now had two weeks working at her new
job with Tim Davies Landscaping. The second week was a little stressful because
she had to complete the company's management accounts for the month of
September under great pressure. Her predecessor failed to complete them before
she was laid off or quit. Next week, Sarah can begin working on the accounts
for October. My god, poor Sarah !!!
She says that the company closes
down temporarily for two weeks over Christmas and New Year. It will be nice for
Sarah to be able to spend these two weeks at home with her little family.
It is so nice to be able to speak with them, but we feel a little sad after the call, because we miss them so much.
13:00 We eat lunch and then go to
bed.
16:00 We get up and relax with a
cup of tea on the sofa.
No comments:
Post a Comment