18:00 Lois og jeg spiser aftensmad og derefter bruger vi aftenen på at se
lidt fjernsyn. De viser en underholdende tv-quiz, ”Through the Keyhole”.
Programmets surrealistiske vært, Keith
Lemon, besøger 3 boliger og kigger rundt i husene. Lemons 3 gæster, Kate
Garraway, Jimmy Carr og Marvin Humes, prøver så at gætte, hvilken berømthed
huset hører til.
Det er meget sjovt at se de 3 boliger, men jeg synes, det er lidt af en
skam, at Lemon og hans filmhold forårsager en masse skader og begår en masse
hærværk i husene. De laver også numre med ejerne, som ikke er meget morsomme –
som for eksempel smide deres bedste tøj i en offentlig skraldespand.
Sikke en skam, at Lemon og hans filmhold
begår
en masse hærværk i husene.
Jeg
har ondt af ejerne!
Keith Lemon er blevet lidt for indbilsk, synes jeg, og han tror, han må gør
alt det han vil. Det hjælper ikke på noget, at hans filmhold er så slesk: de forguder
ham. Og de smigrer og forkæle ham ved enhver lejlighed.
Lemon er nu blevet alt for indbilsk,
og
hans filmhold alt for slesk, synes jeg.
22:30 Vi går i seng – zzzzzz!!!!
04:00 Jeg står tidligt op.
Jeg kigger lidt på nettet, og jeg finder Morten Ingemanns seneste
tegneseriestribe. Du godeste! Jeg får lidt af et chok, da jeg ser den – det ved
jeg med sikkerhed!
Danskeren Ingemann er min yndlingstegner
– ingen tvivl om det! Han har mange egenskaber, som er et must med mig
og en stor plus. Han interesserer sig meget for grimme, overvægtige,
midaldrende folk, de slags mennesker, som de fleste tegnere sjældent giver
opmærksomhed til.
Han har en rigtig forstand på den menneskelige natur og han fokuserer ofte
på de vanskellige problemer, som grimme, overvægtige, midaldrende folk oplever
i deres parforhold. Unødvendigt at sige, at én af de største problemer er
glemsomhed og det er det meget fremsynet af Ingemann at synliggøre dette
spørgsmål, ingen tvivl om det!
Men hans seneste stribe viser, hvor stor er den kulturelle kløft mellem
England og kontinentale Europa, når det kommer til hvad er acceptabelt og hvad
ikke er acceptabelt – det har jeg ikke nogen tvivl om !!!!! Man ville aldrig se
sådan en stribe i en engelsk avis – ingen tvivl om det!!!!
I dagens stribe ser vi en overvægtig midaldrende ægtemand, der har sat sig
til rette i sin yndlingslænestol. Hans kone er kommet ind iført et
mini-forklæde med et rødt hjerte på og hun standser ved siden af mandens
lænestol. Hun siger, at hun nu har helt glemt, hvad det var, hun skulle her
inde i stuen... hmmmm...siger hun! Dette er den slags scene, der gentager sig
igen og igen i vores stue med Lois og mig – det er der ikke nogen tvivl om!
Men parrets dialog er noget helt anderledes og unik til Ingemanns liv – det
har jeg ikke nogen tvivl om! Manden i striben minder hendes kone desværre om,
at hun ville udføre en seksuel handling med ham - jeg springer over detaljerne
på grund af anstændighed!!!!
Jeg formoder, at dette slags stribe er helt acceptabelt i Danmark, og
danskerne sikkert synes, at vi englændere er lige lidt snerpede – sikke en skør
verden vi lever i !!!!
En ros til Ingemann for at synliggøre problemet af glemsomhed blandt
middelaldrende par! Men jeg tror ikke, at dette pars frække livsstil er den
sande ånd af det slags godt og langvarigt ægteskab, der er baseret på kærlighed
og respekt! Du godeste!!!
Og nogle af ornamenterne, som parret har valgt at sætte på deres hylder er
lidt for grafiske til min smag – deg ved jeg med sikkerhed!!!!
07:30 Jeg skynder mig ind i køkkenet og laver to kopper te. Jeg tager dem
med op i soveværelset og hopper op i sengen til Lois. Vi drikker teen og står
op. Vi spiser morgenmad.
09:00 Vi taler lidt på Skype med Sarah, vores yngste datter, der for 13
måneder siden flyttede til Perth i Australien, sammen med Francis, sin mand, og
deres 3-årige tvillinger, Lily og Jessica. Det er meget sjovt at snakke med dem
om deres liv i Australien, og tvillingerne viser os deres yndlingsbøger og
deres seneste tegninger osv. De siger hej til Minx, Alisons kat – Alison er
vores ældste datter, der bor i København, sammen med sin familie. Jessica
holder meget af katte, mens Lily holder meget af kaniner. Hvor er de dog søde -
Lois og jeg savner dem så meget!!!!
Lily viser os ét af sine legetøj
Lily, Sarah og Jessica: det er på tide at sige farvel, hulk hulk!
Ejerne af familiens hus i Yanchep har bedt dem om at forlade huset med 30
dages varsel. Sarah siger, at hun og Francis har fundet en lille forstad,
Leederville, som de gerne ville flytte til. Leederville ligger ikke ret langt
fra Osbourne Park, hvor Sarah tager på arbejde, og området er mere traditionelt,
end Yanchep, med flere nærbutikker, lokale barer osv, ligesom en typisk engelsk
forstad. Francis skal kigge på et par huse derovre i morgen og måske sende en
ansøgning ind. Leederville har nogle gode skoler, som tvillingerne kan gå i om
et par år.
Lily og Jessica går for tiden to dage om ugen (mandag og onsdag) i en lokal
børnehave.
Sarahs job er stadig meget stressende. Det viser sig, at hendes firma har
tendens til at have likviditetsproblemer indimellem – du godeste, bare hendes
held!!!!
12:00 Vi spiser frokost og bagefter skal Lois af sted. Hun vil gerne
deltage i to gudstjenester, der finder sted i dag i Tewkesbury. Hun kører med
sin veninde, Maggie.
13:00 Jeg går i seng for at tage mig en kort men tilfredsstillende
eftermiddagslur – zzzzzzz!!!
14:00 Jeg står op og går en kort tur i nabolaget. Min rute er Dybegade,
Højgade, Bankgade, Møllegade og tilbage igen via Borgergade.
Jeg går en kort tur i nabolaget
14:30 Jeg kommer tilbage og slapper af med en kop te i sofaen.
Jeg kigger lidt på nettet. Jeg er ked af, at høre om døden af Loalwa Braz,
den brasilienske sangerinde bag det legendariske
latinpop-hit 'La Lambada' i 1989. På det tidspunkt, blev Lambada hyldet
som verdens mest sexede dans, og det var bare meget uheldigt for Loalwa, at La
Lambada blev overskygget kun 2 år senere af en endnu mere sexet dans, La Stonk.
Nu til dags husker alle La Stonk, og La Lambada er blevet næsten helt glemt –
uha, sådan er livet, sådan er berømmelse!
La Lambada (1989) var
i 2 korte år verdens
mest sexede dans
Desværre blev La Lambada snart overskygget
af en endnu mere sexet
dans, La Stonk (1991)
15:30 Lois kommer
tilbage og vi slapper af med en kop te i sofaen.
English translation
18:00 Lois and I eat supper and
then we spend the evening watching a little television. They show an
entertaining TV game, "Through the Keyhole". The program's surreal
host, Keith Lemon, visits three residences and looks around the houses. Lemon's
3 guests, Kate Garraway, Jimmy Carr and Marvin Humes, then try to guess which
celebrity the house belongs to.
It is a lot of fun to see the 3
residences, but I think it is a bit of a shame that Lemon and his film crew
cause a lot of damage and commit a lot of vandalism in the houses. They also
play tricks on the owners, which is not very funny - such as throwing their
best clothes in a public trash can.
What a shame that Lemon and his film crew
carry out a lot of vandalism in the houses.
I feel really sorry for the owners!
Keith Lemon has become a little
too conceited, I think, and he thinks he can do anything he wants. It does not
help that his film crew are so sycophantic and idolise him: they flatter and
spoil him at every opportunity.
Lemon has now become too conceited,
and his film crew too sycophantic, I think.
22:30 We go to bed - zzzzzz !!!!
04:00 I get up early.
I look a little at the web and I
find Morten Ingemann's latest comic strip. My God! I get a bit of a shock when
I see it - I know that for sure!
The Dane Ingemann is my favorite
cartoonist - no doubt about it! He has many qualities that are a must with me
and a big plus. He is very interested in ugly, overweight, middle-aged people,
the kind of people that most artists rarely pay attention to.
He has a real understanding of
human nature and he often focuses on handling difficult problems that ugly,
overweight, middle-aged people experience in their relationships. Needless to
say that one of the biggest problems is forgetfulness and it is very
far-sighted of Ingemann give visibility to this question, no doubt about it!
But his latest strip shows how
great is the cultural divide between England and continental Europe, when it
comes to what is acceptable and what is not acceptable - I have no doubts about
that !!!!! You would never see such a strip in an English newspaper - no doubt
about it !!!!
In today's strip, we see an
overweight middle-aged husband who has settled himself in his favorite
armchair. His wife has come in dressed in a mini-apron with a red heart on and she
stops next to the man’s armchair. She says she has completely forgotten what it
was, she came in the living room to do ... "hmmmm", she says ...! This is the
kind of scene that repeats itself over and over in our living room with Lois
and me - there is no doubt!
But the couple's dialogue is
something completely different and unique to Ingemann’s life - I have no doubts
about that ! The man in the strip unfortunately reminds his wife that she was
going to perform a sexual act with him - I will skip the details on grounds of
decency !!!!
I suspect that this kind of strip
is quite acceptable in Denmark, and Danes probably think that we English are
just a little uptight - what a crazy world we live in !!!!
Hats off to Ingemann for
highlighting the problem of forgetfulness among middle-aged couples! But I do
not think that this couple's racy lifestyle is the true spirit of the kind of
good and lasting marriage that is based on love and respect! My God!!!
And some of the ornaments that
the couple have chosen to put on their shelves are a little too graphic for my
taste - I know that for sure !!!!
07:30 I hurry into the kitchen
and make two cups of tea. I take them up to the bedroom and hop into bed with
Lois. We drink the tea and get up. We eat breakfast.
9:00 We speak a little on Skype
with Sarah, our youngest daughter, who 13 months ago moved to Perth in
Australia, along with Francis, her husband and their 3-year-old twins, Lily and
Jessica. It is a lot of fun to talk to them about their lives in Australia, and
the twins show us their favorite books and their latest drawings etc. They say hi
to Minx, Alison's cat - Alison is our oldest daughter who lives in Copenhagen
with her family. Jessica is very fond of cats, while Lily is very fond of
rabbits. How sweet they are - Lois and I miss them so much !!!!
Lily shows us one of her toys
Lily, Sarah and Jessica - time to say goodbye - sob, sob!
The owners of the family's house
in Yanchep have asked them to leave the house with 30 days notice. Sarah says
she and Francis have found a small suburb, Leederville, that they would like to
move to. Leederville is located not far from Osbourne Park, where Sarah go to
work, and the area is more traditional than Yanchep, with several convenience
stores, local bars etc. just like a typical English suburb. Francis is to look
at a few houses over there tomorrow and maybe send an application in.
Leederville has some good schools that the twins can go to in a few years'
time.
Lily and Jessica are presently
going two days a week (Monday and Wednesday) to a local kindergarten.
Sarah's job is still very
stressful. It turns out that her company tends to have liquidity problems from
time to time - my god, just her luck !!!!
12:00 We eat lunch and afterwards
Lois must away. She would like to attend two church services taking place today
in Tewkesbury. She is riding with
her friend, Maggie.
13:00 I go to bed and take a
short but satisfying afternoon nap - zzzzzzz !!!
14:00 I get up and go for a short
walk in the neighborhood. My route
is Dybegade, Højgade, Bankgade, Møllegade and back again via Borgergade.
I go for a short walk in the
neighborhood
14:30 I come back and relax with a cup
of tea on the sofa.
I take a little look at the web.
I'm sorry to hear about the death of Loalwa Braz, the Brazilian singer behind
the legendary latinpop-hit 'La Lambada' in 1989. At that time, the Lambada was hailed
as the world's sexiest dance, and it was just very unfortunate for Loalwa that
La Lambada was overshadowed only 2 years later by an even more sexy dance, La
Stonk. Nowadays everybody remembers La Stonk, and La Lambada has been almost
completely forgotten - oh dear, such is life, such is fame!
La Lambada (1989) was for two short
years the world’s
sexiest dance
Unfortunately, La Lambada was soon
overshadowed
by an even more sexy dance, La Stonk (1991)
15:30 Lois comes back and we
relax with a cup of tea on the sofa.
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