18:00 Lois og jeg spiser aftensmad, og bagefter skal vi af sted. Lois vil
gerne deltage i et bibelklasse, der finder sted i aften i Tewkesbury, og hun må
ikke køre bil om natten for tiden på grund af grå stær. Hun venter stadig på at
få en tid hos specialisten på Gloucester-hospitalet.
Jeg kører Lois over til Mari-Ann og Alfs hus, og sætter hende af. Alf skal
køre hende over til Tewkesbury. På vej hjem kan jeg igen ikke modstå fristelsen
til at køre forbi Sarahs gamle hus i Leckhampton og dagdrømme om de dage, når
Lois og jeg passede på Sarahs små tvillingerne, vores yngste børnebørn, Lily og
Jessica. Lykkelige dage!!! Sarah og Francis, sin mand, flyttede i december 2015
til Perth i Australien, sammen med deres tvillingerne, der nu er 3,5 år gamle.
19:00 Jeg kører hjem og lytter lidt til radio, en interessant program, der
handler om de turnéer, som de berømte komikere, Stan Laurel og Oliver Hardy,
tog på i 1930’erne og 1940’erne rundt i England.
Det er forbløffende, men parret blev modtaget ligesom rockstjerner - store menneskemængder
ventede på dem på banegårde. Programmet minder mig om, at Lois og jeg i juni
2010 besøgte Oliver and Hardy Museum i Ulveston, lige efter Francis og Sarahs
bryllup, der fandt sted ved siden af Coniston Sø. Stan Laurel blev født i 1890
i Ulveston.
Huset i byen Ulveston, hvor Stan Laurel blev født
Jeg står foran Ulvestons "Laurel and Hardy Museum"
Lois kigger på et interessant avisudklip i museet. Lidt surrealistisk at læse
en
artikel, der synes at handler om selve Lois!
Byen Ulvestons oprindelige navn var ”Wolveston”, men mange nordiske
indvandringer bosatte sig i det 10. og 11. århundrede i området og de ændrede
byens navn fra Wolveston til Ulveston. Det engelsk ord ”wolf” er ”ulv” på
dansk.
Fire dage før havde Sarah og Francis giftet sig i et stort hus, Brantwood
House, der ligger ved siden af Coniston Sø. Huset blev bygget af John Ruskin,
den berømte viktorianske kunstkritik. Efter brylluppet tog Sarah og
Francis en kort bådtur på søen, sammen
med alle gæsterne.
Sarah og Francis om bord på båden efter brylluppet
21:00 Jeg tænder for fjernsynet. 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, Eamonn Holmes, Emma Bunton (”Baby Spice”), og Jonathan
Ross, prøver så at gætte, hvilken berømthed huset hører til.
Quizzen har et problem i, at de fleste berømtheders boliger har tendens til
at ligne hinanden, så når programmets vært, den surrealistiske komiker Keith
Lemon, kigger rundt i et hus, er hans kommentarer fulde af unuancerede
referencer til berømthedens liv og karriere.
Da han besøger boligen der hører til Adam West, den oprindelige Batman,
lyder Keiths kommentarer som et gamle afsnit af ”Batman” fra 1960’erne. Men det
er morsomt at se Keith prøve at tage en selfie med West, der ses på den store
skærme, efter showets gæster har fundet frem til, hvem huset hører til. Selfien
virker desværre ikke ret godt, på grund af den anderledes målestok – uha!
Det er morsomt at se showets vært, Keith Lemon,
prøve
at tage en selfie med Adam West.
Selfien
virker desværre ikke ret godt, på grund af forskellen på målestok – uha!
Senere i showet kigger Keith rundt i Gok Wans bolig, der ligger midt i byen
London. Gok Wan er en tv-vært, der har præsenteret mange tv-shows, herunder
”How to Look Good Naked”, hvor han opmuntrede kvinder, ofte midaldrende
kvinder, til at føle sig selvsikre, når de optræder på videoer uden en trevl på
kroppen.
Keith tager sin ældre tante Jean med, når han kigger rundt i Goks hus. Han
åbner pludselig en soveværelsedør og ”overrumpler” hende – hun er
tilsyneladende i færd med at klæde sig om. Jeg har lidt ondt af Keiths tante.
Showet udnytter hendes seksualitet til showets mistænkelige formål, synes jeg!
Stakkels Jean!!!!
Showet udnytter showet faktisk Tante Jeans
midaldrende
seksualitet, synes jeg!
Tante Jeans udseende minder mig om den seneste stribe fra min
yndlingstegner, danskeren Morten Ingemann.
Han er min yndlingstegner – ingen
tvivl om det! Han har mange egenskaber, som er et must for mig og et stort
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.
I den seneste stribe, ser vi vores gamle venner, Ruth og Even, et
midaldrende ægtepar. Det er aften, og Even sidder i sengen . Han er nøgen, med
hovedet og overkroppen stablet op mod et par puder. Han kigger på Ruth, der er
ved at lægge sig for natten. Ruth har sin slåbrok på, men hendes nøgne krop
titter frem.
Jeg formoder, at Even beundrer ikke ret meget sin kones krop, fordi han
kommenterer, at han tænker på om parret ikke skulle spiser rødspætter den
følgende aften. Selvom jeg er helt sikker på, at Evens krop ville minde Ruth om
noget endnu mindre appetitvækkende, som de kunne spiser til aftensmad – ingen
tvivl om det!!!
22:00 Lois kommer hjem og jeg går i seng – zzzzz!!! Men Lois trænger til at
slapper af og geare ned efter aftenens stimulerende bibelklasse – stakkels
Lois!!!!
Som altid har jeg valgt et godt tv-program for hende,
nogle gamle afsnit af populære sitcoms fra 1970’erne. Jeg håber, hun ikke får
mareridt – uha!
23:00 Jeg vågner op i et par minutter, da Lois
kryber i sengen. Hun siger, hun har ignoreret min respektfulde anbefaling og
set to gamle afsnit af et anderledes serie, Plebs, et ganske grov sitcom, der
udspiller sig i romerske tider. Du godeste! Fremover må jeg give hende et helt
anderledes udvalg at kigge på sent om aftenen – ingen tvivl om det!!!
05:00 Jeg står tidligt op og kigger lidt på nettet.
08:00 Jeg skynder mig ind i køkkenet og laver to
kopper te. Jeg tager dem med op i soveværelset og kryber tilbage i sengen. Vi
drikker teen, går i bad og står op. Vi spiser morgenmad.
11:00 Det er hundekoldt, men vi går en kort tur i nabolaget. Vores rute:
Borgergade, Søgade og tilbage igen.
13:00 Vi spiser frokost og bagefter går vi i seng i et par timer. Jeg læser
6 sider af min sengetidbog, ”Indsamlede digte af John Betjeman”, en julegave
fra Lois. Lois læser 9 sider af sin sengetidbog, ”Leave it to Psmith”, af PG
Wodehouse.
16:00 Vi står op og slapper af med en kop forfriskende te i sofaen.
English translation
18:00 Lois and I eat dinner, and
afterwards we have to go out. Lois wants to attend a Bible class taking place
tonight in Tewkesbury, and she is not allowed to drive at night at the moment
because of cataracts. She is still waiting to get an appointment with the
specialist at Gloucester Hospital.
I drive Lois over to Mari-Ann and
Alf's house and drop her off. Alf is to drive her over to Tewkesbury. On the
way home, I again cannot resist the temptation to drive past Sarah's old house
in Leckhampton and daydream about the days when Lois and I took care of Sarah's
little twins, our youngest grandchildren, Lily and Jessica. Happy days !!!
Sarah and Francis, her husband, moved in December 2015 to Perth, Australia,
along with their twins, now 3 and a half years old.
19:00 I drive home and listen to
the radio, an interesting program about the tours which the famous comedians
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy went on in the 1930s and 1940s around England.
It's amazing, but the pair were
welcomed like rock stars - large crowds waiting for them at railway stations.
The program reminds me that Lois and I visited the Oliver and Hardy Museum in
Ulveston in June 2010, just after Francis and Sarah's wedding, which took place
next to Coniston Water. Stan Laurel was born in 1890 in Ulveston.
the house in the town of Ulveston where Stan Laurel
was born
I stand in front of Ulveston's "Laurel & Hardy" Museum
Lois looking at interesting newspaper
clippings in the museum. A bit surreal to read
an article that seems to be all about Lois!
The town Ulveston's original name
was "Wolveston" but many Scandinavian immigrants settled in the area
in the 10th and 11th centuries and they changed the town's name from Wolveston
to Ulveston. The English word "wolf" is "ulv" in Danish.
Four days earlier Sarah and
Francis had got married in a big house, Brantwood, located next to
Coniston Water. The house was built by John Ruskin, the famous Victorian art
critic. After the wedding Sarah and Francis took a short boat ride on the lake,
along with all the guests.
Sarah and Francis aboard the boat after
the wedding
21:00 I turn on the television.
They show an entertaining TV game show, "Through the Keyhole". The
program's surrealistic host, Keith Lemon, visits three residences and looks
around in the houses. Lemon's 3 guests, Eamonn Holmes, Emma Bunton (“Baby
Spice”), and Jonathan Ross, then try to guess which celebrity the house belongs
to.
The quiz has a problem in that
most celebrity homes tend to resemble each other, so when the program's host,
the surrealist comedian Keith Lemon, looks around in a house, his comments are
full of heavy-handed references to the celebrity's life and career.
When he visits the residence that
belongs to Adam West, the original Batman, Keith's commentary sounds like an
old episode of "Batman" from the 1960s. But it is amusing to see
Keith trying to take a selfie with West, who appears on the big screen, after
the show's guests have worked out who the house belongs to.
It is amusing to see the show's host,
Keith Lemon,
try to take a selfie with Adam West.
The selfie unfortunately does not work very
well,
because of the difference in scale - oh dear!
Later in the show Keith looks
around Gok Wan's home in the middle of the city of London. Gok Wan is a
television host who has presented many television shows, including "How to
Look Good Naked", in which he encouraged women, often middle-aged women,
to feel confident when they appear in videos without a stitch on their bodies.
Keith takes his elderly aunt Jean
with him when he looks around Gok's house. He opens a bedroom door and
"catches" her - she is apparently changing. I feel a little sorry for
Keith's aunt. The show is exploiting her sexuality for the show's dubious
purposes, I think! Poor Auntie Jean !!!!
the show is actually exploiting Auntie
Jean' s
middle-aged sexuality, I think!
Auntie Jean’s appearance reminds
me of a recent cartoon-strip from my favorite cartoonist, the Dane Morten
Ingemann. He is my favorite cartoonist - no doubt about it! He has many
qualities that are a must for 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 sense of human
nature and he often focuses on handling difficult problems that ugly,
overweight, middle-aged people experience in their relationships.
In the most recent strip we see
our old friends, Ruth and Even, a middle-aged couple. It is evening, and Even
is sitting in bed. He is naked, with his head and upper body propped up against
a couple of pillows. He looks at Ruth, who is about to lie down for the night.
Ruth has her dressing gown on, but her naked body is peeping out.
I suppose that Even does not
admire his wife's body that much because he comments that he was thinking about
whether the couple should have plaice for dinner the following evening.
Although I am quite sure that Even's body would remind Ruth of something even
less appetizing that they could eat for dinner - no doubt about that !!!
22:00 Lois comes home and I go to
bed - zzzzz !!! But Lois needs to relax and unwind after the evening's
stimulating Bible Class - poor Lois !!!!
As always, I have chosen a good
television program for her, some old episodes of popular sitcoms from the
1970s. I hope she does not get nightmares - oh dear!
23:00 I wake up for a few minutes
when Lois creeps into bed. She says she has ignored my respectful recommendation
and has been watching two old episodes of a different series, Plebs, quite a coarse sitcom
set in Roman times. My God! In future, I must give her a completely different
selection to look at late in the evening - no doubt about it !!!
05:00 I get up early and take a
look at the web.
08:00 I hurry into the kitchen
and make two cups of tea. I take them up to the bedroom and crawl back in bed.
We drink the tea, go in the shower and get up. We eat breakfast.
11:00 It's freezing, but we go
for a short walk in the neighborhood. Our route: Borgergade, Søgade and back
again.
13:00 We eat lunch and afterwards
we go to bed for a few hours. I read six pages of my bedtime book, "Collected
Poems of John Betjeman", a Christmas gift from Lois. Lois reads nine pages
of her bedtime book, "Leave it to Psmith", by PG Wodehouse.
16:00 We get up and relax with a
cup of refreshing tea on the sofa.
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