18:00 Lois og jeg spiser aftensmad og smækker benene op foran fjernsynet.
Vi ser det andet afsnit af den danske krimi-serie, ”Dicte”s 2. sæson. Serien
handler om en aarhusianske kriminelreporter, der hedder Dicte Svendsen, og
hendes ven i det lokale politi, John Wagner.
Et andet spændende afsnit, men også lidt overraskende, i sær, når det
kommer til den upassende opførslen af den lokale kriminalafdeling og dens detektiver
– du godeste!
Wagner, en af seriens to hovedfigurer, skjuler en afrikanske
prostitueret og ulovlig indvandrer i sin
lejlighed. Hvorfor ville han tage sådan en risiko???
Og Wagners lesbiske assistent, den pragtfulde politibetjent Bendtsen,
begynder i aften en affære med Wagners chef, den dejlige (lykkeligt gifte?)
politidirektør, Louise. De to kvinder
går i gang med lidt forspil i et mødelokale i politigården, da Wagner pludselig
kommer ind uden at banke på, men heldigvis er kvinderne skjult bag nogle
kontormøbler. Hvorfor ville Louise, i sin stilling og med sin myndighed, tage
sådan en risiko?
Politidirektøren Louise (til venstre) og politibetjenten Bendtsen
Du
godeste, politiet i Aarhus nyder at leve farligt – ingen
tvivl om det. Det grænser til vanvid.
Aftenens
forbrydelse (endnu et mord) er næsten mindre spændende,
end hovedfigurernes
privatliv – det ved jeg med sikkerhed.
Plottet handler om et tilsyneladende perfekte ægtepar, Lotte, en ”wellness”
ekspert, og Martin, en ”mindfulness” ekspert – helt sikkert et ægteskab lavet i
himlen (ikke!!!!!). Det viser sig, at Lotte er til ”S&M” og har et forhold
med en af de dominante kvinder på det lokale S&M klub. Du godeste, sikke et
vanvid.
Martin, Lottes ægtemand, kvæler hende, og lænker hende op i
S&M-opklædning (lædertøj) på et stort trækors i stuen, så det ser ud, som
en sexdrab. Så prøver han at mistænkeliggøre sin gartners psykisk handicappede
søn, ved at smøre en prøve af drengens sperm på sin kones døde krop. Du godeste,
sikke en skør verden vi lever i.
Wagner (til venstre) og Bendtsen undersøger Lottes døde krop.
Lotte
var en ”wellness” ekspert, men hun har det ikke ret godt nu – stakkels kvinde.
Lois og jeg finder showets skildring af den aarhusianske S&M scene lidt
af en åbenbaring. Vi er selv mere til ”M&S” (den britiske stormagasin), end
til S&M, gudskelov. Og det er for sent at ændre os nu – vi er alt for godt
op i årene.
Vi er glade for, vi finder, vi kan
genkende flere og flere danske ord i disse serier (ved hjælp af den engelske
undertekst ha ha ha!!!), hvilket er lidt af en lettelse. Vores krimi-ordforråd
er ganske godt, på grund af den danske kriminovelle, vi for tiden læser i vores
U3A danske gruppe.
Det er interessant, at serien er blevet kritiseret i Danmark, på grund af,
at mange af hovedfigurerne taler med en københavnsk accent, på trods af, at
seriens handling udspiller sig i Aarhus, der ligger på Jylland, mens andre
figurer i serien har en aarhusianske accent, der grænser til karikatur, siger man.
Det er unødvendigt at sige, at Lois og jeg ikke har den fjerneste anelse om,
hvem taler med en københavnsk accent og hvem taler med en aarhusiansk. Det
overlader vi til de ægte eksperter (danskerne!!!).
22:30 Vi går i seng – zzzzzz!!!!!
05:00 Jeg står tidligt op og laver én af mine rutinemæssige danske
ordforrådtest.
07:45 Jeg hopper tilbage op i sengen til Lois og vi drikker vores morgenté.
Vi går i bad, klæder os på og står op. Vi spiser morgenmad.
09:30 Sarah, vores datter i Perth, Australien, har sagt, hun gerne ville
tale med os på Skype i formiddag kl 10, men hun er ikke helt sikker på, hvornår
familien (hun, Francis, hendes mand, og deres 4-årig tvillinger Lily og
Jessica) kommer tilbage efter dagens udflugt.
10:45 Sarah sender mig en sms på Whatsapp – familien er stadig på vej hjem
efter deres udflugt, så derfor siger hun, at vi skal overlade Skype-opkaldet
til senere på ugen. Lidt skuffende, og lidt utilfredsstillende, fordi vi effektivt
har været i venteposition i over en time. Men vi forstår hendes problemer
derovre. Stakkels Sarah!!!!
11:00 Vi skal ud. Lois vil deltage i to gudstjenester, der finder sted i
dag i byen Tewkesbury, og hun er ikke tilladt at køre bil for tiden på grund af
grå stær. Jeg kører hende over til Tewkesbury og sætter hende af foran kirken.
Jeg kører hjem.
11:45 Jeg har lidt alenetid, men mindre, end hvad det var et par måneder
siden. Siden jeg skal køre Lois over til kirken og henter hende senere på
dagen, er min søndag alenetid, som jeg bruger på at klare ”afgørende” (hahaha)
opgaver på min gøremålsliste, blevet
reduceret med 50%. Stakkels mig !!!! Men jeg forstår hendes problemer, og jeg
er selvfølgelig ikke sur på hende over det. Heldigvis har hun nu fået en aftale
for sin operation (i midten af september). Men igen har jeg i dag ikke tid til
at tage min sædvanlige gigantiske eftermiddagslur – stakkels mig (igen) !!!!!
14:30 Jeg kører over til Tewkesbury og hente Lois efter hendes kirkes to
gudstjenester. Byen er propfuldt af turister og deres biler. Der en latterligt gigantisk bilkø, mens jeg
nærmer mig til bymidten – pokkers!
15:30 Vi kommer hjem og slapper af med en kop te i sofaen. Jeg kigger lidt
på internettet. Vores datter i København, Alison, og Ed, hendes mand, har lagt
et charmerende foto af deres 3 børne og deres fætre/kusiner på Eds side, op på
Instagram. Familien har været i Surrey i dag, for at deltage i den seneste
fætters dåb på den lokale anglikanske kirke.
Rosalind er nr 1 fra venstre, Isaac nr 4 fra venstre, og Josie (til højre)
alle
i den forreste række.
Eds forældre gav dem sammenlagt 10 fætre/kusiner. Lois og jeg har kun givet
dem 2 kusiner. Vi burde have mere travlt for 40 år siden, da vi var unge nok –
ingen tvivl om det. For sent nu ha ha ha!!!!!
English translation
18:00 Lois and I have dinner and stick our feet up in front of the
television. We see the second episode in the second season of the Danish
detective series, "Dicte, Crime Reporter". The series is about a
crime reporter in Aarhus named Dicte Svendsen, and her friend in the local
police, John Wagner.
Another exciting episode, but
also a little surprising, especially when it comes to the inappropriate
behaviour of the local criminal investigation department and its detectives -
my god!
Wagner, one of the two main characters
in the series, is hiding an African prostitute and illegal immigrant in his
apartment. Why would he take such a risk ???
And Wagner's lesbian assistant,
the gorgeous Officer Bendtsen, begins an affair with Wagner's boss, the lovely
(happily married?) police commissioner, Louise. The two women get going on a
bit of foreplay in a meeting room in the police HQ when Wagner suddenly comes
in without knocking, but fortunately, the women are hidden behind some office
furniture. Why would Louise, in her position and with her authority, take such
a risk?
Police Commissioner Louise
(left) and Officer Bendtsen
Good grief, the police in Aarhus
enjoy living dangerously - no doubt about that. This borders on madness.
This evening's crime (another
murder) is almost less exciting than the main characters' private lives -
that's something I know for sure.
The plot is about an apparently
perfect married couple, Lotte, a "wellness" expert, and Martin, a
"mindfulness" expert - definitely a marriage made in heaven (not
!!!!!). It turns out that Lotte is into "S & M" and has a
relationship with one of the dominatrix women at the local S & M club. My
god, what madness.
Martin, Lotte's husband,
suffocates her, and chains her up in S & M clothing (leatherwear) on a big
wooden cross in the living room, so it looks like a sex killing. Then he tries
to put suspicion on his gardener's mentally handicapped son, by smearing a
sample of the boy's sperm on his wife's dead body. My god, what a crazy world
we live in.
Wagner (left) and Bendtsen
investigate Lotte's dead body.
Lotte was a "wellness" expert, but
she is not looking so well now - poor woman.
Lois and I find the show's
depiction of the Aarhus S & M scene a bit of a revelation. We are more into
"M & S" (the British department store) than into S & M, thank
god. And it's too late to change us now - we're far too long in the tooth.
We are glad we find that we can
recognise more and more Danish words in these dialogues (with the help of the
English subtitles ha ha ha !!!), which is a bit of a relief. Our crime
vocabulary is quite good, because of the Danish crime novella we are
currently reading in our U3A Danish group.
It is interesting that the series
has been criticised in Denmark, due to the fact that many of the main
characters speak with a Copenhagen accent, despite the fact that the series is
set in Aarhus, Jutland, while other characters in the series have an Aarhus
accent which borders on caricature, it is said. Needless to say Lois and I do
not have the slightest idea who is speaking with a Copenhagen accent and who
with an Aarhus one. We leave that to
the real experts (the Danes!!!).
22:30 We go to bed - zzzzzz !!!!!
05:00 I get up early and do one
of my routine Danish vocabulary tests.
07:45 I hop back in bed with Lois
and we drink our morning tea. We go in the shower, get dressed and get up. We
eat breakfast.
09:30 Sarah, our daughter in
Perth, Australia, has said she would like to talk to us on Skype this morning
at 10 am, but she is not quite sure when the family (she, Francis, her husband,
and their 4 year old twins Lily and Jessica) will be coming back after today's excursion.
10:45 Sarah sends me a text on whatsapp - the family is still on their way home after their excursion, so she
says we should leave the Skype call till later in the week. A little
disappointing, and a little unsatisfactory because we have been effectively on
hold for over an hour. But we understand her problems over there. Poor Sarah
!!!!
11:00 We have to go out. Lois
wants to take part in two church services taking place today in the town of
Tewkesbury, and she is not allowed to drive a car at the moment due to
cataracts. I drive her over to Tewkesbury and drop her off in front of the
church. I drive home.
11:45 I have a little alone time,
but less than it was a few months ago. Since I have had to drive Lois over to
the church and pick her up later in the day each week my "Sunday Alone Time", which I spend
on doing "crucial" (hahaha) tasks on my to-do list, has been reduced
by 50%. Poor me !!!! But I understand her problems and, of course, I'm not mad
at her. Fortunately, she has now got an appointment for her surgery (mid
September). But once again today I do not have time to take my usual gigantic
afternoon nap - poor me (again) !!!!!
14:30 I drive over to Tewkesbury
and pick Lois up after her church's two services. The town is packed with
tourists and their cars. There's a ridiculously gigantic tailback of cars as I
approach the town centre - damn!
15:30 We come home and relax with
a cup of tea on the couch. I take a little look on the internet. Our daughter
in Copenhagen, Alison, and Ed, her husband, have posted a charming photo of
their 3 children and their cousins on Ed's side, up on Instagram. The family
has been in Surrey today, to attend the latest cousin's christening at the
local Anglican church.
Rosalind is No. 1 from left, Isaac
No. 4 from left, and Josie (to the right)
all in the front row.
Ed's parents gave them 10
cousins. Lois and I have only given them 2 cousins. We should have got busier
40 years ago when we were young enough - no doubt about it. Too late now ha ha
ha !!!!!
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