17:00 Lois og jeg er meget trætte igen. Vi har prøvet at holde vores
forkølelser nede, men de afviser at forsvinde. Det kan være, at vi lider af en
sekundær infektion, men det er vi ikke helt sikre på.
Jeg er bekymret over, at der er tusindvis af opgaver i haven, som jeg ikke
har energiniveauet eller lysten til at klare: ”projekt græsklipning” og”projekt
hækkeklipning” er de vigtigste. Baghaven er ved at blive en sand jungle – yikes!
Og hvor længe før Bob, vores nabo, begynder at droppe høflige antydninger???
Scillas oldnorsk gruppes møde er bestemt til onsdag eftermiddag, og vi har
vores danske gruppes næste møde den følgende uge – endnu mere arbejde der.
Pokkers!
18:00 Vi spiser aftensmad og smækker benene op foran fjernsynet. De viser
tv-quizzen Only Connect, ét af de få tv-programmer, der ikke er egnede til
meget dumme mennesker ha ha ha. Programmets vært er den charmerende Victoria
Coren Mitchell.
Et af aftenens to dystende hold har indiske rødder, og hedder ”Extras”
(statister eller baggrundsskuespillere).
Jeg har ofte tænkt, at statistroller ofte lyder mere interessante, end
hovedrollerne. En af ”Extras”-holdet i aften spillede engang rollen af en kynisk,
midaldrende tesælger på et tog, en rolle, der virker at tilbyde ubegrænsede
muligheder for at udføre i praksis mange af de mest berømte teorier om skuespil
(metodeskuespil for eksempel), og som er en rolle, der ikke nødvendigvis udgører
et tilfælde af racistisk sterotyper, hvis instruktøren behandler det sensitivt
nok.
”Extras”,
et hold bestående af
erfarne
baggrundsskuespillere
Et meget
intellektuelt show igen, hvilket er en forfriskende forandring, når man tænker
på de gennemsnitlige BBC-serier. Så derfor er det lidt af en skam, at
programmagerne har en så sjofel tangegang og fortsætter med at prøve at få så
mange ”vulgære” ord op på skærmen som muligt, delvis for at genere programmets
charmerende vært, Victoria – det er Lois og jeg helt sikre på.
Denne uge for
første gang udtrykker Victoria sin vrede mod dem, hvilket Lois og jeg er meget
glad for. Endelig har hun fået nok, da hun ser spørgsmål efter spørgsmål, og
svar efter svar indeholder, eller består af, vulgære eller pinlige ord. I aften
for eksempel endnu et spørgsmål, hvor svaret er ”tits”, en fugleart, men også et
vulgært engelsk udtryk for patter eller
bryster), og også endnu et spørgsmål, der indeholder ordet ”anus”.
(Sidste
4 bogstaver i de fjerneste planeters navne).
Victoria har
endelig fået nok – og hun protesterer
mod striben af
vulgære ord, der popper op i quizzens mange spørgsmål og svar
Hurra! Lois og jeg
håber begge to, at Victorias forståelige udbrud vil ”få renset luften”, stoppe denne endeløse strøm
af sjofelheder, og få programmagerne til at opføre sig fremover mere modent.
22:00 Vi går i seng
– adskilte senge og værelser igen på grund af vores forkølelser. Zzzzzzz!!!!
Zzzzzzz!!!
04:00 Jeg står
tidligt op og laver én af mine rutinemæssige danske ordforrådtest.
08:00 Jeg hopper op
i sengen til Lois og vi drikker vores morgenté. Vi står op og spiser morgenmad.
09:00 Jeg graver mit eksemplar af Gunnlaugs saga
frem, en oldislandsk tekst, som er vores U3A oldnorske gruppes nuværende
projekt, og jeg begynder at læse den 11. kapitel for alvor – og jeg prøver at
forstå grammatikken og ordforrådet lidt.
Det lykkes Hrafn, en islandsk skjald, at gifte sig med Helga, Islands
smukkeste kvinde, efter Helgas far giver ham tilladelse til det. Men Helga
virker deprimeret under deres bryllup – hun er faktistk dybt forelsket i Hrafns
rival, en anden skjald, der hedder Gunnlaug, der har været ude i udlandet:
Norge, England, og Irland. Men hun hævner sig på Hrafn ved at give ham sex kun
sjældent. Stakkels Hrafn!!!!
Lidt senere på året, om vinteren, er der et andet bryllup, der finder sted,
og både Hrafn, Helga og Gunnlaug er blevet inviteret til festen. Gunnlaug er nu
kommet tilbage fra udlandet. Helga virker deprimeret igen, og under festen hun
kigger konstant på sin forelskede Gunnlaug, hvilket er lidt ydmygende for
stakkels Hrafn, hendes ægtemand. Sagaens forfatter kommenterer, at en kvindes
øjne vidner om, om hun er forelsket eller ej – kloge ord!!! Men stakkels Hrafn (igen)!!!! Og Helga har nu
holdt fuldstændigt op med at have sex med sin ægtemand.
Helga (Morgana Robinson) og Gunnlaug (Rik Mayall) –
deres kærlighed er forbudt nu, hvor Helga
er Hrafns kone – stakkels Helga!!!!
Gunnlaug og Helga snakker lidt i smug under bryllup – faktisk i køkkenet,
og Gunnlaug forærer hende den dejlig kåbe, som kong Ethelred 2. (den Rådvilde)
gav ham i London, da Gunnlaug tilbød at hjælpe Ethelred med at forsvare landet
mod danskerne. Sikke et skør verden vi lever i !!!!
Helga
i køkkenet ved brylluppet –
Gunnlaug
og Helga (Hrafns kone) sniger sig ind i køkkenet
for
at snakke i smug under festen. De lover deres udødelige kærlighed
og
Gunnlaug forærer hende en dejlig kåbe, han fik i England
Mange år senere, skrev nogen en sang om én, der altid kan findes i køkkenet
ved fester, men jeg formoder, det ikke var Gunnlaug, der inspirerede sangen.
Men hvem ved, underligere ting er sket.
Jeg var teenager,
da jeg først fandt ud af, at køkkenet var det bedste rum at være i til fester.
Der findes normalt et bord og køkkenstole, så er det meget nemmere at spise og
drikke. Og der er ikke så meget larm – man kan snakke uden at måtte råbe på
grund af baggrundmusik. Andre rolige mennesker samles i køkkenet af samme
grunde, så man kan have interessant samtaler og møde pæne piger også. Det er en
no-brainer.
10:00 Vi taler lidt
på whatsapp med Sarah, vores datter i Australien, Francis, Sarahs mand, og
deres 4-årige tvillinger, Lily og Jessie. Familien er på vej hjem efter en
udflugt til Kings Park, der ligger midt i byen Perth, hvor familien for ét og
et halvt år siden flyttede til.
Sarah
og Francis’s 4-årige tvillinger, Lily og Jessie,
sidder i dag på en
dinosaur-skulptur i Kings Park, Perth (Australien)
11:00 Vi skal ud. Lois ønsker at deltage i 2 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 byen og sætter hende af overfor byens
bibliotek. Jeg kører hjem.
12:00 Jeg spiser frokost og bagefter går jeg i seng for at tage mig en
gigantisk eftermiddagslur.
14:00 Jeg står op og ser lidt fjernsyn.
Jeg beslutter at se på kvindernes XV VM 2017: 12
nationer kæmper i 3 indledende puljer i Dublin, hvorefter der spilles semifinaler
og finale i Belfast, den 26. august.
Jeg ser en underholdende kamp mellem England og Italien. England vinder
nemt med 56-13, men der er en masse unødvendige fejl under kampen, som i
onsdags mod Spanien. De vil måtte arbejde på disse fejl, hvis de senere på ugen
vil kunne slå USA, et meget stærkere hold, end enten Spanien eller Italien. USA
vinder nemt i dag mod Spanien, med 43-0, hvilket er lidt bekymrende for
Englands vedkommende.
Emily Scarratt scorer næsten en touchdown
Kampens kvinde efter min mening:
Heather
Kerr, Englands spændende nr.16 skjorte
Det er rart at se igen min yndlingsvært, når det kommer til tv-sport,
skotiske Angela Douglas sidde i ITV-studien.
det er rart at se igen min yndlingsvært, når det
kommer
til sport: skotske Angela Douglas
Jeg spillede selv rugby i skole, men jeg nåede ikke at forstå den. Jeg har
ikke den fjerneste anelse om, hvad reglerne er. Men som jeg skriver disse ord,
ser jeg mig pludselig i et nyt lys og jeg bliver klar over, at jeg kunne have
været en sportsjournalist, ligesom Raymond i HBOs ”Alle elsker Raymond”. Men
det er desværre alt for sent nu – endnu en mistet mulighed. Pokkers!
English translation
17:00 Lois and I are very tired
again. We have tried to fight off our colds, but they refuse to disappear. It
may be that we are suffering from a secondary infection, but we are not
completely sure.
I'm worried that there are
thousands of jobs in the garden, which I do not have the energy level or the
desire to cope with: "project grass-cutting" and "project
hedge-trimming" are the most important. The back garden is becoming a real
jungle - yikes! And how long before Bob, our neighbour, starts to drop polite
hints ???
Scilla's Old Norse Group's
meeting is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon and we have our Danish group's
next meeting the following week - even more work there. Damn!
18:00 We have dinner and stick
our feet up in front of the tv. The Only Connect tv quiz is on, one of the few
TV shows that are not suitable for very stupid people ha ha ha. The programme’s
host is the charming Victoria Coren Mitchell.
One of the evening's two
competing teams has Indian roots, and is called "Extras" (background
actors). I have often thought that extras-roles frequently sound more interesting
than the lead roles. One of the "Extras" team tonight once played the
role of a cynical middle-aged tea-vendor on a train, a role that seems to offer
unlimited possibilities for practising many of the most famous theories of
drama (method acting for example), and which is a role that does not
necessarily constitute a case of racist sterotyping if the director treats it
sensitively enough.
”Extras”, a team consisting of
experienced background actors
A very intellectual show again,
which is a refreshing change when you consider the average BBC series. So, it's
a bit of a shame that the programme-makers have such dirty minds and continue
trying to get as many "vulgar" words on the screen as possible, in
part to embarrass the programme's charming host, Victoria - that's something
Lois and I are absolutely sure about.
This week for the first time
Victoria expresses her anger against them, which Lois and I are very pleased
about. Finally, she has had enough when she sees question after question, and
answer after answer containing, or consisting of, vulgar or embarrassing words.
This evening, for example, yet another question where the answer is
"tits", a species of bird, but also a vulgar English expression for
breasts) and also yet another question containing the word "anus".
(Last 4 letters in the most
distant planets' names).
Victoria has finally had enough - and she
protests against the stream
of vulgar words that pop
up in the quiz's many questions and answers
Hooray! Lois and I both hope that
Victoria's understandable outburst will "clear the air", stop this
endless torrent of filth, and make the programme makers behave more maturely in
future.
22:00 We go to bed - separate
beds and rooms again because of our colds. Zzzzzzz !!!! Zzzzzzz !!!
04:00 I get up early and do one
of my routine Danish vocabulary tests.
08:00 I hop into bed with Lois
and we drink our morning tea. We get up and have breakfast.
09:00 I dig out my copy of
Gunnlaug's saga, an Old Icelandic text, which is our U3A Old Norse group's
current project, and I start to read the 11th chapter for serious - and I try
to understand the grammar and vocabulary a little.
Hrafn, an Icelandic bard, manages
to marry Helga, the most beautiful woman in Iceland, after Helga's father gives
him permission. But Helga seems depressed during their wedding - she is in fact
deeply in love with Hrafn's rival, another bard called Gunnlaug, who has been
abroad: in Norway, England, and Ireland. But she takes her revenge on Hrafn by
giving him sex only rarely. Poor Hrafn!!!!
A little later in the year, in
winter, there is another wedding taking place, and both Hrafn and Helga and
also Gunnlaug have been invited to the reception. Gunnlaug has now returned
from abroad. Helga seems depressed again, and during the reception she is
constantly looking at her beloved Gunnlaug, which is a bit humiliating for poor
Hrafn, her husband. The author of the saga comments that a woman's eyes testify
whether she is in love or not - wise words !!! But poor old Hrafn (again) !!!!
And Helga has now completely put a stop to sex with her husband.
Helga (Morgana Robinson) and Gunnlaug (Rik Mayall) -
their love is forbidden
now that Helga is Hrafn's wife - poor Helga !!!!
Gunnlaug and Helga talk a little
on the sly at the wedding - in fact, in the kitchen, and Gunnlaug gives her the
lovely coat that King Ethelred 2. (the counselor) presented him with in London
when Gunnlaug offered to help Ethelred defend England against the Danes. What a
crazy world we live in !!!!
Gunnlaug and Helga (Hrafn's wife - see above) sneak
into the kitchen
to talk in secret during the reception. They
pledge their undying love
and Gunnlaug gives her a lovely coat he got
in England
Many years later, someone wrote a
song about someone who can always be found in the kitchen at parties, but I
suppose it was probably not Gunnlaug who inspired the song. But who knows,
stranger things have happened.
I was a teenager when I first
figured out that the kitchen was the best room to be in at parties. There is
usually a table and kitchen chairs, so it is much easier to eat and drink. And
there's not so much noise - you can talk without having to shout because of
background music. Other quiet people gather in the kitchen for the same
reasons, so you can have interesting conversations and meet nice girls too.
It's a no-brainer.
10:00 We talk a little on
whatsapp with Sarah, our daughter in Australia, Francis, Sarah's husband, and
their 4 year old twins, Lily and Jessie. The family is on their way home after
an excursion to Kings Park, located in the centre of Perth, where the family
moved one and a half years ago.
Sarah and Francis's 4-year-old
twins, Lily and Jessie,
sitting today on a dinosaur sculpture in
Kings Park, Perth (Australia)
11:00 We have to go out. Lois
wants to attend 2 religious services taking place today in the town of
Tewkesbury, and she is not allowed to drive at the moment due to cataracts. I
drive her over to the town and drop her off opposite the town's library. I
drive home.
12:00 I have lunch and afterwards
I go to bed and take a gigantic afternoon nap.
14:00 I get up and watch
television. I decide to look at the women's Rugby Union World Cup 2017, taking
place in Ireland today: 12 nations are competing in 3 initial pools in Dublin,
after which semi-finals and final take place in Belfast, 26 August.
I see an entertaining match
between England and Italy. England win easily by 56-13, but there are a lot of
unnecessary mistakes during the match, as there were on Wednesday against
Spain. They will have to work on these mistakes if later in the week they want
to be able to beat the United States, a much stronger team than either Spain or
Italy. The United States wins easily today against Spain, by 43-0, which is a
little worrying for England.
Emily Scarratt almost
scores a touchdown
The woman of the match in my
opinion:
Heather Kerr, England's exciting number 16
shirt
It's nice to see again my
favourite host when it comes to television sports, the Scot, Angela Douglas,
sitting in the ITV study.
It's nice to look again at my
favourite tv host when it
comes to sport: the Scot, Angela Douglas.
I played rugby at school myself,
but I did not understand it. I do not have the slightest idea of what the rules
are. But as I write these words, I suddenly see myself in a new light and I
realise that I could have been a sports journalist, like Raymond in HBO's
"Everyone Loves Raymond". But sadly it's too late now - another lost
opportunity. Damn!
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