Mandag den 20. november 2017

10:00 Lois og jeg tilbringer dagen i haven som del af vores projekt ”lægge haven i sengen for vinteren”. Vi opsamler de faldne blader af vores kirsebærtræ i forhaven. Vinteren er på vej, men vi er meget glade for de grøntsager og frugter, vi høstede i år. Stort set et godt år.

Vi samler op de faldne blader i vores forhave

Vinteren er på vej – ”Hulk trist” !!!

præsenterende 3 fods pastinakken....

vi er meget glade for de grøntsager og frugter, vi høstede i år

Så snart vi tager vores ”store hænder” på, bliver det svært at modstå fristelsen til at tale med Incredible Hulks stemme – vi er så overfladiske nogle gange. Det ville være morsommere, hvis vi begrænsede dette tosseri til vores tid i haven, men desværre tager vi overhånd og fortsætter med at muntre os med Hulks lakoniske enstavelsesord og babysprog af og til hele dagen, også måltider og sengetid. Du godeste, sikke et vanvid!

Senere på dagen taler vi lidt om de Hulk-citater, som vi husker. Vi har på fornemmelse, at han i den oprindelige Hulk-tv-serien ikke plejede at sige noget, og alle hans senere berømte citater, som for eksempel ”Hulk Smadrer” stammer fra de senere film, men det er vi ikke helt sikre på.

de fleste Hulk-citater, som for eksempel ”Hulk smadrer”,

 stammer fra de senere film, tror vi.

Men Hulken bruger ikke en masse tid på at snakke med sine venner og kollegaer – det ved jeg med sikkerhed!

Det er interessant, at jeg netop i dag læste resultaterne af en ny undersøgelse, der lige i morges er blevet offentliggjort af Pew Research Center (Washington). Det viser sig, at kun 3 procent af samtaler faktisk er absolut nødvendige (rapport Onion News). Hovedforskeren Alan Monroe sagde, at "Helt ærligt er næsten alle de samtaler, du har med din ægtefælle, kollegaer, venner, læge eller nogen andre helt overflødige".

Monroe tilføjede, at samtaler, der er helt unødvendige under alle omstændigheder, indeholder ikke-forretningsmæssige relaterede chats med kollegaer, afslappede diskussioner om politik og spørgsmål om weekendplaner.

Interessant, og lidt uforventet – det må jeg nok sige!

Lois og jeg snakker om, om vores forhold ville forværres, hvis vi droppede 97% af vores samtaler, eller, talte sammen hele tiden med Hulks stemme, men vi kommer ikke til en fast konklusion: det er juryen stadig ude om.

Jeg synes, at sådan en levemåde kræver et gensidigt tilsagn fra begge parter: ensidig deltagelse i Hulkismen er ikke sædvanligt meget succesfuld, synes jeg. Og historisk set, er lakoniske folk ikke ret populære hos de typiske sludrechatoller.

Jeg mindes fra min skolegang, at efter Filip den 2, konge af Makedonien, invaderede den sydlige Grækenland og erobrede nogle af de mindre lokale bystater, sendte han en besked til Sparta, hvor han spurgte dem, om han skulle komme til byen som ven eller fjende. Svaret var bare ”Hverken”.

Filip tabte tålmodigheden og sendte endnu en besked – ”Jeg råder dig til at opgive uden yderligere forsinkelse, for hvis jeg medbringer min hær i dit land, vil jeg ødelægge dine gårde, dræbe din befolkning og jævne din by med jorden”. Spartenerne svarede med et enkelt ord, ”Hvis”.

Men jeg tror ikke, at Filip var meget glad for spartenernes vittigheder – han var ikke kendt for sin humoristiske sans. Men han var også kendt for sit åndsfravær – han besluttede midlertidigt at udskyde felttoget mod Sparta, og faktisk skete det aldrig, hvis jeg husker godt.

Filip var selv en berømt sludrechatol og flokmenneske, og elskede at snakke med folk og lære dem at kende, før han slagtede dem, så begyndte han straks at se sig om efter venligere folk at tilintetgøre.

Kong Filip, prøvende at huske, hvorfor han kom til Grækenland.
Han var lidt åndsfraværende (se billedet ovenfor) og senere

"glemte" han faktisk at tilintetgøre byen Sparta

Undskyld - det var et sidespring! Det er interessant at det faktisk lykkes Hulken at smadre Loki, den berømte nordiske gud, i én af sine populære film. Jeg er for tiden medlem af Scillas U3A oldnorske gruppe, og vi har for vane at læse nogle af de bedste oldislandske sagaer. Jeg spekulerer af og til om, om Hulken kommer før eller senere til at dukke op i en eller anden gammel saga, men hidtil er det ikke sket.

Hulen "smadrer" Loki, den berømte nordiske gud

18:00 Lois og jeg er udmattede. Vi spiser aftensmad og bruger aftenen på at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser en interessant dokumentarfilm, der handler om dronning Victorias privatliv.

Det er lidt af en skam, at Victoria levede i en æra, hvor nettet ikke var blevet opfandt, fordi hun holdt hele livet en dagbog (med undtagelsen af de første måneder efter prins Alberts død, da hun blev deprimeret. Hun ville have været en udmærket blogger. Vi har sin dagbog i dag, men desværre censurerede hendes familie dagbogen efter hendes død – pokkers! Men på trods af familiens indsatser er det delvis takket til hendes dagbog, at vi kender til hendes kærlighed til ægteskabelig sex og stoffer. Du godeste, sikke et vanvid!

Det er lidt uhyggeligt, at hun efter Alberts død plejede at sove med hans gamle natskjorte i armene, og havde en afstøbning af hans hånd på nært hold på sit natbord, men alle har deres egen smag.

Sikke en skør verden vi lever i !!!! Lois og jeg har ikke noget uhyggeligt på natbordet – vi har forvist vores hele samling af 3 fods pasternakker til spisekammeret ha ha ha.  

22:00 Vi går i seng – zzzzzz!!!!!

English translation

10:00 We spend the day in the garden as part of our project to "put the garden to bed for the winter". We pick up the fallen leaves from our cherry tree in the front yard. Winter is on the way, but we are very happy about the vegetables and fruits we harvested this year. On the whole a good year.

We pick up the fallen leaves in our front garden

Winter is on the way - "Hulk Sad" !!!

Presenting the 3 foot parsnip....We are very happy

about the vegetables and fruits we have harvested this year

As soon as we put on our "big hands", it becomes difficult not to give in to the temptation to talk in the Incredible Hulk's voice - we are so shallow sometimes. It would be more amusing if we limited this tomfoolery to our time in the garden, but unfortunately we go over the top and carry on larking about with Hulk's laconic monosyllables and baby language intermittently all day, including during meals and bedtime. My god, what madness!

Later in the day we talk about the few Hulk quotes that we actually remember. We have the impression that in the original Hulk TV series he didn't say anything, and all his later famous quotes, such as "Hulk Smash" originate from the later films, but we are not entirely sure.

Most Hulk quotes, such as "Hulk Smash",

stem from the later movies, we believe.

But the Hulk doesn't spend a lot of time on conversations with his friends and colleagues, that's something I know for certain!

Interestingly, I just read today the results of a new survey published this morning by the Pew Research Center (Washington). It turns out that only 3 percent of conversations are actually absolutely necessary (report, Onion News). The lead researcher Alan Monroe said, "Quite honestly, almost every conversation you have with your spouse, coworkers, friends, doctor or anybody else is completely redundant."

Monroe added that conversations that are absolutely unnecessary under any circumstances include non-business related chats with coworkers, laid-back discussions about politics and enquiries about weekend plans.

Interesting... and a little unexpected - I must say !

Lois and I talk about whether our relationship would deteriorate if we dropped 97% of our conversations, or talked all the time with Hulk's voice, but we don't reach a firm conclusion: the jury is still out on this one.

I think that such a way of life requires a mutual commitment from both parties: one-sided participation in Hulkism, for example, is not usually very successful, I think. And historically, laconic people are not especially popular with their typical chatterbox counterparts.

I remember from my schooling that after Philip II., king of Macedonia, invaded southern Greece and conquered some of the minor local towns, he sent a message to Sparta asking them whether he should come to town as their friend or as their enemy. Their answer was simply "Neither".

Philip lost his patience and sent another message - "I advise you to surrender without further delay, because if I bring my army into your country, I will destroy your farms, kill your people, and raze your city to the ground." The Spartans responded with the single word, "If".

But I do not think that Philip was especially fond of the Spartans' jokes - he was not known for his sense of humor. But he was also known for his absent-mindedness - he decided temporarily to postpone the campaign against Sparta, and in fact, it never happened if I remember rightly.

Philip himself was a famous chatterbox and people-person, and he loved to talk to people and get to know them before he slaughtered them, so he immediately began looking round for friendlier people to annihilate.

Philip II. trying to remember what he came to Greece to do.

He was a bit absent-minded (see picture above) 

and in fact he later "forgot" all about annihilating the city of Sparta

Sorry - that was a digression! It is interesting that the Hulk succeeds in smashing Loki, the famous Norse god, in one of his popular films. I am currently a member of Scilla's U3A Old Norse Group, and we make it a habit to try to read some of the best Old-Icelandic sagas. I sometimes wonder whether the Hulk will sooner or later turn up in one old saga or another, but so far it has not happened.

The Hulk "smashes" Loki, the famous norse god

18:00 Lois and I are exhausted. We have dinner and spend the evening watching television. An interesting documentary is on, all about Queen Victoria's private life.

It's a bit of shame that Victoria lived in an era where the net had not been invented because she kept a diary all her life (with the exception of the first months after Prince Albert's death when she became depressed). She would have been an excellent blogger. We have her diary today, but unfortunately her family censored the diary after her death - damn! But despite the family's efforts, it is partly thanks to her diary that we know about her love for marital sex and drugs. My god, what madness!

It was a little scary that after Albert's death she used to sleep with his old night shirt in her arms and had a cast of his hand close by on her nightstand, but each to their own taste.

What a crazy world we live in !!!! Lois and I have nothing creepy on the nightstand - we have banished our entire collection of 3 foot parsnips to the larder ha ha ha.

22:00 We go to bed - zzzzzz !!!!!