Neither Comma Nor Door
Notalotta happened today. Apart from when I had a visit by three people at once. That’s alotta persons in a small appartment like this.
I have mentioned that my dad’s brother is spending christmas with us. He came today. And since he happens to have a car (we sold ours when I was.. 15? Or thereabouts) they all decided to make a shopping trip to Germany. That is a tradition amongst many danes. Go to Germany and buy cheap booze and candy. I was invited on the trip, but spending hours in a car isn’t my idea of fun. So instead I got them to haul back some goods for me…
Look at the booty I scored! That’s going to last me at least.. oh 4-5 days! Hah. Yes. It’s not many years ago that you couldn’t buy cans of soda in Denmark at all. They were outlawed, because of our excellent bottle recycling system. Nowadays you can get them here, but they’re just way too expensive. Once in a while I’ll buy one as a special treat, but with my addiction I would be ruined if I bought all my cola in cans.
Nevermind, now I have cans for a while. It’s like christmas come early. Although I had to pay for them myself of course. But it’s like Santa’s shipping service, straight from Germany via the North Pole.
Actually, according to Danish lore, Santa lives in Greenland. But I never was good with geography.
Oh, and in case you were counting, the three visitors were my dad, his brother and my brother.
Only two days till christmas come on time, now. I’m actually looking forward to it. I’m not a huge christmas fan, but it will be nice to celebrate with the family. My first christmas as a visitor. That will be a little odd. But on the other hand, guests don’t have to do the dishes do they? It’ll be the best christmas ever.
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December 23rd, 2007 at 0:14
Santa lives at the North Pole as far as I know. He must be rich and have a second home in Greenland. Did your Dad ever see Santa when he (your Dad) was working there?
Wow, you hit the jackpot in Coke. I like diet, caffeine-free Coke. I don’t need all the sugar and I really, really like caffeine, but then I can’t sleep, get jittery, and my heart beats too fast. I go thru withdrawal went I quit the caffeine. So I try to keep away from it as much as possible.
You may be a guest, my dear danish boy, but good manners are always a welcome gift. (Yes, that means helping with cleaning up, dishes, and putting a few leftovers away for yourself later.) See, there are rewards for cleaning up: LEFTOVERS!
December 23rd, 2007 at 6:45
Oh, my gawd! I thought I was the only one who drank diet, caffine-free, coke.
I was in a serious car accident three years and wasn’t able to drink anything with caffine since it would have interfered with my recovery.
Oh, I didn’t know Coca cola costs so much to buy in Denmark. Well, be careful and not drink all of the cans so quickly. Savior them like fine wines.
Santa lives in Greenland? That’s news to me. I assumed he lived in the North Pole. Is that near Greenland?
Where ever you live, please Santa can you give a deserving boy a new 2008 BMW 750Li?
I promise I won’t make fun of people who use bleach containers as purses, rich women who smuggle their dogs onto first class, and that teenage boy who lives up the street who eats his own eyebrow hair. Well, that’s what my gardener told me but I refuse to believe it.
Oh, you can toss in a bag of tube socks for Plume and Barbi makeup from 1979 to Debster as incentives.
You better help your mother with the dishes! She has stretch marks that could encircle the entire country of Estonia giving birth to you!!
Debster is right-good manners makes a true gentleman.
December 23rd, 2007 at 10:23
I was poorly for days with withdrawel when I stopped the caffeine. It’s evil stuff. Nowadays I only get to drink a bottle when in labour – and funnily enough, I now think it tastes like CRAP, but ot takes my mind of things when I’m PUUUUUUUSHING. That’d be diet coke which I used to drink loads and loads of. But it corroded my teeth – literally – had to have new plastic coating on my front teeth an’all – and I like my teeth better than I like coke, so it wasn’t a hard choice to make.
So, your visitors were kinda like the Three Wise Men, then;)
December 23rd, 2007 at 23:45
Debster – The North Pole is a big misunderstanding. He definitely lives in Greenland. My parents wouldn’t lie!
I don’t think my dad ever saw Santa, but then Greenland is a huge place, filled with mostly snow. The perfect place for santa to live, don’t you agree?!
Hmm maybe I should try not to drink too much cola before bedtime. Sometimes I get jittery feet.. or toes, rather. But on the other hand, it’s so sweeeet and tasty.. mmm.. Damn addiction!
Ooh leftovers! I definitely hope to be able to bring some leftovers home.. I guess Ill have to bite the bullet and help out. Damn it, is there no rest for the wicked?!
LuisLemmings – The Coca Cola is quite expensive in Denmark. Therefore I usually drink the various noname brands. So these cans are quite the vintage treats for me, don’t worry they shall last me a long time. The ones that are “missing” in the picture have not been drunked (drinked? drank?) but just stowed away in the fridge.
I’m pretty bad at geography, but I don’t think the North Pole and Greenland are close. However, with his amazing reindeer I’m sure the trip won’t take too long for him.
New tube socks!? Wooh, it’s gonna be a rich and rewarding christmas this year!
You know, I wasn’t this big when I was born. I wasn’t even half this size, as far as I can tell from the old photo albums and the newspaper from my birthday with the “world’s largest baby born in Denmark” headline. I don’t know what you’re on about.
Desiree – Yes, it’s evil indeed. I should stop. Maybe next year. When I’m through all those cans. Yes. Maybe. AHem. I think I like coke better than I like my teeth. What have my teeth ever done for me? Nothing, as far as I can tell. They just hang about there, the lazy nogoodnicks. Mhm.
The three wise men? Does that make me baby jesus then?
..or virgin Mary? Hmmmm.
December 24th, 2007 at 1:17
Maybe your visitors were the “Three Stooges”. Nyuck, nyuck, nyuk!
December 24th, 2007 at 9:17
I’m just teasing! Of course, no one is born the biggest baby in the world because there’s so many of them these days due to the new fertility drugs available.
One of my close friends was born heavy at almost eight pounds. But I don’t think that would qualify as a really huge baby.
Mmmm…points to ponder.