Not TON ?

I am a big fan of "Oranje".
Mijn schild ende betrouwen zijt gy , mijn god oh heer.
Op U zo wil ik bouwen , verlaat mij nimmer meer.

Opium du peuple

Good morning Belgie !
Each week-end I'm fed up with all these enumeration of sports results, even on classic music channel (like Klara f.e). Sometimes I took it as a slightly surrealistic new kind of prayer.

Arnon

In return to become a world citizen you have to sell the love for your country. When you already hate a big thing in your Heimat - like economy or football - and that thing fails you will be that worldcitizen, thats easy then, but whats the sacrifice? You share the Schadenfreude with the rest of the world, apart from a small country. A country which is already threatened by the sea. You know it is not a good thing to make jokes about a little threatened minority that includes your mother. Furthermore on moral grounds it is not the task of a writer to sow hate, especially for something beautiful like Dutch football. So Arnon, please, could you think the hate of Dutch football part over? Because we Dutch have to reap what you, still our world citizen, sow.

Careca

I have a suspicion Arnon is secretly in love with Germany. If you want to give him lovewords, say it in German. If you want to go on a holiday with him ,look for a Bavarian little town. Feed him "Zander", if you invite him. And remember his mother speeks German, that's his real mother tongue.Then you'll get to his emotions.

Bavaria

It's open to dispute if Bavaria really is a part of Germany.

Mieke and Arnon

German Mothers. Thats only food: Nur Fressen keine Moral. Even a tongue now and then. So if we Dutch want to change Arnon's mind we have to put him on a orange diet. Thats three Mangos and a gallon of orange drink (Dutch ranja) a day. But Arnon's contradictiory towards this method, see his attitude towards the yellow diet: he hates the bananapart and loves the gallon a day limoncello part.
We let the diet part rest. I think the situation is that his mother loves Dutch football and hates tabletennis. So she has to take on tabletennis and support the German footballteam in and for two and a half months. Is this too much to ask? No, but will it be the solution? Because it is a dark read in another person's book. So Arnon, is there a way we can make you love the success of Dutch football? When you share this secret it can be the first stride towards world peace.

I never dared to admit that I like football, until I saw 'Zelig' by Woody Allen.

That's a beautiful word: Schadenfreude. I'm going to implement it my daily routine.

My mother and her friend went to a soccergame yesterday.
It was Westerlo - Genk. A cousin of mine is a professional player.
My mother got some businessseats via a friend. They had dinner, drank champagne and watched the game.

I think it was the first time my mother enjoyed soccer.

Careca

Though being a Belgian I feel Dutch. Nowadays I indulge myself in feelings of "Schadenfreude" ,looking at the fall of belgian government , knowing very well that nothing will change. And change Arnon is the last thing I want . Quite the contrary, I dream of an "Haus am See" ( Peter Fox), the perfect place to grow old with Arnon. A green mountain of our own.

Mieke

Isnt Arnon a fan of Uebergangen? And this Orange thing is small change for him.

Careca

You are not able to change the world, nor am I . I doubt Arnon can. I am ready to settle for the lesser things.

Mieke

I hope you remember the line "Ich hab 20 Kinder meine Frau ist schön". That's quite a challenge.

Juliane

My sculptures are my babies.

Juliane

I'll leave that part to you.

Juliane and Mieke

In Peter Fox' dream its clear he is a fan of Dutch football. Ive seen the lyrics and just before the 20 children and beautifull wife part he goes even further in showing his orange feelings than the greatest most tasteless Dutch orange decorater ever would with his "Orangenbaumblätter liegen auf dem Weg." Peter Fox has a German mother and like all the Germans loves Tischtennis, so why cant Arnon be a bit more like him? You can leave your country but what can you leave your country? A little support for the World Championships Football 2010, that's all we Dutch ask of Arnon.

One of my German colleagues told me off last Friday for my limited knowledge of the Dutch royal family. She furthermore kindly pressurised me to wear orange that day. Naturally I obliged - politeness has almost no limits.

Mieke

That's very noble of you but no thanks.
I can't chum up with the thought of having a child let alone 20.

Joost

Whats the end of this Wunderbarer story? (You got the German Weibchen and politely screwed her piece to piece to pieces, like every Prince in Orange would.)

Careca

I would like to politely recall that in the context of Arnon's admiring of the Dubai dress code I already confessed that my wife is English. In addition, Dutch men tend not to be overly adventurous. By the way, have you perhaps been named after the former Brazilian striker who played in Italy for a number of years?

Joost

I just read your lovely comment, sorry for my unpoliteness towards English women. Sorry for my when you name one you name them all attitude. (but in case of emergency you can use it)

I was named Careca by a few Brazlian children and I wasnt playing football although I am. Before there are a lot of unpolite thoughts on which circumstances, I was just walking by with a few friends. When the little boys started shouting.

Arnon Grunberg

It might be a good idea for you to write about football, I think it would be amusing to read.