there is no shame in standing in the shadow of an excellent chocolate mousse for one evening.

Why wasn't this soirée added to the calendar section? Or wasn't it open to public.

Mieke

Please ask Sander and Johannes.

Mieke,
I never knew this was a public activity. How can I make it up to you?

Things to do in Paris

Remember to visit Shakespeare & Company on a mondaynight. Should be good.

@ Johannes

I'll let you know tomorrow how to compensate for this serious mistake.

Mieke,
The calendar of the Institut N. doesn't mention the activity also....
So maybe the people over there like to keep literature secret.

Johannes

This is a VERY lame excuse darling for not doing your job right.
I assume the purpose of the calendar on this site is to announce and promote public activities of which Arnon Grunberg take part of or have any connection to his work.
The agenda of Institut Néerlandais has a totally different aim.
Furthermore, the fact the other didn’t do his job right doesn’t exempt you.

Public or not

Ilanit,
I like the fact you are trying to get a homemade three course dinner.
My comment was not meant as an excuse. Before I contact the Intstitut to ask a question if it was public or not, I'm doing my research.
At the Institut works a very trustable woman named Dorien.
I will ask her if it was public. If it was, I'll make it up to Mieke and you.
Are you happy now?
Everybody else who feels depressed or angry about my possible failure can mail, call or visit me.

Johannes

I'm VERY happy!
ps. No chinees;-)

How can one be depressed when failure is in the house, just beside a apparantly superb chocolate mousse?

Probably this is the best place to ask the following question

In which chapter, or on what page of Blue Mondays does the following situation appear:

The main charachter finds himself (I believe) on a market place and hears a saying, a quote, a song and the thinks (I paraphrase): 'I want to repeat what he said, because it is true.'

Dear readers, I think you for your kindness.

Mieke , Ilanet
You must excuse Johannes
remember he is an undercover Chinese takeaway.

@ Ivo Victoria

I don't think it is specified that the mousse was the highlight because it was so good. For all we know it was a battle for the worse and the mousse made it by the rule of exclusion.

@Johannes,
Here's an idea for a female wresteling event: next time replace the mud by chocolat mousse.
It would make it a lot easier to get women to participate. I have the impression they might even start a fight simply to get a place on the bill.

@ Pablo

This is the interesting thing Pablo. We have actually arranged for the mud to be identical to the mud used in beauty salons. So it doesn't make you dirty, it makes you beautiful.

It is true that we still need some volunteers. We guarantee the wrestling women a VIP treatement, a nice bathrobe, a warm shower afterwards and, ofcourse, eternal fame. Contact Johannes @ johannes@arnongrunberg.com for more details.

More mud

And what's more : we have confirmation that the mud wrestling will be hosted by Herr Seele.

Sander

The mud used in beauty salons has quite a difficult (thick) texture to fit mud wrestling. I bet one of the guys came up with this quite undoable and quite expensive solution.
I probably have no right to ask the questions since I already announced my unfortunate absence, but maybe some highlight of what and how and why MAY persuade few woman (or should I say cheeks, considering the amount of prejudicial statements on the page).
So:
1-who are the members of the organisation? Is there any female involved in the organisation?
2-How exactly will this promote world peace again? I’m sorry, I must admit I didn’t get the point.
3-how many contestants do you have so far and where do they come from?

Vera

I wasn’t angry at Johannes. He assumed I was and then promised to cook (well, he promised a compensation of my choosing) if the fault is on his side. Why the hell should I correct his assumptions?

@Sander

What an outstanding idea to offer a rubbing, a scratching ánd a peeling all in one.
Unfortunately I will miss it all, since I can't make it the 3rd.
I will on the other hand be there 2nd of november.
Row 4, seat 5 to be precise.

Mud

Ilanit,
We have enough women already, so thanks but your help isn't needed.
FYI, and the rest of the moral police we have in the organisation the lovely Mieke Dutoit, the lovely Marianne K and the lovely Marieke S.
By the way, could you drop the use of writing whole words with capitals? I can read you know.

PS

PS I didn't think you were angry. Mieke seemed angry. And I'm sorry but you can't chose how I will make it up to you, that's only Mieke's right.

Johannes

Now you can see why probably Sander will win this trip to the Caribbean. You keep on saying you have enough woman.
The usage of capital letters for a whole word is meant to put some ‘weight’ on a specific word. So knowing you can read, I would like you to read that specific word carefully. 100% according to the Netiquette.
and no, I’m not the moral police. Not a feminist. Not a women marcher. Wouldn’t mind be seeing as a sex object and as a matter of fact I enjoy it and use this mail weakness if it suits me. STILL (this is yet another example of the emphasise discussed above), I am curious in regard to the questions above and see no reason why one of you can’t simply answer them.
PS. a surprise making up? fine by me.

Chocolate Moose

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRIwuxqKyyk

Ilanit,
We don't need more women.
For your information, my score was zip. Indeed, Sander knows how to treat a woman. I said over the phone to some girls: 'You care for peace or you don't care for peace.' They hung up on me.
The third question I can leave unanswered. It's none of your business, only that of the organisation. Do you ask someone of a theatre group where the actors come from before you buy a ticket?
The second question.
Men have had the monopoly on violence for ages. It must be women who will mock this violence through the mud act.

Wulfy

I can't make any chocolate of your comment. Please explain.

Johannes

When an event claims to be International it’s not that weird to inquire as to the origin of the participants. Before I buy a theatre ticket I can read so much background information which leaves all my questions answered.
Mail monopoly on violence? Like hello?! Historian perspective will show there is no such thing.

Ilanit

You are the queen of homophony.

Oscar

I'm sorry I bore you but at least it's my own style and I don’t try to imitate someone else.

Chocolat mousse

Deserts seem to play a failry big role in your social life and seem to be the highlight of the evening....
By choice of because of the poor cooking ? or !

La Mousse encore !

Naturellement, le mot en Anglais est "dessert" et pas 'desert'.
Cést vrai: Arnon a été en Afghanistan en et par la dans les grandes deserts, mais ca n'a pas rien à faire avec dessert !!
Je m'excuse Arnon, pour me tromper en ce cas !
J'espère que la mousse vraiment etait un expérience céleste !
Au revoir

Ilanit,
Did you ever hold a medieval sword? It is too heavy for a woman. Maybe not for you, but you are a superwoman.
In other news, Dorien of the Institut mailed and she was sad that I didn't put it on the site of Arnon, she didn't eat for two days, so now I have three people to make it up too!
What makes ladies happy these days?

Johannes

This is not protesting against men monopoly on violence but against the fact that men is physically stronger. It will be as helpful as protesting that the Zebra has stripes.

Ilanit,
I never said this event is a protest to the fact that men have the monopoly on violence.
By the way, you are not my dayjob, have fun in New York and I'll make it up to you with the Institut thing.
I've asked this before, but are you happy now?

Happy now?

Not quite. Maybe when I will be your dayjob

PS

You ALSO have to make it up to me for being a snitch!
Comes twice as hard from the sun of a preacher men…

Informative

Ilanit,
Some time ago you said you would wrestle.
As I am working on this mud project for Arnon so I'm just being informative.
It were the facts, right?
Now please leave me alone.

PS

PS I kindly asked you to stop with the full words in capitals. You go on, I respect that some people have a lack of stylistic qualities to shape their thoughts by using msn-symbols, capitals etc.
But then you will respect my wish to be left alone, right?
In general people want more, I want less.
Don't worry, I'll make the Institut thing up to you.

Johannes

I don't want to leave you alone.
I want to become your dayjob.
how am I doing so far?