Hubby is in the store trying on a new pair of jeans. Looks in the mirror and grumbles about his waist size. The saleswoman, clearly a Twente woman in heart and soul, glosses over a bit: well, that’s what most older men get, more belly, less buttocks, that’s just part of it. “And,” she says, “otherwise you’ll just have to think like this: Hef had enough food, mo’j zug on wean!”
A version of this article also appeared in NRC in the morning of October 12, 2021
Hubby is in the store trying on a new pair of jeans. Looks in the mirror and grumbles about his waist size. The saleswoman, clearly a Twente woman in heart and soul, glosses over a bit: well, that’s what most older men get, more belly, less buttocks, that’s just part of it. “And,” she says, “otherwise you’ll just have to think like this: Hef had enough food, mo’j zug on wean!”
A version of this article also appeared in NRC in the morning of October 12, 2021
Hubby is in the store trying on a new pair of jeans. Looks in the mirror and grumbles about his waist size. The saleswoman, clearly a Twente woman in heart and soul, glosses over a bit: well, that’s what most older men get, more belly, less buttocks, that’s just part of it. “And,” she says, “otherwise you’ll just have to think like this: Hef had enough food, mo’j zug on wean!”
A version of this article also appeared in NRC in the morning of October 12, 2021
Hubby is in the store trying on a new pair of jeans. Looks in the mirror and grumbles about his waist size. The saleswoman, clearly a Twente woman in heart and soul, glosses over a bit: well, that’s what most older men get, more belly, less buttocks, that’s just part of it. “And,” she says, “otherwise you’ll just have to think like this: Hef had enough food, mo’j zug on wean!”
A version of this article also appeared in NRC in the morning of October 12, 2021