The cafeteria
It was 1966. My parents just moved in their new house as newly weds in a brand new neighbourhood. They were the first couple to move into the neighbourhood. My mother passed away in 2007, after living there for nearly 41 years. My father passed away in 2022, after living there for nearly 56 years. They were the first couple to move in the newly built house. Another couple with 2 children moved next door. It was the Pannekoek family. Aunt Bertha and uncle Jan. They became good friends.
One afternoon, after having some drinks together, my mum and uncle Jan went to the cafeteria to buy some chips (fries when you live in the USA). They were already in a fun and festive mood when they came into the cafeteria. The new owner who didn't know them yet asked: you are in a happy mood, have you got something to celebrate?
My mum said that she and uncle Jan celebrated their 12 years of marriage. Not knowing of course that they were just neighbours, he offered them free chips!
My mum and our neighbour aunt Bertha used to take evening walks through the neighbourhood.
Aunt Bertha wasn't an aunt of mine but it became a habit to call all of our neighbours aunt or uncle.
One evening they were out walking again.
Suddenly my mum said: look, there's someone sitting in that car! Looks like a big man, we better watch out! As they passed the car, they carefully looked next to them. It turned out that it wasn't a big man but a large dog!
Talking about dogs: they passed a man with a dog one evening.
They were greeting each other and the man and his dog passed them. Suddenly aunt Bertha had to release some gas, if you know what I mean.
The dog reacted very strongly by barking very loud and the man could hardly keep it under control.
My mum and aunt Bertha started laughing and made a quick get a way!
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