De Haas in de Marathon Page #3

but it's supposed to be for the baby.

Didn't your mother just die, Nico?

- Didn't you get an inheritance?

- The apartment. I live there.

- I might be able to get a bank loan.

- No! Don't, Geer.

You'll just have to pay off the interest.

It's down to all of us.

We'll solve the problem together.

- Can't we fire Youssoef?

- Good idea. Kick out the Egyptian.

- Saves a month's salary.

- He can't play cards anyway.

Listen, guys, Youssoef earns us money.

OK? He's an immigrant and disabled.

He's heavily subsidized.

So where do we get 40,000 euros?

Ma...

...think carefully.

Is it in a cookie jar?

Or an old shoebox, or...

Yes.

Soup with meatballs.

Goddammit.

But I scooped those out, you know.

I said to that nurse: No way

I'm going to eat that boiled mess.

I used to make soup.

A big marrow bone and let it simmer.

But, well...

...no one is capable of that anymore.

Grandpa used to throw an entire pig's head

in a pot of water.

With the eyes still in it.

He simmered it for days.

- Kees, are you in the attic?

- Yeah.

- Don't stay up too late.

- No.

And don't sneak a cigarette, OK?

Got it.

Hey. What's wrong with my big fellow?

Did your soother fall out?

Look...

Don't you want it?

Look...

Yeah, that's the good stuff.

Let's sing a song.

Strong in Rotterdam

strong in the Netherlands

nothing is stronger

than that one word

Feyenoord

yes, Feyenoord

What are you reading there?

I see shorts.

Is it a gay magazine?

- Fellow choco dippers.

- Our Muslim came out of the closet.

It's a runner's magazine.

- What use is it to you and your club foot?

- I may have a limp now.

- But I used to run marathons.

- With the police chasing you, I guess.

Ran New York, Berlin

and Rotterdam, of course.

Marathons, that's walking.

No, running.

Just a bit further than the fridge.

It was before my accident,

but I made a good living at it.

- Living? What do you mean?

- I had a sponsor.

- What kind of money are we talking about?

- 5000-6000 euros.

Sometimes 10,000.

When is that hike? I'll go on it.

- Well...

- In six months.

- Here in Rotterdam.

- Seriously, though...

...suppose we'd run and get a sponsor.

I'd do it. In our own city.

No travel expenses.

Well, all kidding aside, Geer.

Seriously, though.

I know enough people

who'd be willing to be a sponsor.

Store owners, for instance. So...

- Get rid of those taxes in one fell swoop.

- That we didn't think of it sooner...

I didn't know you could earn that much

with a hike.

I think it's a great idea, Yous.

Thanks, man.

Will we also carry paper lanterns?

You don't stand a chance.

- Why?

- You have to train for it.

And you need character.

Are you saying we don't have character,

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes