De Haas in de Marathon Page #4

gimpy leg?

With all due respect, but all I see

are four badly-wrapped mummies.

- Hold on.

- Yeah, this is getting weird.

Guys, just stick to playing cards.

I'm getting back to work.

That Tutankhamen is

getting cheekier by the day.

- Good evening.

- Evening, guys.

Hi, hi.

- Hey, Hans?

- Yes?

Question for you. Listen...

If we were to run the marathon...

...would you sponsor us?

My ass.

You have six unpaid tabs.

Let me add those first.

Imagine you giving away

something for free.

- I think I know someone.

- Sure, we'll easily find someone.

We happen to ask Rotterdam's

biggest grump.

- But it can't be that hard.

- Exactly.

- If that Egyptian could do it, we can.

- Of course.

Downstairs from me there's that

Chinese take-out. I'll ask him.

- Hans? Can we have four beers?

- Your own pace is fine.

Had a haircut, Hans?

Or are you getting chemo?

Look at him.

Just kidding, Hans.

Look, it's actually one long...

...running advertisement

for your restaurant.

And you come up with your own slogan.

Something like:

Den Blijker's food is good.

Or:
Herman serves a party in a pan.

Whatever. It's your choice.

The thing is that we will run

our butts off...

...and you will be up to your ears

in customers.

And all that for only 5000 euros

apiece.

You'll be sitting pretty,

hiring chefs from all over the world.

And we do the heavy work.

What do you think?

Who do you think you are?

Shrimp peeler!

With your meat stew face!

I'll mop the floor of your soup kitchen

with your lobster face!

Even though he's filthy rich,

with his fat cigar.

- But he's got a nice joint, though.

- Know what? I'll never eat there.

Him and his mussels for brains!

- Are you OK, Geer?

- Yeah. Fine.

Be right there. Start the car.

Fish bone in his throat.

Goddammit.

Right.

Keep your hands in the middle.

Breathe in deeply and hold it.

And breathe out.

It's in your esophagus

and has metastasized...

...to the lungs.

Unfortunately, it's at such

an advanced stage...

...that isolating the carcinoma

and combating it...

...is no longer possible.

So, again, Mr. Groteboer...

...we suggest that you start

chemo therapy immediately.

And... how long...

...how long?

That's hard to say.

Three, four months.

Six months.

Again, it depends a lot on

the aggressiveness of the growth.

Can I keep working?

Some people continue daily life

for as long as possible.

But with your therapy...

You'll feel very nauseous,

experience hair loss.

And at some point, the pain

will become too intense.

You'll receive morphine, of course.

- Any questions?

- No.

No. No more questions.

I see you're married.

- Do you have children?

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