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Hendrik Groen Quote: “Physicians are so good at what they do these days that you hardly ever see anyone who’s healthy” is how he ended the consultation. I had to think that one over.”

51. “Physicians are so good at what they do these days that you hardly ever see anyone who’s healthy” is how he ended the consultation. I had to think that one over.”

— Hendrik Groen

Hendrik Groen Quote: “Forgive me, I’m being a bit crude and rude about this, but I can’t make the reality prettier than it is: sad, grim, and funny all at once.”

52. “Forgive me, I’m being a bit crude and rude about this, but I can’t make the reality prettier than it is: sad, grim, and funny all at once.”

— Hendrik Groen

Hendrik Groen Quote: “And after that trip, I’ll have to come up with another plan. As long as there are plans, there’s life.”

53. “And after that trip, I’ll have to come up with another plan. As long as there are plans, there’s life.”

— Hendrik Groen

Hendrik Groen Quote: “Mrs. Aupers has taken to walking backward of late, because she thinks it makes her have to pee less often.”

54. “Mrs. Aupers has taken to walking backward of late, because she thinks it makes her have to pee less often.”

— Hendrik Groen

Hendrik Groen Quote: “Woe to the man who thinks he is worth fifty-six times more than the woman who lovingly performs the dirty work.”

55. “Woe to the man who thinks he is worth fifty-six times more than the woman who lovingly performs the dirty work.”

— Hendrik Groen

Hendrik Groen Quote: “Mr. Bakker, this home’s biggest pain in the neck, ran his Canta through the car wash but forgot to close his window. He went to push the window button, but it was too late, he was already sitting inside an aquarium.”

56. “Mr. Bakker, this home’s biggest pain in the neck, ran his Canta through the car wash but forgot to close his window. He went to push the window button, but it was too late, he was already sitting inside an aquarium.”

— Hendrik Groen

Hendrik Groen Quote: “An eighty-year-old man has managed to climb Mount Everest. I have enough trouble stepping up on the curb. It isn’t fair.”

57. “An eighty-year-old man has managed to climb Mount Everest. I have enough trouble stepping up on the curb. It isn’t fair.”

— Hendrik Groen

Hendrik Groen Quote: “It seems old-age homes are teeming with junkies. They’re addicted to sleeping pills containing benzodiazepines. Huh? Yes, benzodiazepines. They also help assuage anxiety and fretting. But they come with a dangerous side effect: you might break a hip. In the Netherlands alone they’ve caused over a thousand broken hips, by the experts’ estimate – elderly folks who wake up in the middle of the night in an extra-doddering state, stagger to the bathroom and take a fall. Crack.”

58. “It seems old-age homes are teeming with junkies. They’re addicted to sleeping pills containing benzodiazepines. Huh? Yes, benzodiazepines. They also help assuage anxiety and fretting. But they come with a dangerous side effect: you might break a hip. In the Netherlands alone they’ve caused over a thousand broken hips, by the experts’ estimate – elderly folks who wake up in the middle of the night in an extra-doddering state, stagger to the bathroom and take a fall. Crack.”

— Hendrik Groen

Hendrik Groen Quote: “In Norway they’re watching a TV show that’s just twelve hours of nonstop knitting: “from sheep to sweater.” To promote the notion of “Slow TV.”

59. “In Norway they’re watching a TV show that’s just twelve hours of nonstop knitting: “from sheep to sweater.” To promote the notion of “Slow TV.”

— Hendrik Groen

Hendrik Groen Quote: “To celebrate the fact that I don’t have lung cancer, I lit up an extra cigar.”

60. “To celebrate the fact that I don’t have lung cancer, I lit up an extra cigar.”

— Hendrik Groen

Hendrik Groen Quote: “Grietje said that when the illness is advanced, you might walk right past a mirror without recognizing it’s you. She said she hoped she’d think to herself, “My, what a nice-looking woman!”

61. “Grietje said that when the illness is advanced, you might walk right past a mirror without recognizing it’s you. She said she hoped she’d think to herself, “My, what a nice-looking woman!”

— Hendrik Groen

Hendrik Groen Quote: “Jealousy in old age sometimes goes to ridiculous lengths. Owing to the overabundance of women here, the married ladies do not like to let their husbands out of their sight.”

62. “Jealousy in old age sometimes goes to ridiculous lengths. Owing to the overabundance of women here, the married ladies do not like to let their husbands out of their sight.”

— Hendrik Groen

Hendrik Groen Quote: “Mrs. Schaap didn’t just slip and fall, as reported; she was actually knocked down by a scooter. The driver, who wishes to remain anonymous, had been a bit too intent on his shopping basket.”

63. “Mrs. Schaap didn’t just slip and fall, as reported; she was actually knocked down by a scooter. The driver, who wishes to remain anonymous, had been a bit too intent on his shopping basket.”

— Hendrik Groen

Hendrik Groen Quote: “Some residents will scoot back inside their rooms, because they think dementia is contagious. Or maybe it’s not, but you never know. Keeping out of the way can’t hurt in any case, is the basic attitude. And that goes not only for dementia. Cancer patients, homosexuals, Muslims: they’re all best avoided.”

64. “Some residents will scoot back inside their rooms, because they think dementia is contagious. Or maybe it’s not, but you never know. Keeping out of the way can’t hurt in any case, is the basic attitude. And that goes not only for dementia. Cancer patients, homosexuals, Muslims: they’re all best avoided.”

— Hendrik Groen

Hendrik Groen Quote: “I made him solemnly swear he would leave the fish alone. He swore “on my mother’s life” that he would. His mother has been dead for twenty-five years.”

65. “I made him solemnly swear he would leave the fish alone. He swore “on my mother’s life” that he would. His mother has been dead for twenty-five years.”

— Hendrik Groen

Hendrik Groen Quote: “Only trivial annoyances still matter. “If Greece goes bankrupt the bingo prizes will probably get smaller,” was Mrs. Schouten’s analysis of the eurozone crisis.”

66. “Only trivial annoyances still matter. “If Greece goes bankrupt the bingo prizes will probably get smaller,” was Mrs. Schouten’s analysis of the eurozone crisis.”

— Hendrik Groen

Hendrik Groen Quote: “Before dinner I had tea with Mrs. Visser. Her conversation is even more tepid than her tea.”

67. “Before dinner I had tea with Mrs. Visser. Her conversation is even more tepid than her tea.”

— Hendrik Groen

Hendrik Groen Quote: “Mr. Timmerman seems to have his eye on Eefje, which I can perfectly well understand. He hasn’t got a chance, however; Eefje will have nothing to do with him because he’s a big show-off and also because he stinks.”

68. “Mr. Timmerman seems to have his eye on Eefje, which I can perfectly well understand. He hasn’t got a chance, however; Eefje will have nothing to do with him because he’s a big show-off and also because he stinks.”

— Hendrik Groen

Hendrik Groen Quote: “Afterwards Eefje and I moseyed down to the water to dip our toes into the North Sea. Arm in arm.”

69. “Afterwards Eefje and I moseyed down to the water to dip our toes into the North Sea. Arm in arm.”

— Hendrik Groen

Hendrik Groen Quote: “He is to be operated on tomorrow morning, and if everything goes well, he’ll wake up with only a couple of toes missing.”

70. “He is to be operated on tomorrow morning, and if everything goes well, he’ll wake up with only a couple of toes missing.”

— Hendrik Groen

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