Get to work!

[franceslievens]

While waiting at the Edinburgh airport to go home I receive a message from The Head. It reads: "I hope you had a great vacation. The staff meeting on the 28th will start at 12:30 and end at 16:30. Lunch will be provided." Guess who has that same day a midwife appointment at 14:20, because my midwife only has appointments on Thursday afternoon and these staff meetings usually take place in the morning.

Comments

[lijability.livejournal.com]

About 13:30 have P. release a skunk into the room.... you do have skunks in Belgium?

Ok.... just swoon.

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

We don't have skunks. We do have smelly male cats. How do you call a male cat? I don't think hangover is the right word for it...

[sister-luck.livejournal.com]

Same in German. Do you get Muskelkater, too?

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

Nope, we don't.

[sister-luck.livejournal.com]

English seems to need several words to describe the phenomenon of soreness after too much of a workout. Does Dutch have a single word for this?

I really like the idea of one's muscles having a hangover.

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

I think you are referring to what we call "spierpijn", which is literally muscle ache.