1 00:00:05,180 --> 00:00:06,880 it's Christmas, so what? 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:08,720 who is happy and why? 3 00:00:08,860 --> 00:00:12,000 does skiing make you happy? 4 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:14,640 Christmas is as good as it gets 5 00:00:14,740 --> 00:00:16,460 snow and sleat, and sip and slush 6 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,620 so we look forward till it is over 7 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:24,180 everything goes down the hill at breakneck speed 8 00:00:24,380 --> 00:00:28,320 and soon the Christms pixie is starting to die out, so march 9 00:00:28,380 --> 00:00:30,200 it's pure therapy 10 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,140 it's mass hysteria 11 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,660 we are so sad to mention it, but... 12 00:00:36,140 --> 00:00:39,280 now it's Christmas in the treadmill again 13 00:00:40,260 --> 00:00:41,940 it's Christmas, X-M-A-S 14 00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:43,940 God, how commercial it is 15 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,100 soon, the air will be filled with fraud and trickery 16 00:00:48,060 --> 00:00:51,900 Christmas is, as you know, always is an inconvenience 17 00:00:52,020 --> 00:00:55,280 because it sets the most extreme demands, 18 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:59,100 but in a time when no one really knows what they want 19 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:03,580 it is the last straw we can cling to 20 00:01:03,739 --> 00:01:07,480 has it first gotten through your joyous child-like mind, 21 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,920 you'll be mindlessly joyously sick, 22 00:01:11,460 --> 00:01:14,400 then it's Christmas in the treadmill yet again. 23 00:01:15,460 --> 00:01:18,400 CHRISTMAS IN THE OLD THREADMILL. 24 00:01:22,700 --> 00:01:23,780 Hi Berit. 25 00:01:25,100 --> 00:01:26,860 Hello, Flemming. 26 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,040 And thanks for yesterday. How amazing it was. 27 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:32,160 Imagine; Eight times in a row. 28 00:01:32,340 --> 00:01:36,000 Berit, you are completely uninhibited with that language course. 29 00:01:36,380 --> 00:01:38,920 I've been tossing and turning all night. 30 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:42,180 Have a little café au lait. 31 00:01:42,700 --> 00:01:44,900 You just have to press the stamp to the bottom. 32 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,560 - Av! - Get to putting on a clean shirt. 33 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,040 It's some leaky shit. 34 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:52,480 Typical French. 35 00:01:58,340 --> 00:02:00,100 Berit, you can say what you want. 36 00:02:00,100 --> 00:02:03,520 But this is one of the most boring buns I've ever tasted. 37 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,330 It's croissants. 38 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:07,920 - Is it croissants? - Yes. 39 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:10,460 Then you can't be surprised that there was a revolution down there. 40 00:02:11,300 --> 00:02:14,040 Oh, Berit... Sorry, but it's so stressful to have so 41 00:02:14,140 --> 00:02:16,940 much hanging over your head every single day. 42 00:02:17,020 --> 00:02:18,320 There, little darling. 43 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,980 All people get calendar gifts. 44 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,440 Here you go, Flemming. It's something you've always lacked. 45 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,940 Savior Vivre in a hundred ways. 46 00:02:30,460 --> 00:02:32,000 Berit, what good will it do? 47 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:35,640 Never heard of reckless elegance, huh? 48 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:39,120 Why do all French people are so... 49 00:02:39,220 --> 00:02:41,780 hell-bent and charming, eh? 50 00:02:41,780 --> 00:02:44,740 But my god, that's because they're running around with a little shit on all the time. 51 00:02:44,980 --> 00:02:46,300 Yes, exactly. 52 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:47,760 Here you go, little cherié. 53 00:02:48,300 --> 00:02:49,480 Bon appetit. 54 00:02:50,220 --> 00:02:52,180 Berit, that's nothing to advertise. 55 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:53,840 After all, we are ruined. 56 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:56,440 My God, there are so... so many who are. 57 00:02:56,580 --> 00:02:59,260 You have to go to training before we go to Val d'Isère. 58 00:02:59,500 --> 00:03:00,990 It's just one thing I can't understand. 59 00:03:01,100 --> 00:03:02,960 How can they ski in that condition? 60 00:03:02,980 --> 00:03:04,560 There is something called slalom, after all. 61 00:03:05,180 --> 00:03:08,980 Yes, and real Frenchmen hold the doors open for their wives. 62 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:12,880 In return, the wives keep and maintain the rest of the house. 63 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:17,140 Why are these mornings so tiring? 64 00:03:18,940 --> 00:03:20,480 I'm completely flat. 65 00:03:20,640 --> 00:03:21,980 Hope it isn't something with the batteries? 66 00:03:22,340 --> 00:03:24,900 By the way, I don't think this guy can handle you push so violently. 67 00:03:26,180 --> 00:03:27,920 Berit, I'm scared. 68 00:03:28,180 --> 00:03:29,740 I think I'm getting stalked by the public sector. 69 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:31,300 Yes, everyone believes that eventually. 70 00:03:31,340 --> 00:03:34,220 That's the most reactionary piss I've ever had... 71 00:03:34,220 --> 00:03:36,040 - But then look there. - You are right. 72 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:36,940 "THE PUBLIC SECTOR" 73 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,400 It is the public, you can recognize it on the plate. 74 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:41,540 Berit, then there is only one thing to do. 75 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:42,900 Fasten the seatbelt. 76 00:03:43,060 --> 00:03:45,340 Maybe we can speed, so hopefully we won't be caught up by an OCV. 77 00:03:45,620 --> 00:03:47,940 No. 78 00:03:56,430 --> 00:03:58,910 My, Berit, if I were you, I would break up 79 00:03:58,910 --> 00:04:01,590 now, before Flemming starts getting cold food. 80 00:04:01,830 --> 00:04:03,970 I think I do too. 81 00:04:04,150 --> 00:04:05,990 Yes, but what about afterwards? 82 00:04:06,230 --> 00:04:09,970 How do I move on? You know what? 83 00:04:10,270 --> 00:04:12,650 If you knew how big feet that man has. 84 00:04:12,950 --> 00:04:15,029 The French are guaranteed to be no bigger than that. 85 00:04:15,329 --> 00:04:17,829 So, I know how hard it is. 86 00:04:18,290 --> 00:04:19,930 It's the same every time. 87 00:04:20,630 --> 00:04:24,890 You fight your way through the first part and then you take out. 88 00:04:25,110 --> 00:04:26,770 Do you take out? How much? 89 00:04:27,310 --> 00:04:28,890 Just a few kilometers off the Ring Road. 90 00:04:28,950 --> 00:04:30,290 There you can get three pairs for the half. 91 00:04:31,350 --> 00:04:33,150 Don't you think he looks tired? 92 00:04:33,350 --> 00:04:34,630 - Who? - The chief physician. 93 00:04:35,070 --> 00:04:36,370 Yes, it's terrible. 94 00:04:36,590 --> 00:04:38,150 But as a doctor, you have to follow your call... 95 00:04:38,250 --> 00:04:39,430 Yes, yes. Yes, yes. 96 00:04:39,550 --> 00:04:41,670 I'm coming now. Three long and three short. 97 00:04:41,970 --> 00:04:43,130 Then I'm gone. 98 00:04:43,210 --> 00:04:44,710 It's home from the private clinic. 99 00:04:44,850 --> 00:04:46,590 I have a face lift in ten minutes. 100 00:04:47,590 --> 00:04:50,570 Oh, this neverending battle to keep the screw in the water. 101 00:04:50,630 --> 00:04:52,430 I should never have bought that speed boot. 102 00:04:52,430 --> 00:04:56,870 If only you could take both the scrubs and the underwear. 103 00:04:57,210 --> 00:04:58,230 Well, well, little Ms. Ruth. 104 00:04:58,630 --> 00:04:59,630 We must contain ourselves. 105 00:04:59,910 --> 00:05:01,410 I said one Christmas present. 106 00:05:01,690 --> 00:05:03,210 Wonder if the scrubs is the most practical. 107 00:05:03,390 --> 00:05:04,510 She is a nurse, after all. 108 00:05:04,570 --> 00:05:08,530 Yes, but there is something about that underwear. 109 00:05:08,970 --> 00:05:10,790 Something French. 110 00:05:11,930 --> 00:05:13,590 - Where? - Try to see. 111 00:05:14,510 --> 00:05:16,150 There. 112 00:05:17,130 --> 00:05:19,310 Just below the navel. 113 00:05:20,730 --> 00:05:21,970 Well, there. 114 00:05:22,510 --> 00:05:24,410 No, yes, it is very small. 115 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:37,540 Hello? The accounting firm Flemming & Kvik. 116 00:05:37,940 --> 00:05:39,600 Sorry, I'm a bit too out of breath. 117 00:05:40,540 --> 00:05:42,140 Okay, we'll grab the underwear. 118 00:05:42,220 --> 00:05:44,920 It is the public sector. 119 00:05:46,340 --> 00:05:47,600 Yes, hello? 120 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:49,980 Just try looking out the window. 121 00:05:49,980 --> 00:05:53,480 Can they see the big building right across from them? 122 00:05:54,100 --> 00:05:57,820 Do they realize how much I sit for a month here? 123 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:00,580 How did they imagine, I was going to get all that money? 124 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:02,720 It would be easier if they laid in the 125 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:04,280 middle of the desk with the poles straight up. 126 00:06:04,660 --> 00:06:06,100 Hello? 127 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:08,860 Hello? That was strange. 128 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:11,920 Well, you. Shall we have some lunch soon? 129 00:06:13,220 --> 00:06:14,960 Are you fresh? 130 00:06:15,180 --> 00:06:17,700 I play out. 131 00:06:18,500 --> 00:06:19,920 Burgundy Deluxe. 132 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,180 - Viola. - Excellent. 133 00:06:23,220 --> 00:06:25,580 Excellent. 134 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,360 Half price. 135 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:30,240 Frenchman. Knows him, who owns the castle. 136 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:32,600 Homeboy. All the way through. To the fingertips. 137 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:34,520 A bit feminine, of course, but is completely real. 138 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:36,180 We have gone to the dance together. 139 00:06:36,260 --> 00:06:39,120 I can get you three boxes, through the the company, tax-free, instead of salary. 140 00:06:40,980 --> 00:06:41,700 11 percent. 141 00:06:41,940 --> 00:06:44,180 12.5 percent if you're quick. So what do you say? 142 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:45,920 Are there problems, just say hello from Kvik. 143 00:06:46,140 --> 00:06:47,520 They all know me. 144 00:06:47,660 --> 00:06:48,980 And do you what on top of it all? 145 00:06:49,100 --> 00:06:49,580 A Renault. 146 00:06:49,980 --> 00:06:50,980 A Renault? 147 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:56,560 Black. 148 00:07:10,470 --> 00:07:11,590 What are they doing here? 149 00:07:11,650 --> 00:07:16,550 If they don't soon pay that daycare home soon, I'll deduct their wages. 150 00:07:17,070 --> 00:07:19,850 Let go! Can't they just send a new late-bill? 151 00:07:19,910 --> 00:07:21,870 No, we don't have any more. 152 00:07:22,450 --> 00:07:25,270 They have 24 hours to find it. 153 00:07:26,390 --> 00:07:28,110 - Any questions? - Yes. 154 00:07:29,210 --> 00:07:31,130 What do you actually do with a case of Bordeaux in a daycare home? 155 00:07:33,090 --> 00:07:36,450 They find that out the day they have 156 00:07:36,450 --> 00:07:38,010 to look after their children themselves. 157 00:07:42,870 --> 00:07:45,410 Hey Berit, you old munch dagger. 158 00:07:45,650 --> 00:07:48,110 Hi Flemming. 159 00:07:48,450 --> 00:07:50,490 Tell me, what time is it to get home, huh? 160 00:07:50,590 --> 00:07:55,230 Well, of course it doesn't matter what time you get home as long as you have the heart with. 161 00:07:55,350 --> 00:07:57,510 I was just missing such a small spark 162 00:07:57,610 --> 00:07:59,530 black, Bordeaux for my eight egg yolks. 163 00:08:01,590 --> 00:08:03,350 Tell me, what are you so upset about? 164 00:08:03,630 --> 00:08:05,430 Yes, that's... it's everything. 165 00:08:06,210 --> 00:08:07,430 The whole thing? 166 00:08:07,550 --> 00:08:10,970 No, Flemming, that picky, you're simply not allowed to be. 167 00:08:11,450 --> 00:08:13,030 So, now you have to look here. 168 00:08:13,610 --> 00:08:17,790 Now we simply take two slices of lovely beef thighs. 169 00:08:18,410 --> 00:08:20,230 And if you just hold them for a moment, Flemming, 170 00:08:20,310 --> 00:08:23,010 then I can show that I have my broth here. 171 00:08:23,550 --> 00:08:26,250 And then I make my foundation. 172 00:08:26,470 --> 00:08:27,630 We have already made that. 173 00:08:27,830 --> 00:08:28,490 And what then, Flemming? 174 00:08:28,550 --> 00:08:32,910 Yes, then we take our thigh and dip into our foundation. 175 00:08:33,390 --> 00:08:36,130 Down into our little dip foundation. 176 00:08:37,370 --> 00:08:38,570 And what then, Flemming? 177 00:08:38,570 --> 00:08:40,890 Yes, if you would just be kind and 178 00:08:40,990 --> 00:08:44,750 - explain how to sort the vegetables. - Sorting? 179 00:08:45,190 --> 00:08:48,030 Yes, so I put the carrots here, and then I put 180 00:08:48,030 --> 00:08:49,850 the onions there, and then I put the apron over there, 181 00:08:49,950 --> 00:08:52,730 and then I go in and watch the Wheels of Fortune. 182 00:09:00,460 --> 00:09:02,480 But little loveling, that, it's no use. 183 00:09:02,540 --> 00:09:04,700 It is completely pointless. 184 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:06,720 But it is actually incredibly popular. 185 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:08,700 Want a French potato? 186 00:09:08,900 --> 00:09:11,560 Sometimes it just seems so hopeless to fight on. 187 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,520 What is happening? I don't understand it. 188 00:09:13,660 --> 00:09:15,500 It's something about finding some consonants. 189 00:09:16,060 --> 00:09:17,900 Consonants? 190 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:19,780 There must be more important things in life. 191 00:09:19,860 --> 00:09:21,860 - Yes, vocals. - Oh. 192 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,340 So, Flemming, now you have to tell me what's wrong. 193 00:09:26,680 --> 00:09:28,760 Berit, I don't know how to say it. 194 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,720 Can't you just say it in French? 195 00:09:33,300 --> 00:09:34,980 Yes, maybe. 196 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:36,720 What's downturn in French? 197 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:38,600 - 'Deroute.' 198 00:09:40,740 --> 00:09:42,580 Yes, 'deroute.' 199 00:09:44,060 --> 00:09:45,660 Is it Ruth? 200 00:09:50,060 --> 00:09:55,660 --- Subtitles by Essery. 2025. ---