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 sleet, 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 Christmas 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 --> 00:00:42,140 it's Christmas, X-M-A-S 14 00:00:42,300 --> 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 00:01:53,620 --> 00:01:56,440 Hey Berit, you old femme fatale. 25 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:58,880 Is it not too early to start packing? 26 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:00,960 After all, there are ten days until that ski vacation. 27 00:02:01,020 --> 00:02:04,180 If we get going at all, so much can get in the way. 28 00:02:04,340 --> 00:02:06,280 Flemming, look at me. 29 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,600 You must try to understand that what is happening to the two of us right now, 30 00:02:10,940 --> 00:02:12,800 - it had to happen. 31 00:02:13,220 --> 00:02:15,220 It has been underway for the whole of last year. 32 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,440 And now the moment has come where... 33 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:20,820 Does this mean that... 34 00:02:20,920 --> 00:02:23,500 Yes, Flemming. I am leaving you. 35 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:25,320 Where are you going? 36 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:27,340 I'm going to Christmas lunch. 37 00:02:27,460 --> 00:02:29,960 Are you going to Christmas lunch? 38 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:31,900 Yes, you shall too. 39 00:02:32,020 --> 00:02:33,920 No, Berit, it's so exhausting. 40 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,380 It's nothing but herring and booze, and ruthless truths. 41 00:02:37,580 --> 00:02:40,300 Oh, Flemming, now you just have to let go and go to it. 42 00:02:40,500 --> 00:02:41,700 And release all inhibitions. 43 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,520 And get an outlet for all your innermost desires. 44 00:02:44,580 --> 00:02:46,520 It is something that all people have to go through. 45 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:50,360 After all, it's not for the sake of fun that you cook French food all night, is it? 46 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:52,720 Goodbye, my love. It is time to go. 47 00:02:54,500 --> 00:02:57,220 Well, if you insist, let's get it over with, for God's sake. 48 00:02:57,500 --> 00:02:59,220 But I warn you. 49 00:02:59,340 --> 00:03:00,580 I'll be home soon. 50 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:01,700 I can't get a bite down. 51 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,160 And there is probably neither wet nor dry. 52 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:05,560 Unless Ruth has... 53 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,240 Berit, what is this? 54 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:11,840 It's just such a small, discreet calendar gift. 55 00:03:12,460 --> 00:03:13,980 Yeah, just in case, right? 56 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,440 After all, you are a kind of man. 57 00:03:16,940 --> 00:03:18,260 Yes, it can happen to even the best. 58 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:20,740 There is no reason to take any risks. 59 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,440 It's a calorie chart. 60 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:27,980 Is it a calorie chart? 61 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:29,140 What shall I do with that? 62 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,780 Flemming, I don't know how to say this, but... 63 00:03:32,780 --> 00:03:34,860 You have such trouble maintaining it. 64 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,500 - I'm also worried about that Ruth. - Ruth? 65 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,800 Yes, you know, her, that little, obtrusive glasses-rimmed one, 66 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,660 - with the hair. - You don't have to be nervous about her. 67 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:46,620 She simply only has sex in her head. 68 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,820 Yes, now you finally must. 69 00:03:54,300 --> 00:03:56,280 There is, what there is. 70 00:03:56,940 --> 00:04:00,240 And the only thing I've had done out in the city 71 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:03,460 is the table plan. 72 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:08,340 So that... I hope you'll like that. 73 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,780 And foreign food, as they say, 74 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:15,980 - as our mother made it. - Our mother? 75 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:19,660 Yes, her the little one, overlooked 76 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,640 with the big heart, and the gentle eyes. 77 00:04:24,380 --> 00:04:25,960 Thanks. 78 00:04:27,020 --> 00:04:31,600 Excuse me. Shall we say hello to... 79 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,900 Yes, then I would also like to be allowed to say 80 00:04:35,900 --> 00:04:38,980 a few words on the occasion of the upcoming holiday. 81 00:04:39,700 --> 00:04:41,780 Especially for you, Ruth, I want to say; 82 00:04:42,700 --> 00:04:45,780 Ruth, my wife doesn't understand me. 83 00:04:46,180 --> 00:04:47,960 She doesn't understand anything. 84 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:51,560 I can come home tired in the evening and say, hello Linda, 85 00:04:52,620 --> 00:04:53,860 without it helping. 86 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:57,100 She simply does not understand anything. 87 00:04:57,460 --> 00:04:59,320 - There, there. - What should I do? 88 00:05:00,580 --> 00:05:05,080 It's so pretty when grown men 89 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:07,320 dare to show their feelings. 90 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:11,920 Yes, but Flemming, what's wrong? 91 00:05:12,500 --> 00:05:16,000 Oh, Ruth, it's simply the most 92 00:05:16,100 --> 00:05:20,300 beautiful, honest, sincere, and 93 00:05:20,300 --> 00:05:23,820 heartiest piece of pickle I've ever seen. 94 00:05:30,180 --> 00:05:32,260 Well, should we have some party games? 95 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:35,900 Yes, now you have to see. Now you have to see. 96 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:37,990 I have nothing here in my hands. 97 00:05:38,540 --> 00:05:41,400 And then a blue one comes here. 98 00:05:42,620 --> 00:05:46,740 And look thoroughly, then I stick it into the sleeve here. 99 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:48,160 Well, into. 100 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:49,940 Yes, into the sleeve. 101 00:05:50,260 --> 00:05:52,820 Make sure it is the left sleeve. 102 00:05:53,020 --> 00:05:55,400 And what is suddenly happening over here? 103 00:05:58,060 --> 00:06:00,620 - Another one... - I can one more myself. 104 00:06:00,900 --> 00:06:02,880 Does anyone wanna smoke? 105 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:05,840 - Oh yes, fire. - Merry Christmas. 106 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,960 I just feel so bad about neglecting them as long as they are so small. 107 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:11,980 You can think I know it, I tell you, 108 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,240 I have had such problems with my youngest. 109 00:06:15,100 --> 00:06:17,500 - Pâté? - Pâté. 110 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:19,660 - Pickle? - Pickle. 111 00:06:21,140 --> 00:06:22,860 But you are very dependent. 112 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:25,100 It's like they don't thrive at all. 113 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:27,520 Have you tried talking to them? 114 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:29,540 Cordon bleu. 115 00:06:31,660 --> 00:06:33,500 Duck thigh? 116 00:06:34,740 --> 00:06:36,140 Gruyère cheese? 117 00:06:38,260 --> 00:06:40,220 Châteauneuf-du-Pape? 118 00:06:41,340 --> 00:06:43,480 Talk to them. Do you think that helps? 119 00:06:43,580 --> 00:06:46,380 Yes, yes. And if you just give them a little in the saucer. 120 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:49,720 I don't think I'm suited to having Pelargonium flowers at all. 121 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,200 Chocolate mousse? 122 00:06:55,100 --> 00:06:57,500 The sauté? 123 00:06:59,060 --> 00:07:01,320 Coffee with milk? 124 00:07:04,840 --> 00:07:07,800 - Napkin. - Thanks. 125 00:07:08,420 --> 00:07:09,980 Well sisters, are you fresh? 126 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:11,980 Now you'll see what I did during my vacation. 127 00:07:15,460 --> 00:07:17,660 Try looking here. 128 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,200 First I made this one. 129 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,800 A rather complicated fracture, if I do say so myself. 130 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:27,600 But try watching this one here. 131 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:34,000 Try to see, right? 132 00:07:34,340 --> 00:07:37,760 It's absolutely terrific. Oh God. 133 00:07:38,660 --> 00:07:40,520 It's a hip. 134 00:07:40,780 --> 00:07:43,860 And you know what I told her? I said, you know what they're need to do? 135 00:07:43,980 --> 00:07:46,900 Now they have to keep them quiet for six weeks. 136 00:07:48,860 --> 00:07:50,620 For six weeks, I said. 137 00:07:50,860 --> 00:07:51,840 What do you give me? 138 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:53,440 It just blew out of me. 139 00:07:57,820 --> 00:08:00,520 God, it must be Jean-Claude, my new guy. 140 00:08:00,940 --> 00:08:03,580 The Frenchmen are just so impatient. 141 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:07,820 And then all the discos, and nightclubs, and real carpets, and 142 00:08:07,820 --> 00:08:13,200 bearskin, and caviar, and champagne, and luxury, and petty elegance. 143 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,400 You almost can't stand it. 144 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:19,140 What a race it is to be unmarried. 145 00:08:28,060 --> 00:08:29,980 Oh, Ditlev. 146 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:32,779 What should I do? My husband doesn't understand me. 147 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:34,719 What should I do about him? 148 00:08:34,820 --> 00:08:37,500 How can I make him smile again? 149 00:08:38,140 --> 00:08:39,580 Yeah, yeah, you see. 150 00:08:39,659 --> 00:08:41,480 Now you have to look here. 151 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,680 If you now made a cut here. 152 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:46,700 That way up. 153 00:08:46,860 --> 00:08:48,600 And then a cut over here. Likewise, that way up. 154 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:52,840 And then tightens it all behind the ears. Like that. 155 00:08:52,820 --> 00:08:57,380 There must be a catalog somewhere from my private clinic. 156 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:58,980 Yep, here we have it. Now you have to look here. 157 00:09:00,580 --> 00:09:02,260 It's an obvious gift idea. 158 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:07,760 Yes, and then afterwards they all end up looking like this. 159 00:09:23,630 --> 00:09:25,210 I know more still. 160 00:09:25,890 --> 00:09:27,650 A red one. 161 00:09:28,910 --> 00:09:30,670 And then... then I can also do this one. 162 00:09:31,070 --> 00:09:33,090 Just try watching this here. 163 00:09:33,510 --> 00:09:35,950 Grilled chicken. 164 00:09:36,390 --> 00:09:38,710 And then this rabbit. 165 00:09:39,890 --> 00:09:42,990 And if any trouble happens, you can just say hello from Quick. 166 00:09:43,330 --> 00:09:45,950 Because they all know me. 167 00:09:48,070 --> 00:09:50,430 Nothing in here. Just try to look 168 00:09:50,930 --> 00:09:52,050 what comes out of it. 169 00:09:54,270 --> 00:09:56,090 Not so straight. 170 00:09:57,150 --> 00:09:59,190 Can you see all the bottles there? 171 00:09:59,550 --> 00:10:01,250 It is bottling from Quick. 172 00:10:01,410 --> 00:10:02,910 Try to see, there is nothing here. 173 00:10:03,190 --> 00:10:04,950 And nothing there. Just try to look, Ruth. 174 00:10:05,350 --> 00:10:07,650 Then there is just a small bottle there. 175 00:10:07,890 --> 00:10:09,230 And there may be another one there. 176 00:10:10,250 --> 00:10:11,730 And one more there. 177 00:10:11,850 --> 00:10:13,410 Oops, it's no bother. 178 00:10:13,570 --> 00:10:14,830 And one more there. 179 00:10:14,970 --> 00:10:15,730 Now you all have to look. 180 00:10:16,010 --> 00:10:19,750 The very last trick before we go home. 181 00:10:20,090 --> 00:10:23,030 So now I've just turned to... try to listen here. 182 00:10:23,810 --> 00:10:25,270 Can you see that plate here? 183 00:10:26,030 --> 00:10:27,750 Now look, that plate here both of you. 184 00:10:27,890 --> 00:10:30,990 Can you see? Now you have to see what suddenly... 185 00:10:31,010 --> 00:10:33,270 The ship... 186 00:10:40,570 --> 00:10:43,250 So... Flemming... 187 00:10:44,830 --> 00:10:48,670 Shouldn't we ever have some naughty jokes? 188 00:10:48,670 --> 00:10:50,510 Stop it, stop it. 189 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:53,810 So bad then. 190 00:10:56,290 --> 00:10:58,410 Dear Ruth, do you know that one 191 00:10:58,790 --> 00:11:01,070 about the man who comes up to his doctor. 192 00:11:01,910 --> 00:11:03,430 No, it's actually pretty good. 193 00:11:03,910 --> 00:11:05,670 Then he says, doctor. 194 00:11:06,230 --> 00:11:08,770 Doctor, what should I do? My... 195 00:11:10,810 --> 00:11:14,830 My wife thinks she is a rabbit. 196 00:11:16,330 --> 00:11:18,570 Does she really believe? 197 00:11:19,030 --> 00:11:23,770 Just it isn't something that catches the ears? 198 00:11:23,930 --> 00:11:25,170 No. 199 00:11:25,250 --> 00:11:28,450 So, Flemming, why do you always 200 00:11:28,550 --> 00:11:33,570 sit and count all those calories? 201 00:11:33,970 --> 00:11:36,850 No one is watching what you eat. 202 00:11:38,550 --> 00:11:41,550 It just might be the public sector. 203 00:11:42,250 --> 00:11:44,510 The public sector? 204 00:11:47,850 --> 00:11:52,210 Then you sit and try to run some kind of society. 205 00:11:52,970 --> 00:11:54,610 Then he just sits and eats, 206 00:11:54,710 --> 00:11:57,910 instead of paying his daycare home. 207 00:12:00,330 --> 00:12:02,610 I don't care. 208 00:12:05,450 --> 00:12:09,550 I just go straight out and confiscate something. 209 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:16,160 Hello? 210 00:12:16,340 --> 00:12:17,940 Is it the workshop? 211 00:12:18,340 --> 00:12:23,280 It concerns Flemming's Toyota Corolla 212 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:28,060 LX with hatchback and central locking. 213 00:12:31,740 --> 00:12:35,680 No, Flemming, how can you excuse me for coming so late. 214 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,760 But we really made some friendships 215 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,580 and put so many things in place. 216 00:12:43,580 --> 00:12:46,840 That is, of the ones we had up. 217 00:12:48,540 --> 00:12:51,980 For example, things like 218 00:12:51,980 --> 00:12:54,960 the Brolland's report or 219 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:57,680 the Brain Death area. 220 00:12:58,740 --> 00:13:02,300 And Ditliv that was just so warm and witty 221 00:13:03,300 --> 00:13:05,500 and well groomed. 222 00:13:06,300 --> 00:13:08,500 Flemming? 223 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:16,080 It's me, who's standing out here knocking 224 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:21,620 open up and you'll surely get. 225 00:13:25,460 --> 00:13:28,900 Hello, Berit, you old charmer. 226 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:32,200 I can explain everything and these are Ruth's glasses, 227 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,480 because she drove me home, and someone has to show the way. 228 00:13:36,660 --> 00:13:40,920 What does such a sweet girl like you in a hole like this. 229 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:42,820 I look after my home. 230 00:13:42,860 --> 00:13:44,440 It's my little lot. 231 00:13:44,580 --> 00:13:46,320 Someone has to do it. 232 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:48,680 After all, I'm also just a boring block around the leg, 233 00:13:48,780 --> 00:13:51,000 walking here and struggling to keep the pieces together 234 00:13:51,100 --> 00:13:53,800 while you pace around. 235 00:13:54,580 --> 00:13:56,380 That's Berit. 236 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:58,960 Are you aware that you have some funny ears? 237 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,680 They wiggle. 238 00:14:04,420 --> 00:14:08,040 Know the one with the man who comes up to the doctor? 239 00:14:08,300 --> 00:14:12,200 And father... And father, everyday in the city goes. 240 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:16,940 And when he comes home, I stand and see his big pockets. 241 00:14:18,540 --> 00:14:20,620 What kind of big pockets are these, Flemming? 242 00:14:21,540 --> 00:14:23,620 Can I just... 243 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:26,910 What is that? 244 00:14:27,310 --> 00:14:28,650 That's my pickle. 245 00:14:29,710 --> 00:14:31,150 Pickle? 246 00:14:31,350 --> 00:14:34,290 I knew it. That is how far it has come. 247 00:14:34,310 --> 00:14:35,590 But Berit, I... 248 00:14:35,690 --> 00:14:38,330 Flemming, if you really love me, you'll let me talk now. 249 00:14:38,810 --> 00:14:39,890 It's not just jam after all. 250 00:14:40,190 --> 00:14:42,270 It's also apple pork and fangs. 251 00:14:43,050 --> 00:14:45,590 For these miseries, there is never an end. 252 00:14:47,630 --> 00:14:49,850 I have wasted my life. 253 00:14:50,270 --> 00:14:52,170 I've wasted it all. 254 00:14:52,230 --> 00:14:54,990 Oh, it's some questions about who has spilled the most. 255 00:14:55,230 --> 00:14:56,950 Have you for example spilled beets? 256 00:15:02,430 --> 00:15:06,410 I just thought we should have some night snacks and then some… 257 00:15:06,590 --> 00:15:09,050 No, how you are spoiling those gray sparrows. 258 00:15:12,630 --> 00:15:15,650 Night snacks! I'll give you night snacks! 259 00:15:17,930 --> 00:15:20,330 What might you call that, huh? 260 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:24,540 Sorry, Flemming. 261 00:15:24,540 --> 00:15:29,800 But since you lost the French lunch box, I haven't really been myself. 262 00:15:30,500 --> 00:15:33,540 Ahh, now only if something really exciting will happen. 263 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:35,960 It does that, too. 264 00:15:36,260 --> 00:15:39,920 - Where? - Inside at the Central Station. 265 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,680 - Oh. - Yes, and here at the Central Station 266 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,280 the situation is now completely chaotic. 267 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,780 At the moment it happens that the entire area is evacuated 268 00:15:48,900 --> 00:15:51,080 because of the timed lunch box 269 00:15:51,180 --> 00:15:53,340 that is here in the corner behind me. 270 00:15:53,340 --> 00:15:55,620 Is it terrorism or vandalism? 271 00:15:55,940 --> 00:15:57,440 Is the perpetrator unpredictable? 272 00:15:57,740 --> 00:16:00,020 Or is he perhaps even a registered accountant? 273 00:16:00,260 --> 00:16:02,100 Yes, so far we can only speculate about that. 274 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:03,440 But one thing is certain. 275 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:06,280 Him, who did it won't get to Val d'Isère. 276 00:16:06,620 --> 00:16:08,580 Gerda Larsen, back to the Threadmill. 277 00:16:12,620 --> 00:16:18,580 --- Subtitles by Essery. 2025. ---