"Where, Honourable Member Smeets, do I hear in your debate... about the multicultural society you hold in such low regard... such terms as 'social progress, justice and solidarity'?" "You shake your head." "They just do not interest you, do they?" "The same parties that cry to put a wall around the country... never mention walls such as tariffs or barriers to fair trade." "As if those matters weren't related." "Speaker..." "I'm in the middle of my debate." " Honourable Fransen may finish." "Shall I just go home then, Madam Speaker?" "Shall I?" "Whenever 'Go, Holland, Go' has a turn, you interrupt us." "But when another party..." " Your turn is coming, Sir Smeets." "Mr. Smeets, all opinions are heeded here." "Even yours." "He sure looked pissed, that Smeets." "He may fool the voter, but he doesn't fool me." "How can he fool the voter?" "Ten percent voted for a party called 'Go Holland Go'." "They need to be protected against themselves." "The people aren't able to stand up for themselves." "Get a number?" "I'm not sitting here all morning." "Are you nuts?" "I'm looking for Mr. Vierhuizen." " You mean Mr. Vierhouten." "Could be." "I want to build a dock for my own boat on my own property." "Mr. Vierhuizen wrote to me saying I can't." "That's up to me." "I came to tell Mr. Vierhuizen he can close this file." "He's not here today." " Is that right?" "Wanna bet he is?" "My Dad." "He gets pissed off about official things like this." "But he's not so bad." "I'm Sjef, by the way." "Who are you?" "Isn't this Vierhuizen?" "Or am I wrong?" "I'm Zoë." "I'll be your class instructor." "I'm an actress in real life." "I act in stupid serials and do voices for Sesame Street." "She does Big Bird." " Or Big Bird does her." "You'll be talking about yourselves, and things will get intimate." "With the entire group?" "Or just one-on-one?" "Ah, the potential dissonant." "Your name is?" "Sorry." "The what?" " The dissonant." "Let's start with saying your name and where you served." "I'm Marvin Heibloem." "I served in Iraq." "Welcome, Marvin." "I'm Yousef Belloumi." "I was in Macedonia for a year and before that in Bihac." "Nice to have you." "I'm Sjef de Klerk from Amsterdam." "Nine months in Afghanistan." "Amsterdam." "Really." "If he's taken off the plane three times before takeoff... he's declared 'non-deportable'." "He becomes an illegal." "These dudes know that and they'll scream, curse, eat glass." "Just conk him on the noodle a few times..." "We can only put his head between his legs - but even that's not allowed." "You're all the way at the back." "No one'd see a thing." "Just conk him." "Listen to your old man." "Get a plate, honey." " A plate, honey..." "Or do I need to use my mitts?" "Shut your trap, you homo." " Homo?" "He peed his pants." "He's still coming with us." "We'll be airborne in two minutes." "Watch it." "Don't bite." "He's poisonous." "Do you know what a conk is?" " Well?" "Oh, that game..." "This sucks." "What shall we give Captain Crunch?" " Half of our mug money." "Nice." "Poor countries don't exist." " Right." "That always proves to be a myth." "That must be the cook." " Well spotted, Sherlock." "I see right through them." "Air France." " Lufthansa." "For sure." "They look French from the front." " German. 100%." "Dutch." "Fellow Dutch." "Royal Dutch?" " Yes, but not..." "Royal Military Police." " Are we getting handcuffed?" "Come here often?" " No, just cause they pay me to." "It's a strange job." "Sometimes you're a detective." "Sometimes you deport someone." "Sometimes you go to a war zone." " Like Iraq or Afghanistan?" "Heavy." "Enough about me." "More about me." "How often do you go up and down in a week?" "In terms of flying:" "Two or three times." "In terms of sex:" "Two or three times a month." "How about you?" " I fly two or three times a week." "I'm not telling you about the sex." " Then don't." "Can you say..." "'Sir, would you like to see our duty-free items?" "'" "Yeah right!" "Just be happy with your upgrade." "Usually, I only have sex with business class passengers and pilots." "Did you have sex without telling me?" " Not me." "I'm a Muslim." "I can't justify that to God." "Hey, naked man." "What are you doing with my tax money today?" "We're returning a paedophile who was in jail here." "You see that a lot:" "Old white guys who like third-world kiddies." "Shit." "We left the clown suit in our hotel room." "Our friend could have used it as the jail jester." "You're very funny." "Even with your salary." " We know how to amuse ourselves." "No, Matthijs, this drives me nuts." "They're guests in our country." "And that's not by accident." "It took centuries to build our civil rights." "Mr. Fransen, what Smeets is saying:" "'They're guests... so they have to adapt.'" " Guests?" "We're talking about people who've been here for decades." "Often longer than Mr. Smeets." "If it were up to you, a lot of our citizens would be sidelined." "Does a sideline exist in polo?" "What does that posh snotnose even know about the world?" "Lefties talk as if they are about us but their pockets still run deep." "And the ordinary man gets shitted upon." "Gees?" "You say you were scared during the foot patrols." "You run into people and don't know what they think of you." "Oh, that game." " Suppose I'm one of them." "Sorry, but you don't look at all like what I ran into there." "For a start, everything and everyone had a moustache." "At least." "And if it had a beard, you really had to aim." "Sorry about what happened." "This is just not my thing." "Not mine either, but I'm not getting rich by acting." "Maybe you're just not good enough." "Kidding." "You can come watch me." "I've a try-out on Friday." "I'm not into plays." "Is it a complicated play?" " For you, probably." "Can I bring someone?" "Come, hero of Athens." "Let us indulge in wine." "Dawn haunts us at the horizon." "From now on, dawn will be unequalled." "It is momentous, for it may be our last." "Let us live it in the wine's glow." "I am your father, dear Agamemnon." "Like the city in all her glory..." " A bit like a lousy soccer-match so far." "Behold, it is Helen, the most beautiful woman of Troy." "Giving birth to sons is giving birth to warriors." "The city has two sexes." "It impregnates itself..." " It's a guy." "...in a wave of fire impregnated by water." "Well, it is a guy." " And the water burns again." "Is it the heat wave, or is this Candid Camera?" "That suit looked so cute." "I've seen it in a magazine." "A woman in a suit." "That's daring." "Sorry my Dad kept running his mouth during the play." "You don't hear that on stage." "You're in some kind of rush, if it goes well." "Nico always thinks he knows best." "And he can't stand it when a man plays a woman or a woman a man." "Among other things." " It's not quite your thing either." "Right." "I've said it before." "Wasn't that you who said, 'lt's a guy?" "'" "Things we'd all like to say, but don't dare." "Bravo." "That's my Dad." "He doesn't like these kinds of plays either." "He's only here to be polite." " Isn't he from the Red-Green party?" "A real friend of my Dad's." " Really?" " Nope." "Well, I don't know him personally." "I don't like politics." "None of the parties." "He doesn't take sides." "That was very pure." "Almost too beautiful." "But that wasn't a problem." " Thank you." "That's a compliment, right?" "No TV or no music?" " No more music, of course." "Burning or drowning?" "Drowning." " Me too." "For sure." "Muslim or gay?" " Geez." "You're good at this." "I pass." "That's not allowed." " Why not?" "In that case:" "Gay, but not practising." "2.85 meters or 1.05 meters?" "Jesus." "1.05 meters." "Never again alcohol or drugs?" " That one's easy." "I don't use drugs, so..." "Do you?" "I do a line now and then." "Does your Dad allow that?" " He enjoys it too." "Nice." " He's not a junkie." "I don't care." "I think it's a drug for hypocritical idiots and losers." "Cancer or AIDS?" "So, can I act?" "Forgot to ask." "I'm no judge of that." "I did wonder whether you'd undress." " Only the guys." "The director is gay." " Oh, that game." "You keep saying: 'Oh, that game.' It's not very sexy." "I've never had complaints before." "Do you still want to see me naked?" "Well, I'm already here." " Good." "I saw that." "I'll give you some measurements before I come out." "Otherwise you might expect too much." "It's nothing like what's hanging in the locker rooms." "We don't hang anything there." "We represent Her Majesty the Queen." "Are you pro-royalty?" " No." "I'm born and bred Amsterdam." "The royal family is for farmers and frat guys." "How about those numbers?" "First the letters." "Cup size B. C on good days." "Unfortunately, today is not one of those days." "Numbers:" "Hips 90, shoe size 37, but that's irrelevant right now." "Length you know, sort of: 1.64m." "I'd rather not give my measurements before we start." "That varies case by case." "So you don't have a whaleous willius maximus?" "A what?" " An enormous whale dick." "That was Latin... or Greek." "This is the first time I've been with a bloke like you." "What kind of bloke is that?" "I'd line my pockets too." "First, I'd help out family and friends." "Just like in the real world." " Anyone would do that." "Example:" "I have to make a decision about a new overpass." "A buddy of mine builds it and shares the wealth." "Nothing wrong with that, but don't tell me it's for the people." "Politics is just theater." "For ugly people." "I think her father is handsome." "An attractive guy." " So am I. In a funny way." "Let's stop with the politics." "It only means trouble." "The Hague may shield its eyes from it." "It doesn't fit with their idea about how you should or shouldn't think." "Ladies and gentlemen, Islam is a true danger to our society." "He's going to hang." "He's saying Muslims are a danger." "He's marginalizing a million fellow countrymen." "Not just right-wing... it's extreme." "We can corner him on that." " A danger to our society." "Perhaps we can put this in the press kit?" "Fatima can help you." " Is she with or without a headscarf?" "Fatima is with." " Without." "So who are you doing these days, Mira?" "We want to know about your... intimate life." " No comment." "The Christian party." " You drink beer in the Bible Belt?" "In reasonable amounts, Pepijn." "If we go after Smeets, will you back us up?" "Smeets doesn't stand a chance with us." "Decent people have to stick together." " He's your anti-Christ, isn't he?" "We must reveal what he's really about." "It's about being 'politically continent'." "Cheers." "She doesn't look religious." "She's like anyone you meet in the street." "They're often in disguise." "Cheers." "To Nina." "I hope you have a fruitful internship with the Red-Greens." "Firstly, it's about being politically continent." "Must we sacrifice our political morals at an altar of misanthropy?" "The murky altar of misanthropy." "Period." "How do you spell misanthropy?" "I know what it means, but how do you write it?" "The way you say it:" "I, s and y at the end." "It's still a bit swollen, but you can see..." "It'll look just the way you wanted." "It's a bit tighter." "Not so flappy anymore." "A fruitless attempt to compete with your young things in The Hague." "But you know that already, Father Ostrich." "She doesn't need to compete." "She's the mother of my daughter." "My Madonna." "I called her my 'songbird' when she was still on stage." "She was only 25 and all of Flanders lay at her feet." "I was proud." "All those men and she chose me." "Well then, it's your conscience." "I have a boyfriend." "With street smarts." "That guy who was at the rehearsal." "I'd like to drag you along to his Dad's birthday on Tuesday." "In those circles they're still curious about the in-laws." "Who came up with that idea?" "I can explain in 5 minutes why it's useless... and causes even more traffic jams." "I'm honestly not an expert." "I don't even have a driver's licence." "Right." "You're Green." "But you're happy to fly to the Hottentots." "Just to pick coffee." "For you kind it's not a problem if you don't know anything." "First Minister of Environment and then of Education." "It's like this year I'm a welder and next year an optometrist." "They call that governing." "He governs." "You're a salesman." "You sell a car, then a building." "But you don't know about cars." " He can't help it that he talks weird." "He's a Yugoslav." "My daughter showed up with him." "Hold this." "Dad!" "Calm down!" "Out of the way." "Get lost." "Did he shoot?" " Don't be stupid." "Stupid?" "There are two waterfowl nests in the reeds!" "Keep your eyes and ears open." "You are going to hear things, from the fringes of society." "Things that aren't in the reports and that you would never know about." "This guy looks like an immigrant, but he works with my son." "I was talking to someone, old guy." "Hello, Mr. Fransen." "I'm Cassie." "I've always voted for you." "I'm not surprised." "His Mom does too, I'm sure." "Those problems with healthcare..." "I got a plan to solve 'em." " Many people have a plan." "But my plan won't cost you one penny extra." "'Clearly' or 'To clarify'?" " I'll run through it." "To clarify, for reasons mentioned above... we argue that additional financial incentives for healthcare... are, as far as we are concerned..." " Not necessary?" "!" "It may be hard to see from high up in our ivory tower... but it can be budgeted in." " We're Red-Green!" "Without support for healthcare we're indistinguishable." "This is a giant leap to the Right." " Did you read the whole speech?" "It's more subtle than that." " Even the Right supports healthcare." "We've already lost four seats." "Jos, the Minister." " Which one?" "Which Minister?" "Want to bet we'll have six bikini days in April?" "Bikini days?" "And those are?" "Twenty degrees, 250 euros." "Fine." "I'm diversifying my risks anyway." "I'm going to win a bet with you for 1000 euros." "Fine." "Bring it on." "That Red-Green guy:" "Jos Fransen." "I know him." "I'm going to make his party the biggest one, though it's nearly dead." "And how will you do that?" "I'm his advisor:" "Rasputin." "I heard he had an enormous dick." "Just like me." "Beach-goers and the Spanish coast guard... took care of the young West-African men." "Look at what these people have to endure." "More and more Africans are risking the dangerous crossing to Europe." "The death toll is rising." " Jesus, that sucks." "You're just trying to get a tan, when" " It's no joke." "Did you bring the party supplies?" "Alitalia." " Could be." "Salem alaikum." "So you're Jos Fransen's son-in-law, right?" "What's he like?" " Very nice." "He's not as backward as you think they are." "Fellow countrymen!" " Young lady." "I'm a man with a girlfriend now, so I don't cheat." "When a guy says that so strongly... they consciously or unconsciously know their girlfriend is pregnant." "What?" "!" "Consiously or..." "Fuck off." " You fuck off." "I just got here." "I know for a fact my girlfriend isn't pregnant." "Sensitive issue..." " What bull, 'Conscious or unconscious'." "I had no idea it was such a sore spot." " It isn't." "It's just..." "I'm too young to be a father." "Too dumb?" "Why would you be too dumb?" "I didn't say 'too dumb.' I said 'too young.'" "You don't sound like you're in Africa." " I'm at the Hooters on the corner." "Okay?" "How are things?" "Guess who I'm with?" " Look." "That's what I mean." " With your relatives." "And who else?" "It all makes sense, except to the politicians." "I don't get why you went into politics." "You must get a lot of rotten tomatoes." " It's a dream job." "It's about things that matter." "I speak to people from all echelons." "Not to me." "Maybe now because you know me, but otherwise..." "Look at him with his cast." "You need a whole belt!" "Just a firecracker won't do it!" "Not a smile behind that beard." " Lf you were that funny, you'd be on TV." "If you were from there, you'd wear a djelabah too." "From where?" "He's probably just from Amsterdam." "He only wears that..." "What's it called?" "That 'alibaba' to show that he hates white people." "Why live in a country whose people you hate?" "And their lifestyle?" "Shut up." "Sit down." "I don't sunbathe in the park anymore." " Here." "It may sound stupid..." " Oh, no." "...but often some weirdo foreigner, sorry, sits down near you... stares at your boobs and clucks." "Or even plays with his peepee." "You say 'Motherfucker', and they start cussing." "Then they feel insulted, like we should adapt." "Wear a bag on our heads because our boobs offend them." "Fuck off." "In some cultures a woman's flesh is sinful." "To protect men, women have to be covered." "That's inside out." "A guy doesn't touch a woman even if she jumps naked on the bar." "It's their problem, not the broad's." "Or ours." "What's it got to do with us?" "I won't insult an immigrant." "Unless he's an asshole." "But be honest... that imbecile who just walked by with his army pants and tent dress... isn't he backward?" "Or am I crazy?" " What's backward?" "No, he's forward." "All right?" "He's way ahead of his time." "Next year we'll all wear one." "In pastels." "In some sense he is backward." "So the truth comes out." "Say that in public." "Then I might vote for you." " That's what I mean." "People will base their votes on me calling someone backward." "That's what it's about these days." " So what?" "It's not that simple." "What I wanted to say..." "There is a certain backwardness." "But the so-called 'forwardness' of our society... is caused indirectly by the fact... that we plundered less-developed societies." "First in colonial times." "Later, through economic subjugation." "But you used the word 'backward.'" " In a certain context." "But you specifically said 'backward.'" "'Their culture is backward,' says the leader of Red-Green." "It's a quooc." "What's a quooc?" "A "quote out of context"." "I'm talking to you." "It should also have said:" "'We owe our wealth... and therefore our developed middle class to the Third World.'" "But that rat journalist left it out." " Talking about continence... this is pissing on your principles." "I didn't say it in that context." " Pissing on your principles." "Funny." "I didn't mean to laugh." "I'm getting coffee." "Somebody shoot her please." "She has the IQ of a goldfish." "You're using a lot of metaphors." " Once, was it '94 or '95... as your intern, I was shocked by what you said in private." "What was it?" " The people... are crazy and dangerous." "Don't ever listen to them." "At a conference in Ljubliana." "Plastered." "During a fuck, if I may be blunt." "The more left, the more right wing the jokes." "It's allowed." "A must even." "If you make a bad racist joke, you're a racist." "But a good joke is too clever to be racist." "If you can explain it, put it in the newspaper." "Hypocrite." "I went into politics because 70% of humanity is still a slave." "80% of the women, but also 60% of the men." "Of dogmas, poverty, armed conflicts." "Hey, sweetheart." "You were very politically correct." "I'd hoped you'd had evolved." "Can you stand a joke about Moroccans?" "Depends." "Was it told by a Moroccan?" "No, by a Chinese dentist." " Stick to the topic. 'Backward.'" "This is going to cost us." " It's out of context." "I'm not liable." "Maybe you really think that." "Context or not." "No more muffins." "Only cookies left." "Backward." "Where did you come up with that?" "Should I be worried about my 1000 euros?" "My father-in-law came up with it." "Not me, wish I had." "Anyway, start saving." "Remarkable results: 72% don't condemn Fransen for his statement." "A mere 16% do." "12% have no opinion." "Red-Green doesn't seem to have been negatively impacted." "On the contrary, Red-Green is gaining... at the expense of the Christian-Left coalition." "Another loss for Leeflang's Labour party." "I'm not going to echo what's being said in the pubs." "I know Fransen well." "I hope he didn't mean what was reported." "Suppose it had been one of your ministers?" "Would you, as Prime Minister, have given him a talking-to?" "He's not in my cabinet, but in the opposition." "I'm disappointed in you." " I thought it was a balanced story." "What's quooc and what's transcript?" "Jos said it was a quooc." "Would you have said that before the poll?" "Of course not, Pepijn." "Yesterday you were so angry, you nearly ripped up the magazine." "What was it you said?" "Fascist!" "Jos meant just the opposite." "Your loyalty reveals how you came to be in the Lower House at 21." "I was in the Young Greens." "Next to a guy in a wheelchair and a fat Turk." "Sorry, Bülent." "They had more experience than you." "Guess who gave you a leg up?" "!" "Look who's talking." "Come on, Mira." "The media loves the turnaround." "A left-wing, ladies-man politician who's fallen off his moral high horse." "Be glad we live here." "Elsewhere, the media..." "It's about our image, damn it." " I've built up enough racial credit." "If anyone has stood up for minorities... it's Jos." " You too, Pepijn." "If we're not slapping Jos on the wrist, what are we still doing here?" "Let's go and oppose." "Duty calls." "I thought so:" "What's that I hear?" "That's duty." "He nodded at you!" " It looked that way." "It's the beginning of the end." "You're now his special fascist friend." "I didn't nod back." " I should hope not." "This family is the best thing that happened in your political career." "A crash course on Dutch society." "Your opponents are jealous." "Yeah, right." "Where were you in the polls before you got here?" "Fixing up the car, guys?" " I'd rather fix that broad next door." "Go ahead." "I'd cut off your balls, with a blunt knife." "So, it's arranged?" "I'll be your chauffeur?" "I travel by first-class train or sleep in my pad in The Hague." "The less cars the better." " Bad for our business." "What time shall I pick you up?" " Don't push it, he ain't interested." "Example:" "Albanese or Moldavians who come here in truckloads." "80% are pickpockets or commit debit card fraud." "Back home, they're being bred for this." "Deport them all." "Those who come with bad intentions can turn and leave." "Simple." "How do you know about the 80%?" " Everyone does." "Except for 300 people in The Hague." "They're always crying about being discriminated." "But no one complains when the Dutch are malpracticed." "That's a linguistic error." "Malpractice is when a surgeon does something wrong." "Like an unnecessary amputation." "First go and make babies, Balkan smurf." "Example:" "Rodney, my nephew." "He gets picked on by those brats every single day." "I'm not talking about the Swiss." " Swiss?" "He means the Moroccans." "People from those places." "It's politer just to say:" "'They weren't Swiss.'" "My father always said..." "What?" " Never judge a book by its cover." "Mine always said:" "'Shut up and clean the pigeon house.'" "It's going to be hot." " Costs me 250 euros." "Stop it with those bets." "They're emptying your pockets." "That homo of yours..." "Jos." "He's starting to get in form." "I'll at least get a quarter back." "It's been above 20 for four days." "Figures indicate that more than 60% are criminals." "Credit and debit card fraud." "There are pickpocket schools in Albania." "It's a full-time job for the police." "And the ones they nab, I can tell you... not a Swiss among them." "Bunch of sleepwalkers in The Hague." "What would you propose?" "I'm curious." "Hold on, Frédérique." "Let's hear it." "Which concrete measures are you proposing?" "Surprise us." "If you have bad intentions, you don't belong here." "So, no visa for those nationalities." "He's totally lost it." "He's more right wing than Smeets." "Who's lost it?" " Jos." "Totally." "Either that or these are his true colours." "Your voters probably wonder which party they voted for." "Four months ago, your faction came out... with a diametrically opposed viewpoint." "One minute you say this, then that." "You are a flip-flopper." " It's called 'progressive insight'." "But I realize it's easy to hold on to a consistent viewpoint... when you can look it up in an old book." "I wish to be spared from this sort of banter, Madam Speaker." "Let us return to the subject." "Changing views is political suicide." "They'll go for character assassination." "Those Christian hounds will go for blood." "From now on you're a flip-flopper." "They're digging their own grave - committing suicide." "With all due respect..." " How do you see it?" "It's easy-peasy." "There's one thing that will make the voters see through their tactics." "So you're saying that the attempts to defame your character... come right from the Christian Democrats' ad agency?" "'Flip-flopper' is a term thought up by flashy advertising guys." "Every time Fransen says something, you have to insinuate he's lying." "Very American." "Transparent." "Let them." "They're afraid to talk about the real issues." "Is the Christian Democratic party afraid?" "I'm willing to talk with you about any issue." "Your ad guys may not like that." "Isn't it better to stick to your old tricks?" "I say: 'I ate spinach.' And then you say..." "'But you said you didn't want spinach but endive.'" "'Can the voter trust this flip-flopping?" "'" "You see?" "I can also be your advisor." "It'll save you money." "Which you can use to plug the holes in your implausible budget." "I'll introduce you to the campaign team." "They're with the consultants." " We don't need consultants." "Those flashy hair-gel types." " Come with me." "There's the flip board." "What do these guys cost?" "You know Jos Fransen." "This is Wubbo van Teylingen." "From marketing:" "Sikke Bijleveld." "And they are from Brainworks, the ad agency." "You can pack up your stuff." "Take your flip board." "Advertising is made up and therefore not the truth." "We can't do that to the people." "Just listen." " I'm the boss!" "It's going fine." "We're gaining like mad in the polls." "We don't need an ad agency" "No marketing or management office." "No 'champagne' team." "No think tank." "I'm not going to listen and that's that." "Ok, this isn't good." "I'll be right back." "Marieke, is the heat getting to our politicians?" "Absolutely." "Temperatures rose in the Lower House." "The campaign is gaining steam." "The candidates are on the campaign trail." "Tomorrow, the leaders get on their soapboxes to warm up voters." "But the voters may be already be hot enough... given the weather and the political sizzle." "I'd like to return to a few weeks ago." "I ostensibly used the word 'backward' about the Islam." "It was used out of context." "I placed it in an historical context." " Hypocrite." "Do you know who's a hypocrite?" "A man like Smeets from Go Holland Go." "He constantly uses the term 'Enlightenment.'" "'Enlightenment', dear party members..." "Are you going to vote for him?" " I'd rather have a sex change." "But you know that he's finally saying what's what." "Normal people will vote for him too." "Fransen turned the conference to his advantage." "You see the results." "Go Holland Go and the Christians each lost a seat." "The other parties tell him to shut his pie-hole, but I bet... that secretly they want to team up with him." "They're already securing their jobs." "Sure I find it hard to be in a cabinet with Christians." "The Secretary of Economics may be able to address the budget deficit..." "But he still believes in gods and demons and a seven-day creation." "That makes no sense." "But as long as he doesn't bother anyone." "I do respect sincere believers." "Especially in public." "Christians are often nice." "Nuns help people in poor countries." "But if they do it to get their reward in heaven, it's self-interest." "I know them." "My village was full of Christians." "I'm going to give your bouncers a drink." "They're just sitting there." "One is okay, isn't it?" "Or would it ruin their aim?" "She's young." "Too young, you think?" "We click." "That's what it's about." " I prefer them older." "To each their own." " An assistant must be experienced." "This may not sound politically correct, but..." "I prefer to work with men." "Two minutes of silence!" "Fuck face!" "They can't be silent for a couple minutes." "Bunch of anti-socials." "Schools should hammer it in how so many Jews were murdered." "Anti-social trash." "All politicians line their own pockets." "They take our money, but billions go to the Third World." "Vote for us." "You're not going to respond?" "So, representatives line their pockets?" "And the recession is due to foreign aid?" "He said it, not I." "He's probably angry because his wife's so ugly." "Only 0.8% of our GNP goes to foreign aid." "That's too little to affect your finances." "Such words are shameful on Remembrance Day." "Not so loud." "Keep your poise!" " You didn't respond on purpose." "Kick out the foreigners." " I don't think that's the best of ideas." "Most of them contributed to our welfare state." "Not my neighbor." "You're imagining things, dear." "Is it yours?" " Yes." "No more racism!" "Asshole!" "Prick!" "Fascist!" "There's a lot of media." "Emphasize the underprivileged, the environment." "And your passion for politics." "Remember, 70% of humanity is still enslaved by poverty, conflict." "Because 70% of humanity is still enslaved... by conflicts, economic exploitation or because they're women." "Everything I do or say... adheres to these issues." "They're deep in my heart." "I couldn't do without these dogs." "I could sell them online... but some lunatic might turn them into fight dogs." "You can only sell them to people you know." "In other words..." "A gift." "Isn't he cute?" "His name is Gandhi." "He's remarkably sweet." "Have you ever considered leaving?" "This world?" "When I was young." "Often." "The party, I meant." "A one-person faction." "If he's disturbing the party so much..." "He has to go." "Be realistic." "He is 80% of your new voters." "I nearly left the party once." "When they voted for gay marriage." "I can imagine that with your principles..." "He has to go." "He." "How funny." "You always disagree on the floor and here you are chatting away." "If you need an excuse..." "Politics means rising above your own principles." "I only gave her a ride." "That doesn't sound like an excuse at all." "What was your alcoholic monomaniac brain thinking?" "This evening is important to Mom." "She's full of painkillers." " A headache again?" "She's still in pain from the operation." "Something rheumatic." "But you don't care, so forget it." "It's about you and that bunny." "What you said just now:" "I didn't know." "That should make you stop and think." "Did you write it yourself?" "No, sweetheart." "The evening is called:" "Peggy Sings Serge Gainsbourg" "He's a French singer." "He liked young women." "So, typically French." " What's French?" "When I get old... and have a turkey gobbler and wrinkles... flabby arms that flap when you wave and grey pubic hair... will you jump any young thing when you have the chance?" "Babe..." "I'll sing to you from my rocking chair." "Can you sing?" " Of course." "Where I'm from, everyone can sing, play soccer and fight." "I believe the soccer and fighting part." "So sing a song, just for me." "You aren't the prettiest of kittens" "Your fingernails are worn and bitten" "But I don't care about the rest" "I love you the best" "You may have wrinkles in your dress" "But being around you is heavenly bliss" "So I don't care about the rest" "I love you the best" "How's your headache?" " It's not bad." "Sleep tight." "How's your wife?" "Is the singing going well?" "She's got two engagements." " Good for her!" "What a lady." "She deserves a grandchild." "Then I'd have one too." "I ain't kidding." "I'd spin around and jump for joy." "You believe me?" "I'm a weirdo like that." "Blubbering like an old queen." "There." "Over." "Got plans for the weekend?" " I have to go to Malaga." "There's a conference on water management." "Duty calls." " Work comes first." "I heard something calling." "It was duty." "It's funny." "People see you as... this clumsy egghead who just wants to line his pockets." "They don't realise your talent for humor." "Right?" "It gets crazy a few weeks before the elections." "We're always on the road... debating the other candidates." "You have to see this as recharging." "For you as well." "Who pays for this?" "And for me?" "The tax payers." "You and me." "All of us contribute a little." "I find that reassuring." "Funny." "Otherwise you feel you're a user." "I knew your daughter was an actress, but not that she was so pretty." "Thank you." " What did he say?" "Candidate spotted with sex bomb" "What did he say?" "'Out of context.'" "'Looks like there's something between us.'" "'People see it, but don't understand.'" "'Very unfortunate picture.'" "Why would a political leader go to a conference in Spain... in the middle of campaign time?" "The French found it great that Mitterand screwed around." "Clinton, Prince Bernhard, Sarkozy..." "People think:" "If you can't even get laid... you're incapable of running a country." "A real man leads the nation." "Chief of 17 million." "He needs to have balls." "And use them." "I've got a boyfriend." "I wanted to tell you sooner, but I found it hard." "Because you have a lot on your mind." "And I didn't want to upset you." "What do you want me to say?" "How young?" " 25." "He studied economics." "We met in a pub." "We danced and we started to talk." "About his trip to Siberia." "How cold it is." "His name is Sabri." "From Morocco." "Egypt." "He was born near the Nile and the pyramids." "On a clear day, you can see the pyramids from his house apparently." "Muslim." "Yes, but moderate and western." "He's only western if his sister can touch boys in the pub too." "Sister?" "He doesn't have a sister." "If we can't touch their women, they don't have the right to touch ours." "There ought to be a law." " Better not say that to the media." "It's a sexist system." "If you don't have a dick, you're screwed." "It was bound to happen." "You're 40 years older." "36." "Can't you count?" "You just met him and you're already unreasonable." "Within a week, you'll come to me with a black eye." "Want to bet?" "Son-in-law." " Relaxing with your daughter?" "More like blowing off steam." "Dad's got a wild side." "We have a great plan." " Tell me." "It's called Solemate." "It's a databank with footprints." "You look for someone with the same feet." "But in the Third World." "They'll walk in your shoes." "No more blisters and they'll always have new shoes." "Have you been using?" "I'm just energetic." " Don't lie." "I can tell." "Just say you did a line." "So what?" "It's not a regular thing." "It's a product of nature." "Jesus, you've been using too." " Son-in-law..." "Only on certain occasions." " Son-in law?" "Do you think I'd marry a coke-junkie?" "I don't need this." "It's between the two of you." "Bye." "Say hello to your voters." " Sjef..." "Don't get so serious." "Proletarian!" "Know how we pick out the drug mules?" " I just did a mini line." "They smell like shit." "They swallow what came out on the way." "What a sad story." " Come on." "You know what:" "Fuck off." "Go." " Why?" "It's my house." "That's true." "Let's not have this discussion." "Otherwise I'll fight with you with all this adrenaline." "When I just want sweetness." " Well I want to have kids." "But not with a mom who snorts." "I'm hitting the sack." "Me too." "Later." "I'm still a bit wound up." "Even though it was just a teeny, tiny mini line." "Enjoy tripping out." "I'm pregnant." "How about that?" "That's why it was such a teeny tiny line." "The last one." "A good-bye line." "I swear." "I quit." "I'll come lie with you, although I can't sleep yet." "Shall we lie down?" "As long as you can shut your trap for half an hour." "And now the burning question..." "Suppose you'd have to lead together, Mrs. Van Swieten?" "Let's wait for the elections." "Do I hear the sound of flip-flops?" "Mr. Fransen would have to change his tune." " And not his song?" "But I won't lower my range, at any rate." "So, the door has been opened..." "Tune in next week." "Don't forget:" "Tomorrow's Mother's Day." "That's retail's cash cow." "I'm Hindu." "I know retail." "Mother's Day is wonderful." "Family is the cornerstone of society for you." "You're right:" "The cash cow of retail." " I'll vote for him." "You should." " Those Christians are such flip-floppers." "It's beautiful!" "And then this..." "My thanks to you, for the daughter you gave me." "You gave her to me too." " My contribution was more fun." "I used to be intimidated by you." "Listen." "It's raining cats and dogs." "The clouds are committing suicide." "Not all at once." "That would be too dramatic." "Just bit by bit." "What you said, really affected me." " You were such an intelligent lady." "I'm just a young gal who can sing a little." "And only other people's lyrics." "What you say is so..." "I matured much later on." " You already were." "I've always fallen for intelligent women." "If that's how Jos wants to put it, I know where he's putting it." "Power is an aphrodisiac." "He's our national alpha male with his second-row opera house laugh." "It's too late to reverse the burka ban." "But chastity belts for certain female politicans..." "A political party seems like such a huge organ." "Huge?" "You haven't seen mine yet." "Speaking of huge..." "Typical." "Drowning in attention." "Boy-oh-boy." "You don't think I'd dare... put my dick on the bar?" "Mr. Fransen, come with me." "Excuse me." "Homeland security." "Let everyone know." "You'll be my first lady." "You are my first lady." "Listen, sweetheart... you can screw around as much as you want." "But once in a while act like my husband." "Screw around?" "Isn't that saying a bit much?" "I need to talk to you." "What the fuck you think you're doing?" " Talking to my wife." "I respect that, but can you spare me a moment?" "Cause I have a problem that's really been bugging me." "Tell me." "What's wrong with me?" " You're drunk and you interrupt us." "I'm drunk too, but I don't bother anyone." "You sure bother others with the things you say." "With your talk about the Swiss." "You bother me, my parents, my sister." "I think you bother your sister more than I do." "Little hot-head." "Come on." "Out you go." "Oh, you're bad." "Be a man." "Do you want to be prime minister or not?" "A woman who dates someone like that, is no rocket scientist." "And a woman who dates Yugoslavs?" "You need to screw a hooker!" " With my famous face?" "Right." "Some Rumanian whore who doesn't know who you are." "Or even your wife." "How about that?" " My wife?" "Is that so strange?" "The girl's 21." "And you're almost 60." "You're like Santa with a kid on his lap." "I'm aware of that, but the flesh is weak." "Everything about you is weak." "Then why do the people adore me?" "You're weak." "You snort, you neglect your wife." "You don't stand up for your opinion." "Isn't it true that there's hardly a woman left in the Netherlands... who hasn't been harassed by these outcasts?" "On the bus or in the streets." "When you hold the Muslim community accountable... they always point to society... or international conflicts." "It's never about conflicts caused by Muslims." "Or a fatwa, or... terrorism in the name of the Islam." "And they..." " I've already asked you to wrap it up." "Yes, but..." "I'm not finished by a long shot." "These are the mothers of an army that stretches to the horizons." "Come, Helen." "You here?" " I wanted to kiss you before I leave." "This time the plane might crash." "Bad for my make-up, but good for my mood." "You can't smoke here." "My Mom says I can." "She's there, with the shaved balls." "You were right." "She was unconsciously pregnant." "You see?" "You think you know everything better." "So what's it gonna be?" "I don't care, as long as it's a healthy boy." "Congratulations." "When I was a few days late..." "Jos told everyone I was pregnant." "I thought:" "If I'm not, his heart will break." "Really?" "I never heard these stories." "He thought just going to the kitchen was too strenuous for me." "He became this over-concerned lackey." "He didn't even notice the sexy midwife." "Now that's extreme." "It had to be a daughter and look like me." "As long as he looks like her and not like you." "Hey, Sjef's pretty." " Pretty ugly." "Even as a baby." "Never improved." " Don't be so weird." "Your dad." "Does he know yet?" " It's going to be a nice surprise." "Your excellency." "What time shall I pick you up?" "Pocket liner!" "You're gonna be a grandpa!" "We just said you needed some exercise." "That you move like a grandpa." "He said he's a bit sensitive about that." "Did he hit you?" " Yes." "Did you look at another man?" "Insult his primitive ego?" "No, he kicked Gandhi." "He doesn't like dogs, because they are unclean." "Gandhi bit him and he kicked him again." "Then I hit Sabri and then... he hit me." "I don't like men who don't like animals." "They're not sweet." "There are so many Muslims." "But those who aren't, aren't Christian either." "And yet there are a lot of Christian holidays." "Ascension Day, Easter Monday, Whit Monday..." "We get a day off." "But not for Eid-ul-Fitr." "Why can't that be a day off?" "Maybe the Muslims would feel more at home." "Ideally, maybe." "Nice word:" "Ideally." "Use that in a speech." "Suppose I have a servicing company... and someone in a tent dress with a coffee filter on his head applies?" "I'd be mad to hire him." " Let's stick to norms of decency." "As a representative, you lack respect." "You're mocking this institution." "The Lower House is a bastion of democracy." "It lost that role for only 5 years in its entire history." "And that was between 1940-45, Mr. Smeets." "What happened then?" "Was it renovated?" "Shame, Mr. Smeets, shame." "Are we getting politically correct all of a sudden?" "Everyone's flashing their middle finger." "Society's becoming desensitised." "But politicians only blame the Muslims." "And you, you're using Muslims as political currency, Jos." "Do you feel that both the left and right... are using Islamic issues to haul in the voters?" "There's plenty of discrimination." "It's always: 'Muslims this, Muslim's that.'" "If I just want to go out one night..." " I know, I know... because you're Moroccan..." " Moroccan?" "As if you look Swiss." "Cees, this is too easy." "If you just stick to the law..." " Come on." "There are enough people with, shall we say... lightly-colored skin..." " Lightly-colored skin." "As if you're talking about smurfs." "You're not referring to light blue." "Let's not be wusses." "Just say Dutch from Moroccan descent." " Exactly." "Mr. Leeflang?" "They're Dutch." "They're children of this country." "Do they know that themselves, prime minister?" "It's like you don't belong." "The Netherlands is the most beautiful country in the world." "Anything's possible here, but it could be better." "Holland is a beautiful country." "Holland is my country." "But it could be even more beautiful." "There's our future Minister of Integration." "Why not Economics?" "You don't send in a chicken to protest battery cages." "Very clever." "The mosque will look like this." "There's a lot of resistance in the neighbourhood." "You'll hear that tower clamour six times a day..." "A decision about a building permit will be made soon." "Look, another chance." "Two more seats." " How so?" "He has to oppose it." "Smeets does." "He'll gain." "I'm not opposed to it." " For now." "If you're not against it, don't say you are." "If a mosque doesn't obstruct integration, why should I oppose it?" "The Christian population may have declined by now..." "But they could request to build a new church." "Those bells ring 48 times a day." " Exactly." "They're deafening." "Church bells belong here." "It's tradition, history." "History has never been my yardstick." "We're not in the Balkans." "Besides, I think the first day of Eid-ul-Fitr... should be a national holiday." "Just like Whit Monday." "We have eight Christian holidays." "Say that, and you'll lose the elections." "A lot of Muslims hate you and don't want to be with infidels." "They want this to be a Muslim state." " A very small percentage." "Lots of them are normal." "I work with one who drinks and whores." "But not his sister." " Exactly." "Only a small percentage think the way you said." "Listen..." "Muslims always whine about how they're being screwed by the west..." "Funny joke." "Muslims always whine about how they're screwed by the west, right?" "Then they shouldn't point their asses that way five times a day." "Oh, sorry." "He can look for another job." "No way." "It was just a joke." "Suppose someone tells customs:" "'I'm carrying a bomb.'" "Would you treat that as a joke?" " Of course not." "We'd tear him wide apart." " This is very similar." "This is not one, not two, but three steps too far." "'Not one, not two, but three.' It's like Sesame Street." "Mr. Fransen needs a long look in in the mirror." "And ask himself:" "'What am I doing?" "'" "It goes beyond flirting with the underbelly." "What's the mood like in the lower house?" "Are you all still gossiping around the water cooler?" "I agree that Mr. Fransen has a lot of explaining to do." "We're distancing ourselves from his tasteless statements." "There's no excuse." "That's quite a reflection on your leader." "Will it cost votes?" "6, 700, 750." "Put it in your pocket." "I'm sure it will become the largest party." "The elections won't be for 3 weeks." " Come on, man." "First those chicks and now that masterful joke." "He's a great political talent." "That joke was mine, by the way." "Aren't you going nuts from this?" "Time for some RR." "At one with nature and all that." "Oh, that game." "Shall we have pancakes?" " For sure." "We've got some very nice news to go with the pancakes." "You're pregnant." "How did you know?" " What else could it be?" "Congratulations." "Very much so." "You too, son." " Thanks." "Are there pancakes you can't eat?" "Why?" "Pancake house." "I can give you the translation later." "But the threat isn't from the Swiss, so to speak." "The message is that it's every Muslim's duty to kill you... because of the statements you made." "This colorful gentleman refers to them." "He's not a happy camper." "Some decent clothes, a shave and a case of beer would do him good." "Alcohol." "Depressing documentaries." "The Godfather trilogy and music." "Shall I bring CDs?" " Fine." "What may be an insult to one, is just another's analysis." "I think it's the latter." "All concepts should be open to criticism, including religion." "Freedom of expression is essential." "A few days ago he said something else." "Opportunist." "Society runs on mockery, especially because it causes friction." "Especially because it offends." "Mocking authority is part of a long tradition going back... to at least Erasmus." "That's our opening." "Then:" "Religious authorities want too often... to guard their communities against doubt." "Because it can affect their monopoly on the absolute truth." "Especially because doubt is an ode to truth." "That's beautiful." "Especially because doubt is an ode to truth." "Our faction unequivocally supports freedom of expression." "In an open society, ideally, everyone... within the law, may voice his opinion on that which he finds relevant." "Nice sentences." "That's really Dad." "But I don't see what the word 'ideally' adds to it." "Laugh at them, here in The Hague." "I'd like Dad to keep his mouth shut now." "I don't want to lose him yet." "I'll never shut up." "Never." "I've warned against it and this is what you get." "Those guys get easily riled." "When I was a referee those guys wanted to beat on me all the time." "And they're still like that." "But plenty of them are okay." "We'll wash them separately." "The government just lets them be." "Enough of the never-ending bellyaching." "I was glad he had Jos to bitch to." " I'm done." "Stupid country." " It really is." "I'm seriously thinking of clearing out." "When are you leaving?" " He's serious." "Really." " Absolutely." "We'll go to Yugoslavia." "What do they call it?" "Jos can come and have a decent life." "You can't say anything anymore without ending up in a shelter." "Let's bring him the shuffleboard." "Then he can play." "Is there shaving gear?" " The usual." "For all other articles you have to make a list." "I'm looking for eggs." "I gave a list to your colleague." " We have a guest." "Nina." "Quite the story, isn't it?" "I'm sure you can stay the night." "These gentlemen don't literally sleep in my room." "I talked to my Mom about it." "She feels I shouldn't." "She thinks it isn't safe." "I respect that." "But I think it sucks." "If this poll is representative, the Red-Greens are at 41 seats." "It's the largest." "Smeets's party, with 35 seats, the second-largest." "In theory, these two parties could form a government." "That's a perverse suggestion." "It's so political incontinent, I don't want to think about it." "Jos has banged her." " How do you know?" "Connections." "Shit music." "If he plays this again, I'll shoot him myself." "Inshallah." "I missed you." "How do you feel?" " Wonderful." "I don't know anymore which end is up." "How are you?" " Improving." "How did you arrive at that insight?" " Time." "Not even fear." "Time to think and take a distance from the whole picture." "This shithole country is populated by rude hedonists of all persuasions." "Muslim, Christian, Jewish." "White, black, hetero, gay." "Bunch of assholes, those Dutch." "No where else in the world do waiters treat you so rudely." "People don't wait their turn anywhere." "On one side, they're suspicious." "On another, they're gullible." "As long as the tone is negative." "If you can lead the national lamentations... the people reward you with power." "As long as you give them what they want." "But a good politician should say:" "No... you don't get what you want." "You're spoiled." "I may not always have been a good politician." "And thus I'm stepping down." "I can't leave this shelter." "A bunch of fools threaten to kill me." "They don't realize they're kept ignorant... and incited to violence by fairy tales about virgins." "I quit, because another bunch of fools blames them... and anyone who looks like them or has a similar last name." "Another position." "My leg hurts." "I'm no longer available as representative." "I advise you to vote for the woman who's next in line." "I'm no longer participating." "I've had enough of this country." "Likewise." "But I'll secretly care about this country." "Whatever you may do there." "Allow people to continue to take things into perspective and mock." "Support those who question something, the renegades." "Only those who want to hog the truth, are afraid of freedom of expression." "It's there for all citizens:" "Muslims, atheists, Hindus." "Let it be a country where you can practice your faith without fear." "Or don't have to practice." "Let it be a country where it reads above the gate:" "Men, women, gays, heteros, whites, blacks are equal." "Always." "And not nearly always, or sometimes." "Make sure the economy does well." "But that the weak don't lag behind." "Make sure a house doesn't become a monetary unit for realtors." "But in the first place a spot where people live." "Just a country where people are the most important." "Licorice." "Soccer magazines." "Is that it?" "We're only going for ten days." "Isn't this a bit much?" "They gave me quite a list." "Are we sure we can fly at six months?" "You're the one who works at the airport." "But I'm not a doctor." " Oh, that game." "The Netherlands has a female prime minister." "Today, Mira Ornstein, who's only 36, presents... her Green-Red-Christian coalition after a complicated... formation period." "I banged her too." "You hear that?" "Yugoslavian." "He's saying his father's ugly." "Hey, pocketliner!" "Dinner!"