{"id":23244,"date":"2024-03-28T14:04:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T13:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denhelder.online\/?post_type=actueel&#038;p=23244"},"modified":"2026-04-14T13:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:52:10","slug":"spring-fever","status":"publish","type":"actueel","link":"https:\/\/denhelder.online\/en\/actueel\/lentekriebels\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring fever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u2018I find that whole spring obscene <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">season. With those flowers that <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">but open up shamelessly, <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">so that you can look into those chalices. <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Then you see those dirty stamens and <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">those pestles hanging out in the open. <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">I didn&#039;t ask for that, let&#039;s <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">they keep that filth to themselves! <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Why can&#039;t it just be winter <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Stay? Nice and cold, nice and bare. <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Spring evokes too many emotions <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">loose, which people cannot <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">handle, that&#039;s it.&#039;\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Passionate fans will in this text <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">one of the gems among the characters <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">repertoire of Kees van Kooten and <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Recognizing Wim de Bie. The former teacher <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">German Otto the Best, a magnificent role <\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">van De Bie goes completely wild about <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">the spring and especially our enthusiasm <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">about spring flowers. Exactly <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">on television 35 years ago <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">sent, but still timeless <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">humor (&#039;Narcissism is a strong <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">to pathological self-satisfaction <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">and that characterizes those flowers <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">excellent. Daffodils are sickly, <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">self-satisfied flowers on those <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">long thin stems. Yuck.&#039;). For <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Otto the Best, so no spring<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The creeps. But he is right. <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Spring stirs up emotions in <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">people. Albeit mostly positive ones. That <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">This is also evident from the derived words <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">with which our Dutch language in <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">the course of time is enriched: harbinger of spring, <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">spring festival, spring green, spring air, <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">spring sun, spring beer, etcetera. <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">We even have a spring onion, which <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">owes its name to\u2026 Anyway, period <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Made, it seems to me.<br \/>\n<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">But what exactly are spring fevers? <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">actually? Whoever seeks advice from <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Professor Google immediately becomes <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">bombarded with articles about <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">sex education in schools and <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">fuss over that sex education <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">at schools. You have to scroll down a bit, <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">but in the end you still end up at <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">spring subjects with another <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">a kind of depth.<br \/>\n<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The Flemish writer Stijn Streuvels, <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">who at 97 walked bent over under the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">weight of decorations for <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">the Dutch language and literature <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">and has been nominated thirteen times <\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">for a Nobel Prize, described it <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">in 1941 flowery: &#039;Have become swift <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">farm girls still undergo <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Most of all, the spring fever: <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">They are awake and cackling, <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">teasing and fond of fun, <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">longing for the all week <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Sunday, happy to be adorned, <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">to take off with their new clothes <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">come, and to go on drill (\u2026)&#039;\u2019<br \/>\n<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The conclusion: after the winter blues is <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Everyone is in a good mood again. There is <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">urge to clean, nesting instinct, <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">urge to walk, urge to sunbathe, <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">craving for terraces and such a thing <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">urges. Let&#039;s be clear about that <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Definitely keep the mood going. <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">And realize that we, as the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The sun is shining, everything here around us <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">have gone those spring fever <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">make so pleasant: beach, <\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">terraces, water, forests, flower<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Bulb fields and ice cream. Lots of ice cream. <\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><br \/>\nSpring fever. For some <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">an incredibly irritating word. <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">But I say: let that spring<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Just keep the itch coming<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nRONALD DEN BOER<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018&#039;I find this whole spring an obscene season. With those flowers that just shamelessly open up, so you can look into those calyxes. Then you see those filthy stamens and pistils hanging out in the open. I didn&#039;t ask for that; let them keep that filth to themselves! Why can&#039;t it just stay winter? Nice and cold, nice and bare. Spring stirs up too many emotions that people can&#039;t handle, that&#039;s the thing.&#039;\u2019<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23245,"template":"","doelgroep":[],"class_list":["post-23244","actueel","type-actueel","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","elementor_library_category-column","elementor_library_category-wonen"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.7 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lentekriebels - Den Helder Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/denhelder.online\/en\/current\/spring-fever\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lentekriebels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u2018Ik vind die hele lente een obsceen jaargetijde. 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