‘Two hours after the barbecue, half the family was hanging over the toilet’

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The sun is shining, the drinks are cold and the barbecue is on. It was sure to be a success, that family barbecue.

Ruth (33): “’Is that satay okay, Gert?’ I can still hear my mother-in-law calling.

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It was the height of summer, all the grandchildren were frolicking in the garden, and for the first time in a long time, the whole family was together again to celebrate my in-laws’ 40th wedding anniversary.

“The bowl of meat stood in the sun a bit long”

The dish of meat stood in the sun a bit long, I also thought. But if Gert has something in his head, it’s not in his ass, so the chicken satays – ‘Don’t nag like that, Gien’ – unceremoniously ended up on the barbecue.

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Good for the resistance

Two hours later my son (4) started spitting up. And to be honest, I also felt a bit nauseous. In the course of the evening half the family hung over the toilet. In the end, there was only one who felt like a chicken until the wee hours: my father-in-law.”

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