November 22nd, 2020

Dear Members & Friends of the Dutch Club-Neerlandia/Sydney
 
A great big thank you for all those who visited the Dutch Club last Sunday;
we had a fantastic day.  Hopefully with another delivery due this Thursday
we may have the Chocolate letters available?????.
We made the announcement last Sunday that due to COVID-19 there will
be no Sinterklaas activities this year.  As has been discussed that it is not
the children that need to be separated but the adults!!
 
Tony’s Nasi Goreng sold out very quickly so for this Sunday we will be
having the “Uitsmijter” plus the usual Appelflappen, Croquettes, herring
so please check the blackboard.
We still have fresh “Paling” (smoked eel)
available from the shop and
plenty of fresh cheese which arrived yesterday, Edam, Gouda (young)
Gouda spiced, Gouda Aged plus Leyden.
 
Our Membership draw of $10.00 was taken up by Mr Steve Smit so for this
Sunday it will revert back to $10.00, draw will take place about 1.00pm
 
Birthdays: for some of you having your Birthday on or about this weekend
such as: Mrs Lesley Smolders
Mr Colin van Borssum
Mr Staffan Wensing
Mr Hans de Wilt.
And if there is someone I may have missed, please let me know.
We wish you all a Very Happy Birthday.
 
I am toning these down:
An elderly man (no one we know) wandering the streets late at night is
stopped by the police and asked where he is going.
The man replies: “I am on my way to a lecture about alcohol abuse and the
effects it has on the human body, as well as smoking and staying out late.”
The officer then asks;  “Really? Who would be giving that lecture at this
time of night?”
The Man replies: “that would be my wife”
 
There was an accident at a railroad crossing in which a train hit a car and
pushed it nearly some metres down the track. Though no one was hurt,
the driver took the train company to court.
At the trial, the engineer insisted that he had given the driver ample
warning by waving his lantern back and forth for nearly a minute.
He even stood and convincingly demonstrated how he’d done it.
The court believed his story and the suit was dismissed.
“Congratulations.” The lawyer said to the engineer when it was over.
“You did superbly under cross-examination.”
“Thanks,” he said, “but he sure had me worried.”
“How’s that?” the Lawyer asked.
“I was afraid he was going to ask me if the damned lantern was lit!”
 
Please keep COVID-19 safe and sign in upon entry to the Club and have
Your temperature checked.
 
Groetjes van Gerry
President Dutch Club-Neerlandia/Sydney
Dutch Australia Society Neerlandia Club Limited
1 Grattan Crescent, Frenchs Forest, NSW 2086