Heden kijkdag

Voor Dick, wijze vriend

Everyone wants to compare a man's life to something. For example, a carpenter once said, 'Man is like a carpenter. A carpenter lives and lives until he dies - and so does man.' A shoemaker once opined that a man's life is like a pair of boots. Once the soles wear away - you can kiss them goodbye. And it's quite natural for a coachman to compare man's life to - forgive the comparison - a horse.

So don't be surprised if a man like me, who has gone through the ups and downs of half a century and is about to write his autobiography, compares his past to a fair.

sholom aleichem From the fair