Because @englishtchrivy dared to double dare me on Twitter. It was either accepting the day of Kings challenge by @edje, or run bluebeak naked through the streets of Winschoten in beautifull, yet freakin' stonecold, Oldambt. At least that is how I came to understand what being 'double dared' actually means. Therefore I decided, after hours of dubbing, to settle for the photo, you can see in this post. There I wear a red tie... Oh no, I am the one with the orange three quarter pair of pants. Still had my 'taps oan', but my shoes 'n socks 'aff'. So, the double in the dare is that I'm as close to naked as the weather would let me be.

Unfortunately I was just bad in my timing, again. So when my awesome daughter snapped me, I just had disappeared half behind 'oal Abe' {Abraham, whom you are supposed to see when you turn fifty.} As you may know, or not, this is a tradition in Nederland. When a woman or a man turn 50 they get a special birthday party. For woman the ceremony is called 'Sarah' and for men 'Abraham'. All kinds of mischief is done to the newly 50 aged one on their special lucky day. Like putting a puppet in their front garden, with texts on it like: "Hunk your horn 50 times when you pass between 6 and 9 in the morning." It's hilarious, I can tell you, oh my...

So, that is the Abraham puppet in front of me, dans le grand jardin. Also some playfull references to the 50th birthday of Lex {that is short for: Willem Alexander} are hidden like little gems there. Lex is almost two weeks younger than me and he likes beer and a good laugh too, so he's like an okay Dude. Ah, come on, this is the 21st century we live in, we are not that formal any more, well I'm not, any way. So cheers Mate, welcome to the world of Abe, where wisdom shall cometh upon Thee, although I can't tell for meself yet... Hope you had an awesome birthday.

Hope I'm still in time for the challenge...

By the way, has @meesterboom already delivered yet? :-p

Seeing Abraham at 50

original photo by my lovely daughter,
Abe photo & graphics by @oaldamster
all cc-by-sa licensed