"I quite adjusted my idea of anthropological fieldwork.
To bother the last so-called savages in harsh conditions
with cameras and cassette recorders. Chagnon even used
punched cards. To pass oneself off as the white shaman,
whether you wanted to or not, you were forced into that
role. Exciting stories, but also rather repulsive.
No, research on the Picts, a no longer existent people,
of which at best some traces were found in Scotland.
Archaeological anthropology, is there such a sub field?"
They teased Lili with the fact that she was a veggie,
but she could not easily be provoked. "Do you use
the pill or not?" "No, I'm from Oss and know very
well where pills are made of by Organon. You can see
containers with organs rolling from one factory to
another. And don't start about condoms, for which
brute incision and exploitation of poor third world
rubber trees is necessary, as someone once brought up,
because that is silly. Why would you actually still
use the pill if you demanded him in principle to use
a condom, to protect you from all kinds of viruses?"
Paul tried to change the subject of the conversation,
but Henk couldn't resist saying: "He's going to be a father."
