Bißchen scharf?

Ups and Downs

My neighbour disturbs my early Saturday to ask if I found the Gewinner magazine that he left on my doorstep. The magazine featured his profile again, calling him a Glückspilz. This time it even highlighted one of his quotes in an extra large font, no doubt as a message of hope and inspiration to the rest of its audience: “In life, sometimes you’re up and sometimes you’re down.” For being featured he gets 50 Euros in cash and 50 Euros worth of stamps to continue participating in all manner of competitions. He’s been featured three times now, so that’s a whole lot of stamps.

He’s fully dressed for the occasion, sporting a yellow Sweden cap and smoking a cigarette. I’m granted an extensive update on his life’s endeavours. He’s particularly proud of the new lock he’s just installed on his door. Numerous items have been stolen from his apartment lately, including a porcelain dwarf and a set of zinc owls he was particularly fond of. Prime suspect of this ongoing thievery is the landlord.