-read yesterday first-
Willem did indeed still have the card game, and he did send me some scans. We thank him. The dictionary tells me this particular type of card game is called "happy families" in English, life is full of irony. Traditionally Happy Families is a 44-card deck that features characters from different families: each family is made by a worker (the Baker, the Painter, etc.), his wife, his daughter and his son. Peter Vos used strange creatures instead of families, and devided those in four body parts. The game is played by asking the opponents for cards belonging to specific creatures, so to complete as many sets as possible. Picture above is the schijtlijster, or shit-trush. Also very interesting is the scrotum-bumblebee.
ha die Eliane
Plotseling besefte ik mij, dat heb ik ook nog en inderdaad, verscholen in mijn kleine boekjeshoekje lag ie. Zo'n werkkamer is rijker dan je denkt. Was inderdaad een adembenemend bezit destijds. Een relikwie in de doorgaans burgerlijke alledaagsheid, waardoor je je bevrijd voelde.