Heinrich del Core - Woohoo, My Wife Is Becoming a Grandma!!

When Heinrich Del Core takes the stage in his red shoes and tells stories from everyday life, you want to shout: "Come on! That can't possibly have happened - he must have made it up!" But every single one of these situations, which have us laughing in disbelief, actually happened to him. Heinrich Del Core is a magnet for bizarre everyday moments, which he then delivers with an irresistibly funny charm.

And now the moment has arrived: Heinrich is becoming a grandpa. Or to put it another way: his wife is becoming a grandma! The new situation turns everything upside down. Overnight, Del Core's world is a different place. He buys a pram that costs as much as a moped once did - or a Thermomix today. He downloads baby apps for his wife and bakes a "Mutterkuchen" for family coffee gatherings. Then there's a wedding to attend - eco-friendly and vegan, naturally. But it's hard to feel the joy when you're supposed to throw unpeeled wholegrain rice at the happy couple.

Grandparents do have their perks, though - many problems simply disappear. Take the bedroom: how often has a good night's sleep been ruined by the wife's cold feet, the eternal battle over the duvet, or the husband competing with a leaf blower in terms of volume and airflow? When the grandchild comes to visit at the weekend, Heinrich simply has to move out.

That does a number on your self-esteem, of course. And doesn't "grandpa" sound terribly old? He still feels fairly young - except in the mornings when he gets up. That's when the joints start making noises. But his wife always builds him back up: "Heinrich, you're really looking great." She seems to handle the whole thing much better anyway. She says: "Being a grandma is like being a mum - only nicer." She never worried much about getting older. Once she left the kids a note: "Gone to the cemetery." And Heinrich added underneath: "But we'll be back."

Despite all the changes...