"How long, oh Lord, how long?" is this total tedium going to last? I admit that there probably have been times when I have grumped about the (seemingly) endless torrent of news which cascades from the internet but now there is none! Just endless reports about that bloody bugaboo which seems not to recognise when it is not wanted and refuses to go! Where, oh where, is my daily diet of political 'news 'n' views' which, whilst I used to complain about it at the time, actually fills the pathetic void in my life? if this goes on for much longer I may have to talk to the 'Memsahib'!
I suppose we could all rant about our useless politicians failing to 'magic up' an instant cure but the fact is, they are, as ever, doing their stumble-bum best because, beneath their 'pomp and circumstance', they are just average 'peeps' like the rest of us. They haven't a clue and nor do their 'brainiacs' who advise them. We could try changing the subject, I suppose, but what the hell can we talk about? There are no sports anymore. There are no arts because the cinemas and theatres are closing down because no-one with more than two brain cells would wish to sit shoulder to shoulder with anyone else! And, dammit, dammit, that means I will lose my chance, courtesy of 'SoD', to see Stoppard's latest, and probably last, play in London.
Then, on top of everything else, I feel I must sit in front of this computer-thingie and compose something witty and wise for 'y'all'! Waddya mean, I needn't have bothered?
Well, at least you don't live in Italy right now.
Posted by: Whitewall | Sunday, 15 March 2020 at 13:40
Silver lining: Brexit cancelled! ...
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-covid-19-brexit-trade-talks-shelved-outbreak-2020-3?r=US&IR=T
I'd like to draw your attention to one line in there ...
However, they added that "Both sides are currently exploring alternative ways to continue discussions, including if possible the use of video conferences."
Dear Lord, when will the dumb-arsed pols catch-up with the rest of us? You say ...
politicians ... are just average 'peeps' like the rest of us
... if so, how come they can't even operate Skype, ffs?
And how about the South Korean pols? How come they can perform 210,144 tests when Blighty only managed 26,261? How come they can proactively trace the movements of all those infected by using their mobile phone data and CCTV to establish who they contacted and quarantine them too? ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/italy-south-korea-differ-tackling-coronavirus-outbreak-200313062505781.html
CV19 is a perfect proxy for the performance of pols, nation states, blocs, global institutions in all their serial negligence and abuse. All the stuff you love churning in one frame!
SoD
Posted by: Loz | Sunday, 15 March 2020 at 13:55
SoD, I believe you might be the only person I've seen, short of lefty pols, who might rejoice in a pandemic.
Posted by: Whitewall | Sunday, 15 March 2020 at 14:15
ok, here is some different news. On or about Aug 23rd, I am going to be a grandmother!
Posted by: missred | Sunday, 15 March 2020 at 15:08
Congrats missred! I never suspected you to be old enough to become a grandmother.
Posted by: Whitewall | Sunday, 15 March 2020 at 15:17
@ SoD: What is Skype? Oh no, don't tell me it's another virus!
Dear Miss Red, if I hadn't been snoozing in my armchair, I would have said the same as that 'smoothie', 'Whiters'!
Posted by: David Duff | Sunday, 15 March 2020 at 15:47
Quite a bit of render to paint, lawns to mow, 15 tons gravel to put down plus a myriad of other jobs so no shortage of stuff to do here oh and 4 kids to entertain if school closes.
Posted by: D | Sunday, 15 March 2020 at 15:51
I’m going to be reduced to painting the living room! Oh the horror!
Posted by: Timbo | Sunday, 15 March 2020 at 15:58
Timbo, I think I would just as soon have the WuFlu. I need to be continuing working on yearly income taxes but so far today I just can't.
Posted by: Whitewall | Sunday, 15 March 2020 at 16:23
SoD: "Silver lining: Brexit cancelled! ..."
A bit late. It's happened. There was even a big party in Parliament Square to celebrate it.
Posted by: Whyaxye | Sunday, 15 March 2020 at 17:00
Well how's about some jokes then?
The Blonde Man Has Finally Arrived
A blonde man goes to the vet with his goldfish.
“I think it’s got epilepsy,” he tells the vet.
The vet takes a look and says, “It seems calm enough to me.”
The blonde man says, “Wait, I haven’t taken it out of the bowl yet.”
Two blonde men find three grenades, and they decide to take them to a police station.
One asked: “What if one explodes before we get there?”
The other says: “We’ll lie and say we only found two.”
A blonde man shouts frantically into the phone, “My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart!”
“Is this her first child?” asks the Doctor.
“No!” he shouts, “this is her husband!”
A woman phoned her blonde neighbor man and said: “Close your curtains the next time you and your wife are having sex. The whole street was watching and laughing at you yesterday.”
To which the blonde man replied: “Well the joke’s on all of you because I wasn’t even at home yesterday.”
***
Until Monday ...
Posted by: JK | Sunday, 15 March 2020 at 18:17
So there's 2 things to celebrate: Brexit cancelled and Missred up-the-duff once removed! Congrats Missred!
We need one more for lucky 3!
Here we go, a "you couldn't make it up" absolute cracker!: ISIS has quit the field of glory in Europe coz of the lurgy! They're cacking their pants in a total rout, issuing orders left, right and centre for any healthy operatives to quit and "run like you were facing a lion" from any Covid 19 sufferer! What a bunch of pussy-farts! ...
https://www.foxnews.com/world/isis-tells-its-terrorists-not-to-travel-to-europe
The Currant Bun headline - "Jihad enough" - teehee! ...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11176636/isis-terrorists-avoid-europe-coronavirus/
It's like a real-world H.G. Wells "War of the Worlds" - earth invaded by nasty murderous aliens that we can't fight coz of their non-linear combat methods, but we win because our earthly lurgies get them in the end! How bloody prescient was that plot line?!
SoD
Posted by: Loz | Sunday, 15 March 2020 at 19:28
Thanks, Sod, well spotted!
"The Sun - don'tcha lurve it!"
Posted by: David Duff | Sunday, 15 March 2020 at 21:37
David, your blog is actually better without the wingnut nonsense.
JK, I'm glad you're back and in good spirits.
Posted by: Bob | Monday, 16 March 2020 at 13:00
Hey Bob thanks. By the way ...
Where you been?
Posted by: JK | Monday, 16 March 2020 at 15:25
Yo Bob?
Recall them dastardly Russians Special Counsel Mueller's team got the indictments against? Well guess what ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/us-justice-dept-abandons-prosecution-of-russian-firm-indicted-in-mueller-election-interference-probe/2020/03/16/5f7c3fd6-64a9-11ea-912d-d98032ec8e25_story.html
Posted by: JK | Tuesday, 17 March 2020 at 01:52