Corona-memes: A bit of a laugh during a time of plague.

[Paul Whybrow]

 

[Paul Whybrow]

Panic buying? Who, me?

 

[Steve C]

Sting and friends

 

[Paul Whybrow]

 

[Paul Whybrow]

 

[Ancora Imparo]

 

[Ancora Imparo]

 

[Hannah F]

And there's a lot of him.. So tall! I'd probably only be able to reach up to his -
No. I shouldn't say.

 

[Ancora Imparo]

Oh go on, @Hannah F – say!

 

[Paul Whybrow]

 

[Paul Whybrow]

 

[Robinne Weiss]

Sting and friends

This reminds me of jam sessions in the Peace Corps in Panama--we played jars of beans, tabletops, empty bottles...whatever we had on hand.

 

[Paul Whybrow]

I’ve been preparing to turn myself into a narrator, by watching YouTube videos. I did so for eight hours today, which didn’t feel at all productive, even though I learnt lots of things.

Out of the blue, an old Bing Crosby song came to me, which struck me as appropriate for those in lockdown champing at the bit:

 

[Hannah F]

I’ve been preparing to turn myself into a narrator, by watching YouTube videos. I did so for eight hours today, which didn’t feel at all productive, even though I learnt lots of things.

Out of the blue, an old Bing Crosby song came to me, which struck me as appropriate for those in lockdown champing at the bit:

That film was singularly responsible for the myth that knights needed cranes to put them on their horses. Imagine how many cranes would have been needed on a battlefield? But no. There was even a French Marshal, Jean Boucicaut (1400's) who was known to show off at tourneys by cartwheeling or jumping onto his joust horse's back (and destriers were big!) in his plate armour. They were fit men, those knights.

 

[Paul Whybrow]

 

[Paul Whybrow]

 

[Paul Whybrow]

 

[Emily]

I'd probably only be able to reach up to his -
No. I shouldn't say.

Knees, wasn't that what you were going to say, @Hannah? Knees?

Oh go on, @Hannah F – say!

Hannah was going to say knees. KNEES.

I LOVE his Sonnet A Day

 

[Emily]

 

[Emily]

 

[Emily]

Lockdown lingo - are you fully conversant with the new terminology?

*Coronacoaster*
The ups and downs of your mood during the pandemic. You’re loving lockdown one minute but suddenly weepy with anxiety the next. It truly is “an emotional coronacoaster”.

*Quarantinis*
Experimental cocktails mixed from whatever random ingredients you have left in the house. The boozy equivalent of a store cupboard supper. Southern Comfort and Ribena quarantini with a glacé cherry garnish, anyone? These are sipped at “locktail hour”, ie. wine o’clock during lockdown, which seems to be creeping earlier with each passing week.

*Blue Skype thinking*
A work brainstorming session which takes place over a videoconferencing app. Such meetings might also be termed a “Zoomposium”. Naturally, they are to be avoided if at all possible.

*Le Creuset wrist*
It’s the new “avocado hand” - an aching arm after taking one’s best saucepan outside to bang during the weekly ‘Clap For Carers.’ It might be heavy but you’re keen to impress the neighbours with your high-quality kitchenware.

*Coronials*
As opposed to millennials, this refers to the future generation of babies conceived or born during coronavirus quarantine. They might also become known as “Generation C” or, more spookily, “Children of the Quarn”.

*Furlough Merlot*
Wine consumed in an attempt to relieve the frustration of not working. Also known as “bored-eaux” or “cabernet tedium”.

*Coronadose*
An overdose of bad news from consuming too much media during a time of crisis. Can result in a panicdemic.

*The elephant in the Zoom*
The glaring issue during a videoconferencing call that nobody feels able to mention. E.g. one participant has dramatically put on weight, suddenly sprouted terrible facial hair or has a worryingly messy house visible in the background.

*Quentin Quarantino*
An attention-seeker using their time in lockdown to make amateur films which they’re convinced are funnier and cleverer than they actually are.

*Covidiot* or *Wuhan-ker*
One who ignores public health advice or behaves with reckless disregard for the safety of others can be said to display “covidiocy” or be “covidiotic”. Also called a “lockclown” or even a “Wuhan-ker”.

*Goutbreak*
The sudden fear that you’ve consumed so much wine, cheese, home-made cake and chocolate in lockdown that your ankles are swelling up like a medieval king’s.

*Antisocial distancing*
Using health precautions as an excuse for snubbing neighbours and generally ignoring people you find irritating.

*Coughin’ dodger*
Someone so alarmed by an innocuous splutter or throat-clear that they back away in terror.

*Mask-ara*
Extra make-up applied to "make one's eyes pop" before venturing out in public wearing a face mask.

*Covid-10*
The 10lbs in weight that we’re all gaining from comfort-eating and comfort-drinking. Also known as “fattening the curve.

 

[Paul Whybrow]

Say it with flowers:

Dutch Farmers Are Writing Special Messages in Their Tulips

 

[Ancora Imparo]

Hannah was going to say knees. KNEES.

Of course! Thank you @Emily, that's the word. It was on the tip of my tongue...

 

[Paul Whybrow]

From an article in today's Guardian about Scottish indie pop band Belle and Sebastian's choice of lockdown music, their own song about the crisis:

 

[Andy D]

From an article in today's Guardian about Scottish indie pop band Belle and Sebastian's choice of lockdown music, their own song about the crisis:

Thanks Paul, love Belle & Sebastian

 

[Ancora Imparo]

 

[Ancora Imparo]

 

[Paul Whybrow]

 

[Paul Whybrow]

 

[Robinne Weiss]

One of the (vanishingly few) bonuses of living in a shed during lockdown is that, though we keep eating more and more, we burn it all off just keeping warm.