[Boiler]

https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2021/1 ... ntrol.html

In which Quentin Letts spekes his branes on Any Questions:

“… but also, to me, they’ve become instruments of control [groans] and I find them slightly sinister [more groans] … I think there is something to do with thought control about this [more groans and a solitary clap] … I think there is an element of officialdom trying to put out a message by forcing us to wear a mask rather than the simple health science”.

[RedSparrows]

The idea that masks are a pathology of control is so pathetically limited. Control is a fact of society, especially in a pandemic. Saying the mask is just about seeing how high we'll jump is like saying the Giant Baatard Villain is so evil he'll TEAR UP YOUR NECTAR POINTS, rather than, I dunno, kill a load of people. If you're going down this path at the fucking least go whole hog and say vaccines are alien serum injectors or something.

This is the same mask that for much of the year has not been compulsory, right? The same mask that people who don't wear rarely get punished, right? Get in the fucking sea you fucking child.

Total lack of imagination, classic case of 'read a few Wikipedia pages and have an overdeveloped sense of self, here's my worldview'.

[Spoonman]

The idea that masks are a pathology of control is so pathetically limited.

If you take it to further logical steps, then wearing any clothing at all in public is a form of "submission". And I'd like to see those rat-lickers try and practice that at this time of year.

[Andy McDandy]

If you live in society, you accept limitations on your freedom in return for social harmony.

As Terry Pratchett said, natural is sitting in a tree waiting for your dinner to die.

[The All New KevS]

Can only assume several GBeebies viewers forgot to unfollow him when he jumped ship, as the reaction is somewhat entertaining. He's already blocked Right Said Fred who told him to fuck off.

[The All New KevS]

And back to Rod Hull, can't help noticing that Emu quite often attacked certain areas of the anatomy. Which in retrospect, is a bit unsettling.

Billy Connolly of course had the best response when they were both on Parkinson. As Emu lunged, he grabbed the bird and said to Rod, "Try that again, and I'll break his neck and your arm."

[Andy McDandy]

Andrew Neil's turning into the new Alan Sked. Seeing his project usurped by Fargle and any standards or intellectual pretensions ousted in favour of populist junk.

[Samanfur]

And back to Rod Hull, can't help noticing that Emu quite often attacked certain areas of the anatomy. Which in retrospect, is a bit unsettling.

I've seen a few people say that, with 20:20 hindsight and enough time elapsed for the suspension of disbelief to wear off.

[Boiler]

I can imagine this will be used as justification for... something.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59561876

Almost 70 medics who attended a large Christmas party in southern Spain have since tested positive for Covid-19, authorities say.

Most of the 68 infected are doctors and nurses working in the intensive care unit at Málaga's regional hospital.

[Boiler]

Conversation overheard behind me at lunchtime;

"oh, one of our thirds (assistant directors) tested positive yesterday. I'd rather catch it now and get it out of the way before Christmas".

Cunt. I walked out at this point.

[Cyclist]

Lone wolf. Own initiative. No suggestion of outside influence.

A man who set fire to a nightclub in a protest against Covid-19 vaccine passports has been jailed for six years.

Owen Marshall ignited a towel soaked in petrol he had posted through the letterbox of SWX in Bristol.

Police said Marshall had become "obsessed" with lockdown restrictions and targeted other venues in the city...


...He said: "Owen Marshall's actions were motivated by the completely misguided belief the venues he targeted were about to introduce Covid vaccine passports.

"His obsession with Covid restrictions ultimately led him to carrying out the extremely reckless attack on SWX and it is only through sheer luck no one was physically harmed...


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-59583381

When will the powers-that-be wake up to the fact that those twats posting their batshit-crazy anti-Covid shit on the internet and shrieking it in the streets are fucking dangerous? *They* might not be doing anything other than promulgating wibble, but other twats pay attention to that wibble and act on it.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Who told offices to close? There's guidance to work from home where you can. The moneymen will get people in to the office if they need to, pretty sharpish.

[Cyclist]

Please don't tell the Torygraph that the MOD has issued instructions that everyone who can is to work from home.

Social distance is back in fashion, too.

[Tubby Isaacs]

It's been coming back for a while- growth down to 0.1% in October.

[Bones McCoy]

Please don't tell the Torygraph that the MOD has issued instructions that everyone who can is to work from home.

Social distance is back in fashion, too.

Let's not be too harsh on the Torygraph.
They're still working hard on their brown minister recognition colouring books.

[mattomac]

If bankers don’t get together in the office how will the economy continue?

[Bones McCoy]

If bankers don’t get together in the office how will the economy continue?

It's almost impossible to rig the LIBOR rate, or shift sub-prime debt over Zoom.

[Spoonman]

Thought this would be better here than the jokes thread...

(Tweet's been deleted - it was a comedy video parodying anti-vaxxers, or to put them better, "Pro-Virus", with the key gag being that they gained all their knowledge on virology & epidemiology as well as other related crankery thanks to reading shite on Facebook.)

[Spoonman]

"DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1"
And how many iPhones are in that pic?

[Arrowhead]

"DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1"
And how many iPhones are in that pic?

Top-tier fucknuggetry on display right there.

Some of the pictures and videos emerging from that London demonstration are just astonishing