Directors Of The Bored, Good Morning.
Thank you if you’re taking a look for the first time. In particular, welcome Canada, eh.
It’s been too long.
Let me do this bit like the catch-up at the start of a TV show. You know … “Previously On Days Of Our Lives…..”…..which always takes you though to the last cliffhanger, invariably something like…….”So all this time we were dating and you never thought to tell me you’re my half sister?!”
Dnn dnnn dnnnnnnnn.
For the record there are no revelations like that in the blog….but, previously on sociabledistance.com, I set up this website because I thought it was important to try and keep your spirits up, and what better way to do that, than with a few laughs.
I create (sometimes) and curate (mostly) the funniest stuff around, and blog it all out daily so you can have something to look forward to every day that’ll definitely put a smile on your face.
If you like it, don’t keep it secret. We’re trying to prove laughter gets around the world quicker and for longer than any virus. #LaughterSpreadsFaster
Read|Love|Share.
One other thing. The funny stuff is always towards the end of the blog. Before that I lay down some other things that I think are useful/weird/amazing about this period.
Just so you know.
OK, on with it.
Let’s begin with this today. I loved the sentiment expressed here.
“What If…”
And what if they have an Xbox, PS4 or smartphone. Well, then you’re screwed.
As this period continues, there are lots of things popping up I consider to be “Useful”.
Here are today’s.
I’ll be honest, this one could’ve gone either way. Into “Useful” or “World Of The Weird”
I was feeling generous at the time. My word of caution – IF, for your one hour of exercise time you’re out walking your dog encouraging them to jump up on top of stuff, the police will probably ask you what you’re up to and where you’ve come from, with a view to returning you there and the dog to its rightful owner.
Don’t get me wrong, I like Michael Buble. He has that very rare Ant’N’Dec appeal about him. Guys want to take him out for a pint, girls want to take him home to meet Mum and Dad for Sunday Dinner. He seems like fun, BUT, I wasn’t able to sit through his half an hour Facebook Live yesterday where he was baking oatmeal cookies with his wife, and I didn’t manage to get all the way through this one where they’re exercising. However, I appreciate, if you’re really dedicated (to exercise or Michael) you may want to be the person viewing until the end. (Of time.)
This lady is a very talented broadcaster. Sadly, this post is an example of both why she got a daytime TV show, and why it’s being hooked.
Love this. I saw something the other day as well about a lady who’s repurposed some of the facemasks for the doctors and nurses at her hospital by cutting out a space for the mouth, and then sewing in the same material you would see on a transparent pram cover….so the mask is see through at the mouth in order for deaf patients to be able to lip read. Genius!
This blog will never be in any way political. In fact, just now is a period where things are almost politically devoid, and I for one appreciate the break. I think this move, however, by Nicola Sturgeon, is useful, possibly for kids in your house, to reinforce a message or describe it for the first time.
And file this under the category of “Useful, (if you’re a certain age)”. The other day I asked the question, “How long until the tipping point of Lockdown where we’re binge watching box sets on Netflix of stuff we don’t actually like all that much?”. Well, to answer my own question, however long it is has just been postponed by a further three hours. Dropping on Netflix this Friday (April 10th), Pretty In Pink and The Breakfast Club
No decade has really done coming-of-age movies like the 80s did.
Why not watch them again with your teens, and tell them the red-head now plays Archie’s Mum in Riverdale!
And from the “Useful” to the “Unusual”.
The longer we spend in these unusual circumstances, the more instances of erratic and odd behaviour we’re spotting on a daily basis. That’s true of animal behaviour as well as human. We like to round up these examples and frame them within this section – “World Of The Weird”.
Orthopaedic Footwear for birds. I know it’s at the top of my To Do list. Cute though.
And so’s this. I’ve stuck it in the weird section, but, for the record, this is EXACTLY what I’d do for my little girl too.
Do you reckon they’re actually playing, or just thinking, “blimey, didn’t realise it was such a long walk home”?
I’m not quite sure what his thinking is but he wants to watch out for the High Hats.
I actually swithered for a moment about putting this next one in the “Useful” section as something to entertain your dog when they’re possibly not getting out as much as before, but then I decided this woman wasn’t doing it for her dog but to entertain herself and as a by-product boasting to the world about how much bog roll she has. So I relegated her.
This next one’s a little odd, but I like it. Bruce Willis and his ex Demi Moore are in quarantine with their respective families, together.
And they all have matching jammies, which I can’t really mock after we did the same thing at Christmas. FamJams. Get involved.
We’ve almost got enough material here for a new little section – “Who Says Weird Can’t Be Beautiful?!”
Watch!
And Weird But Beautiful 2 – The Therapet’s Therapet.
I tell you this every day. “People. Are. Amazing”
The wonderful thing about blogging is that you make up your own rules, and mine state that Andy from Michies The Chemist in Banchory can absolutely share a virtual stage with Matthew McConaughey. In our rush to applaud care workers on a Thursday night, there are thousands of folk we forget in occupations we don’t conjure up in our minds but who are every bit as essential or as key a worker as those who are foremost in our thoughts. Andy is one of those. For as long as I can remember he’s been behind the counter at Michies in Banchory. The sort of person you would say was born for the job they’re in. Always professional and polite, he naturally understands the chemist shop is a part of the community, and he fully immerses himself showing an interest in it and its people. Which is why when he’s not there for a few days people start asking after him.
Get well soon Andy, and thank you for all you and your staff do.
You made it. It’s time for the funnies!
And now today’s “News In Brief”
If you’re a Potter fan you should search ‘Harry Potter At Home’ and check out all the cool stuff there right now.
Let’s play out with some music.
On only one occasion have I been lucky enough to make it to Murrayfield to watch Scotland in the Six Nations, and one of the things Dad and I marvelled at was the Welsh fans singing. Male voice choirs in particular seems to be something woven throughout the social fabric of Wales…and they’re never ever bad. Listen.
Meanwhile, over on Elbow’s twitter they’ve been playing by request in the fabulously named Elbow Room(s)
That’ll do it for today.
Stay safe x
#LaughterSpreadsFaster
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