The weekend, and not just any weekend, it’s Easter. I hope you’re reading this somewhere comfy, following a lie-in, maybe breakfast in bed.
If the concept of days and lie-ins, Saturdays, Easter and breakfast are still items your brain trades in.
Throughout this period of Coronavirus, I’ve set up this site and blog to be a welcome distraction from everything happening around you. I believe there is such a thing as overdosing on news, and if ever there was a time for it, it’s now. Stay with it too long, and it becomes like a Hollywood-penned horror you can’t take your eyes away from no matter how much you want to.
So, here, we run 100 miles in the opposite direction and drill down for the laughs that circulate the web every day, to curate them and bring them to you here in one big fix, so you can take a few minutes every day and have a proper good laugh despite yourself.
That’s the plan anyway.
That’s not to say we ignore the news completely, heads in the sand, ostrich-like.
I wrote the other day…“One thing I think can be agreed upon, however reluctant you may be to take up this baton, we are all in this together. Coronavirus has been the greatest leveller I can remember in my lifetime.”
In saying that, what I meant was Coronavirus doesn’t discriminate. It doesn’t care who you are. Of course, to say it was “the greatest leveller I can remember in my lifetime”….was utterly and completely wrong.
I’ve never been so thoroughly schooled as I am in this brilliant clip by Emily Maitlis.
I will never write those words in that way again.
Suitably chastised, I haven’t become a poster boy for the Beeb, but I do think this is good.
I can’t remember who said it, but whoever did was incredibly astute. At the beginning of this period in time they said there will be people who become household names out of this, almost hero-like in their valiance, who otherwise, in ordinary times you’d never have heard of. In explaining this, he harked back to the Falklands War and the person responsible for the daily briefing every day, remembered for his calm unruffled manner, which came across very reassuringly and made the watching audience feel better about the situation.
If you were to look for that type of person right now, one of the examples I’d offer up would be Professor Jason Leitch. Certainly, from Scotland’s point of view.
Across the pond the names on everyone’s lips, the Cuomos. Watch.
I promise, the funnies are here. If you’d prefer to go straight for them, keep scrolling. Meantime, here are a couple of things I spotted I thought were worthwhile.
The Useful
Of course, you’ll only be out for your daily exercise or necessities. I’m typing one-handed and wagging my finger at you with the other.
This next one doesn’t belong anywhere specific as such. It’s just heartwarming.
As Lockdown continues, some behaviour turns increasingly erratic. We celebrate that in World Of The Weird.
For instance, nice to see Anthony Hopkins has found the time to appreciate his new hobby, listening to Thrash Metal.
Just ahead of the funnies, a bit we like to call “People. Are. Amazing.”
OK, time for today’s funnies.
And now today’s News In Brief
Let’s play out with some music….
Thanks for reading.
Stay safe x
#LaughterSpreadsFaster
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