Hello again, Directors Of The Bored!
As this Lockdown continues, trends begin to emerge as to what we’re all supposedly doing to fill the time, like signing up for House Party, and then reading bad news about House Party and deleting the app from your phone again.
Many of us are taking part in virtual quizzes online, or gin tastings, or simply catching up with groups of friends on Zoom.
And everybody, but everybody is watching Tiger King on Netflix.
Except us.
I can’t say we’ve done the group chat on Zoom either although my kids are doing online martial arts classes with it.
In fact, we haven’t done any of it, apart from watching Netflix. I won’t lie, there are many parts of lockdown that suit me down to the ground.
So far, I’ve finished Occupied (4 seasons), Ragnarok, Money Heist (4 seasons) and we’re just into Luther (Season 3 of 5). On the back burner I’ve got Rescue Me, Westworld, Black Lightning (don’t judge me), Riverdale (I said don’t judge me) and we sort of had a look at Batwoman too. (How many times are you going to make me say it?!)
Oh, and all new Bosch starts on Prime on Friday.
And I have to finish those before the next few episodes of New Amsterdam drop on Prime in May.
We all have our targets.
In amongst all that, I could still have found the time to wind up the football league season in Scotland properly.
Jesus wept. How difficult can it be?!
Don’t sidetrack me. Plus, I’m not permitted to speak on football matters.
It’s in my contract.
With my football club and my wife.
This is the blog designed to keep you smiling during Lockdown. Our aim is to make laughs spread quicker around the world than Coronavirus.
On that subject, welcome Norway.
God Morgen, hyggelig å ha deg ombord.
If you like what you read, please feel free to share it. In fact, I implore you to.
The funniest stuff is towards the end of the blog, scroll down if you like.
Ahead of that, the things we find useful we think you might too, the unusual behaviour being provoked by Lockdown and the amazing behaviour being provoked by Lockdown.
Let’s start today with The Useful and this story that 50 million pints are going to waste in Britain’s pubs.
And I didn’t think I was in any way qualified to be a front line volunteer.
Matthew McConaughey has emerged as one of the famous heroes of this period. Last week he was hosting a Bingo night by video call for a seniors group in a home.
Today, he’s showing you how to make your own face-mask as Bobby Bandito.
In World Of The Weird we explore the changing behaviour in humans and animals as Lockdown wears on.
If you have a dog, I bet he’s just delighted you’re there all the time to be with.
Cats, meanwhile, resent their captors ever more and train for the hunt so they’re razor sharp and ready the moment it resumes.
On occasion, the human and animal words seemingly merge. This is Collie-een
And if, all of a sudden, you’ve been thinking, what on earth is going on in my dreams right now(??), you’re not alone. It appears to be a Pandemic phenomenon.
The science of it, frankly, made me glaze over and start to yawn, but it’s down to the fact your body clock’s all over the shop with lockdown. You may find it useful to see what others exactly like you are saying on the twitter page @quarandreams
Time for the funnies
Today’s News In Brief
Let’s play out with some music.
To be honest, I wondered how long this one would take.
Thanks for reading.
Stay safe x
#LaughterSpreadsFaster
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