Friday 12th June #LaughterSpreadsFaster

Good Morning my Directors Of The Bored!

As the days pass, I’m starting to think I may have to spin this blog into two, with one remaining purely for laughs, and the other to try and continue the momentum currently in place for #BlackLivesMatter before it inevitably loses its premier listing in the media and slips down the rankings. Same old, same old.

For the time being, here’s today’s little gem on moving forward.

And here’s something I spotted yesterday which is more in keeping with the background to this blog and the Coronavirus Pandemic. This is Rory Stewart, who you may remember from the Conservative Leadership Race last year. Since then, he’s gone independent and is now a contender in the running to be the next London Mayor. I’m not a political animal, and I most certainly am not making a political point, but watch this dose of common sense from an interview conducted on March 12th.

“This is the most serious epidemic since the end of WWI. You can use the police to enforce emergency measures, and call out the military to support.”

Rory Stewart says the government has responded too slowly to coronavirus, and that tough measures need to be taken now. pic.twitter.com/Usb2mKf2nE
— PoliticsJOE (@PoliticsJOE_UK) March 12, 2020

Boris Johnson announced Lockdown measures on the 23rd.

And somehow from there we got to the accountability of a government advisor, and stories of a 60 mile road trip to assess whether his eyes were up to making a longer journey.

Let’s get on to today’s blog.

The Useful

Here’s an article which makes a valiant attempt to come up with 25 reasons to be glad you can’t go abroad. It includes my favourite – when you get your in-flight meal successfully unwrapped and ready to go without spilling or dropping anything, and then the passenger next to you asks to get by to go to the toilet.

Need to kill some Lockdown time? Check out these notes left on the windscreens of cars which have been parked without a thought for any other driver on the road. Yeah, y’now, THAT GUY!

And here’s one from my own collection. Ours is the car on the left. The driver’s disabled pass is visible in the front of our car, and the red car beside has chosen to park in between us and the next vehicle, in a spot which isn’t even marked out as a space. That’s because in the disabled area, consideration is given to the prospect of the disabled driver possibly requiring more space in order to get in and out of the car and into some other mode of assisted transport such as a wheelchair.

But what the hell, eh, it was Christmas and you’ve got to be able to park near the shops.

Thankfully, the very nice car park attendant was able to help out on this occasion.

Finally today in The Useful, did you know you can hire your very own inflatable pub for the garden for around £400?

But before you get all excited, think it through a little, the one thing you won’t be able to do, is this.

World Of The Weird

Here’s a story about scientists finding a pattern in repeating fast radio bursts coming from space. It’s only the second time in history that it’s happened.

Hands up if you’re now also thinking, “Great, we’re crippled by the first wave, now comes the invasion.”

Things That Make You Go Awwwwww

If, through working from home, you now have Zoom Fatigue, this may be a handy little workaround to alleviate the gloom. You can now hire an Alpaca to lighten the mood in your work call.

Love this story too. A Mum and daughter qualified to be doctors on the same day, thousands of miles apart, but have secured jobs to work in the same hospital.