Spring, 2021: My human and I stop by a neighborhood bar. Used to be you couldn’t get a table here; now we’re alone. He makes himself an Old Fashioned with the last of the angostura bitters and pours me a saucer of Evian. Each day we walk the empty streets looking for others like us. From the windows we feel the gaze of zombies watching our every move, but they’ll never come out. Not in the daytime. Not until President Fauci gives the all-clear. Until then, it’s just him and me.
Gonna be a long month, Sharon H.
Yes, it really is going to be a long month. Stay well, everybody. ❤🙏
“President Fauci” has such a nice ring to it.
Indeed.
Yep. Fauci has my vote.
Along with “Vice President Pelosi.” Or the other way around- either would be acceptable to me.
Cute doggie but this one just makes me sad.
Sigh…
🙁
I understand and I promise not to do this sort of theme too much. I want to stick mostly to the cute and funny stuff, and I’m sure that’s what everyone wants and needs right now.
Thanks, Mike.
I like it. I thought it was a good scene from a dystopian sci fi movie set in the future. I think that’s as good as it’s going to get for a while.
My take was, we all need a good buddy by our sides in times like these…and a stiff drink.
This shows strength, I think. In our family when there has been serious/unfortunate situation, we have added little black humor to it – to show that it is not that bad, we have strength, we get through that. I thank for both the cute and quirky posts!
Anyone else struggling a bit with watching what’s happening in other places (some not so far away) and then laughing at all the funny stuff people are putting out (which I do genuinely appreciate)?
How come it says, “Spring 2021″? Let”s hope it’s NOT going to last that long. Just an OOPS maybe? Or are we honoring April Fool??
I hate to burst your bubble, Lois, but if the “Spanish” flu is anything to to by, Spring 2021 is a more reasonable projection than anything earlier. Particularly as certain politicians in various parts of the world refuse to (or are incapable of) learn(ing) from history and so doom their populace to repeat it. I’m assuming at least a year of sheltering at home. If it’s less than that I’ll be thrilled, but I’d rather be prepared for the worst and not have it happen than the other way around.
MIKE—feel free to delete this comment if you feel it’s inappropriate for our community.
I’m with you. It’s not clear how much immunity people have after recovering from the virus or how long it lasts. It may well be that however long we all stay inside, coming out before a vaccine is available may cause things to get really bad really fast. In the mean time, we just have to make the best of things.
It’s never been a better time to be an introverted computer nerd who only emerges from his hobbit hole for food and booze. I’m proud to be a millennial morlock, gurgle snarl growl.
I think people will be back to the streets as soon as case numbers start to decrease and that’s when the second wave with even more cases comes 🙁
I’m also quite happy in the monster cave.
For half my lifetime I’ve been an introverted semi-recluse with a passion for theatre, ballet and opera. Now I’m an introverted semi-recluse with very clean hands and no expectation of setting foot in a theatre until autumn at the earliest.
I’ll say this for COVID-19 – it’s already given rise to some classic humour. This morning I literally cried with laughter over the online conferencing boss who accidentally turned herself into a cartoon potato on Microsoft Teams, couldn’t turn it off and had to remain a spud for the entire meeting.
https://pleated-jeans.com/2020/04/01/funny-quarantine-conference-call-fails/
lol, I’ve seen the potato on facebook at least three times, now.
I’ve seen some pretty good song parodies, too. Including this one someone shared today. (I feel like the cat is used to this sort of thing from his owner.)
And this family in the UK..
Genius. Frightening, but genius. Who ARE those people? I bow to them.
That’s a brilliant thread. I start teaching a VERY small class via Zoom next week – if my signups stay with me.
Thanks Alice for sharing, definitely needed this. The video is hysterical. Especially the ones involving kids. And naked/semi-naked spouses. Makes me glad me and hubby are on opposite sides of the house in two different rooms. Plus he’s one of the lucky ones that’s considered essential so he’s been able to leave the house for work all this week and probably next week. I’ll have to send this link to my department and say “See, our Zoom meetings aren’t so bad after all”.