The whippersnapper and the virus

[london1967]

Adrian went to our residents' association committee meeting last night  (he's now in charge of our social events) and I decided to call at a bar/club on they way home (interpret this very loosely, as it was in fact a detour).

 

It was deadly quiet: only 4 people including my good self. I stayed for just over an hour; when I was getting my bag back from the cloakroom, a young whippersnapper who - as you'll see - was a couple of chapters short of the "Handbook of the perfect gentleman" asked me how busy it was in the club. I told him.

 

He followed me inside to the area where I was about to get changed, he looked around and said "And they are all fat and ugly... uh, I don't mean you... you are kind of good looking... ". I was just about to reply "Well you are not exactly an Adonis yourself" but having graduated with honours from the university of passive aggressiveness I just glared at him. Icily. He mumbled an apology and buggered off.

 

I caught the tube to Victoria and on the train I was wondering how long it'll be before people in London start wearing surgical masks.

The free papers don't do much not to alarm the population, as they kindly point out that the underground will become a breeding ground for the virus, that the government is unable to address a shortage of surgical masks for the NHS staff and that people are rushing to buy anti-flu medicines on the net (there's only enough to treat half the population).

 

Today Gordon Brown has confirmed that first case in London (luckily, the chap has only mild symptoms)

 

Am I worried? Yes, I'd lie if I said I wasn't. But my main worry is about the state of anarchy that, in the worst scenario, would ensue very quickly.

Let's just hope that at least our sense of humour (as a nation) won't fail us.

Comments

[gorkabear.livejournal.com]

I don't think that you can now make a laugh at that. Free press here is also being absolutely ridicolous. Yet since we're the closest thing in Europe to Mexico (they speak Spanish), and we have 10 cases, we're now the bad guys in the Continent.

[london1967.livejournal.com]

I am not suggesting we should laugh at it but that often a bit of humour makes dire circumstances more bearable.

Oh no, we'll have to cancel our trip to Sitges! (just kidding!)

[gorkabear.livejournal.com]

I wasn't speaking about you, but the UK has lost a lot of humor (IMHO)...

Well, Germany said no to the F1 race in Montmelo in a few weeks, uh oh!