Saturday Smiles: COVID-19 Potpourri

To begin, I want to share an important and helpful PSA video of how to put away your groceries to avoid contamination. It’s by a family physician, and although long, it’s well done.

Having done my good deed for the day, let’s enjoy some amusing aspects of the impact of Coronavirus – as it’s always good to see the humor in things.

Who knew that Shakespeare would have a take on this pandemic:

What’s the difference between Covid 19 and Romeo & Juliet?

One’s a corona virus and the other is a Verona crisis.

— Julian Lee (@JulianLeeComedy) March 14, 2020

And we wouldn’t want the visual fine arts to feel left out, so here’s Albrecht Dürer’s famous “Praying Hands” sketch– but with a timely update.

But there’s an obvious downside to overdoing it. My aunt sent me this picture of her hands after washing them 73 times yesterday:

I went to Costco today (wearing my red “Cowboy” bandana for a face-covering – and over half of the people were wearing a face-covering of some type), and it looks like we’re seeing at least some relief from the TP shortage. But one never knows – it could rear its ugly head again with scenes like these:

In the Meat section of your grocery store:

A grocery store in Denmark or Finland (I forgot which) developed a clever way to stop the hoarding of hand sanitizer:

Now that folks are stuck at home, tempers can become short – even involving our beloved Critters

But for some, it’s given them time to develop a real talent for creativity.  (I like the second one better):

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— mouhoubi lounes (@mouhoubi_lounes) March 16, 2020

If you’ve decided you’d rather test your creativity in the kitchen with some new gourmet recipes, you just might want to start following Justine on her Twitter account. While she’s no Julia Child, she does have a flair for the innovative:

Follow me for more recipes. #coronapocolypse pic.twitter.com/zfsK65LOH4

— Justine Kilpatrick (@ladykilham) March 17, 2020

I’d be remiss if I didn’t take a parting shot at the A$$hole in the Oval Office whose gross incompetence has literally cost lives.

As you probably know, the CDC is now recommending that everyone wear a facemask of some type when they go out.  They asked *Rump if he would agree to appear in a PSA photo promoting the wearing of facemasks.

As you know, if you say “photo” and “promote” in the same sentence, Donnie will jump at the chance.

Unfortunately, the CDC forgot to factor in that *Rump is dumber than a bag of rocks: