17 funny takes on the coronavirus to help keep your spirits up
There’s been a difference of opinion on the ten to one shot between police forces who are trying to take a friendly approach to helping people understand lockdown guidelines and those who *checks notes* take photos of you with drones and internet shame you for walking your dog in a national park.
Elsewhere, it looks like the curse of Westminster has affected Dominic Cummings, who has stepped back to spend less time with his family – unless he wants to infect them too.
Of course, the Twitter hilarity continues apace.
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— La Oreja de Van Gogh (@laorejadevgogh) March 29, 2020
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In the park, someone has tried to cheer people up by chalking "You Got This!" on the ground. Literally the last thing you want to hear in a pandemic.
— Frankie Boyle (@frankieboyle) March 29, 2020
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Raab today. We're about three briefings away from the Downing Street cat doing it, aren't we?
— Stephen McGann (@StephenMcGann) March 30, 2020
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One positive out of all this hand washing is I can now use the back of my hand to grate cheese.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) March 30, 2020
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you see me walking down the street, looking shifty
I approach you, get closer, but no closer than precisely two metres away from you
I open my trenchcoat and wink
taped to the lining of the coat are dozens of eggs
my prices are very reasonable, I tell you
you weep
— Marie Le Conte (@youngvulgarian) March 30, 2020
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"Move along guys…"#socialdistancing #uklockdown #sgtpepper2020 pic.twitter.com/SxE2RqT2g0
— christhebarker (@christhebarker) March 28, 2020
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I can do this until June. I fear my son will spontaneously combust from adolescent sexual frustration.
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) March 29, 2020
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Homeschool question: what would we say is the right age to learn to play Shithead?
— Lauren Laverne (@laurenlaverne) March 30, 2020
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So there's a possibility life won't return to normal for another 24 weeks. To put that in context, that's how long March is.
— Jason (@NickMotown) March 30, 2020