Coronavirus Humor

Theme parks in Japan have banned screaming on roller coasters, because it spreads coronavirus, The Wall Street Journal reports, and advised riders: “Please scream inside your heart.”(7-8-2020)

I know I must have a favorite among these three, but I’m REALLY having trouble choosing from such superior candidates!

We feel his pain. Question: One must wonder why Jen didn’t pack a few pints instead of, excuse me, lemonade?

I’m just learning that there’s a growing Covid vocabulary. So far, my favorite is Quarantini. As in “This home schooling is making me desperate for my 5 pm quarantini!”

(Oh, and should you choose to have that with a beer on the side, you’re having a coronatini.)

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I was thinking “cuatro.”

This one doesn’t work for me -

From The New Yorker’s Lexicon for a Pandemic, a few that stand out:

Maskhole - someone who wears a mask in a way that makes it completely ineffective, e.g. below the nose, under the chin, on the back of the head.

Quorumtine - the minimum number of family members necessary to decide what to watch on TV.

Flattening the curve - trying to fit into your jeans after 3 months in jogging pants.

Germophobe - Formerly, crazy people; now, everyone except crazy people.

Going Viral - No longer used.

I’m shocked as well. Good thing they aren’t running shoes.

UK Man , glad you noticed the lexicon and are putting it to good use.

Wearing the mask does take some getting used to. When we were in the city, I grew accustomed to it and at some point it quit bothering me. But after 7 weeks out in the woods, when I had to wear one to a doctor appointment, I felt I was suffocating. Just not used to it now. But grateful for it!