Thursday, May 7, 2020

And Now for Something Completely Different | Steve Beckow



By Steve Beckow, May 6, 2020

And now for something completely different! A moment of lightheartedness to ease these hours of lockdown.

Those who don’t wish a laugh in these dour times should go on to the next article.

This is how Beyond the Fringe advised us many years ago to survive a nuclear explosion. People were worried about it at the time.

It may be eminently applicable to preventing our coming down with Covid-19: Get yourself, without delay, inside a brown paper bag.

“You can do anything you like inside a brown paper bag,” Fringe reminds us.

The ultimate in sheltering in place: Take your “place” with you. No need for a mask or hand sanitizer. And no need to get jabbed with a needle.

However, they warned, only skeleton services would be available immediately after the big bomb was dropped.



1:08:09 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUd1OxPbKk4

Or you can try Woody Allen’s equally-good methodology – it has the added advantage of allowing couples to continue in conjugal bliss: Shelter inside a giant condom.



This concerned passenger on an airliner seems to have caught on to the idea: You can shroud yourself in plastic:



Make sure to allow a few holes so you don’t expire. You need to be able to inspire as well as expire. Errrr….

These are some of the many novel arrangements one might consider to fight back against this novel Coronavirus. Someone could make a fortune providing them to an entire world.

Use your ingenuity to come up with others. You have lots of time to experiment.

Source: Golden Age of Gaia