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dinny_g wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 10:01 am

NotoriousREV wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 8:23 am

ZedLeg wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 1:30 am Sorry for your troubles.

Such an offensive thing to say to an Irishman, smh

Thanks lads, that made me laugh...

By the way, “Sorry for your troubles” is pretty much the standard default Irish expression of sympathy...

Perfectly apt Zed...

I’m glad at least one of you realised I was joking

But remember, never take funeral advice literally...

To be fair the Irish term "troubles" has been swapped out across the UK for the term "this shit" when referring to coronavirus. It would be amusing to hear Irish folk talk candidly about COVID-19 as "the troubles", it would confuse a few people who thought we'd moved on past that decades ago

What is with us and these names...

WW2 was know as “The Emergency”

dinny_g wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 10:11 am What is with us and these names...

It all sounds Irish to me...

Broccers wrote: Wed May 27, 2020 10:49 am What's this localised lockdown idea all about?

It's already the case, isn't it? Scotland and Wales are different to England. Why not make it smaller scale, so if an outbreak occurs in Weston-super-Mare, for instance (not taking a random example, the hospital there was overrun with new COVID19 admissions last weekend and apparently 40% of the medical staff have it now) then everything in Weston shuts down for 14 days.

Of course, quite how you stop people in Wandsworth doing a Gordon Ramsey if a new outbreak started in London, I don't know.

My tired brain couldn’t tell if Rev was winding me up so I decided to play it safe

Swervin_Mervin wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 10:13 am

dinny_g wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 10:11 am What is with us and these names...

It all sounds Irish to me...

You know it...

NotoriousREV wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 10:07 am

dinny_g wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 10:01 am

NotoriousREV wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 8:23 am

Such an offensive thing to say to an Irishman, smh

Thanks lads, that made me laugh...

By the way, “Sorry for your troubles” is pretty much the standard default Irish expression of sympathy...

Perfectly apt Zed...

I’m glad at least one of you realised I was joking

Great time for making jokes.

Sad news, I expect a lot will be experiencing similar I’ve the next few months...

NotoriousREV wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 8:23 am

ZedLeg wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 1:30 am Sorry for your troubles.

Such an offensive thing to say to an Irishman, smh

In a technical planning session I once used the term "the final solution" and a non-Jewish person took great offence. There was general bemusement in the room.

And no, it wasn't a planning session about how to commit religious genocide. I think it was about putting some new voice authentication technology in place.

Rich B wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 10:41 am Great time for making jokes.

Dinny appreciated the joke. Are you getting offended on someone else’s behalf?

We watched a funeral on the laptop it's not good especially when it freezes and you miss the end.

NotoriousREV wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 10:50 am

Rich B wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 10:41 am Great time for making jokes.

Dinny appreciated the joke. Are you getting offended on someone else’s behalf?

Pretty sure he is showing how empathetic he is!

Gavin wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 10:54 am

NotoriousREV wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 10:50 am

Rich B wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 10:41 am Great time for making jokes.

Dinny appreciated the joke. Are you getting offended on someone else’s behalf?

Pretty sure he is showing how empathetic he is!

Great time for jokes

Well at least you managed to get Zedleg all worried he’d upset others by not knowing every bit of slang out there.

Meh, there’s nothing wrong with apologising for offending someone.

Unneeded in this instance admittedly

You made me feel guilty by feeling guilty...

Edit - which you don’t have to apologise for, just in case anyone gets offended

Broccers wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 10:53 am We watched a funeral on the laptop it's not good especially when it freezes and you miss the end.

Its strange times indeed and I really feel for anybody who has lost someone they know recently and couldn't get to a funeral, console loved ones etc.

That said, will we just assume that everybody has made the joke in their heads about all knowing the end to that show, spoiler alert etc and move on?

It’s fine lads really

She fought the good fight against MS for 50 Odd years, the last 40 confined to a wheelchair. Still played cards in the community hall every Friday night

She was a proper old Skool Irish farm women.

Ascender wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 11:26 am

Broccers wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 10:53 am We watched a funeral on the laptop it's not good especially when it freezes and you miss the end.

Its strange times indeed and I really feel for anybody who has lost someone they know recently and couldn't get to a funeral, console loved ones etc.

That said, will we just assume that everybody has made the joke in their heads about all knowing the end to that show, spoiler alert etc and move on?

Got to laugh!