Putting Covid weeks into perspective
SOME observations from the last 20 weeks. Covid-19 perspectives. Who would have thought that:
1 A directional floor arrow could be so problematical.
2 Betsi Cadwaladr is now a nightly news item.
3 One could walk so far in one hour.
4 Shopping on line could prove so exciting.
5 Foreign holidays are not a human right.
6 Hancock’s Half-Hour (early evening press conference) is in line for a TV award.
7 Deliberation becomes a leadership quality.
8 Sterility is a football match without supporters.
9 Lockdown pushes Brexit into the middle pages.
10 A moral compass is a only a pre-requisite for cabinet members going for a walk.
11 The Cominic Dummings fashion brand fails to woo the public.
12 BJ has given the Chinese Takeaway a different meaning.
13 Fish and chips is now a Friday night treat.
14 The downside of face masks are protruding ears.
15 A tank full of petrol would last three months.
16 A hug is the a gold standard of affection.
17 The handshake might be gone for ever.
18 Expert opinion is delivered in such absolute terms.
19 Any obesity initiative could ignore the fact that overweight people do watch television after the nine o’clock threshold.
20 Delivery vans are the new social contact.
21 Early morning bird-song is so melodic.
22 A five mile drive has such elastic properties.
23 A 2 metre distance is such a variable.
24 Toilet paper eventually makes it onto the shopping list.
25 Six hangers are adequate for the current wardrobe.
26 A sneeze into your sleeve is the measure of good practice.
27 A new vaccine tops the Christmas wish-list.
28 Hand sanitisers are more popular than Aftershave or Eau de Cologne.
29 Village policemen queueing outside Greggs is indicative of normality.
30 Cominic Dummings’s 30 mile drive is unlikely to be endorsed as a standard eye test by the DVLA
Stuart Summerhayes Talbot Green, Pontyclun