Update from The House of Plague, Day 30

[elisi]

These win today's internet:

We'd like to give our own round of applause to Connie who at 106 is heading home from City Hospital having successfully beaten #Coronavirus.

She is our oldest patient to beat the virus - and may well be the oldest in the country to do so! #ClapForConniehttps://t.co/bKONIq4sTZ pic.twitter.com/zT28UPdT4A

— SWBH NHS Trust (@SWBHnhs) April 15, 2020

(Direct link: https://twitter.com/SWBHnhs/status/1250405213149724672)

"You've done it! People have donated over £5m!"

99-year-old army veteran Captain Tom Moore says it is "completely out of this world" after finding out he has raised over £5m for NHS charitieshttps://t.co/gRReTgJbJE pic.twitter.com/BB3g0ka8lW

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 15, 2020

(Direct link: https://twitter.com/BBCNews/status/1250350042004643842)

When they said try working from home I didn’t realise they’d expect me to do the music too @BBCNews @BBCNWT #BBCNewsTheme 🥁 #workingfromhome pic.twitter.com/DVXjDw0l8F

— Owain Wyn Evans (@OwainWynEvans) April 15, 2020

(Direct link: https://twitter.com/OwainWynEvans/status/1250319769678409735)

ETA: Ahhh, but this is wonderful:

A new short story by Paul Cornell: The Shadow Passes
(Basically the Doctor & the fam being stuck in lockdown - not corona, not on Earth - and with lovely, lovely character stuff for Thirteen. ♥ ♥ ♥)

Comments

[beer_good_foamy]

Ooo, thanks for the tip on The Shadow Passes.

On the meme front I really like this one, and I'm sure someone else will translate it anyway (or it's stolen from somewhere) but here goes my attempt:

If "Working from home" had achievements
DUCKBURG: Hold work meeting without pants
MARY BERRY: Sudden urge to try to bake
SANITARY PAD: Clean flat even if it's not needed
UNSANITARY PAD: Don't clean flat even if it's desperately needed
EXTREME LONE MAKEOVER: Try new hairdo/facial hair style
SMART ON INSTAGRAM: Take up puzzles or crosswords
EARL SANDWICH: Toast for breakfast, lunch and dinner
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEY LOOK AT THIS: Start watching health spox press conference, immediately become distracted by something funny
SIRI, WHAT'S "ERGONOMICS"? Develop serious back and neck problems
#TEAMELASTIC: Forget what jeans feel like
1PM SOMEWHERE: Alcohol - it's not just for evenings anymore!

[elisi]

Ooo, thanks for the tip on The Shadow Passes.
You're welcome. I saw it, read it, and ran straight to my post to add it! :)

On the meme front I really like this one, and I'm sure someone else will translate it anyway (or it's stolen from somewhere) but here goes my attempt:
Very nice! :D And great translation, except for 'sanitary pad' which is, well, something else. What is it they use to describe it 'feminine hygiene product' or something similarly wishy-washy. 'Disinfectant wipe' is probably better. (If you are wanting to post it to your DW.)

:)

[kerk_hiraeth]

Over £7 million last I saw, and there's a wee girl trying to get people to send him virtual 100th birthday cards later this month.

[elisi]

Wow. The £5 million was from this morning!

And well done, little girl. Little girls are better at getting stuff done than certain politicians we shall not be naming.

[beer_good_foamy]

Yeah, "pad" was a stretch - I know it's been slang for flat at some point somewhere (1970s US, maybe?) which is like totally groovy, man, but still probably not the best. Separated in time and space by a common language and all that, it gets confusing for us poor foreigners. :)

[elisi]

I know it's been slang for flat at some point somewhere (1970s US, maybe?) which is like totally groovy, man
It's definitely used in an Angel episode.

Separated in time and space by a common language and all that, it gets confusing for us poor foreigners. :)
Not half! And scouring pads are a thing.

[kerk_hiraeth]

£10 Million now.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52303859

kerk

[elisi]

£12 million!!

[kerk_hiraeth]

Yeah, just woke up and saw :-)

[elisi]

It's lovely to wake up to good news! :D

[kerk_hiraeth]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52303859

kerk

[elisi]

Something in my eye...

[kerk_hiraeth]

This piece mentions Reegan Davies; the girl who's trying to get people to send him virtual cards for his 100th birthday.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/captain-tom-moore-ten-million_uk_5e9786fac5b65eae709eab89

kerk

[elisi]

There was a link on that page to the initiative and how to join:

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/birthday-card-100-captain-tom_uk_5e96be36c5b65eae709c5d5f

:)

[lokifan]

LMAO thanks for the Owain Wyn Evans Twitter link - and The Shadow Passes!

[elisi]

You are very welcome! (I might have had the drumming on repeat a few times...)

[sea_thoughts]

That drumming is amazing!

The Greatest Generation still living up to its name, I see.

[elisi]

That drumming is amazing!
He has been drumming since the age of 8, and was semi-professional before becoming a weather man.

The Greatest Generation still living up to its name, I see.
And yes. Very much so. A shame that they still need to fight...

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

Way to go, Connie and Capt. Moore!

Stacey

[karmaku.livejournal.com]

Wow, I love that drumming clip so much, haha! Aaaah, British television. Gotta love it.

[elisi]

The Greatest Generation indeed.

[elisi]

I may have watched it quite a few times...

And yes, British TV - definitely go the eccentricity angel covered. :)

[sea_thoughts]

He has been drumming since the age of 8, and was semi-professional before becoming a weather man.

Music's loss was weather's gain? *lol*

Very much so. A shame that they still need to fight...

I agree.

[elisi]

Music's loss was weather's gain? *lol*
Something like. :D

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I know it is a typo - but I so want to know more about the eccentricity angel... :)

[elisi]

LOL

Oh god, must be Aziraphale! :D

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, of course!

[elisi]