As in please don’t go to pubs, pretty please? WTF - shut it all down already, don’t pussy foot around it
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Shutting down means it's the government responsibility - keeping them open means the Government won't need to compensate themOriginally posted by AtW View PostAs in please don’t go to pubs, pretty please? WTF - shut it all down already, don’t pussy foot around itmerely at clientco for the entertainment -
The problem is people think it's all about whether they want to take the risk or not. It's not. No-one cares about your paultry little life. It's about protecting all those people you'll infect if you go out while asymptomatic.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Exactly, it's a "brilliant" wheeze by Dom/Boris. "We haven't banned mass participation events, but we won't send any medical support.". Any event that goes ahead breaks the law and any that doesn't has chosen to do that themselves.Originally posted by eek View PostShutting down means it's the government responsibility - keeping them open means the Government won't need to compensate themEngland's greatest sailor since Nelson lost the armada.Comment
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At this point it should not even be a consideration - the faster epidemic gets under control the better for everybody, should have done it 2 weeks ago or 3Originally posted by eek View PostShutting down means it's the government responsibility - keeping them open means the Government won't need to compensate themComment
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It gets better - insurance won’t cover since Covid-19 not in list pf covered deceases ...Originally posted by Uncle Albert View PostExactly, it's a "brilliant" wheeze by Dom/Boris. "We haven't banned mass participation events, but we won't send any medical support.". Any event that goes ahead breaks the law and any that doesn't has chosen to do that themselves.Comment
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Freudian slip?Originally posted by AtW View Postcovered deceases ..."Don't part with your illusions; when they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live" Mark TwainComment
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Yeah! What Billy No Mates says, shut the pubs and clubs down, he doesn't go him anyway, so isolation at home with squirrels is perfectly normal.Originally posted by AtW View PostAs in please don’t go to pubs, pretty please? WTF - shut it all down already, don’t pussy foot around itWhat happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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beat me to itOriginally posted by MarillionFan View PostYeah! What Billy No Mates says, shut the pubs and clubs down, he doesn't go him anyway, so isolation at home with squirrels is perfectly normal.
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His roots are showing through... AtW clamouring for totalitarian state control. No going outside without a pass, etc.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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