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  • #272
    foxy06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,138 ✭✭✭foxy06


    I used to cough to hide a fart. Now I fart to hide a cough.


  • #273
    Wayne Jarvis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,076 ✭✭✭Wayne Jarvis


    endacl wrote: »
    Changes? I’ve been taking the piss out of pointless panic buying by fcuking idiots.

    That’s about it, really.
    Remember that attitude when you're begging Candie for staples.


  • #274
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,447 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Guy Person wrote: »
    Remember that attitude when you're begging Candie for staples.
    I’ve loads of staples.

    Be grand.


  • #275
    Better Than Christ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭Better Than Christ


    The panic buying is getting really annoying. I went into Tesco's today to buy a pack of Andrex and the shelves were nearly bare. Only twelve packs left, so I bought them all, just in case. A lot of very selfish people out there.


  • #276
    Still waters
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,166 ✭✭✭Still waters


    No changes here really, i haven't done any extra buying but an elderly neighbour up the road has enough to feed a junior B hurling team the morning after winning the championship, so if things get tough ill just go up and take some of hers, I'm a foot taller and about 6 stone heavier than her so she shouldn't be a problem


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  • #277
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,215 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    I am not hoarding food etc. I think that is selfish and will make things worse.

    I am taking precautions. Not wearing clothes more than one day...hot washes ( i do that anyway).

    Washing things that i have put on public surfaces or floors.

    Bringing hand sanitizers. Not using public transport. (not everyone has that option though)

    I will wear a mask...i just feel conscious about it.


  • #278
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I'm not so sure it is pointless to stock up a bit, at least not for everyone. I'm about to have a baby in the next couple of weeks, the last thing I want to do is be in a position where I'm out of essentials when I've a newborn to think of. I can't take the risk of being too ill myself to parent a newborn , if I can possibly avoid it. I know young children have an easier time of this virus, but I can't know for absolute certain until my baby arrives if he has any health issues that could make him vulnerable. My husband works in a hospital, he could be infected or isolated at any point so I can't depend on that not changing either.

    It's all fine if you're not vulnerable yourself or responsible for a vulnerable person, but if you are it's sensible to cover your bases. Not to an hysterical extent, just a sensible extent.


  • #279
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,215 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Still waters wrote: »
    No changes here really, i haven't done any extra buying but an elderly neighbour up the road has enough to feed a junior B hurling team the morning after winning the championship, so if things get tough ill just go up and take some of hers, I'm a foot taller and about 6 stone heavier than her so she shouldn't be a problem
    Don't be fooled old ladies are tough!


  • #280
    Cork_Langer1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 198 ✭✭Cork_Langer1


    I openly cough in queues.
    Don't wash my hands at all, even after wiping my arse.
    I spread misinformation to gullible people, Corona is everywhere, we need to panic buy everything now.


  • #281
    The Princess Bride
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,657 ✭✭✭✭The Princess Bride


    Seamai wrote: »
    Washing my hand a lot more, the skin is starting to get a bit sore, like my old O.C.D. days.
    Also keeping public transport use down to the bare minimum.

    For anyone who finds their hands getting sore, for goodness sake use a moisturiser.
    If the skin integrity on your hands breaks down, you're more at risk of picking up any and all germs.


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  • #282
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,215 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Cork_Langer1 wrote: »
    I openly cough in queues.
    Don't wash my hands at all, even after wiping my arse.
    I spread misinformation to gullible people, Corona is everywhere, we need to panic buy everything now.

    Ah sure you have to have your fun!:pac:


  • #283
    Leg End Reject
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 20,656 Mod ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    I now greet every person I dislike with a concerned face and, in a hushed tone, inform them that they look very peaky. When I see the fear in their eyes I enquire if they've been ill, whilst slowly backing away and dousing myself in sanitiser.
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php




  • #284
    Dr. Bre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,841 ✭✭✭Dr. Bre


    I fart rather than cough


  • #285
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Leg End Reject wrote: »
    I now greet every person I dislike with a concerned face and, in a hushed tone, inform them that they look very peaky. When I see the fear in their eyes I enquire if they've been ill, whilst slowly backing away and dousing myself in sanitiser.

    Just cough in their faces. Then even if you don't give them Covid19, there's still the chance you give them a heart attack.

    This is only for those you really dislike though, or those you owe money.


  • #286
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,408 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Candie wrote: »
    I wash my hands a great deal more. If I drive somewhere, I use sanitzer before I get back in the car so I don't smear anything all over the steering wheel, and I wash my hands as soon as I get home, before I eat or prepare food, as well as the usual times. I avoid public bathrooms, and the supermarket is the most crowded place I've been to. I've stocked up a bit on the staples, hopefully unnecessarily.

    ETA: anyone who uses cash should consider switching to contactless or using their phone to pay for purchases. Money is filthy at the best of times and best avoided more than ever now.
    Also remember to clean your phone they can be filthy too!
    Similar enough to this the extra handwashing is wrecking my hands. I can recommend Garnier body repair hand cream though it has made a huge difference my knuckles especially were in bits, on offer in boots for 3ish euro.
    No hand shaking either.


  • #287
    Better Than Christ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭Better Than Christ


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    I am not hoarding food etc. I think that is selfish and will make things worse.

    Well, when I'm lying in a bath of pasta every evening, I think I'll have the last laugh.


  • #288
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,765 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    I am not hoarding food etc. I think that is selfish and will make things worse.

    I am taking precautions. Not wearing clothes more than one day...hot washes ( i do that anyway).

    Washing things that i have put on public surfaces or floors.

    Bringing hand sanitizers. Not using public transport. (not everyone has that option though)

    I will wear a mask...i just feel conscious about it.

    There's no need to wear a mask.

    Most are useless and you'd only need one if you're carrying the virus and to stop you spreading it, they won't stop you getting it.

    Also, washing clothes. If the virus is on the clothes then you have the virus too so I don't see the point in washing them.


  • #289
    Gavlor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭Gavlor


    Candie wrote: »
    I wash my hands a great deal more. If I drive somewhere, I use sanitzer before I get back in the car so I don't smear anything all over the steering wheel, and I wash my hands as soon as I get home, before I eat or prepare food, as well as the usual times. I avoid public bathrooms, and the supermarket is the most crowded place I've been to. I've stocked up a bit on the staples, hopefully unnecessarily.

    ETA: anyone who uses cash should consider switching to contactless or using their phone to pay for purchases. Money is filthy at the best of times and best avoided more than ever now.

    Yup, putting your phone against a card machine is a much cleaner option.....


  • #290
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    gmisk wrote: »
    Also remember to clean your phone they can be filthy too!
    Similar enough to this the extra handwashing is wrecking my hands. I can recommend Garnier body repair hand cream though it has made a huge difference my knuckles especially were in bits, on offer in boots for 3ish euro.
    No hand shaking either.

    Also remote controls. Either put them in a ziplock bag when other people are using them or when you are, and wipe them down often. Lightswitches need a wipe down too.


  • #291
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,408 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Better Than Christ wrote: »
    Well, when I'm lying in a bath of pasta every evening, I think I'll have the last laugh.
    I'm making my clothes from toilet paper...that's why everyone else was bulk buying them I assume


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  • #292
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Gavlor wrote: »
    Yup, putting your phone against a card machine is a much cleaner option.....

    You don't have to actually touch it with the phone. That's why it's called 'contactless'!


  • #293
    Leg End Reject
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 20,656 Mod ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    After reading this thread I will be driving to every county and buying all the staples in stock in each.

    You won't see me rushing around with loose sheets of paper when society breaks down.
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php




  • #294
    Better Than Christ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭Better Than Christ


    Gavlor wrote: »
    Yup, putting your phone against a card machine is a much cleaner option.....

    It's much easier to wipe a phone than wipe cash. As anyone who has ever had to clean security dye from thousands of banknotes will be only too aware. :mad:


  • #295
    Rufeo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 503 ✭✭✭Rufeo


    Better Than Christ wrote: »
    Well, when I'm lying in a bath of pasta every evening, I think I'll have the last laugh.

    Sweat flavour.

    Gross

    Pasta a la body juices


  • #296
    Better Than Christ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭Better Than Christ


    Rufeo wrote: »
    Sweat flavour.

    Gross

    Pasta a la body juices

    I have a peculiar medical condition that prevents me from sweating.


  • #297
    andekwarhola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,640 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    I would have thought anybody that's not an utter minger and has working bowels and a bladder would have been washing their hands 5-6 times a day anyway.


  • #298
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,765 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Gavlor wrote: »
    Yup, putting your phone against a card machine is a much cleaner option.....

    You don't touch the machine.

    Also, you will not get a Coronavirus from your phone.

    It would need to be in contact with lots of people and objects for that too happen and then you'd have been in the same places and most likely have breathed it in.


  • #299
    stinger31
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 72 ✭✭stinger31


    Has anyone on here lost their job yet because of the Coronavirus? and if so what area/sector were you in?

    https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/coronavirus-unprecedented-threat-and-already-causing-job-losses-tourism-ireland-chief-39036943.html


  • #300
    beejee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭beejee


    Kissogram here, things are looking rough.

    But I do mouth to mouth resuscitation classes part-time, so I can fallback on something at least. Happy days :)


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  • #301
    beejee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭beejee


    Upgraded the telescope


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