Most Comical/Hysterical COVID News Stories of the past few years

The grifter that sold energy drinks on Youtube suddenly becoming an expert in epidemiology and his blind following throwing cash at him.

The 9 euro meal will take some beating.

I was at a wedding in a hotel when this was in place. We had the wedding dinner, and then moved downstairs to the private bar of the hotel for the second part of the evening. In order for us to get a drink, every person had to order another 9euro meal as we were in a different part of the hotel. I've never seen such a shameful waste of food.

I remember being in a pub and they had their dessert menus on the bar, conveniently all exactly 9 euro. 2 pints for the lads and 2 cheesecakes to stop the covid, cheers

That poor bastard in Donegal being cajoled out of hospital by yer man, only to die an agonising death shortly afterwards.

Sure it was gas, wasn't it lads.

You've misread the thread title.

I remember watching a Euro game in a pub, all spaced out, vaccine passes checked, with the volume turned off yet it was the summertime...watching a match live from a European city with a packed stadium...when we wouldn't allow 500 people into a GAA stadium that had a capacity of 40,000 plus.

We wouldn't allow music either....because we might give in to the temptation of dancing!!!

@landofthetree it certainly gave lots of ones on Twitter a big following. Thankful the vast majority of these are forgotten about now.

Tbh I don't find it funny in any comedic way which would make you laugh, COVID was bad enough but people's reactions somehow made it even worse than it needed to be imo. At the time it was really hard to believe the world would ever return to normal and these stories are kind of bringing back those really bad feelings of doom

haha I had forgotten about Luke o'Neill telling us to stick granny beside an open window on Christmas day, what madness.

There was the other one about the two 20 something year old Dublin girls who flew to Dubai to get their tits done during a Level 4 lockdown. When they were out there it changed to Level 5 and on their return they were whisked away by the army and placed into the 2,500 euro a stay Covid quarantine hotel near the airport. They had no money to pay the bill so they both escaped the hotel but Gardai promptly arrested them. Then it came out in court that they didnt get boob jobs at all and that was just a cover story for them to travel for 'medical reasons'. Twitter was speculating that they were really money mules for the Kinahans and then it came out one of them was a mother of a young child so further online meltdowns ensued. That one was great entertainment for a few days, I bet they never thought their boob jobs would become national news but thats what transpired.

I also remember a Spanish dentist from Lanzorote who rang up RTE radio one day complaining about her Irish customers. The government had just announced new travel rules that opened up travel abroad but only for medical reasons which you would have to prove at the airport. When the rule change got announced immediately she had loads of Irish ring her up for an appointment and asking her to confirm it by email. Then they printed the dentist email to show the Gardai at the airport as their proof of a 'medical reason' for travelling abroad. The poor Spanish dentist was left with an empty dentist chair for 2 weeks as all the Paddies with appointments were actually down the pub in Lanzorote with zero intention of attending her dentist lol. I laughed at that one becasue it was amazing the lengths people went to just to get the hell out of here and away from the constant lockdowns. I cant blame them either as it really was a stifling time, we were all losing our heads locked up for so long.

Never forget... how the population went completely crazy, fueled by the scaremongers in the media and the government.

This is brilliant, I am glad for google photos automatic backup

"When things were at their worst, we were at our best"

Some random queuing up outside shops/stores because you know 30 people inside is the limit. That resulted in more people going to the shops more often, also to beat boredom, queuing outside in the cold/rain: now that is absolutely beneficial for your general health. Please note that mask were not mandatory, and amazingly nobody dropped dead on the street.

Nearly forgot about Woody's and the sudden diy surge

I remember the tension in the air back in March 2020 vividly...when the shops were packed with people panic buying, there was a tension everywhere for those few days before the lock downs were announced, I'll never forget it.

Thankfully, I never felt/experienced that tension again..no matter what stage we were at.