Humerous comments about government members

NotSpaghetti I've just found the time to watch your youtube link. I hadn't heard of Michael Spicer before and found him very funny. Much more outrageous than my comments. I shall look for more by him.

Ta ra

Not personal, I don't know the OP

Just very very unfunny

I see no reason to contribute anything amusing on this unpleasant thread, why would I?
As I said, there are some very humorous threads on here.
Perhaps you missed them

Then make it one Callistemon or is there some personal vendetta against the OP or a reluctance to take the piss out of the government going on? Because I can't see any reason for not lightening up and simply posting something funny

There are some great threads on here trisher
Unfortunately, I think the consensus is that this is not one of them

My stepsister lives in France but her printer packed up so she was stuffed. Harangued by a gendarme for not having the right documentation. Even with her permission slip it seems she can only leave her home once every few weeks. Fine if you can afford to stock up but not so good for those on a low fixed income.

THERE IS NO PERFECT SYSTEM JUST HUMAN BEINGS TRYING TO DEAL WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION.

The jokes thread was great and did an excellent job of keeping my mind off the situation.

Don't you worry about me, trisher, DH and I have been roaring with laughter at some of the truly funny jokes and videos which have been sent to us by friends and family since this lockdown began and which we have shared.

The thing is, they are not tinged with spite, but we have laughed more than usual because, despite the tragedies, the real worries about relatives on the front line, humour at its best has been doing the rounds.

This OP is like a variation on a song:

99 Lead Balloons

I reserve the right to comment as and when I see fit Trisher - I have contributed many funny/amusing/ lighthearted posts over the years, but allow me to choose when and what I post - surely that is not too much to ask?

Hello Carrie - and how is Dilyn?

Then post something funny MawB and raise people's spirits instead of just criticising and pulling things down. The OP asks for amusing things.

The holier than thou posts on this thread do nothing for anybody
Now we’re getting there. The thought police have decided that if we don’t find something “funny” we are being “holier than thou”
I am not alone in failing to discern any wit or humour in the original post but that has not stopped me laughing out loud, as they say, at many of the hilarious memes doing the rounds on the Internet.
Your point of view, Trisher does not entitle you to any moral high ground, it is precisely that - a point of view.
Before you counter with, nor does mine, I fully accept that.
But IMO any half-baked end of the pier show YOP trainee comedian could almost certainly have come up with something more amusing, even humorous.

Callistemon you don't find it funny I do. Maybe you think it is somehow more virtuous to lose your sense of humour because ofthe situation . I don't. Laughter is good for us. It raises your immunity levels and makes you feel better. The holier than thou posts on this thread do nothing for anybody.

I don't think that's funny - someone should point out to him what he's doing, it must be an unconscious habit.
Like my friend who went food shopping with disposable gloves and mask then forgot and scratched her face with gloves still on. She realised what she had done afterwards.

Under normal circumstances such things might be humorous but when it is a matter of life and death, perhaps passing it on to a vulnerable person, I can't see anything funny in this thread.

People who find it funny must have a different sense of humour than me, when people are dying.

I think this is quite funny. Dominic Raab licks his finger whilst making a speech. Does he want a week off like Boris? www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8169397/Dominic-Raab-raises-eyebrows-LICKS-finger-stands-sick-Boris-Johnson.html

Notspaghetti That was funny - excruciating to listen to and an agonisingly accurate picture of the leader of a great nation completely out of his depth, but funny.

I have no idea what you mean by asking me if I would have written the same were you talking about Brexit
somehow I doubt it
Whatever that means.

I don't think your unfunny thread is going down too well, do you?
Perhaps time for you to ask to have it pulled?

Stay safe in France.

As regards my statements about Johnson, Gove and Raab, I was quoting some of the comments attached to a newspaper column that I happen to find amusing

Fair enough, you thought the comments were humorous, the majority of replies did not.
End of.

Callistemon Yes, I do live in France, but I am English/British and am very sad to see what has happened to the country over the past decade. The British people deserve more than they received during that time and now the situation is being made worse by the present crisis.

As regards my statements about Johnson, Gove and Raab, I was quoting some of the comments attached to a newspaper column that I happen to find amusing and that I think are relevant. They are pertinent to the ministers and not to the current situation. Would you have written the same, had I been writing about a different subject - say Brexit? Somehow I doubt it.

Brilliant, NotSpaghetti!

At the risk of being shot down in flames:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWPdlbAXSVo

There has always been a British tradition of finding the funny side
Precisely, the key word being funny .

paddyanne

Boris has the virus, he is not in hiding, I think your remarks about him being a clown are juvenile and pathetic.

Raab and Hancock sounds like a very dodgy firm of solicitors to me.
Gove is just relishing the time Boris is in isolation and trying to pretend he isn't.
I'd back Boris in the battle of lies. He's had so much more practice. (Has he really got the virus??)
Amazing that you're not allowed to make jokes about things. There has always been a British tradition of finding the funny side.
Preaching never helps

I certainly isn't in the least bit amusing.

Thousands of retired NHS staff have come out of retirement and some have already died. 25% of the NHS staff are self isolating. The Nightingale Hospital has been created in record time. it has 4000 beds but needs 16,000 staff. Where are they going to come from?
So - is your attempt at humour in the least funny?

No, it isn't.