The “I just had a sit down in the park with crisps” brigade

[Candodad]

You are the problem. The rules are simple. Go out and exercise and then go home. Just that, nothing more than that.

To be fair then problem is actually bigger than that and has been brewing for years as we increasingly become a country with rules but almost everyone has an excuse for why that rule shouldn’t apply to them/their child/family.

Crisps are so lower class Laurie. That’s what it’ll be.

Box jumps, however, are virtuous.

Crisps are so lower class Laurie. That’s what it’ll be.

And everyone knows you can only get CV from the plebs.

Would Gary Lineker be able to eat his crisps on a bench?

Box jumping was an example. Im not convinced it's a serious risk of transmission given birds poo on them, dogs sniff them, drunks vomit on them, people eat on them and all sorts of other things

And yet eating crisps on them in the thing that massively increase covid spreading....of course!

If benches are already so unhygienic, then people with limited mobility or disabilities shouldn't be sitting on them at all. Given the high risk of catching lots of different things for them, which would then use NHS resources.

Is that the reason for claiming lots of stuff, shouldn't be done, in case you use NHS resources?

Still doesn't explain how box jumps are more legitimate than sitting on a bench. Despite the fact that a bench is designed for sitting.

I just googled box jumps to be sure I understood what they were.

No mention of park benches. Or pics of them being done on a park bench.

However if you google ‘park bench’ there are some pics of people sitting on them. Not eating crisps though.

I’m not sure where that gets me.

I never realized so many people fondled benches before reading this thread.

@Shitsgettingcrazy

There are lots of reasons not to eat crisps on a bench right now. It not being a necessary part of exercise for starters. Someone actually exercising is being virtuous. Someone eating crisps is not being virtuous. It really is that simple.

Box jumping was an example. Im not convinced it's a serious risk of transmission given birds poo on them, dogs sniff them, drunks vomit on them, people eat on them and all sorts of other things

But people eating crisps on them is a massive risk, to be avoided at all costs.

Riiiiight

Someone actually exercising is being virtuous. Someone eating crisps is not being virtuous. It really is that simple

Benches are for sitting on, not exercising on. It really is that simple.

It's not possible to be creative and repurpose every day objects?

I'm still getting over the fact that as recently as mid March, the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Government was giving TV and radio interviews laying out the Government's herd immunity plan. The goal was to slow (not stop) the spread of the virus, with 60%+ (ie, at least 40 million) infected within six months or so. This would have possilby led to deaths of up to 500,000 people and was undoubtedly the thinking behind the Business as Usual approach of Cheltenham, Marathons, Football and Concerts etc into midMarch. The Psychotic Fruitcakes of the Tory Party.

It really is that simple.

Erm, once again, no.

We don’t beat this disease by being ‘virtuous‘. We beat it by limiting its spread. Jumping up and down on public property with germ riddled shoes sounds infinitely more likely to spread CV than eating crisps, which frankly poses no significant risk.

I get that you probably don’t approve of eating crisps and you do approve of box jumping. But the virus doesn’t given one single shit what you think is more socially acceptable. It’s not about that.

You seem DEEPLY confused about all this.

Ah, but what is your favourite bench snack, Cam77?

If people are using benches for box jumps I now understand how they get broken.
(Except I don't believe people really do that)

Tricep dips obviously a no-no because you'd be touching the bench with your hands for sure. Much worse than a crisp eater.

It's not possible to be creative and repurpose every day objects?

But there’s no need.

@Cam77 sounds like she eats wotsits

I’m going to save this thread and post on it in a few months to remind us all how batshit crazy some people got.

Floaty do you think vegetable kettle chips would be okay?

Because class prejudice around crisps seem to be having a huge (if totally irrelevant) impact here.

Veg kettle chips are the most middle class kind of crisp I can think of.

I've reached peak corona madness right here right now here on this thread. Felt the need to announce it.

I don't know weather to laugh or cry. (laughed a lot at biting the bus shelter actually)

May i thank those posters who have doggedly persevered in the face of utter ... twatery, answered the (usual) twaty posters and stayed good humored at the same time. A special thanks to LaurieMarlow Thank God for you here

"Imagine a world where people used their own judgement to decide whether having a snack whilst outside was a risk."

Noooo, then people might start using their brains and applying logic and powers of analysis and, well, where would we be? Quite far from our fascist utopia I think you'll find.

Today, by the by, I went for a 15 mile bike ride. Half way around, I sat on a bench by a river and ate a bar of chocolate. As i ate, I imaged the frothers of Mumsnet and their delighted disgust at my extreme selfishness (and apparently also my vulgarity) in eating an item of snack food on a deserted bench during a bike ride through deserted countryside. It made me very happy.

I don’t even know why I’m still here, I’ve never felt my grip on reality to be so flimsy

@LaurieMarlow

They're still quite greasy. You'd have the urge to wipe your hands and mouth. Which is bad and risky.

An oat cake would be better.

I've reached peak corona madness right here right now here on this thread

Also known as CoronaCrest