Lockdown#2 bingo

[Juststopswimming]

I thought I'd start a thread of current over-used phrases I keep seeing on other threads (does this count as a thread about a thread? :

"its 4 weeks people!"

"this virus isnt going anywhere!" (i hold myself to account for using that one)

"its not a proper lockdown"

"Christmas is just ONE DAY"

Please feel free to add your own!

FFS people are dying.

"We just have to get used to the new normal"

"What would you suggest the government do differently then?"

'Its all a load of bollocks' my DP expressing, repeatedly, that people wont comply

I love "not a proper lockdown". This time last year 'lockdown' meant nothing outside of prison dramas, and now half the country's got strongly-held views on what a Proper one is

Am also eagerly awaiting the return of "I DESPAIR"

“Stay safe”

Naah, I was going to free climb up the shard in my pants.

"masks don't work"
"why can't we be more like Sweden"
"let the rest of us get on with our lives"

"Get a grip, you won't die if you don't see [insert friends/parents/family] for four weeks"

@Juststopswimming

"Get a grip, you won't die if you don't see [insert friends/parents/family] for four weeks"

“Maybe you should go to the range/B&M/wilko and pick up a packet of grips”

Any variation of "Do you not UNDERSTAND what xyz means?"

I really, really want someone to say put cheese in your coffee again, instead of going to the shop to buy frivolous milk, killing grannies on your way.

I think that was the highlight of my year.

@wankpuffins

Tbh it is very indulgent to expect to have milk in your coffee. Neither are essential and PEOPLE ARE DYING

Ha at this one "its not a proper lockdown" people really want to be stuck at home

Yes to all others

‘Government care more about economy than lives’

You obviously just don’t understand what EXPONENTIAL growth means.

"Stay safe" is really cringeworthy and makes me want to scream.

"I DESPAIR" makes me want to reply by telling the person uttering it to carry on despairing.

Both phrases make me fancy throwing a bucket of cold water over the perpetrator.

Covidiots is another one, used to describe anyone going about any type of normal daily business. If I remember rightly, I first saw it used to describe people sitting on park benches, some of them even having the temerity to eat a packet of crisps.

The unprecedented use of the word unprecedented!

Is it just me or is there no actual lockdown?

@Ignoringequally

Is it just me or is there no actual lockdown?

this is a good one!!

Phrases I hate:

Covid secure
Aerosol spray effect
We’re all in this together
Zoom Christmas
Digital Christmas
Not a proper lockdown
We should have a harsher lockdown
Close the schools
We should follow New Zealand
Scotland is doing better
Covid Marshalls

@MarcelineMissouri

You obviously just don’t understand what EXPONENTIAL growth means.

This is the worst of all covid phrases

If I remember rightly, I first saw it used to describe people sitting on park benches, some of them even having the temerity to eat a packet of crisps.

There were people on here calling for people who did that to be publicly beheaded in April.

“Doctor here” / “Epidemiologist here”

Ooooo!! I’ve just thought of another:

“My Dh/dw/dentists cat knows someone very high up in healthcare/government/armed forces. Therefore I can spout this utter made up bullshit about vaccines/lockdowns/Boris Johnson’s favourite colour underpants and you all have to bow down and believe me. They are VERY high up and important”

(It will be their sister in law who is a cook in a nursing home).

“Baked In”