May 17, 2020

"Picture this. It’s early March 2020. You’re in a bar petting a dog you don’t know, drinking draft beers..."

16 comments:

Lucid-Ideas said...

Petting dogs 'I don't know' is among my favorite things.

And I think it's among 'the dog's' favorite things too...well I guess...I hope.

I speak many languages, but I don't speak dog. I imply they like it because they roll over and show me their belly. I think that means they approve.

madAsHell said...

That's what we used to call a good time!!

Michael The Magnificent said...

I noticed the dog park in Grafton, which had been closed, was open the other day, and the parking lot was full with people pulling into the overflow lot across the street.

Petting dogs you don't know is back, apparently.

As I wonder how you might sanitize a dog, the sun's UV-C rays would probably do the trick.

bagoh20 said...

Most of us were doing at least that and probably more. I was regularly in large crowded casinos and other venues touching things, sharing air, passing money, receipts, glasses, plates, and pens back and forth with hundreds if not thousands of people. I went to Freemont Street which is many thousands of people crowded into a single street, shoulder to shoulder, dancing, and bumping against each other. You know, regular life, just like every other year. I even shared a car with people that tested positive a few days later. Test last week, says I've never been exposed. Here in NV, positives are currently running about 2% of tests. At the peak it was 12%, but that was people with symptoms. Now we are testing thousands every day, but many more asymptomatic people. 2% chance of getting it, and then a very low chance after that of getting sick, and then a much lower chance of death. Fear does not change the underlying facts. But, watch out for the rabid jackalopes. That's nothing to mess with. Rabies is incurable - certain death.

Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...

Joe Biden did something along those lines

...metaphorically speaking

Rory said...

"As I wonder how you might sanitize a dog"

I don't know. I wipe mine with a damp paper towel, like I do during allergy season anyway. I doubt I'm directly picking up viruses, but I might pick up some dust or loose fur that viruses are riding on.

Rory said...

"I speak many languages, but I don't speak dog."

I've had my German Shepherd for seven years. There are some people, total strangers, who can just manhandle him like he's a puppy, and he loves it. If I do the same stuff it's just tolerated.

Openidname said...

And G-d willing, I'll do it again. Soon.

Achilles said...

None of that is any more dangerous now than it was before.

The expected death rate is 101% with six states above 110%.

New York is at 142% and NYC at 240+%.

If Cuomo and a few other Governors hadn't gotten thousands of people in Nursing homes killed we would be sitting well below 100% expected death rate right now.

gilbar said...

Every One of those people are Dead Now! (or, will be, in about 90 years)
COVID-19 IS A DEATH SENTENCE!

Sebastian said...

"It’s early March 2020. You’re in a bar petting a dog you don’t know, drinking draft beers, then you follow it up by putting your fingers in some big dirty marbles, wearing used shoes and using a public bathroom"

And your point is?

We now know that for the vast majority of people the Wu virus is harmless--in fact, many don't even know the insidious invader invaded. Some plague.

JMW Turner said...

Don't worry, with a little practice, it'll make it's way back to you.

Wince said...

... then you follow it up by putting your fingers in some big dirty marbles

As a New Englander, maybe this is the opportunity for the Candlepin Bowling comeback I’ve been praying for!

tim maguire said...

That will be March 2021 as well. And when this is over and we look back on it, we’ll recognize it for the short-lived aberration that it was.

Heartless Aztec said...

I keep my mailbox full of pup treats to get to know those who regularly shit my yard on their afternoon and early evening walks.

Charlie said...

Candlepin Bowling is possibly the worst thing ever, so it would make sense that in 2020 it will make a comeback.