Peter reckoned he picked up the coronavirus from the telephone while he was speaking to his grandmother. She had the coronavirus and he talked to her on the landline. She always phoned on the landline even though he had his own phone.
And now he had caught the virus off the phone. His mother had said, “Don’t be silly. You can’t catch the virus by talking to grandma on the phone. Look at me! I phone grandma every morning and I’m perfectly well. Although I’ve had a slightly sore throat these last few days.”
At grandma’s funeral, Peter’s mother gave the coronavirus to every mourner she kissed – whether she had put droplets into their telephone receiver or not.
Very topical!
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I know it’s topical – but I shouldn’t have added to the current fixation!
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It just shows the need in society for properly trained phone sanitizers, such as were on Golgafrincham Ark B.
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Strangely, tomorrow’s story (on this blog) deals with perhaps some beings who could well travel on the Golgafrincham Ark B!
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I shall be like the cat who ate some cheese and sat at the mouse hole with baited breath.
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That’s a flaming hot theme of the times. Perhaps the viri will be the first entities to successfully teleport themselves.
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I wonder if it could ever happen?
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They occupy the threshold of the living and the inanimate. They are the simplest of quasi-life-forms. They could be the place to begin with. Perhaps they are already doing that, using the living as highly sophisticated machines.
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That’s the beginning of your book? !
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Is that so good?
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I was going for the idea, rather than suggesting an opening sentence.
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Hmm…
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But did all of the funeral-goers have enough toilet paper at home? If so, they should be fine. Stay safe, my friend!
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Thanks, Sarah. I need some toilet paper to dab my moist eyes.
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Regarding corona virus, are we going to need extra Jiggers to dispose of the bodies? Too soon?
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Brilliant. As far as I know no government anywhere in the world has mentioned kalamazoos. (My posting today – not until 7 am New Zealand time – was inspired by one of your stories a while back).
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Sweet!
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