Of course it’s ridiculous that these flights were cancelled and one feels for all those affected. This new mutation is almost certainly already in Italy, given that it was spotted in Brazil in March. But this has been the year of the ridiculous, and 2021 will be no different.
Poe’s short story, ‘Masque of the Red Death’ has been coming to mind from the beginning. All the wealthy lock themselves in a castle to feast and dance and wile away time till the visiting Black Plague passes, but…. you guess what happened.
The cask of Amontillado is another Poe story that comes to mind for lockdown and Covid 19
MJ Reid
3 years ago
It would be better not to allow people to comment when they think something like this is funny…Just remember it could happen to you or yours. Laugh then, will you?
Mark Corby
3 years ago
“Why was the flight to Palermo allowed to depart”?
Because it is not, nor never really has been, part of Italy, has it?
Because it left at 5, and her’s at 5:40. There must be some point where the cutoff happens. Zeno’s Paradox (You can throw a rock at a wall but it never will hit it because: It travels half way there, then half of that, and half of the remaining distance and so on for infinity as there is always half the distance left to travel) has been shown to be a bad way to model reality.
Because it is strong decisive leadership by the Italian Govt. If we can get Boris out and Sir Kier in we could get screwed over like all our European cousins who benefit all the time from strong decisive leadership.
Merry Christmas and goodwill to all men, women and non binaries.
Of course it’s ridiculous that these flights were cancelled and one feels for all those affected. This new mutation is almost certainly already in Italy, given that it was spotted in Brazil in March. But this has been the year of the ridiculous, and 2021 will be no different.
Poe’s short story, ‘Masque of the Red Death’ has been coming to mind from the beginning. All the wealthy lock themselves in a castle to feast and dance and wile away time till the visiting Black Plague passes, but…. you guess what happened.
The cask of Amontillado is another Poe story that comes to mind for lockdown and Covid 19
It would be better not to allow people to comment when they think something like this is funny…Just remember it could happen to you or yours. Laugh then, will you?
“Why was the flight to Palermo allowed to depart”?
Because it is not, nor never really has been, part of Italy, has it?
I was going to suggest that the mafia might have had a say in the matter.
Yes, I though of that but didn’t want to wake up with one my Spaniel’s severed head in my bed!
Because it left at 5, and her’s at 5:40. There must be some point where the cutoff happens. Zeno’s Paradox (You can throw a rock at a wall but it never will hit it because: It travels half way there, then half of that, and half of the remaining distance and so on for infinity as there is always half the distance left to travel) has been shown to be a bad way to model reality.
I prefer the other Zeno, the Cypriot one, myself.
Because it is strong decisive leadership by the Italian Govt. If we can get Boris out and Sir Kier in we could get screwed over like all our European cousins who benefit all the time from strong decisive leadership.
Merry Christmas and goodwill to all men, women and non binaries.