Okay, look...

[Aqua Letifer]

I'm just saying that the next publication, PR firm, social media schlub or whomever uses the "in the time of COVID" construction fully deserves to get face-punched. You're not being clever or profound, would-be Gabriel Márquez. You're not only ripping off the most obvious literary reference there is, but half the world already beat you to it. You're as slow as you are unimaginative. Say something else, anything else.

[George K]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Okay, look...:

You're not being clever or profound, would-be Gabriel Márquez.

Never read it. Should I?

[Copper]

Gandalf visited the Shire in the time of Gerontius, for it is said, "He [Gandalf] had not been down that way under The Hill for ages and ages, not since his friend the Old Took died..." Bilbo Baggins later refers to Gandalf's visits during the time of the Old Took.

[Aqua Letifer]

@George-K said in Okay, look...:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Okay, look...:

You're not being clever or profound, would-be Gabriel Márquez.

Never read it. Should I?

Meh. It's very good, but still kinda contemporary. Dunno how timeless it's gonna prove to be.

[Doctor Phibes]

I think we should rename this board to 'Coffee In The Time of Covid', or maybe 'Coughing in the Time of Covid'

[Aqua Letifer]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Okay, look...:

I think we should rename this board to 'Coffee In The Time of Covid', or maybe 'Coughing in the Time of Covid'

The Unbearable Crisis of Being Unoriginal

[Catseye3]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Okay, look...:

I think we should rename this board to 'Coffee In The Time of Covid', or maybe 'Coughing in the Time of Covid'

[jon-nyc]

Lol cats

[Loki]

Not to nitpick but In the time of corona is the original expression.

[brenda]

@Catseye3 said

Cats fancies frogs now, too. They're very expressive. Love the pic!

[jon-nyc]

Lets think of some replacement phrases....

• The flu to end all flus.

• The late unhealthiness.

• The roaring '20

[Aqua Letifer]

@jon-nyc said in Okay, look...:

Lets think of some replacement phrases....

• The flu to end all flus.

• The late unhealthiness.

• The roaring '20

The Virus That Will Live in Infamy
2020 Skidoo

Or hell, if we're going to rip off literature:

One Hundred Weeks of Solitude
Spread by the Wind
A Democratic Republic of Dunces
Through a Mask Darkly
The Fault in our Citizens
Behold, Here's Coronavirus
The Wind of Blame

Some titles can just be repurposed:

Things Fall Apart
Cold Comfort Farm
Far From the Madding Crowd
The Waste Land

[Mik]

@Loki said in Okay, look...:

Not to nitpick but In the time of corona is the original expression.

Yeah.

[Mik]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Okay, look...:

A Democratic Republic of Dunces

[Aqua Letifer]