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How stupid can Brits be?

Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2021 3:48 pm
by Devil
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How sanguinary stupid can my fellow countrymen get? At our present knowledge of the reliability of the vaccines, we have no clue as to either how much the selfish holidaymakers will contribute to viruses they can bring back or how they will contribute their viruses into their holiday climes.

Re: How stupid can Brits be?

Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2021 5:49 pm
by Jimgward
Well, well, Daily Express sensationalism again?
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Re: How stupid can Brits be?

Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2021 10:35 pm
by Dominic
Anybody who reads the Express canโ€™t lecture anybody else on stupidity.

Re: How stupid can Brits be?

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 8:59 am
by WHL
The fact is when God created the World, he made sure, each and every nation had its fair share of morons and Idiots .

Re: How stupid can Brits be?

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 10:28 am
by Dominic
Sad thing about the Express was that years ago it used to be a very good paper with interesting columnists. I used to love reading Peter Tory's column.

Re: How stupid can Brits be?

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 10:45 am
by Diocletian
In short, extremely stupid.

Re: How stupid can Brits be?

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:19 am
by Lucky Lady
Why are they stupid? The may need a holiday after a very stressful year. It is not only Brits, we have just returned from Romania (Maybe I am a stupid Brit too!). The airport was jam packed with people going on holiday ( a planeful coming here). If you have been vaccinated and tested you have done the best you can to protect yourself. Life HAS to return to some semblance of normality.
Who are you to judge??

Re: How stupid can Brits be?

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:47 am
by WHL
Lucky Lady wrote: โ†‘Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:19 am Why are they stupid? The may need a holiday after a very stressful year. It is not only Brits, we have just returned from Romania (Maybe I am a stupid Brit too!). The airport was jam packed with people going on holiday ( a planeful coming here). If you have been vaccinated and tested you have done the best you can to protect yourself. Life HAS to return to some semblance of normality.
Who are you to judge??
Err ,,,,, Devil, perhaps :lol:

Re: How stupid can Brits be?

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 12:14 pm
by Devil
Lucky Lady wrote: โ†‘Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:19 am Why are they stupid?
Who are you to judge??
If there were millions of Brits leaving the country on holiday, I would say they were stupid. However, the millions are a figment of the Express's imagination, thank the Lord! Nevertheless, I don't believe there were millions but, even if they counted only in thousands, they were still stupid to risk catching some variant of the dreaded virus or, worse, selfishly passing it on to other people.

Who am I to judge? I will judge any newspaper that exaggerates the truth for effect and thereby generating a myth to go around the social media. I will also judge harshly any hedonist who potentially puts the lives of third persons at totally unnecessary risk (not to mention their own life).

Re: How stupid can Brits be?

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 1:21 pm
by The Aquila
I wouldnโ€™t believe the date on many of the newspapers let alone the content of the click bait stories.

Re: How stupid can Brits be?

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 1:47 pm
by dodo
Not millions nor thousands but 12 flights arrived Paphos yesterday from UK alone with another load arriving today.
They made the decision to be jabbed so I wouldn't call them selfish or stupid.
I for one hope they have a great holiday

Re: How stupid can Brits be?

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 4:11 pm
by Cappielow1
I'm due to leave for Cyprus in approximately four weeks.
I haven't seen my apartment for almost two years on the date we arrive.
Wild horses wouldn't keep me off that aircraft of its at all possible for me to get there.

Happy to be stupid on this occasion๐Ÿ™„

Re: How stupid can Brits be?

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 6:12 pm
by Devil
I chose the word "hedonist" carefully to make the distinction between those who come here (or elsewhere) purely for their own pleasure and those who have a good reason, other than just for the fun of it, such as those who have property, business or relatives. I should imagine that, if you haven't somebody looking after the apartment, you may get a shock when you see it with two years of accumulated dust etc.

Re: How stupid can Brits be?

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 6:14 pm
by galexinda
I think I am correct that people who are not vaccinated can fly from the UK to Cyprus - UK is in the Red Category - reading Section 52b of the Decree dated 19 July 2021.

https://www.pio.gov.cy/coronavirus/uplo ... 1%20EN.pdf

Re: How stupid can Brits be?

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 7:15 pm
by Cappielow1
Devil wrote: โ†‘Sun Jul 25, 2021 6:12 pm I chose the word "hedonist" carefully to make the distinction between those who come here (or elsewhere) purely for their own pleasure and those who have a good reason, other than just for the fun of it, such as those who have property, business or relatives. I should imagine that, if you haven't somebody looking after the apartment, you may get a shock when you see it with two years of accumulated dust etc.
I'm fully expecting dust, but I'm not so stupid that I didn't buy a hoover, brush and dusters in the event that they might come in useful
๐Ÿ˜‰

Re: How stupid can Brits be?

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 7:21 pm
by Dominic
I actually welcome the tourists. Let them come, I say. For a start, they lower the %age of positives in the tests, because their positive figures are much lower than those in the free antigen pool. Secondly, they bring much needed income to the economy. That's the economy that doesn't rely on a nice pension to keep it going.

No, I will save my ire for those too dumb to get vaccinated (as opposed to those who cannot for medical reasons).

Re: How stupid can Brits be?

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:29 pm
by Beechwood
I found that copies of the Daily Express were highly useful during the 1st lockdown in the UK when toilet paper was in short supply

Re: How stupid can Brits be?

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:35 pm
by Maggie B
Devil wrote: โ†‘Sun Jul 25, 2021 12:14 pm
Lucky Lady wrote: โ†‘Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:19 am Why are they stupid?
Who are you to judge??
If there were millions of Brits leaving the country on holiday, I would say they were stupid. However, the millions are a figment of the Express's imagination, thank the Lord! Nevertheless, I don't believe there were millions but, even if they counted only in thousands, they were still stupid to risk catching some variant of the dreaded virus or, worse, selfishly passing it on to other people.

Who am I to judge? I will judge any newspaper that exaggerates the truth for effect and thereby generating a myth to go around the social media. I will also judge harshly any hedonist who potentially puts the lives of third persons at totally unnecessary risk (not to mention their own life).
Agreed young man.

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad world!

Maggie B

Re: How stupid can Brits be?

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 11:15 am
by Princebytor
Just back in the UK after being 'stupid' for 3 weeks in Cyprus. Both my wife and I are double jabbed and spent approx 3000 euros during our stay. I reckon the Cypriot economy could do with a few more 'stupid' Brits.

Re: How stupid can Brits be?

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 12:59 pm
by Jimgward
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Apparently Glasgow airport this weekend - so still not a lot flying!