Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

Good shout but just had a long weekend in Vietnam and I’m booking Malaysia soon so no cruises yet.

we need figures. hard facts. research.

maybe the stress is also making people shit more, or possibly the canned fruit. People that haven't touched a prune in decades suddenly getting caught short.

Do Fray Bentos sales also go up? Is there a correlation?

Except not those figures and facts you disagree with.

I’d read that toilet roll is to due to shelf space and it’s more visibly depleted and therefor enters a panic cycle.

Tobasco will be well down the line...

I’d read that toilet roll is to due to shelf space and it’s more visibly depleted and therefor enters a panic cycle.

5 big pack of rolls vs. 40 small cans.

We buy packs of 24 bog rolls just because it’s cheaper.

^ expect to feature on the golf club thread

Everyone knows that the 3 basic essentials of UK living are bread, milk and toilet rolls. Everyone over 60 has at least one loaf and 4 pints of milk in their freezer at any time, so there's a countrywide reserve there for times of crisis. Toilet rolls do not thaw well, hence the panic buying.

And tea Shirley...?

Strongbow

I authorise @Mickie_Cricket to post image of my arse washing hose

40 small cans of what?
I mean, I'd buy 40 small cans of beer rather than 5 big pack of rolls. But I'd buy 5 big pack of rolls of £50 notes rather than 40 small cans of mushrooms.
Or have I missed something?

I've still got my No Deal stockpile cupboard. When the apocalypse comes my packs of olives, sun-dried tomatoes and tofu will be worth their weight in gold

(golf club bait)

What are you - some sort of frenchman?

Finnish actually, although married to a Frenchwoman. The thing is, growing up, squat toilets were associated with filthy Russian holes in the ground. The SOAS ones were the first ones I had come across any in western Europe and properly cleaned and flushed to boot.

The ones in France tend to be rank as well.

Do Fray Bentos sales also go up? Is there a correlation?

Anecdotally, in Streatham Sainsbury's there were empty shelves of pasta, rice, tinned pulses, tuna etc, but Spam and Fray Bentos were comfortably riding the storm with fulsome availability.
(They were in the war, you know. Seen it all before. And powdered eggs. Bananas hadn't been invented. etc...)

powdered eggs

A hugely underrated emergency food. Lasts forever and tastes pretty good.

Patience, I'm waiting for them to become de rigueur in the home owners thread before I drop that humble brag.

What are you - some sort of frenchman?

Just because of the common ground with the other thread derail topic going on here, I´ll add that the only ways to properly clean one´s undercarriage is by way of the Finnish arse shower (hangs on the wall betwixt toilet and sink) or the bidet. Who the fuck wants to spread one´s faeces about with a bit of flattened dead tree carcass? Disgusting.

in Streatham Sainsbury's there were empty shelves of pasta, rice, tinned pulses, tuna etc

B...but. If the shelves were empty how do you know this?!? [tinfoil_hat.jpg]

Who the fuck wants to spread one´s faeces about with a bit of flattened dead tree carcass? Disgusting.

The return of Mr Rimmer

Genuine question -

I've booked flights to the states in around 4 weeks time, with an airline who have said they may be in a bit of trouble;

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/06/norwegian-airlines-shares-plummet-as-coronavirus-hammers-travel-sector

Can I take out insurance against this? I didn't book on a CC and only booked flights - which I think means I'm not ATOL protected.

Just got this in the mail...

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Is that bulge underneath a Quietus kit then?

I didn't book on a CC

Whyyyyyyyyyyyy tho

Check your travel insurance policy you might already be covered

I've been getting funeral and coffin adverts in Facebook ads!

Collection only? Think of the exposure!