{"id":1511,"date":"2020-04-01T11:01:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T11:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonelkon.com\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2020-04-02T10:31:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T10:31:22","slug":"corona-chronicles-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonelkon.com\/jnlk\/corona-chronicles-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Corona Chronicles Part 1:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s Get Through This!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Strategy 1: Reach out<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This blog is the first of a series which should give you strategies for getting through 12 weeks of isolation. These strategies are the result of brilliant insights gained at 3.52am every morning, when my eyes pop open and, with a groan, I contemplate yet another day on my prison island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instructions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Copy &amp; Paste the following into Notes (if you have an iPhone) or wherever you can keep useful stuff on your inferior iPhone clone.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am in lockdown on Isolation Island and to prevent insanity I am reaching out to everyone I know to say,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8f1z-nHvt3c\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/8f1z-nHvt3c<\/a> (skip ad!)&nbsp;&nbsp;There is no need to reply, but if you want to, please send me one brilliant tip for surviving the Plague. Here\u2019s mine: Open your CONTACTS or ADDRESS BOOK and send this message to everyone in it.<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8f1z-nHvt3c\ufeff\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Go through the As in your Address Book, deleting anyone you haven\u2019t heard from or spoken to in the past year.<\/li><li>Send this message to all the remaining A\u2019s using Messages, or WhatsApp, FB Messenger, Facebook, or whatever method you enjoy most.<\/li><li>Wait for responses. Delete anyone who doesn\u2019t reply (Unless it\u2019s Aunt Flopsy who never reads messages, lives on Flopsy Island and eats children).<\/li><li>Repeat for B, C, D et al.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>That should keep you busy!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Strategy 2: Write a LIMERICK!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Limericks have only one purpose; upcheering!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There once was an author called Arthur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whose works would remain ever after<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well that\u2019s what he said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While boiling his head<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To the sound of hysterical laughter!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Yeh yeh what&#8217;s that got to do with Corona\/Covid?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>More strategies coming&#8230;.what are yours?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s Get Through This! 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