Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:19pm
Hi James and Carol and other viewers too.
The Panama Hat Brigade -synopsis discription:- A group of inspired, retired assholes sitting on a high stool at the bar of certain eateries in Mojacar Playa sipping "'alfs" like it were life's blood and who try to run the life of everybody else although not making much effort themselves. They're quite good at looking in bar mirrors and eavesdropping on nearby intelligent conversations. Their dutiful wives/partners sit at a nearby table stupidly supporting every word uttered at the bar like they were the female Bamber Gascoignes of all expats. Don't think while inviting them to your terrace that you'll be invited to theirs as they think they are a different* kind of people. (*Codeword for Asshole). Usually, they start conversations with the words "The hard pressed British taxpayer . . . " Incidentally, it years since they themselves paid tax in the UK, if they ever paid tax there. The wearing of a Panama Hat is optional. They use such as disguise.
I haven't checked Covid-19 news on the BBC today yet; I hear reports of people interviewed on Irish radio that the Underground (London) still carries people jammed like sardines in a tin. Some Irish are still entering pubs through back doors, some teenagers keep drinking in some of our public parks. I think the UK and Ireland will have to come under full lock-down very shortly - just my opinion and that of another poster above (L181SKY - confusing Username). I hope Senor Johnson is looking in.
I must give credit to Dr Motherway who explained the truth of the effects and consequences of Covid-19 on Irish television last night. She was clear of what will happen if we dismiss directives.