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I’ve seen Joker, Parasite, JoJo Rabbit and Once Upon a Time. At first I thought Joker would win, despite being fairly derivative of King of Comedy, but then I saw Parasite and my mind was completely changed, I absolutely loved that film. I’d previously seen the director’s earlier film The Host, so I wasn’t at all surprised that it was such a good piece of film making.

They could splice in crowd scenes from the chariot race in Ben Hur.

The smartest move is to pay by card. If you can’t avoid cash, then you take your chances. There’s no way that all money already in circulation can be irradiated and if an attempt was made, the danger would have passed by the time the task was completed.

I’ve got so many discs at home that I’m yet to watch. Classics like The Dambusters, The Cruel Sea and more recent stuff like The Lighthouse, The Dead Don’t Die, Ford v Ferrari etc etc. I’m currently watching the HBO/BBC production of His Dark Materials. It’s brilliant.

They are probably requested to do that, and it’s probably just as much about sending a message of responsible contact to viewers, as it is for their own benefit.

Ride of the Valkyries... appropriate for the apocalypse.

And Princess Panda, Funnyface Gordon and the rest of the crew.

No... but it should have been; we won it.

Yes, and I didn’t see him in Shanghai.

That’s probably Ron Blaskett or Happy Hammond; posthumously.

The rain... sounded like polite applause.

If a player was to contract the virus from close contact with other players, then that would mean a player that already had the bug, was playing ?

Yeah, they do watch as much... the difference is that their media take a much more level headed and informative approach to the reporting with lots of public service announcements re the precautions they should be adhering to.

In Taiwan a bit over two weeks ago and there was none of the kind of behaviour we're witnessing. No panic buying, no fighting over toilet rolls or hand sanitiser. They take all of the necessary precautions and get on with their lives with no fuss. Similar population to ours, yet the 4th most condensed population on the planet, yet their case count is maybe one sixth of ours... they're obviously doing something right. Oh, and I'm the oldie in this family.

You shouldn't feel any guilt for helping out a friend, it's the black marketeers who deserve to be smashed! If you see any such activity, catch a screen image with person's name and then name and shame them in the public space (Facebook, Twitter, wherever) and there must be somewhere these things can be reported.

Oh I don’t know; anyone can have a premiership cup, but hopefully, only one team will ever own the Corona Cup.

I think this season should officially not be counted as a Premiership season. Maybe all teams could play for a one-off Corona Cup.

Nice one... that’s a 3rd hypothesis! Here are the other two (which you’ve ignored as they probably don’t suit your China bashing agenda): “For many years, medical historians and epidemiologists hypothesized that the outbreak could have started at: 1. A British army base in Étaples, France or 2. At Fort Riley in Kansas, where the first American cases of this new strain of flu were recorded in March of 1918.

With no crowds, I think a lot of the “where you play” aspect is taken out of the equation. They are inside a stadium that could be anywhere, but without the crowd influencing umpiring decisions.

Yes, but I don’t subscribe to the idea that we are the AFL’s “whipping boy”; we get what we get courtesy of poor performances. However, I do think that the other considerations I mentioned will come into play, making it a very unpredictable season (much more so than usual).

Hey, it’s the off season ?

I can’t read the article (paywall), so I don’t know how they come to their conclusions, but I would have thought that early rounds being played to empty stadiums could have a big bearing on results, particularly in SA and WA where the crowds have typically had a big impact on umpiring decisions. Another consideration is the fact that there will be no VFL competition (is that right?), meaning that the clubs who can keep their best 22 on the field deepest into the competition may have an edge, due to replacement players, despite training, possibly not being at full match fitness.

A two week lockdown? Can’t see that achieving too much.

Well, going on your logic, most Demonlanders must be right leaning, based on the similar victim mentality they display in the belief that the MFC is hated by the AFL and umpires ?

Which is essentially what I’ve been saying.