@kaedequinn@RuthAtktweets@DeputyGrocott One step further - hot water bottle in the freezer (just remember which one you’ve used as it shouldn’t be filled with boiling water again in the winter). Stays proper cold all night long !
there’s a musician joke: night of the big performance. the orchestra is all about to go on stage, but the conductor falls and smashes both his hands. he’s taken to an ambulance. all the musicians are standing in the wings, offstage, wondering: what now? the audience is waiting.
the second chair violinist is feeling brave. he knows this whole piece. all the parts. he steps to the front, to the concert director. he says: i can conduct this. the director says: alright. they all go on stage. the violinist goes up to the conductors podium. sweating. he starts. does the whole piece perfectly. standing ovation. the next day they all come in for rehearsal. the violinist is back in his second chair. the first chair turns to him and says, “hey man, where were you last night?”
@DrVoles Link to the relevant JCVI meeting minutes here (or search for Minutes of the Covid-19 subcommittee meeting 17 September 2024: https://t.co/hpPTX1mVCy
@DrVoles As far as I understand - they balanced price + delivery of vaccine (about £25 per vaccine) with cost of treating hospitalisation for acute Covid if not vaccinated - and only the over 75/highly immunosuppressed etc came out as being cost effective.
Reminder that in 1981 Britain added a descant to the national anthem, turned it into the best national anthem in the world, and then just… forgot about the arrangement never to use it again
was trying to get my 2yo to nap on vacation, so i offered her a cheddar square to nibble on and said “let’s lie down on our cot and read a book in the nice quiet darkness together.” since then she has been asking to “eat cheese in the darkness”