do you clap for carers?

from a friend of ilx:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAie8aNhMzC/?igshid=l26he29y32zg

good is that

sort of idea Ray Lowry might have riffed on if he was still here!

Bagpipes

I'm a bit out in the greenbelt towards Wakefield but heard distant car horns and fireworks. Fucking allastair Campbell out there with his bagpipes is a new low!

Definitely louder in my area than it was a few weeks ago. There's a bunch of posh young people living near me who make sure they make a lot of noise. They're posh to me, they probably don't think they are.

The bagpipes got a round of applause when they finished, just to twist the knife

We get bagpipes and a solitary church bell ringer, in E Anglia.

had no idea it had a right wing connotation in the UK. i like doing it in canada where has none. it's nice

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there's definitely some social aspects to this tho. like West side Vancouver definitely more a clappy place than East Van afaict (there's like no clapping from my poor door condo neighbors, only a little from the yuppy condo dwellers).. and I was out at my gf's mum's place in south surrey and it was like Mardi Gras

We had (very bad) bagpipes for the first time tonight, as well. Odd. So it's a thing, then.

was this the last one

Fingers crossed.

Did anyone get any booing or does that start next week?

it seemed to start off a bit tepid this week and I thought oh is it finally on its way out then some wanker let off a few fireworks and then came the saucepan banging and presumably a kazoo or vuvuzela or something

Exclusively a Tory thing from next week I think, not that it hasn't been. Hopefully 8.01 will be Boo For Cummings.

Who decided it was officially over just before it petered out? Like who's in charge of unofficial impromptu public displays and how does everyone know?

The lady who started it in England (and has been getting increasing press coverage saying "I'm not clapping any more")?

Dutch wasn't she? It is probably safe to say it would have happened anyway

Hard to say, don't see anyone doing it elsewhere (aide removes cap off telescope)

There is definitely a lot of people saying "this is the last one" and possibly because of that it's louder than ever yesterday (though I don't think it was tapering off even before that).

did it spread to the US and Canada from the UK? I mean the clapping not the other thing!

My street were out in force last night - even some twat with an air horn. They know my missus is a nurse, so a mere glimpse of her and everyone starts clapping directly at our house. It's so fucking bizarre (but good for her).

Weren't they doing it in Spain weeks before us? Though there it was spontaneous.

Also I think Euler said they were doing it in Paris.

did they ever play bagpipes and let off fireworks in France? I'm just checking if it is a normal country.

Clapping here, but as previously mentioned it’s an estate on the doorstep of two hospitals.

I mean, somewhere in the DNA was the opera singing from I think Italy, so bagpipes are not entirely outwith the area.

I'm sure the accordions are out in force in Paris.

what was the 1 o'clock clapping for? did i miss a memo?

clapping for wealth creators

just curious, does anyone do this anymore?

The lady who started it (in the UK) said to stop back in May, and my impression is that people did https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/22/lets-stop-clapping-for-the-nhs-says-woman-who-started-the-ritual

That lady has so much power. Maybe she could do something about poppy shaming.

There are isolated areas of Vancouver where it still happens every night at 7. Just a smattering but still there.

https://i.imgur.com/xOBtZyp.jpg

Fucking hell how long was he clapping for?

that's outstanding

if the neighbour also had the clap that would have been a tabloid headline writers dream

How the fuck is that guy 34?! It's almost as if they're making it up.

Maybe the neighbour is a Hero.

blap for heroes

you need more than lip service to dodge the clap