What did you do during the Covid-19 pandemic dad?

[Gob]

A New Zealand councillor has provided some unintentional comic relief during a Zoom video conference after he forgot to turn off his camera settings.

Cr David Benson-Pope shocked his Dunedin Council colleagues and viewers watching Monday's livestreamed council meeting when he entered his study with his bare legs on show.



Dressed in a suit jacket and work shirt, the former Labour cabinet minister appeared to be not wearing any pants as he did a spot of cleaning with a feather duster during an adjournment as he waited for the meeting to continue.



Footage of the 70-year-old's entertaining cameo has since gone viral online.



Cr Benson-Pope later clarified he was in fact wearing shorts as he had been outside gardening prior to the meeting.

He insisted his semi-clad cameo wasn't intentional but was 'delighted' the moment provided some much-needed amusement.

[ex-khobar Andy]

Another image of Durdle Door from yesterday. Apparently some idiots decided to jump from the Door into the water and needed rescuing. The people on the beach had been doing reasonable social distancing but of course they had to budge up to make room for the helicopter.



BTW the hill behind the cliff to the left is called Scratchy Bottom.

[Gob]

A Belgian prince has apologised after being caught breaking Spain’s lockdown rules by attending a party, where he became infected with Covid-19.



Prince Joachim, nephew of King Philippe of the Belgians and 10th in line to the throne, said on Sunday he deeply regretted his actions and would accept “all the consequences”.

The prince has tested positive for coronavirus, according to Belgian media, after attending a private party in Córdoba on 26 May attended by friends and family. According to Spain’s El Confidencial, which broke the story, 27 people had attended the event, at a time when gatherings with a maximum of 15 guests were permitted.

All the guests have subsequently gone into quarantine and police are investigating the event, which could result in fines of up to €10,000 (£8,974) for breaching Spain’s lockdown rules.

The Belgian palace said the prince had travelled to Spain on 24 May to do an internship at a company and had attended a “family gathering” on 26 May. Spanish media have also reported that the 28-year old prince’s partner is from Córdoba.

The prince’s behaviour has gone down badly in Spain, which has one of the highest death tolls in the world from coronavirus and endured a strict lockdown, where children were confined to their homes without being able to go outside for exercise for 45 days.

“I feel surprised and indignant … [as] at a moment of national mourning for so many dead, an incident of this type stands out,” the national government’s subdelegate in Córdoba, Rafaela Valenzuela, told El País.

“It’s completely irresponsible, because that number of people multiplied could cause an outbreak, and that would mean that Cordoba, after passing to Phase 2, would have to take a step back. That is unforgivable,” Valenzuela said.

[RayThom]

Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote: Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful, in a way that, unless you were born rich, it is very difficult to understand.