We are living a completely new reality today – in terms of how we work, the amount of time we spend at home, our hygiene habits – from just a couple of months ago. Social distancing has resulted in voluntary confinement and brought about all sorts of changes in life. This includes romance as the #SocialDistancingPickUpLines hashtag seems to indicate.
This classic line from the romcom Notting Hill; suitably amended would read like this today.
‘Your place or mine’ now becomes ‘your place and mine’ because distance is the essence of romance today.
Maybe our fragrance preferences have also changed – since our priorities have altered. Maybe clean is the fragrance of romance?
There are 6 packs and then there are 6 packs --- even a guy with a ‘dad bod’ can boast a six pack.
Mae West is credited with this quote: is that a pistol in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me? Well this quote reflects love in the time of COVID-19.
Life may or may not be empty; the supermarket shelves are certainly empty of things like sanitisers and TP.
Time was the sneezing would have received a ‘bless you’ response. Now it will only attract alarm and suspicion.
These are the only weekend travel plans Indians are making, thanks to the call for #JantaCurfew.
With apologies to the great bard, love is not love which alters it when alteration quarantine finds
Lauren Bacall’s classic line to Humphrey Bogart from To Have and Have Not is suitably amended here.
This one from Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart and the matchless Ingrid Bergman.
The new definition.
These days, touching with the proverbial ten-foot pole is the only possibility, so it’s not really a rejection.
But from a safe distance.
If DDLJ happened today, perhaps the famous running-behind-the-train would feature a hand sanitiser and mask?
Swiping has various different connotations. It is the age of Tinder, but more importantly it is the age of the Novel Coronavirus.
Distance dating on Discord – amirite?
Emotionally available – which mature adult can refuse that!
With the weekend coming up, maybe you can think up more of these #SocialDistancingPickUpLines?
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