The Edible Corona Virus
By M.-L.
@MALUSE (69413)
Germany
February 29, 2020 4:20pm CST
Up to today I've never associated sick humour with Italy. It's a well known fact that the Brits are the masters of this genre. But an article I chanced on today put me right. Maybe not 'the' Italians but certainly the employees of a pastryshop in the North Italian city of Genova have demonstrated that they can compete with the Brits in the field of sick humour any time.
Of all European countries Italy has been affected most by the corona virus. Up to now 655 infections and 17 deaths have been counted. Especially in the north of the country many schools and other public institutions are closed. The world famous carnival in Venice was cancelled.
In the face of this bleak situation a pastry shop in Genova, the Pasticceria Mangini (founded in 1876), decided to lighten up the situation by creating a 'Corona Virus Tartlet'. Chief confectioner Gianluca Cerese said that it isn't his intention to trivialise and minimise the danger of the pandemic but that he and his staff want to bring humour to the people plagued by melancholia and anxiety.
The Corona Virus Tartlet consists of a base made of biscuits which is covered either by a cream made of oranges or coffee. This is covered by white chocolate with red sugar points. The price is 1,50 Euro ($1,65).
And what do they taste like? Obviously, they are yummy. The pastry shop has already sold hundreds of these sweets in the course of only few days.
Not everybody is happy, though. Some sourpusses point out that it is inappropriate and impious to bake and sell these tartlets.
The people who've already tasted this speciality disagree.
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19 responses
@LindaOHio (156056)
• United States
29 Feb 20
People need to lighten up! Smile, enjoy!
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
22 Mar 20
That is certainly one corona virus I'd like to get.
Anybody who doesn't find this sort of thing funny deserves all of the loneliness that will no doubt come their way. Having said that, these humourless individuals somehow seem to find each other. Which is just as well because as my Grandmother used to say 'it would have been a shame to spoil two households'.
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@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
22 Mar 20
@WorDazza I don't think that your grandmother's widowhood and her eight children were responsible for the development of her sense of humour. She must have had it inside herself. It was part of her character.
My mother became a widow after only one and a half years of marriage. In contrast to your grandmother she had only one child. She decided to leave the GDR (German Democratic Republic) and everyone and everything she knew to start a new life in West Germany when I was ten years old. That was also tough. Yet, she wasn't very humourous. Nobody would have called her funny.
I don't know where my sense of sillyness comes from. Maybe from my father. I couldn't tell because I didn't get to know him. My mother couldn't, either, because she was together with him during the war. They lived in Berlin and were occupied with surviving and didn't have the nerves of telling each other jokes.
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
22 Mar 20
@MALUSE Indeed she was. She had an incredibly dry sense of humour and could see the funny side of any situation. Possibly something to do with being widowed in her early 40s with eight children and having to bring them up on her own at a time before state benefits existed.
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@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
1 Mar 20
It's funny
I think many people want to be offended by something these days instead of taking things in the spirit they're intended.
I think many people want to be offended by something these days instead of taking things in the spirit they're intended.2 people like this
@arunima25 (85269)
• Bangalore, India
1 Mar 20
Definitely is a business and marketing gimmick. And it's working for them as they have sold so many of them. But for me too it's sort of sick humor.
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. Hey a little laughter and sweetness can help everyone lighten up during these serious times!
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
1 Mar 20
Humor is a great tool to fight things in life. I salute every initiative that lightens up every kind of situation. They did a great job!
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@Aquitaine24 (11653)
• San Jose, California
4 May 20
I'm. not sure about impious, but they are topical.
@RasmaSandra (73408)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Mar 20
I think they were right to do this. It can relieve some of the anxiety, bring out a little chuckle and it it taste good then it is a wonderful thing they have done to lighten up all that tension.
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@rebelann (111163)
• El Paso, Texas
10 Mar 20
Humor never hurt anyone and obviously these delighted many others.
@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
10 Mar 20
Hahaha love it. That is very typical something the Brits would do if people spent less time clearing the shelves of Toilet rolls. Why toilet rolls I have no clue! I believe this started in Australia. I guess it is because for every sneeze 10 people will poop themselves???
This is definitely my level of school boy humour!
@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
5 Mar 20
Lightening the situation doesn't hurt. Depression doesn't help people want live either so maybe it will lift the spirits there.
