just what does it have to do with falko, no, hang on it's columbo isn't it

heya

depending on who you ask we are presently winning the invisible war on the new plague or we are quite badly losing it. alternatively, look you see, there are some you could (i would not suggest doing so but please do as you see fit) ask and they will inform you it's all a hoax, a sham, something out of Orwell's novel 1984 and so forth. it is this latter group what has come to be of immediate concern. 

conspiracy theorists, refusers or deniers, are of course nothing new. a select brand or branch of the human population exists which shall immediately assume the opposite of whatever you tell them is really the truth. you know, things like moon landings, mobile phone technology, aliens, the shape (or dimensions) of our planet and that sort of thing. i believe there is only a finite amount of it what can be blamed on Mulder out of X Files, and that finite is very small indeed. 

so as to provide an unusual non non-linear link between paragraphs here, it would of course be quite wrong (indeed incorrect) to describe Peter Falk as Columbo out of Columbo as the Mulder out of X Files of his day, as he was not. well, not that i am aware of. i have seen a few episodes and momentariy i cannot recall any such episode, or case if you like, where he dealt with the supernatural, aliens or any related variation of conspiracy theory. maybe he did, but i have not seen it.

generally speaking, Peter Falk is perhaps most fondly, or immediately, remembered as being the Grandad, or "Grandpa" for Americans, what read the story to him out of Wonder Years in the motion picture adaptation of The Princess Bride. but, then, there are one or two who would more immediately recall him a being Columbo out of Columbo, especially if you switch on certain TV channels here in the UK on a Sunday, where they (for some reason) play, screen or broadcast 12 to 14 hours of Columbo for entertainment purposes. 

in either instance of preference, it would remain (i am confident) the case that one would be puzzled to see the singularly eyed much admired and sadly no longer with us actor being used as a poster, or rather in this instance sticker, boy for a crusade against the new plague, or "covid" as many call it. and yet, on my travels, i discovered that someone has opted or chosen to do this. 

recently, as opposed to some close or distant future date, i was in a reasonably well celebrated coastal town in North Yorkshire. whilst there, i spotted this placed (with scant regard for a straight or neat job of it, but never mind) place on a lamp post. well, i think it was a lamp post, actually it might have been a general or generic post, carrying a sign suggesting that i do not park where i just had or similar. 

no, i am no medical expert, far from it. but, so or thus far, i am inclined to believe the reports, coverage and numbers about all of this new plague, the pandemic of this thing what is called covid. evidently, or clearly, there is at least one rather highly motivated person out there who has taken a different stance on this subject.

whereas i can speak for none but me (and would never presume to do otherwise), i am uncertain the approach being taken by the "plague denier", for want of a better term, is going to work. just who is it they expect to see this and on the basis of it immediately accept their truth that it is all a "lie"? one really rather suspects that presenting some sort of evidence (hint or actual) that the whole thing is made up would do a better job of convincing people than trying to suggest or imply it as being the view of an imaginary detective played by the deceased Peter Falk. unless, of course, it is so that where i was, and i am loathe to reveal that it was Scarborough so shall not, they consider all associated with or attributed to Peter Falk as some sort of gospel, unquestionable truth. rather him that Sir Jimmy, i suppose. 

my view would be that this plague business, covid or coronavirus or whatever term for it works bets for you, seems quite real. further, the best approach one can take is to adhere to all these measures what they have asked us to do, be it face masks, hand washing and distance keeping. but, believe what you will, whatever gets you through life.

be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!