"I won't attend your event due to the lack of Covid protections."
-Sensible and reasonable but boring.

"A vow of solitude for the duration of the plague prevents my presence. Your careless congregations tempt fate and threaten the wellbeing of our bloodlines. My duty is to health and reason."
-Mysterious, heroic, epic.

@pezmico Either way, the answer is a firm “no, thank you.” 😂
@pezmico the 2nd version definitely
@pezmico Can I use this to get out of the staff retreat?
@Empowlr I'd be honoured.
(no guarantees on the effects it may have on the way you are viewed by your peers though)
@pezmico @Empowlr hahahahaha. They already think I’m bonkers. 😂
@pezmico fabulous! I might just adopt that
@pezmico I read this in the voice of Wednesday Addams

@pezmico proposition de traduction FR

« Un voeu de solitude décrété pour la durée du fléau m’empêche de vous honorer de ma présence. Vos rassemblements imprudents tentent le sort et menacent le bien être de nos lignées de sang. Mon devoir est envers la santé et la raison »

@pezmico the WAY I will say this word for word
@pezmico Perhaps but it will result in you not being invited next time. ☹️
@pezmico 😂👍 This is the way.
@pezmico The second is beautiful — I read it to my (writer) husband in a theatrical voice and we both laughed and praised your creativity!
@frankejames that's very nice of you to say! Thank you
@pezmico Time to redraft our website 🤣
@pezmico That solitude feels heavy sometimes. Nice to hear it framed as “heroic.”
@pezmico it would work except that I’m pretty sure 90% of the public believe that there is no longer a plague ever since covid protocols were ended
@pezmico I wonder if there is already a version about wearing a respirator.

@pezmico

"Your careless congregations" has just the right amount of insult to it.

@pezmico

So, if I have no bloodline to preserve, I'm still obligated to attend?

@pezmico
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