Not a Maltese problem
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February 13, 2009 at 9:26am
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Bloody good!
This is strange. It appears that the active ingredient is Fluoxetine, which is the same as Prozac !
If the sales of anti-depressants in Malta are anything to go by, it’s the opposite we need, not this. Too many glum, angry-looking people in this country, and too many people who don’t know how to smile. Go to any restaurant. Maybe the guy who sells Prozac in Malta should start giving it away for free as a social service.
This is a joke, in case some people haven’t realised.
[Daphne – Maybe I should have pointed out that The Onion is a satirical magazine.]
So CNN’s Bobby Battista ends up with the Onion, and Joey Saliba is to solve the mysteries of the universe: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090211/local/first-the-election-now-the-universe/
The future is bright, after all.
Maybe the staff of some of the American franchise fast-food outlets could do with a dose or two …
Not a Maltese problem?! Daphne, you must be living in a different world. This is exactly what Malta has been waiting for! No more “exuberant” protests, pontificating, objections and marches against everything and anything. At last, we can become normal people again. Thanks for drawing our attention to a miracle drug.
Daphne
I like this clip. We need the medicine that does the opposite here. Oh wait. we don’t need it. We’re the happiest people in Europe. On a different note, I’m surprised how you didn’t comment on what Fr Paul Galea had to say about the abuse of welfare systems. [Daphne – That’s because I was too busy telling the FAA to eff off.]
There are so many myth busters in yesterday’s story (http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090212/local/welfare-system-supporting-practice-of-having-children-out-of-wedlock/), and they’re coming from a priest. After reading this article, I think that it is reasonable to expect the Maltese to stop saying that we’re a Catholic country (you can say that I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one . . .)
He explains how “it is endemic in Maltese society that everyone operates outside legality, not just with regard to commerce and taxes”. This is not very Christian, isn’t it? Why don’t people just admit that we’re no different to other western countries? Our behaviour is secular, but we’d like to believe that we’re a cut above the rest. Just like chihuahuas like to think they’re stronger than Great Danes (just because they’re louder), we like to think that we’re a superior breed. Il-barranin mhux bhalna kind of thing . . .
Fr Galea came up with a ludicrous suggestion just for the sake (in my opinion) of not admitting that it’s high time we introduce divorce. This is what he had to say about families that are formed by separated individuals: “Studies need to be carried out on how to entice de facto marriages, which involve reconstituted families between separated couples, into the institutionalisation of the relationship, with their respective rights and duties. To protect their children, they could be encouraged to enter into a civil union, or legal recognition, but should not be on the same footing as married couples….”.
How can you regularise this kind of relationship? A separated person is sill married! Is he suggesting bigamy, then? Why didn’t he have the guts to bite the bullet and explain – in his professional capacity, and not as a priest – and admit that it’s high time that we introduce divorce?
[Daphne – Maybe he should ask Astrid Vella for some advice on how to do it. Her organisation appears to have a very wide brief these days.]
mj
I think this explains why so many shop assistants in Malta are always “bil-geddum sa l-art”. Their employers must be secretly slipping these pills into their tazza te.
theonion.com is a great website for the ‘alternative’ look on life!!
Daphne,
Only two places in the world where one is guaranteed a laugh a day– the ‘rock’ and the ‘onion’.
I wonder, should we recommend Despondex to you know who,…. you know that guy with a permanently ridiculous inane snigger on his pompous face? If it were for him and his ”advisors”, we’d never go for big projects ghax ikollhom impatt negativ. Xarukaza!
Can’t stop laughing! The guy said “PRETTY F&*!?ING ANNOYING” at the end! Is this real TV? Didn’t anyone else notice? Lanqas int, Daph?
HILARIOUS!
[Daphne – No, it’s not ‘real’ TV. The Onion is satirical. http://www.theonion.com/content/index ]
@Marcus
“HILARIOUS!”
What’s hilarious is that suckers like you and others on this blog thought this video was for real.
Hey Lino!
Did you just wake up? We’ve been following ‘Onion’ for years! Go back in your hole. The groundhog saw his shadow, six more weeks of winter. Turkey!
[Daphne – http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/groundhog-day-shadow-means-winter-to-continue-1539295.html
This, on the other hand, is completely real:
http://www.internetlastpage.com/
[Daphne – I’ve always wondered about this idea that the internet and computers are a substitute for fun. They are fun in themselves – certainly a lot more fun than sitting around with a bunch of boring people having a no-conversation in a bar or coffee-shop. I suppose it’s the updated equivalent of “why don’t you get your head out of that book and go and have fun”, but looking back, it’s those who had their head in books who got on in life, while those who were out ‘having fun’ remained pretty much where they were, or ran into a brick wall at some point. Just an observation….]
Daphne, that is why AI is being developed. A machine in the likeness of a human mind would provide the fun. However, we are still very far behind in this field. Maybe in 100 or 200 years from now, you could enjoy this sort of entertainment.