Il-lostra kemm int spirtu pront. Kun af li issummajtni, u hallejtni bla kliem. La tridni nghidlek, fil-fatt rajtu jigdeb wahda zgur lil Joseph: tmint’elef ‘hip replacement’ fil-waiting list! U kwazi kien xerraqqni fil-Kinnie bl-inbid li kont qed nixrob.

Il-qawl Malti jghid “min jahsel ras ta’ hmar bis-sapun ikun qed jahli l-ilma u s-sapun”.

Sewwa ghamilt, ghax kieku rajtu jlaqlaq u jigdeb wahda wara l-ohra u ma jwegibx il-mistoqsijiet kieku l-istejk kien jehillek. buona domenica.

Jien bqajt skantat wara li Joseph kellu dik is-‘set piece’ lesta tar-Rainbow contractors u kif Dr Gonzi bezaqlu s-sunnara, il-Future Prime Minister dar u rama jinfexx jghajjar b’hangra daqsiex lil-Dr Gonzi ‘giddieb’.

Ma nafx fejn Dr Gonzi gideb f’li qal, imma ir-rabja talli fallielu l-pjan gieghelitu johrog bil-kelma ‘giddieb’. Jekk xejn kien jghajjru ‘mahmug’ jew ‘korrott’.

Il-Prim Ministru veru kien imwegga’ wara dik il-pastazata u zamm ‘self control’ kbir.

Il-pulcinellata saret fl-ahhar meta smajna lil Joseph jaqleb is-swicc u jipprova jitkellem b’mod rikoncilljattiv, biex jigbor gieghu.
Min jaf kemm gerrex nies b’dik l-isterja? Mur arah prim ministru, x’jaghmel.

Issa tghallem biex fid-dibattitu ma jindirizzax lil prim ministru b’ismu, fid-darba li jmiss irid joghqod attent li ma taqbizlux ic-cinga.

Sakemm tasal l-elezzjoni forsi jkun iktar dekoruz imma fit-triq ikun ilu li tilef lin-“nies ta’ opinjonijiet differenti” biex jinghaqqdu f’dan il-moviment gdid li fil-fatt hu partit riciklat ghal ma nafx il-kemm il-darba.

Kont bdejt nipprova inbexxaq il-bieb ghalih, imma ma jfieqx.

[Daphne – Ma rajtux ghax hrigt niekol stejk ma hbiebi tal-middle class.]

Sweet Jesus, how inane!

That sort of metabolism (tendency to fat) requires much more than a couple of hours of gym per day. He’d still be overweight after three months in the jungles of Guyane with a 40kg bergen on the assault course every waking hour. It takes discipline, and the will to starve one’s body into submission. The first thing he should have ditched are hamburgers and gingerbread.

Only one set of twins and he has a T-shirt printed? My father was the father of two and a half sets of twins (one of the third set was miscarried after about 10 weeks) plus another single. But it’s hardly heroic fathering children – can be done in five minutes (with normal testosterone levels) or less.

My mother’s the heroine.