Comments on: The debearded wonder and his army of Lord of the Rings aficionados and Che wannabes are planning a revoluzzjoni kbira https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/02/the-debearded-wonder-and-his-army-of-lord-of-the-rings-afiscionados-and-che-wannabes-are-planning-a-revoluzzjoni-kbira/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:40:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Reuben Scicluna https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/02/the-debearded-wonder-and-his-army-of-lord-of-the-rings-afiscionados-and-che-wannabes-are-planning-a-revoluzzjoni-kbira/#comment-73277 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:40:35 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=10006#comment-73277 In reply to Reuben Scicluna.

Don’t tell me you’re having qualms about saying something that someone MAY find insulting … just blot out the dirty words …

[Daphne – OK, I’ll spare the description and instead illustrate the point: Raphael Vassallo is a typical Lord of the Rings fan. Peter Farrugia, late of Malta Today, is another.]

]]> By: Reuben Scicluna https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/02/the-debearded-wonder-and-his-army-of-lord-of-the-rings-afiscionados-and-che-wannabes-are-planning-a-revoluzzjoni-kbira/#comment-73276 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:18:20 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=10006#comment-73276 I even paint the little metal LOTR figures – not only those, mind, but those too.

]]> By: Reuben Scicluna https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/02/the-debearded-wonder-and-his-army-of-lord-of-the-rings-afiscionados-and-che-wannabes-are-planning-a-revoluzzjoni-kbira/#comment-73275 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:27:43 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=10006#comment-73275 In reply to Reuben Scicluna.

I’m thinking about it – still can’t find anything extraordinarily wrong with me.

[Daphne – There’s nothing WRONG with Lord of the Rings fans, Reuben. They just tend to fit a particular profile, hence ‘Lord of the Rings fan’. Issa if I give into a description of what that profile is, you’ll get upset. But I gather you’re married with children, so you’re atypical.]

]]> By: Reuben Scicluna https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/02/the-debearded-wonder-and-his-army-of-lord-of-the-rings-afiscionados-and-che-wannabes-are-planning-a-revoluzzjoni-kbira/#comment-73274 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:26:35 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=10006#comment-73274 What’s wrong with being a Lord of the Rings fan?

[Daphne – It’s a particular profile. Think about it.]

]]> By: El Topo https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/02/the-debearded-wonder-and-his-army-of-lord-of-the-rings-afiscionados-and-che-wannabes-are-planning-a-revoluzzjoni-kbira/#comment-73273 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 02:57:13 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=10006#comment-73273 In reply to KB.

Should take a leaf out of a wally-come-lately and go for the three-plan trick: “Plan A is buy Malta Today, Plan B is buy Malta Today, Plan C is buy Malta Today’. Chuckle.

]]> By: ciccio2011 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/02/the-debearded-wonder-and-his-army-of-lord-of-the-rings-afiscionados-and-che-wannabes-are-planning-a-revoluzzjoni-kbira/#comment-73272 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:26:03 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=10006#comment-73272 “I can just see them lined up on the barricades in their checkered scarves and their fatigues, knives between their teeth and a couple of Kalashnikovs: ”

You forgot the drugs from Al-Qaeda and the spiked Nescafe. Maybe some green soap could help.

]]> By: ciccio2011 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/02/the-debearded-wonder-and-his-army-of-lord-of-the-rings-afiscionados-and-che-wannabes-are-planning-a-revoluzzjoni-kbira/#comment-73271 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:10:55 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=10006#comment-73271 Which one of them will set himself on fire first?

]]> By: KB https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/02/the-debearded-wonder-and-his-army-of-lord-of-the-rings-afiscionados-and-che-wannabes-are-planning-a-revoluzzjoni-kbira/#comment-73270 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:05:05 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=10006#comment-73270 Has anyone heard Malta Today’s radio ad?

It goes something like this.

For classified ads buy The Times, for weather news buy The Malta Independent, for real news buy Malta Today.

Now I can understand why the pro-Mubarak hackers decided to hack the site.

]]> By: ciccio2011 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/02/the-debearded-wonder-and-his-army-of-lord-of-the-rings-afiscionados-and-che-wannabes-are-planning-a-revoluzzjoni-kbira/#comment-73269 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:44:01 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=10006#comment-73269 In reply to cat.

In this photo, he is “posing” as the King of Africa.

]]> By: P Shaw https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/02/the-debearded-wonder-and-his-army-of-lord-of-the-rings-afiscionados-and-che-wannabes-are-planning-a-revoluzzjoni-kbira/#comment-73268 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:28:05 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=10006#comment-73268 In reply to Hot Mama.

He is just an extra with a specific entertainment role – he does not participate in the ‘strategy’ meetings.

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