Comments on: Crisis, what crisis? In Malta grown men throw their jobs back in your face and tell you to keep them. https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/crisis-what-crisis-in-malta-grown-men-throw-their-jobs-back-in-your-face-and-tell-you-to-keep-them/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:43:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Martin Rieckmann https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/crisis-what-crisis-in-malta-grown-men-throw-their-jobs-back-in-your-face-and-tell-you-to-keep-them/#comment-86204 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:43:27 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11983#comment-86204 I visited the islands more then 20 times between 1986 and 2006 and had no complains of the old bus system. In almost all companies you will find a few rotten apples and that is expected to happen with Arriva as well. In fact the old buses were a tourist attraction in itself. Your currency is gone now the old buses next will be Air Malta.Why are you sacrificing your country on the altar of the EU?

]]> By: kev https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/crisis-what-crisis-in-malta-grown-men-throw-their-jobs-back-in-your-face-and-tell-you-to-keep-them/#comment-86203 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:07:32 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11983#comment-86203 Would the demi-gods at Arriva please assure us that rumours about a 4-million-euro commission are completely unfounded?

]]> By: il-Ginger https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/crisis-what-crisis-in-malta-grown-men-throw-their-jobs-back-in-your-face-and-tell-you-to-keep-them/#comment-86202 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:22:24 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11983#comment-86202 In reply to yor/malta.

I never said anything about lynch mobs. Forced labour would be better – we can start by looking at the video of those who rushed Castille, bet you most of them are the ones who are sabotaging the bus service. Having said this, without them the bus service would still be poor due to the buggy computer system and poor quality control – sometimes the cheapest option is the most expensive one.

]]> By: Harry Purdie https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/crisis-what-crisis-in-malta-grown-men-throw-their-jobs-back-in-your-face-and-tell-you-to-keep-them/#comment-86201 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:06:31 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11983#comment-86201 In reply to ciccio2011.

Baxxter, you are a very sophisticated rabble rouser.
Ciccio, you gotta show me , then I’ll show you my valleys. Then we compare. Bet I win.

]]> By: Patrik https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/crisis-what-crisis-in-malta-grown-men-throw-their-jobs-back-in-your-face-and-tell-you-to-keep-them/#comment-86200 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:53:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11983#comment-86200 In reply to H.P. Baxxter.

– Well, sir, there’s nothing on earth
Like a genuine,
Bona fide,
Electrified,
Six-car
Monorail!
What’d I say?

– Monorail!

…

– I hear those things are awfully loud…
– It glides as softly as a cloud.

– Is there a chance the track could bend?
– Not on your life, my Hindu friend.

– What about us brain-dead slobs?
– You’ll be given cushy jobs.

– Were you sent here by the devil?
– No, good sir, I’m on the level.

– The ring came off my pudding can.
– Take my pen knife, my good man.

– I swear it’s Springfield’s only choice…
Throw up your hands and raise your voice!

etc…

From Marge vs The Monorail, The Simpsons

]]> By: Patrik https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/crisis-what-crisis-in-malta-grown-men-throw-their-jobs-back-in-your-face-and-tell-you-to-keep-them/#comment-86199 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:52:10 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11983#comment-86199 – Well, sir, there’s nothing on earth
Like a genuine,
Bona fide,
Electrified,
Six-car
Monorail!
What’d I say?

– Monorail!

…

– I hear those things are awfully loud…
– It glides as softly as a cloud.

– Is there a chance the track could bend?
– Not on your life, my Hindu friend.

– What about us brain-dead slobs?
– You’ll be given cushy jobs.

– Were you sent here by the devil?
– No, good sir, I’m on the level.

– The ring came off my pudding can.
– Take my pen knife, my good man.

– I swear it’s Springfield’s only choice…
Throw up your hands and raise your voice!

etc…

From Marge vs The Monorail, The Simpsons

]]> By: La Redoute https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/crisis-what-crisis-in-malta-grown-men-throw-their-jobs-back-in-your-face-and-tell-you-to-keep-them/#comment-86198 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:10:55 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11983#comment-86198 In reply to H.P. Baxxter.

You make progress sound like a hangover from the hippie era. What next? Levitating the Pentagon? That didn’t work the first time around, despite the copious amount of LSD.

]]> By: H.P. Baxxter https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/crisis-what-crisis-in-malta-grown-men-throw-their-jobs-back-in-your-face-and-tell-you-to-keep-them/#comment-86197 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:28:26 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11983#comment-86197 In reply to Brian Madden.

Sorry to burst everyone’s bubble, but Arriva is so 20th century. 21st century would be a levitating solar-powered monorail.

But as Daphne teaches us, for small mercies…

]]> By: ciccio2011 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/crisis-what-crisis-in-malta-grown-men-throw-their-jobs-back-in-your-face-and-tell-you-to-keep-them/#comment-86196 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:19:23 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11983#comment-86196 In reply to ciccio2011.

Harry, those secluded ones in the Alpine valleys, in Maltese we call them “ta’ wara l-Muntanji.” You’d be surprised, but you’ll find many of them in Malta too, even though we have no Alpine territory. In Malta, their only contact with the outside world is Facebook…

]]> By: kev https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/07/crisis-what-crisis-in-malta-grown-men-throw-their-jobs-back-in-your-face-and-tell-you-to-keep-them/#comment-86195 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:46:06 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11983#comment-86195 In reply to Anthony Farrugia.

Austin Gatt is a very happy man. He’s been told he can keep the treats after retiring – no questions asked.

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