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		By: Tim Ripard		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Ripard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/10/and-back-home-on-the-cosy-bubble-ranch-its-all-about-buses/#comment-96940&quot;&gt;Jozef&lt;/a&gt;.

@ Harry
I&#039;m merely suggesting that it isn&#039;t a good idea to make graduates wait on tables in order to be able to &#039;work&#039; for free for capitalists (those without a conscience, not all) until they get lucky and get work in a call centre.

&quot;Upon graduating they consider themselves lucky if they manage to find work in a call centre, sometimes paid less than 200 euro a month.&quot;

Don&#039;t you think this is a huge waste of resources?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/10/and-back-home-on-the-cosy-bubble-ranch-its-all-about-buses/#comment-96940">Jozef</a>.</p>
<p>@ Harry<br />
I&#8217;m merely suggesting that it isn&#8217;t a good idea to make graduates wait on tables in order to be able to &#8216;work&#8217; for free for capitalists (those without a conscience, not all) until they get lucky and get work in a call centre.</p>
<p>&#8220;Upon graduating they consider themselves lucky if they manage to find work in a call centre, sometimes paid less than 200 euro a month.&#8221;</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t you think this is a huge waste of resources?</p>
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		By: Harry Purdie		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry Purdie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/10/and-back-home-on-the-cosy-bubble-ranch-its-all-about-buses/#comment-96955&quot;&gt;Harry Purdie&lt;/a&gt;.

That&#039;s not an acceptable (irrational?) response, Kevvy.

I detect either a total disappointment for not being able to galvanize an &#039;Occupy the Conspiratists&#039; movement, to being relegated to a &#039;Wash the Dishes&#039; movement.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/10/and-back-home-on-the-cosy-bubble-ranch-its-all-about-buses/#comment-96955">Harry Purdie</a>.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s not an acceptable (irrational?) response, Kevvy.</p>
<p>I detect either a total disappointment for not being able to galvanize an &#8216;Occupy the Conspiratists&#8217; movement, to being relegated to a &#8216;Wash the Dishes&#8217; movement.</p>
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		By: The other M.		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The other M.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/10/and-back-home-on-the-cosy-bubble-ranch-its-all-about-buses/#comment-96944&quot;&gt;Pecksniff&lt;/a&gt;.

Maybe I should be glad that the list does not include &quot;leptop&quot; (which is how it actually appears in the dictionary).  It does, however, include &quot;il-kompjuter&quot;, but &quot;plejstejxin&quot;?  For heaven&#039;s sake!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/10/and-back-home-on-the-cosy-bubble-ranch-its-all-about-buses/#comment-96944">Pecksniff</a>.</p>
<p>Maybe I should be glad that the list does not include &#8220;leptop&#8221; (which is how it actually appears in the dictionary).  It does, however, include &#8220;il-kompjuter&#8221;, but &#8220;plejstejxin&#8221;?  For heaven&#8217;s sake!</p>
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		By: The other M.		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The other M.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/10/and-back-home-on-the-cosy-bubble-ranch-its-all-about-buses/#comment-96944&quot;&gt;Pecksniff&lt;/a&gt;.

Thank your lucky stars you no longer have school-age children, Daphne.

My 9-year-old&#039;s dictation list for next week (compiled by the (independent) school itself, if you please) consists of a group of words under the heading &quot;Passatempi&quot;, including:

it-televixin
it-televizjoni
il-plejstejxin
il-futbol

I&#039;m serious.

[&lt;strong&gt;Daphne - I wouldn&#039;t have known what my children&#039;s dictation list was. I left them to it, and they survived pretty well.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/10/and-back-home-on-the-cosy-bubble-ranch-its-all-about-buses/#comment-96944">Pecksniff</a>.</p>
<p>Thank your lucky stars you no longer have school-age children, Daphne.</p>
<p>My 9-year-old&#8217;s dictation list for next week (compiled by the (independent) school itself, if you please) consists of a group of words under the heading &#8220;Passatempi&#8221;, including:</p>
<p>it-televixin<br />
it-televizjoni<br />
il-plejstejxin<br />
il-futbol</p>
<p>I&#8217;m serious.</p>
<p>[<strong>Daphne &#8211; I wouldn&#8217;t have known what my children&#8217;s dictation list was. I left them to it, and they survived pretty well.]</strong></p>
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		By: kev		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/10/and-back-home-on-the-cosy-bubble-ranch-its-all-about-buses/#comment-96955&quot;&gt;Harry Purdie&lt;/a&gt;.

It&#039;s an antiseptic for crocodile-skin wearing deserters of the Fifth Kanak Regiment allergic to payment in the euro denomination.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/10/and-back-home-on-the-cosy-bubble-ranch-its-all-about-buses/#comment-96955">Harry Purdie</a>.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s an antiseptic for crocodile-skin wearing deserters of the Fifth Kanak Regiment allergic to payment in the euro denomination.</p>
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		By: Harry Purdie		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry Purdie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/10/and-back-home-on-the-cosy-bubble-ranch-its-all-about-buses/#comment-96949&quot;&gt;old-timer&lt;/a&gt;.

As Ronald Reagan once said, during a presidential debate, &#039;There you go again!&#039;. Weird, Kevvy. The guy just asked a question.

BTW, what&#039;s a Euroceptic? Anything to do with a cetain kind of tank?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/10/and-back-home-on-the-cosy-bubble-ranch-its-all-about-buses/#comment-96949">old-timer</a>.</p>
<p>As Ronald Reagan once said, during a presidential debate, &#8216;There you go again!&#8217;. Weird, Kevvy. The guy just asked a question.</p>
<p>BTW, what&#8217;s a Euroceptic? Anything to do with a cetain kind of tank?</p>
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		By: Harry Purdie		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry Purdie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/10/and-back-home-on-the-cosy-bubble-ranch-its-all-about-buses/#comment-96946&quot;&gt;kev&lt;/a&gt;.

You don&#039;t do sarcasm or irony very well, Kevvy, however you do weird very well.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/10/and-back-home-on-the-cosy-bubble-ranch-its-all-about-buses/#comment-96946">kev</a>.</p>
<p>You don&#8217;t do sarcasm or irony very well, Kevvy, however you do weird very well.</p>
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		By: Harry Purdie		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry Purdie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/10/and-back-home-on-the-cosy-bubble-ranch-its-all-about-buses/#comment-96950&quot;&gt;Tim Ripard&lt;/a&gt;.

Are you implying we adopt &#039;bridled&#039; capitalism, Tim? Whatever that is.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/10/and-back-home-on-the-cosy-bubble-ranch-its-all-about-buses/#comment-96950">Tim Ripard</a>.</p>
<p>Are you implying we adopt &#8216;bridled&#8217; capitalism, Tim? Whatever that is.</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/10/and-back-home-on-the-cosy-bubble-ranch-its-all-about-buses/#comment-96946&quot;&gt;kev&lt;/a&gt;.

Did you read The Times?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/10/and-back-home-on-the-cosy-bubble-ranch-its-all-about-buses/#comment-96946">kev</a>.</p>
<p>Did you read The Times?</p>
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		By: kev		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kev]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/10/and-back-home-on-the-cosy-bubble-ranch-its-all-about-buses/#comment-96949&quot;&gt;old-timer&lt;/a&gt;.

Yes, Timer. Right there in the EP, where the peoples&#039; of Europe&#039;s representatives sit. We work with those representing Euroceptics, Timer. Can your brain cell work around that riddle?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/10/and-back-home-on-the-cosy-bubble-ranch-its-all-about-buses/#comment-96949">old-timer</a>.</p>
<p>Yes, Timer. Right there in the EP, where the peoples&#8217; of Europe&#8217;s representatives sit. We work with those representing Euroceptics, Timer. Can your brain cell work around that riddle?</p>
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