Il-mama

Published: January 7, 2012 at 12:29pm

Come on, isn’t anyone out there brave enough to leg it to Marsaxlokk and interview Franco Debono’s mother?

Imagine what a scoop that would be.

Report cards (the other 8 in which he didn’t beat Joseph Muscat).

Photographs of little Franco with a dummy in a walker, like the one she displayed on Xarabank.

Franco in his pram.

Tales of how Franco got his way with the priedka tat-tifel (a true story).

Franco’s favourite food.

Why Franco should become leader of the Nationalist Party.




28 Comments Comment

  1. John says:

    Hi,

    The link below provides some very good photomontages that depict FD very appropriately.

    http://pawlugatt.com/2012/01/06/franco-debono-m/

    • H.P. Baxxter says:

      Good Photoshop skills, but the history’s all wrong.

      “L’état, c’est moi” refers to the sovereign taking back direct control of the council of government, after various cardinals and ministers had gone all Franco Debono and brought the country to its knees.

      It’s actually something Gonzi should be doing more of.

  2. Oops says:

    “Why Franco should become leader of the Nationalist Party.”

    On second thoughts and considering his mood swings why not leader of the Labour Party after all.

    His harakiri within the PN fold is obvious, leaving him no political and “ministerial” future other than with Labour.

    In view of his ambitions he certainly won’t opt Green.

    If it turns out so then I would love to see Anglu Farrugia’s jaw drop.

    Might I suggest erecting a bust of Franco right next to the famous Luqa roundabout monument which is now very eager to rise back to fame but needs inspiring support.

  3. Antoniette says:

    Could it be that his reasoning is that if he succeeds in bringing down the government and the PL are elected in an early election, then he will be one up on Joseph Muscat as he would have practically made him prime minister?

    Could this be the only way, in his mind, that he can feel superior to Joseph?

  4. markilmaws says:

    Off to find my form 2 school report, I could be prime minister material.

  5. Marc says:

    Re: Franco – solo una parola gli sta a pennello: BUFFONE.

  6. Not Tonight says:

    Well, I’m surprised his mummy didn’t frame the result and hang it in the sitting-room for visitors to admire.

  7. ALBERT says:

    Right now Mario, Chris and Jason are singing in harmony “Franco thank you very much, Franco thank you very much … …”

  8. r spiteri says:

    Game over Daphne. Ex PN

    • Kenneth Cassar says:

      Dear r spiteri “EX PN”, perhaps you should emulate your newfound hero, and upload a copy of your school report card.

      Idiots, the lot of you.

      Your kind are the main reason why I will not even consider voting PL in the next election.

      • gogemini says:

        Yes Kenneth, of course. You were just a hair’s breath away from considering to vote labour.

        One thing is for sure, you really do think we are idiots and believe that!

        Pull the other one will you?

        [Daphne – Hair doesn’t breathe. It’s hair’s bredth (meaning width).]

      • john says:

        Correct your typo Daphne – it’s breAdth.

        [Daphne – Both are correct. We were actually taught it as ‘bredth’ back at school.]

      • Peppi iehor says:

        Daphne, Daphne… you never miss one do you? Well spotted, girl!

        You have a typo because it’s “breadth” not “bredth”.

        [Daphne – Both are correct, and at our school it was taught as ‘length and bredth’, so I got stuck with that.]

      • Mark A. Sammut says:

        Sorry ma’am. I know this will make you like me even less but I’ve checked it up in a couple of dictionaries (Collins and Webster, and Oxford too) and it’s with an “a”.

        Needless to say, it could very well be the case that you are using Maltese English – a concept aptly described in Prof JM Brincat’s book on the history of the Maltese Language (originally a PIN publication).

        [Daphne – Google it if you don’t believe me. Here’s one example: http://www.seedtoday.com/article.php?ID=24762 ]

  9. U Le! says:

    Reminds me of Sheridan, Mrs. Bucket’s son.

    • Ghoxrin Punt says:

      Might explain why he never married the poor girl, maybe the curtains aren’t embroidered to his liking..

  10. TROY says:

    Correct me if I’m wrong Franco, but didn’t you do the SATU programme?

  11. BC says:

    Just to correct your wrong mathematical assumptions Daphne, it’s the 14 others I guess. Since if SAC have 3 exams per year for 5 years up till Form 5, and in the last year they don’t have the final ones since then they take up the national exams, then it is the 13 others.

    [Daphne – That was a typo, BC. It should have read ‘8’ not ’18’ and I have corrected it. Midyear exams are called midyear because they’re just that. They are held around February. The final exams are in June. Five forms each with two sets of exams (midyear and final) except for Form V, when there are no finals. That makes nine sets of exams, less the one set for which we saw Franco’s results: eight reports left to go.]

    4*3= 12 + 2 = 14 – 1 (the one in which he beat Muscat)= 13 so maybe we now know why you never show your report cards…..maths was your vulnerable subject. I am sorry if I raised up some kind of trauma.

    [Daphne – That’s actually basic arithmetic, not ‘maths’. And no, it wasn’t. My report cards have long since been chucked away. I never even gave them a second glance back then. I took my results for granted, as did my parents, who barely bothered about things like that. When absolutely no effort goes into the high grades, that’s what happens. Franco Debono was clearly one of those children who really studied hard so his marks were actually an achievement.]

    • BC says:

      Hahah another plausible scapegoat please……and please give December exams some weight, please do.

      [Daphne – I don’t believe there are December exams when there’s a set of exams called ‘midyear’. The word speaks for itself. I don’t recall December exams in senior school.]

  12. silvio says:

    This was quite a hectic week in politics. We will hopefully have a break before moving to the next episode, featuring Franco Debono as the main protagonist yet again.

    But looking back, we have to see the direct results of all this, some of which were really needed.

    We have seen Dr. Gonzi split the Justice ministry.

    We now have three very hardworking new ministers.

    Dr. Muscat has something less to beat the P.N. with – no more extra salary to the ministers.

    For all this we have to thank Dr. Debono, so something good has come out of it after all.

    In closing, do we have to drag his mother in all this?

  13. Pawlu BORG says:

    change the leader gonzi old faction

  14. Botom says:

    I have heard from very reliable sources that Franco projects himself with some of his fellow MPs as “IL-FUTUR TA’ DAN IL-PARTIT”.

    So Daphne, you are very correct to say that his ambition is to become leader of the PN.

  15. P Shaw says:

    I feel compelled to inform Franco that I got 100 in maths between Form II and Form IV, except for one mid-year exam where I got 99.

    Given that 73 in maths gets you to ask the PM to resign, should I ask the Pope or Barroso to move on?

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