Delusions of greatness
Published:
June 28, 2012 at 8:18pm
Zeffirelli's Brother Son, Sister Moon
Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando Smith compared himself, on his Facebook wall, to heroic figures in history, like St Francis of Assisi.
Jozef posted this comment beneath my bit about his nonsense. At least I got a laugh out of it.
Please Jeff, do not walk out of Pieta’ butt-naked with a couple of sparrows perched tweeting on your head.
It was bad enough with Francis of Assisi in the Zeffirelli film.
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Delusions of adequacy more like.
The Hon. Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando was visiting a primary school in his capacity as chairman of the Malta Council for Science and Technology. The class was in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings.
The teacher asked Pullicino Orlando if he would like to lead the discussion on the word ‘tragedy’.
So the Honourable Dentist asked the class for an example of a tragedy.
A little boy stood up and offered: ‘If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field and a tractor runs over him and kills him, that would be a tragedy.’
‘Wrong,’ said Pullicino Orlando ‘That would be an accident.’
A little girl raised her hand: ‘If a school bus carrying fifty children drove over Dingli Cliffs killing everybody inside, that would be a tragedy.’
‘Mhu veru xejn,’ Pullicino Orlando said. ‘That’s a great loss’.
The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Pullicino Orlando searched the room.
‘Isn’t there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?’
Finally, at the back of the room, little Johnny raised his hand and said:
‘If a private plane carrying you, Jesmond Mugliett and Franco Debono was struck by a friendly fire missile and blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy.’
‘Fantastic!’ exclaimed Pullicino Orlando. ‘Of course it would. And can you tell me why?’
‘Well’, said Johnny, ‘it has to be a tragedy, because it certainly wouldn’t be a great loss, and it probably wouldn’t be a f**king accident either.’
Amazing! Made me laugh like hell.
Finally. After 30 years, I get to sneak a peak at the “butt” scene which the nuns had insisted on removing when they took us giggling schoolgirls to see the film.
We keenly awaited THAT scene only to be sorely disappointed.
What a revolting thought, Daphne. On the other hand, if frantic Franco lent him a couple of cocks for those slumped shoulders, he may become more visible as he emerges.
The way JPO is acting, I would not be suprised if he ends up preaching to the birds. His credibility is next to zilch.
Lippu
What makes you think that the birds would want to listen to him?