ATTAKK FAHXI U INSENSAT FUQ EX MINISTRU LABURIST U PREZENTATUR TA’ ONE TELEVISION
Privileged parking for a man disabled by his own uncontrollable appetite
The trouble with these ex Labour ministers from the Golden Years of Dom and KMB is that their sense of entitlement never quite goes away.
Now I hear that the Fat Controller has got himself a nice, convenient reserved parking bay just outside his home in Sliema’s St Vincent Street, on the grounds that he’s disabled.
You know, because he’s so obese that he can’t walk properly. And why is he obese? Because he eats too much. So instead of telling him to go on a bloody diet, they give him a reserved parking space in one of the most crowded parts of Malta.
And members of my extensive worldwide network of spies tell me that this parking bay is, worse still, used by his long-time companion Lynne Zahra too. And those who, like me, know Dr Zahra will tell you that by no stretch of the imagination can she be described as disabled.
How do they get him into the Super One studios? Roll him into the lift and press Send?
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That’s the trouble here. And a truly disabled person goes through hell to perhaps obtain some benefit.
I know of people who were born with special needs and whom have been struggling, for years, to get a disabled parking bay.
I struggled for months to get a yellow box painted in front of my own garage. I am not a disabled person, I drive a car, a bike and a motorbike, but god how I wish I was obese.
My neighbours have got a reserved parking lot in front of their terrace, which by no stretch of the imagination can be described as a garage (and neither is any of them disabled).
Is the Fat Controller also receiving social benefits for disability, by any chance?
Disgraceful.
They don’t, Inkontri’s transmitted live from his house. The parking space is for the OBU van.
I guess the solution is one (excuse the pun).
Whoever goes to Sliema and cannot find parking should take up Henry VIII’s reserved parking space.
If anyone gets a parking ticket due to this act, then it should be contested accordingly on the basis that he is not disabled but just a fat individual who refuses to lose weight and get into shape.
Unless the handicap is mental, of course, which is not beyond the realms of possibility.
There is a second solution. We could all eat vast amounts of food, stop exercising and grow disgustingly fat, then we could apply for a disabled parking permit.
If you can’t beat them join them. And in Malta, you can never beat them.
And then again he’s seen in Xlendi Bay eating like a pig at restaurants there. Maybe there’s also a reserved parking bay for him there.
Why did he move to Sliema?
Because he hates us.
It’s very upmarket there.
Ghax mhux cuc.
Because he is part of the “movement.”
It’s the much-maligned Transport Malta which issues such permits and they need a doctor’s certificate to even consider the request.
There must therefore be a doctor, somewhere, who considers obesity as a physical disability and, since it is such a widespread problem in Malta, we could soon have thousands of reserved spaces.
If the space is used by others, it’s up to the residents to report the abuse to the Local Council and/or Transport Malta. The permit could be revoked.
The matter should be immediately reported to the KNPD (Kummissjoni Nazzjonali Persuni b’Dizabbilita) situated in Santa Venera – Tel 22788555 – email: [email protected].
Any person’s car parked in a space reserved for persons with disability should have a Blue Sticker issued by the KNPD which should be visible at all times.
When this man is in Gozo and needs to buy his groceries, he invariably parks in front of my garange, which is just a few metres away from the supermarket. His number-plate begins with LYN.
When Joseph Muscat becomes prime minister, we might find a special Joe Grima Loading Bay outside that supermarket.
I was just thinking of putting on weight to get a parking slot
This is an absolute disgrace and an insult to all those who have a genuine disability and have benn trying for years without success to get a reserved parking bay in front of their own homes.
Reserved parking is given to those who cannot walk more than 100 metres.
The permit is given after the Transport Malta doctor verifies that this is so.
The local council must then check this claim and approve it. It must also verify that the reserved parking bay will not impede and/or be dangerous for the flow of traffic.
The person must not have a garage in the vicinity.
I forgot to mention that to have a reserved parking space, one must have a Disability Blue Badge issued by the Commissioner of Police after being recommended by the “Kummissjoni Nazzjonali Persuni b’Dizabilita` (KNPD).
A reserved parking bay provided by the Sliema council, predominantly Nationalist.
Perhaps he had Cyrus on the case, in between posting porn and soaking cork.
In that case his driving licence should be withdrawn.
Do they dish out reserved parking lots according to one’s BMI ?
If so, I wonder what the exact criteria are in a country where obesity is the national malady. Minhabba il-guh u l-ghaks.
At this rate the entire island will soon be reserved and we, normal individuals, will have to park our cars on land that, thanks to Joey, will be reclaimed from the Med.
Who is the medical adviser who declared him as disabled?
Could Mr. Grima be suffering from any disease that leads him to obesity?
This’ll probably be classified as ATTAKK FAHXI, but: Parkinson’s Disease. So many of our talk show hosts seem to be fat.
I do not want to enter the fray the ex minister does not need me to defend him and I am Nationalist but the minister is elderly and I saw him a couple of times in hospital on a wheelchair for treatment like I was for fractures. I stand for the truth as a Christian Democrat.
Lina, his partner Lynne Zahra is more than able to get the car from wherever it is parked, pass by their home, pick him up and proceed to where they need to go.
On the way back, she can drop him off at home and then go to find a parking slot, just like the rest of us.. God forbid that we give a reserved parking space to all those who have ‘disabled/invalids’ at home.
Lina, don’t stand next to him in a queue. Just don’t.
Imbaghad jghidu li l-pjaciri isiru man-Nazzjonalisti biss. Anzi hawn Nazzjonalisti li biex issir xi tip ta’ gustizzja maghhom (jekk issir) iridu jghaddu x-xhur. L-aqwa li qed nigru wara xi whud li ma jriduz jivvutaw.