Peter Panpipes over band clubs anytime. Peace will reign. Plus little Twinkletoes Joey may make some sense.

Well, if AirMalta introduces ultra-low cost flights to Arequipa, we may get a few more panpipe bands to clutter up Republic Street and help our – what do they call them? – “businesses”.

George Abela’s ego, which might cover Siberia and possibly cross the Strait and cover Alasks too, took him to South America.

Now, in retrospect, what did MALTA get out of his antics?

I know people who need other types of tablets, if you know what I mean.

Woops, wrong reply. Was meaning to answer Harry.

Here’s the right one: Next time, just write a full-page piece about the latest evidence of the exact position of St Paul’s shipwreck or some such, and slip in your letter in code form. We’ll understand. The Times has become a cross between Il-Gens and Maltastar. No use trying to get sensible stuff published.

No, really. He’s been writing regular letters in the papers, and he’s even published two books.

I don’t think that you are 100% right, Reporter.

If Abela was not appointed President, he would have become Joseph’s ‘consultant’ if not right hand man, giving the Labour Party some credibility.
I wouldn’t count Louis Galea out yet, but would he want to be appointed President? No doubt at all that he would have made an excellent President as were former Nationalist Presidents.

Some political maneuvers sometimes can only be fully understood years later and the reason for them having been made are revealed, when political fallout is of no consequence.

I remember being so embarrassed at listening to his nonsense that I wanted to turn off the TV.

This Peru fiasco is only the latest in the line of gaffes this president has become associated with.

Daphne: apologies for breaking up the post – one occupational hazard of using a tablet.

Starting with that completely tasteless official photo that he had to change due to public hilarity, to his multiple instances of injury on official business that, while not funny in themselves, gave the impression of the man being too emotionally excitable for the job. Then there was that embarrassing speech he gave during the Pope’s visit during which, in his abysmal English pronunciation, lamented the introduction of the separation of Church and State.

Please note that the original letter emailed to the Times carried the name of the magazine: ‘Vida Issue 33’, and that the Times, in censoring this, mutilated, desecrated and frankly raped to the death the consistency of the second paragraph. As it stands, it hardly makes any sense at all.

AND this revision came after they requested I whittle the letter down from 500 words to 350. But when some PRIEST or POLITICIAN gets half a page and two thousand words to proselytize his drivel on The Times HEMMHEKK NO PROBLEM.

You can read the unexpurgated and unraped version of the letter here:

http://rangoonruns.appspot.com/2012/09/20/let%5C%27s-go-on-a-summer-sacrifice-%5Bheavily-censored-and-edited%5D