To use Franco’s preferred exclamation: INKREDIBBLI
This man is so unfit to be a politician and a member of parliament that he actually thinks there should be no budget speech before a general election.
Gejja l-elezzjoni? Allura why bother.
Unbelievable.
Scratch that – only too believable because this man is barely fit for his day job of defending petty criminals, something he appears not to be doing at the moment because he is too busy fighting his ruinous battles and writing his blokk.
And there’s something I have long meant to ask him (perhaps I’ll do so as we’re walking down the aisle): does he have a problem with the use of the definite and indefinite article?
The last time I met somebody who spoke and wrote like he does (“first election, then budget”), it was because her native tongue (no, not Latin) does not use articles and she just couldn’t grasp the concept.
So what’s Franco’s excuse?
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Reply to Esteve Click here to cancel reply
Franco is Rasputin’s lovechild.
Ah, that explains it, One evil weirdo spawned another.
B’DEDIKA LIL LAWRRNCE GONZI:
GHALXEJN TAGHMEL IL-WEGHDI,
GHALXEJN TKAXKAR RIGLEJK.
DALWAQT FRANCO DEBONO,
SE JAGHFASLEK IL-BRAKE !
His excuse is that he has nothing between his two ears.
Daphne, a valid argument, as long as it is well understood, even if not written in perfect English, remains a valid argument.
A stupid argument, written in perfect English, remains a stupid argument .
[Daphne – It is very difficult to write out a stupid argument in perfect English. Perfect English is generally predicated on clear thought. When people write poorly, it is generally not only their knowledge of grammar which is inadequate, but also their thinking.]
Daphne: So you mean to say that all those who speak perfect English don’t make stupid arguments ?? Your arguement is a classical example of what I mean !
[Daphne – No. I meant that perfect English, by which what one really means is perfect grammar, is generally the result of perfect or near-perfect analysis. And this is a generalisation, because of course, yes, you can have stupid arguments in pretty good English. Martin Scicluna wrote the most appallingly stupid piece about Dom Mintoff a couple of weeks ago.]
I think his main concern with “the festivities” is really the fact that he’s booked, or about to book, his Christmas vacation already.