When you see this coming, best step aside
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November 3, 2012 at 11:28am
A couple of people commented here that 1. Marlene Mizzi doesn’t have big arms and shoulders, and 2. they can’t see how she could have knocked me over.
Fortunately, a friend had to hand a photograph of the lady in the exact same dress and hairstyle that she wore on the night in question.
When you see that heading your way in the playground, girls, step aside or she’ll mow you down and take your tuck-shop money, before heading for centre-stage to yell that her daddy’s car is bigger than your daddy’s car and what’s more, she has a doll that wees and for her 60th birthday she’ll be getting one that sings Ma Taghmlu Xejn Mal-Perit Mintoff.
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Is it just me or does she have what the Americans gloriously term lunch-lady arms?
They surely put me off lunch, Matthew!
Oh my word.
Hsibta il-pupu tal-Pirelli jien.
Michelin, not Pirelli.
Inverse Freudian slip. Pirelli supermodels and all that.
Actually that’s Michelin Man you mean.
Talk about Shylock’s pound of flesh. Don’t remember it being per square centimetre in the Merchant of Venice, though.
That was ‘pound’ as in weight, Andi.
That’s right Rjc, simply multiply pounds weight by surface area and convert to kilos. Simple really.
Mutton dressed as lamb, how pathetic for her to think a sixty year old could get away with wearing something like that.
No dress sense whatsoever. One should hide such arms – and her back looks even bigger in that type of cut that makes her look like a wardrobe.
Jesus Christ, her husband is a lucky guy.
Without seeing her complete side B, I would say she looks like a sumo wrestler.
Reminds me of a roughneck or a longshoreman.
If she had an iota of common sense, she would have covered her back and arms with at least three layers of brocade.
Yuck
Older bodies are best kept covered at night, especially under artificial lighting.
My God, how tacky and unattractive.
At her age she should cover up to conceal the fatty deposits instead of revealing them with pride.
If you choose to wear a backless dress, at least cover your arms, Marlene. Imbasta tipprova taghti l-impressjoni li int high class u tifhem f’kollox, imbaghad tohrog liebsa dik il-porkerija.
In my opinion both back and arms should be covered in this case.
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X’cuc hu Al Hogan.
Back fat. Disgusting.
Why waste more time on this woman?
Come on Daphne, I would willingly give her my tuck shop money. When it comes to my vote, I am not even tempted.
Straight out of the Thunderdome.
She IS the Thunderdome
Thunder thighs also.
Just lost all my appetite – thank you.
Looks like another back of a bus.
Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler.
What a lovely dress. It really shows off her nice back and slender arms.
SCARY
You would think she would dress appropriately for her age.
I was always under the impression that she was “trim”.
*oh well* Another pin-up dream down the drain.
Laham impahpah…
The photo needs ironing.
If you see her coming better step aside,
cause a lot of girls didn’t and a lot of them died.
One fist of iron and the other of steel,
if the left one don’t get you the right one will….
Is that a 47” TV at the back?
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3D too. The cellulite just jumps out at you.
Fat screen.
Yes, and in colour, too, without first having had to pay Lm500 (1,165 Euros) as a bribe under Labour, prior to the Lm800 (2000 Euros) payable for the actual TV set.
Or is it advertising space?
Labour can have one of their billboards posted there.
The latest piece………designed by IKEA
Isn`t that the sort of dress worn at SM parties?
Be honest Daphne, aren’t you a little envious of Marlene Mizzi ? She is not afraid of engaging in public debates on TV. YOU ARE !
[Daphne – Mr Privitera, for the zillionth time. I am not ‘afraid’ of engaging in public debates on TV. I simply have no interest, or vested interest, in doing so. For me, it would be a waste of time and effort. For Marlene Mizzi, it is not. Using your argument, Mrs Mizzi does not write a blog, therefore it must be because she is afraid to engage in public debate by writing one.]
Daphne, your arguments are hardly convincing. Anyone who gives himself the right to sling mud at people but is unwilling to confront people face to face is a coward or has a hidden agenda.
[Daphne – I confront people face to face on a daily basis, Mr Fenech. This blog is not exactly anonymous. I don’t actually live in another country, you know. Everyone I write about, I see and meet. The trouble with you people is that television and the spoken word are THE means of communication. You don’t realise that there is a whole world out here in which people prefer the written word, or that writing what you think several times a day is a whole lot more demanding than a television appearance once a month, especially when, in that television appearance, you say nothing much. Also, I feel the need to remind you that I am not a politician. I am a newspaper columnist. A newspaper columnist does not need to go on television to garner votes. The people who appear on television do not do it for fun, but for one of two reasons: exposure for their cause and raising their profile. I have no cause and I need a lower profile not a higher one.]
Daphne, columnists and journalists ‘do’ participate in TV debates and I’m not referring to the Malta.
[Daphne – That’s because they receive a fee for doing so, Mr Fenech. There is no such fee in Malta, where people are expected to work – and participation in a television debate, when you are a journalist and not a politician, is work – for free. Nobody does anything without an incentive to do so, whether that incentive is fun, money, duty or votes. The very idea that I should give up the best part of a day in preparation and then my entire evening to sit in a studio – and for what – is ridiculous. Obviously, if I did nothing all day and led a very boring life, I might consider it a highlight of my year, but given that I have practically no time to call my own, I’ll be damned if I am going to do anything of the sort. Ask yourself: what would be in it for me? Obviously, nothing. I have said this many times before: if I am going to do pro bono work, then I will do it for a charity, not a television producer.]
I can’t blame you though for not rubbing shoulders with the mediocre TV/radio hosts that litter the island: mediocrity remains and will always be the order of the day over there!
[Daphne – That’s got nothing to do with it.]
I am still trying to come to terms with the fact that PL has Jason as their head of media. I pity Joseph – he is a smart man but he’s surrounded by idiots which hinder his work. The PN’s personnel is is no different, but at least they have a layer of icing which makes it a bit more digestible.
Thanks, makes makes things clearer. I would not do things for no gain either.
[Daphne – Well, some things, yes, if there are other benefits, like fun, amusement, charity, whatever.]
However, even in exchange of gain – I would not touch Maltese TV/radio!
Eddy – isn’t this starting to become just the tiniest bit frustrating and humiliating now?
Iva ghid wahda tajba. Wahda jahasra! You need to get out more, and change the TV channel now and again.
Eddy Privitera, imma kif dejjem jirnexxilek tohrog b’xi cucata u tispicca biex Daphne issamrek ma l-art.
Anybody who is envious of this bendy bus must be pure cuckoo.
Ghal Eddy Privitera kollox jghaddi.
Ghal Eddy Privitera ghadda kollox.
She is obviously a big woman as seen here from the back.
That is called the mid-life spread.
I cannot get rid of mine even though I diet hard. Any solutions, Daphne? The difference is that I try to hide it by covering myself as much as possible.
[Daphne – I’ve heard that starving yourself and spending two hours a day at the gym help. But is it worth it?]
Nah. Forget the gym. Just spend the two hours jogging. Cardio is key. Don’t starve yourself but cut your calorie intake by 5%, and keep fats to a bare minimum. Veggies are your Wunderwaffen. Eat them with relish. You’ll be on the cover of Vogue in no time.
Cardio and weight training would work wonders for Ms Mizzi – they’ve worked wonders for me. That and that other insignificant thingy: semi-starvation.
What a horrible chav dress. It looks like the seamstress ran out of cloth.
Is that bibendum ?
Jidher sew it-tpaħpieh issa, Marlene.
Why is it that many Maltese women over 45 do not realise that the more flesh they cover, the better they look.
Not only Maltese, Americans even more so!
Anna, I think it depends on the woman in question. I know some women over 45 who are toned and could certainly afford to wear such a dress.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/108083645408/?fref=ts
Fancy referring to one”s wife as a ”cheese platter”! Looks like he over-indulged in vintage Earl Grey.
This link does not take you where it should. I’m curious now.
Yes, it does. check again. Pic and his accompanying comment is there.
A sumo wrestler’s back.
Wow, so sexy! And here I was, worrying that my tummy is slightly out of line!
Good God. Not quite a Soviet discus thrower but she can build my dry-stone wall any time.
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Lights up when juiced.
Without any specific reference to the person in question , would the Maltese equivalent to a lunch-lady be a “hassiela” ?
From ‘Chairwoman’ to ‘Charwoman’ in one fell swoop.
Marlene is showing enough flesh there to feed a whole tribe of cannibals for a week.
Mhux ahjar milli niexfa ghewda ????
I know you’re Labour Eddy, so I am typing this question slowly. This is an English language blog, so why do you insist on using Maltese?
Yeah, pisses me off too.
Ghax issa m’hux aktar Malta Labour Party izda Partit Laburista u Eddy irid jimxi mal-moda. Erba t’ijiem ohra hu jibda isejjah lilu nnifsu Dwardu.
Way off base here, but if the useless old piece of shit doesn’t comment in English on this Englsh blog, he should be shut down.
Although, I would suppose that his comments in Maltese are just as incoherent.
“Ghuda”.
Lanqas tikteb bil-Malti ma taf. Imbasta bil-patriottizmu mnejjek tieghek.
Well done Baxxter, you write both faultless English and Maltese. I know who to ask when I need to spell a word in Maltese.
It should be ‘patrijottiżmu’.
I disagree with the Akkademja spelling on that one. I don’t pronounce it that way anyway.
Whether you pronounce it that way or not, ”patrijottiżmu” is the the way it should be written. The Kunsill tal-Malti (not the Akkademja) sets the rules and all people of good will who wish to avoid linguistic confusion, follow.
Ara tisimghek Yana ghax tiehu ghaliha.
Maryanne, ghidli kif zewg t’ibhahen jistghu jiehdu ghal xulxin?
What’s up, Privitera? Jaqaw il-Viagra irnexxiet?
Speak for yourself, Eddy! Each to his own, le? Gosti.
Is she wearing one of those bras with complicated strap configurations?
I think so. She needs some kind of support on her front.
I think it is sexy.
OK, OK.
I’m kidding.
You can threaten someone with that.
Consuelo has just lost her Back Of A Bus title.
Arriva buses never looked sexier.
No dress sense at all. I can’t imagine myself dressing like that at her age. I am much much younger but still would not dream of dressing like that.
What sort of bra do you wear with a dress like that?
Please spare us such sights.
Stepping aside would not deliver the desired result. You’d need to run.
Tuzzana pastizzi tal-irkotta, Marlene? Jew xi ftit aktar?
I’m uneasy with most of the comments. I can just about understand Daphne weighing in to retaliate in kind. I’m however uncomfortable with the bullying coming in from the ringside. Bullying, however presented, should be abhorred.
I see where you’re coming from, but this is a picture of the Labour Party’s Business Forum chief and former Sea Malta chairman, and a possible Minister if Labour make it to Castille.
If she is comfortable flaunting it, we are more than happy to give her our verdict.
A certain sartorial sense is a requisite, although one cannot expect high standards from someone who was having public wet dreams on Facebook at a Mario Balotelli pose.
http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/06/will-somebody-please-give-marlene-mizzi-a-good-seeing-to/
I’m not in the least bit concerned.
People dress like that thinking they look great, expecting to be admired, fishing for compliments however insincere they might be. She needs to be told the truth.
She’s not just your average ‘mara tad-dar’, not having the slightest clue what is appropriate and what clearly isn’t. She’s a ‘mara ta’ success’ who thinks exceptionally highly of herself but badly letting herself down by showing her true colours.
You think this is bullying, but I call it getting your just desserts.
Hipposuction
I’m pretty sure that’s Gene Hackman. Fast forward to 0:35 and 3:10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylTltFMawao
It is tragic when a 60-year old dresses like a 20-year old. Same applies for tangas, miniskirts, extra high heels and all the paraphernalia intended to lure unsuspecting males to, eventually, marriage.
We both know Mrs Mizzi through our jobs and in my opinion she was one of the best personalities we had in Malta. (I’m referring to the physical aspect).
From this picture I can see that her physique has changed drastically and in my opinion she should forget skimpy dresses and start getting dressed in another manner.
Malta’s Rachida Dati.
Jahdem qieghed, is-Serkin tar-Rabat.