Why is Franco like a Christmas pudding?

Published: December 5, 2012 at 10:54am

Here’s another of H. P. Baxxter’s jokes with a seasonal theme.

Q: Why is Franco like a Christmas pudding?

A: He comes in with a great deal of steam, is easily set ablaze, and is always the centre of attention. And in the end, he’ll finish up covered in custard.

Ahhh, kemm qed inbati! Ahhh! Ahhhh!




34 Comments Comment

  1. La Redoute says:

    We can have a whole string of those.

    Why is Franco like a Christmas turkey? Because he’s stuffed and no one will remember him when he’s gone.

  2. ego trip says:

    I have just seen Franco ‘Hu Go Fik’ Debono in Valletta, being comforted and consoled by Mr Consuelo Herrera, the architect and soon-to-be lawyer Robert Musumeci.

  3. Josette Jones says:

    And why is Franco completely unlike a Christmas pudding?

    He’s obnoxious.

  4. Coward says:

    COWARD, COWARD, COWARD.

    [Daphne – Cowards are those who don’t have the guts to do the right thing because they fear they may lose face, Franco. You disgust me, and have done for rather a long time. Whatever your psychological problems might be, you really don’t have to work them out on an entire country. History is replete with men who did just that, and they all ended up badly, to say nothing of the consequences for entire nations. If I don’t publish your other hysterical comments, that’s my choice. Shout them at me in the street when you next see me, if you prefer. You would do well to remember that life is not one long cock-fight.]

  5. Candida says:

    Oh and the blue flame coming out of the pudding?

    What does it signify?

    [Daphne – That somebody has put a flame to alcohol.]

    • Roy says:

      “Blue flaming” in colloquial terms, Candida, also refers to the act of igniting one’s flatulence.

      So many Fran(c)alogies; so little time.

  6. observer says:

    ’cause, like that short-lived little flame
    on top of roundish spongy stuff,
    we’ll soon forget poor Franco’s name
    all having said “enough’s enough”

  7. xmun says:

    I’d like to make a further comment relating to your article appearing on the Independent on Sunday.

    Besides the Guy’s gaffes which you have perfectly portrayed, Edward Scicluna’s own comments require further analysis.

    “l-ispiza ghas-sahha, ghall-edukazzjoni, ghall-ambjent, ghandek fejn timrah. Il-punt huwa talloka, tiehu min hawn u tpoggihom hawnhekk. Dan inti il-priorita.”

    In his haze following in il-guy’s footsteps, Edward Scicluna let it slip that PL will be reducing the health, education and environment budgets in order to reduce the electricity bills.

    Surprisingly, we have heard all sorts of comments in the mediaa because of il-Guy, but Edward’s comments which are as important, if not more, have been left by the wayside

    Ahli poplu Malti ghax Joseph ha jrahhasslek il-kont tad-dawl.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvOSndq9YvM

    • Malti says:

      Actually you might interpret it as saving euros in efficiencies (such as not paying for inexistant overtime at mater dei) and instead using those funds to make medicines available instead of them being out of stock.

      That is one way of ‘talloka b’mod differenti’

      You don’t need a genius to recognise the fact that inefficiencies cost money, so that is one source of money. work in any finance department of a private enterprise and you will know.

      • Homer says:

        Yeah right, and which moron – given Labour’s record when it comes to white elephants, inefficient public services and sucking up to the GWU – would interpret Scicluna’s comments that way?

        By the way, I’d love to see a private enterprise attempt to finance major expenditure (such as further subsidising utilities, which are already subsidised to the tune of tens of milions) simply via ‘reducing inefficiencies’.

      • Futur Imcajpar says:

        Subsidising water and electricity bills to a degree that you’d notice will cost MILLIONS of euros a year. It’s not going to come out of anyone’s overtime pay-packet. You lot just can’t seem to handle simple arithmetic. Please don’t talk about geniuses – you probably think Little Joey is one.

        So, either the cuts are going to be inconsequential, or large cuts are going to be made elsewhere. There’s always the solution of new taxation, of course. Labour has always delivered – taxes and unemployment.

    • Harry Purdie says:

      It is my experience that pure academics do not make good poiticians, They are not wired to tell lies.

    • The Shadow says:

      This is called robbing Peter to pay Paul.

  8. Joe says:

    hasra li jrid ikollok phd fl-astrofisika biex tikteb cajta bhal din
    mentri anke l-aqwa cuc illitterat malti jidhaq meta jaqraha

  9. tinnat says:

    Franco’s mind is not 100% there. Best to leave him alone.

    Today he dares complain that The Times did not publish is right of reply. But he himself does not publish a good 90% of what is sent to his blog because it disagrees with what he is saying, even if written without a hint of aggression.

    At any rate, like a Christmas pudding, he is auto-extinguishing.

  10. The Shadow says:

    If Labour don’t believe in government, perhaps they shouldn’t run for it.

    • Min Jaf says:

      Franco will certainly need to run for it, once he shoots down the budget simply to satisfy his puerile piques.

  11. H.P. Baxxter says:

    From my “Xmas Survival Guide: Jokes to get you through those office parties.”

    Q: Why is Lawrence Gonzi like the chocolates in the Advent calendar?
    A: He won’t last until Christmas.

    This should prove that my humour is isotropic.

    • Grezz says:

      Why is Franco like Jesus Christ?

      Because he never married, lived with his parents until he was at least 33, and suffered ridicule and hatred for the rest of us to be saved.

    • Harry Purdie says:

      Jeez, Baxxter, you could have used an easier word for your Labour followers. ‘isotropic’? Now the Labour illiterates will have to Google it and think you go ‘both ways’.

      You gotta smile, friend.

  12. Neil Dent says:

    I’ve never liked Christmas pudding, either.

  13. George Cross says:

    AND he’ll be gone and forgotten altogether in a few weeks’ time, just like a Christmas pudding.

  14. edgar says:

    So Franco the sick cock fighter’s other name is COWARD. Interesting.

  15. LOL says:

    so appropriate…………..:)

  16. voter says:

    Franco will NOT be forgotten. He will be remembered as a self-centred, ambitious big-headed MP who voted against a good budget just for the sake of implementing the “hu go fik” principle.

  17. sasha says:

    lol it’s great – love it.

  18. LOL says:

    it sure captivates the mood -)

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