The prime minister – proud that he “stamped his feet”

Published: July 15, 2013 at 10:04pm

Joseph Muscat quoted in Malta Today, today:

“I will not talk on apocalyptic scenarios,” Muscat said when asked whether Malta had a tipping point. “We just stamped our feet and told Europe the situation is serious.”

Stamped our feet? Stamped our feet? Does he not understand the negative connotations of “stamping our feet” for anyone over the age of two?




22 Comments Comment

  1. Edward says:

    And to think that a lot of PL supporters out there think that the PN is ‘jealous’ because the PL are managing to do what they never could. Sure, like make us look stupid.

  2. Pandora says:

    Sounds like a tantrum to me. Stuck in the terrible twos…and he is bragging about it.

  3. Joseph Caruana says:

    Maybe he was thinking about his infantry units stamping their feet in the masses.

  4. skrun says:

    If you’re happy and you know it stamp your feet x3
    If you’re happy and you know it and you really want to show it
    If you’re happy and you know it stamp your feet

    Singing ah ah yuppie yuppie ah ah …

  5. Steve says:

    Toddlers throw tantrums. Adults sit around the negotiating table.

  6. Francis says:

    Did he mean to say, he put his foot down?

  7. johnUSA says:

    Why are you surprised? Maltese people do not understand connotations at all. Well let me not generalize and say some of them don’t understand connotations at all. This goes back to the racial slurs that are being uttered uncontrollably.

    “They call us white and we insult them with their skin color back!” But .. what are the connotations of “white skin?” Was the white race ever oppressed?

    You try to explain to them the difference between “cracker” and the N word, to them they have equal weight. Yeah, right. Because they were totally enslaved for 400 years, beaten, abused, raped while being called the N word.

    They just do not get it. And i’m not talking from a political perspective here, I’m being very general.

  8. dutchie says:

    Maybe he wants to start a Mumford band.

    Then you don’t need a drummer. Just stamp your feet and clap your hand.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as4O2ZorKP8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

  9. Rumplestiltskin says:

    Stamping one’s feet: the new Labour diplomacy.

  10. Futur mill-aghar says:

    If he enjoys stamping his feet, maybe this lot can give him some tips. It will be so effective with his diet of oranges and selit.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W22gpBv00gg

  11. Natalie Mallett says:

    The next phrase is “If you’re happy and you know it shout Hooray”

    Mulej henn ghalina ghax dnibna kontra tieghek u kontra Malta taghna.

  12. Joe Micallef says:

    About two years ago, on this blog, I had assessed Muscat as not having gone beyond Freud’s anal phase.

  13. M. Cassar says:

    And he thinks that is a good thing right? I knew we were in deep s***, but this is deeper s*** than I thought!

  14. zunzana says:

    We stamped our feet and they smelled the coffee – always one for a nice cliche, our Joseph.

  15. M... says:

    Like a petulant child.

  16. More stupid than this … impossible.

  17. Just another Matt says:

    Toddlers in Tiaras. Scratch that, make it Toddlers in Power.

  18. camata says:

    quick! quick! there’s a dictionary of official idioms in the making:

    1. rattle the cage
    2. wake up and smell the coffee
    3. stamp one’s feet

    PhD from Bristol? I wonder if there was any software that checked plagiarism, like ‘turn it in’, at the time of his doctoral submission. I wonder what percentage of plagiarism Joseph’s PhD would have. And Konrad’s.

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