The prime minister of Malta ‘bil-kowt tan-NYE’ – how very unprepossessing
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November 30, 2013 at 7:16pm
The Department of Information has released what it probably thinks is a photograph of the prime minister looking imperious and determined. Not very many Maltese men can carry a coat, and he certainly can’t. But to make matters much worse, he appears to be wearing a zip-up windcheater beneath it.
The Prime Minister, Hon Joseph Muscat, arriving for the Heads of State and Government informal working dinner at the Eastern Partnership Summit.
Press Release Issue Date: Nov 28, 2013
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Yes, he is. How very unstylish and ridiculous. At least he spared us the sight of him wearing a bearskin hat or deerhunter.
The Times has a good photo in their photos of the week 21-27 Nov the PM looks like he is addressing 1 person on the national strategic policy for active aging.
Die Hard.
Iktar qisu ta’ Maltageddon
Miskin. Ma jmurx jiehu xi rih.
It looks as if his mummy dressed him.
My thoughts exactly.
Where exactly is his neck?
When his head keeps getting bigger something had to give.
Here you go – the zip-up windcheater in full view
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBdhVJIzJU4&noredirect=1
Qisu diehel ghal xi glieda boxing.
Wait, is this a still from a movie describing World War 3? Can’t see Mallia anywhere…
I understand the meeting was held in Oymyakon.
What sort of overcoat is that. Can I see hot water bottles in the pockets?
What on earth is he wearing underneath his coat?
Can someone check his T4 level?
Ghadni ma nistax nemmen li dan-nofs bniedem sar il-Prim Ministru tieghi.
Looks like a coat with a built in wind cheater (I hope)
http://www.massimodutti.com/webapp/wcs/stores/mobile/ProductPage?storeId=34009527&langId=-1&catalogId=30109527&categoryId=787504&productId=2801512&keyword=VELVET%20COAT
Vague resemblance to an unshaven mini-me of Austin Powers fame.
Qisu Danny De Vito
Careful there. Danny De Vito would not be amused.
Coats. Oh dear.
Let me start again. Coats: that necessary item in any man’s wardrobe, unless he’s living in the tropics or the Med. In Malta, they’re just worn once a year, by total dickheads who can neither carry them off nor behave like adults.
But enough of me. Let’s talk about the PM. What was he thinking here? Coats should be roomy around the shoulders, in order to fit the suit jacket underneath, but he’s gone full Arnie, when he has the shoulders of Danny de Vito at best. He looks like a very proud and conceited gnome wearing a black garbage bag, trying to sneak away down the garden path.
Let us not even go into the merit of the zip-up top underneath. That is actually a zip-off liner on the chest area. Many off-the-peg coats come with them nowadays. Sensible men will zip the horrible thing off and never look at it again. But our PM likes to keep snug (surely, ‘smug’?) so “libislu”, as the ancient Maltese idiom goes.
And another thing. “Hon” is what Michelle calls Joseph. But it’s not what anyone outside parliament should be calling him. Yes, I am a stickler for rules, egad. And I hereby declare that the caption-writer at the DOI is a total ignoramus.
Looks like a scene from The Matrix.
Jidher maqsum bil-bard.
Ma nafx. U ghax ma nafx nistaqsi. Zeppi jaf x`inhi d differenza bejn taghzaq ghalqa Burmarrad u taghzaq fi Brussels? Wisq nibza li ma ghandux degree f`dan is suggett. Ara fil-gideb mhux ghandu masters IMMA HU MASTER.
Those coats were in fashion in Italy last year. No so fashionable this year. The quilted waistcoat is actually attached to the side of the coat and removable from the top.
Those things serve a purpose when one drives a scooter to work, rain or shine.
It’s another derivative like those generic sneaker shoes for women, the rage a decade ago, also ideal to ride.
New Yorkers still prefer leaving their office shoes in their bottom drawer, even because they don’t scoot, not holding a half litre coffee cup anyway.
Then there’s the animal ears stuck to helmets, oh dear.