100 men for twelve weeks are expected to finish a block ot ten apartments from shell to the bloody pansies on the front terrace.

Mela tlaqna jew, vera gvern taghhom, imma issa zzejjed, dal-mitt haddiem x’ghamlu, qaghdu mal-fjuri ma jmurx jibzghu mid-dlam?

Imagine cabbies going by, ‘Ara dis biggest carpet by Jeysin you know?….’ clip clop clip clop.

Do you remember Wardakanta?

Take the Eurovision; reduce it over il-fjamma tal-helsien until it’s similar in texture to an ghanja tal-poplu, taking care however to maintain happy proletariat fruitiness.

Garnish generously with red carnations, sequined sweat pants and big perm and….voila’.

Serve with either a vintage Hamilton or a young Azzopardi. I find both carry white tasselled slip-ons rather well.

Yummy.

I bet you the whole objective was for the Ms representing Muscat and Micallef to be present together on that mat.

Such would be the mindset. The cost and value (read impact/need) irrelevant.

Lest we all forget he was a gardener. And one of his former managers at ELC is heading the civil service.

I wouldn’t use that hideous thing as a doormat.

As for our hacks’ vocab, I thought “carpeted” meant just that. This is beauty-spotted at best.

http://www.raileurope.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Brussels_Flower-carpet_-2-600×416.jpg

If you need 100 workmen for that, I despair.