‘Infront’ indeed!

http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-08-27/news/no-bbq-in-front-of-club-sign-put-there-by-local-council-6356926470/

Another Maltese Hamallata at Marine di Ragusa on the week of Ferragosto.

The old adage that you can take the man out of the bario but not the bario out of the man (or woman) holds true.

Last year it was the year of the red and yellow horror boat show which was kicked off the marina on 15th August because the owner decided to treat the entire 850 berth Marina to a 100 decibel concert from his stereo.

Since it was not appreciated, the Marina people showed up on his berth and kicked him out.

This year it is the year of ‘Uncle Tony’s second hand red and white motor cruiser’!!

Well the 15th of the month was quite OK, but you know, there is the 16th….

This year, on the night between the 16th and the 17th of August, in a marina jam packed with yachts of various nationalities, there was a lone solitary second hand red and white motor cruiser, belonging to ‘Uncle Tony’.

The 17th was a Sunday, a day when many people leave the marina on a long trip home.

So, being the considerate person that he is, this ‘Uncle Tony’ organised a small party running till 5am on Sunday morning.

If it was a quite party, no one would have given a 2c hoot about it. But no. Ahna Maltin ta’. And we must ensure that everybody knows that we are successful and bought a boat

So it happened…. In the dead of the night, the whole marina was treated to a high volume stereo with men hitting on women all night and trying to get lucky and the women quite enjoying it and making it known to everybody who was forced to hear that they are game. Of course the language was totally unsuitable for the many Maltese children on board the many Maltese yachts, with lots of ‘naghmillek hekk’ and ‘jigrilek hekk’ peppering the intellectually engaging conversation going on.

But who cares? I am all right Jack, enjoy yourself Jack!!

Unfortunately, the entire marina was hearing them as there was total silence and in the dead of the night a conversation can be heard across a long distance over calm waters. This fact must have escaped the dim witted woman who spent from 3am till 5 am shouting on the boat loudspeaker ‘ Uncle Tony, vodka and coka hi, hihihihihi. Smajtni hi? vodka u coka, hihihi’ waking everybody up. She must be in love with her raspy tweety bird voice. Am sure this 2 hour intellectually engaging session highlighted her high IQ. Pity that the Swedish, Danish, Italian, British, Dutch and German boat owners missed the gist of this intellectual piece de resistance from the Aristocracy of Maltese Intelligentsia. If only they knew beforehand, they could have booked translator services!!

Being fortified with Dutch courage, these Maltese gentlemen then switched off the lights at 5am and went totally silent, taf int, attaparsi mhux jien hi, jiena mal puliti hi, ghandhi bowt taf int!!’

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“Inhabbru kumpens ta’ zewg centezmi lil familji li kellhom id-dawl maqtugh ghal-iktar minn tnax il-siegha.”

I qualify for compensation. When are the applications for compensation, out?

Malta taghna lkoll u d-dawl taghna lkoll.

Ghandi l-ircevuti kollha u l-gvern ser ikollu jikumpensani ghal dawn is-sofferenzi.

Says it all, really.