qatt ma gejt bzonn l-ebda partit f’hajti u lanqas ha nigi bzonn serrah mohhok grace, that’s why I don’t care ikunx hemm partit jew iehor fil-gvern, mhux bhal xi whud li qishom mietilhom xi hadd tal-familja jekk il-partit taghhom ma jkunx fil-gvern, minn jaf ghalfejn jaghmlu hekk? nahseb iktar qed titbaqbaq int ghax il-pappa tieghek u ta shabek spiccat xi sena u nofs ilu.

[Daphne – Il-pappa tieghi qatt ma giet minn ebda gvern, ja mara injoranta. Ghalhekk dejjem hdimt u ghadni qed nahdem. Work: you should try it some time.]

Reading this level of attitude and expression is like observing a guest to a relatively formal event turn up in a shiny overly-tight lycra catsuit with Christmas lights all through it.

What’s the message Julia?

We don’t even think that way, but you wouldn’t have a clue.

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La tournure et la démarche ont autant d’accent que la parole.

“Record number of libel cases handled by Freeport Corporation chairman – exceeds number of containers processed at Marsaxlokk terminal”

Julia probabbli li jew int jew xi uhud minn familtek hadu xi kariga issa u miskina qed tara wisq bi kbir.

Jekk tahseb li ser taghmlu xi 25 sena kif ghamlu l-PN, nghajdlek li zgur fuq li zgur ma ghandkomx cans. Il-pappa li qed tiehdu dalwaqt tispiccalkom.

Bil-poplu ma tidhaqx il-hin kollu.

Is-sewwa jirbah zgur, fl-ahhar, imma l-hazen ma jmut qatt.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance – Thomas Jefferson.

[Daphne – I wish somebody, just once, would write in to disprove the theory, or at least cast doubt on it, that you have to be stupid and/or illogical to be a committed Labour supporter. Yes, I’m jealous because my friend is not chairman anymore. That really follows, doesn’t it. I used to love getting free rides in all those jolly containers.]

Well I don’t think that he wasn’t completely wrong.

I’d say:

Is-sewwa jirbah zgur, illum jew ghada.