Comments on: “Our government is making hay while the sun shines” – Justyne Caruana

By: just me

just me — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 09:34:19 +0000

“While the sun shines”… Why? Are stormy days expected soon Justyne?

By: F.X.

F.X. — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 21:14:01 +0000

Does she know that she is actually saying that she is sure that hard times are round the corner and that she is making the best of the time left??

The idiom refers originally refers to making hay before it’s too late and its meaning is still clear even if you have hay for a brain.

If she wanted to sound literate and wanted an idiom to expresses the notion that she is working while others are on holiday, there are plenty.

Also the “quite rightly” bit is patronizing and disgusting. Does she think that most people have a summer recess like parliament does and the wage and benefits of a minister?

By: David Thake

David Thake — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 19:29:47 +0000

Oh for more breakfast shows….

By: AE

AE — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 19:13:01 +0000

Ah finally someone who says the truth, albeit unwittingly.

By: KALANCC

KALANCC — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 15:09:02 +0000

In reply to anthony. Rumour has it that they bought state of the art machinery to compress a large amount of hay to save on space. The compressed HAY was then deposited in coffers, however there is no record or information as to where these coffers have been transported.

By: michael seychell

michael seychell — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 14:17:18 +0000

Justyne, now that you are in government, do you still believe that P.N. supporters are not part of your family?

Well you do not have to answer me since your leader amply confirmed this through the meritocracy principle he practised during these last 16 months.

By: Natalie Mallett

Natalie Mallett — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 10:08:49 +0000

In reply to Jozef. Jien irrid naghmilha bil-helicopter tal AFM, nista?

By: Antoine Vella

Antoine Vella — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 00:30:33 +0000

If anyone should be making hay it’s the Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture. He’s too busy looking for loopholes to appease hunters and trappers, however.

By: Queen's English

Queen's English — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 23:34:58 +0000

She does not understand the idiom at its most basic level. The idiom taken in isolation implies that hard times are ahead.

I find it disturbing that an MP, and one with a university degree, does not have a functional grasp of one of Malta’s official languages. It’s about time that the University stops handing out degrees to such people.

Even if the article was written by her ghost writer, she must have seen it and given the go ahead for its publication, so there is no excuse.

By: Gobsmacked

Gobsmacked — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 22:55:11 +0000

In reply to ken il malti. Don't give Joseph Muscat ideas to break the ice with some Irish politician.