Honey, I shrunk the EU Commissioner

Published: December 18, 2014 at 6:25pm

Joseph Muscat tweeted this picture – very charitable of him. Whoever stuck him in the back wasn’t very nice, either, even though they have a platform thing to stand on.

Incidentally, this is not a mockery of small people, but an observation of the extraordinary and highly visible rate at which Karmenu Vella is shrinking. He was never that tiny. The change is remarkable.

karmenu vella shrunk




21 Comments Comment

  1. H.P. Baxxter says:

    PES! Keep Helle, shoot the rest.

  2. Ramona says:

    He’s not. He’s actually standing BEHIND the red platform, his legs are visible that way. Why though would he be standing behind it and not on it?

    [Daphne – No, he’s ON the platform. Click on the picture to open it up to full size and you’ll see that.]

    • Neil says:

      Yes you’d THINK that he’s standing behind it because he just looks so oddly short, but you can clearly see his dinky little feet ON the platform.

      When I first saw it I thought – PhotoShop. But no, it is the official ‘family photo’ from whatever council meeting they were attended.

    • Jozef says:

      You’d think they’d be all sensible to minorities, the vertically challenged and all that.

  3. Alexander Ball says:

    If Muscat is a socialist then I’m a ballet dancer.

  4. canon says:

    Il- kesha go Brussell qed taghmel bih.

  5. Gordon says:

    The Hobbit

  6. ciccio says:

    Ara kemm ckien il-Commissioner. Sar qisu PESpus.

  7. observer says:

    Wicc ta’ E.P.K. (Ebete tal-Prima Klasssi) miskin.

  8. Rosie says:

    The lady in front must be half a metre taller.

  9. il-Ginger says:

    I wonder if he uses this when he goes to the cinema
    http://www.koalabear.com/images/products/parts/cinemaseat_1_red.jpg

  10. anthony says:

    He has been just over 150cm ever since I’ve known him.

    That is fifty years ago.

    He has not started shrinking yet . He will in a few years’ time.

    It is just that he is being photographed next to normal European men and women.

    That’s all.

    [Daphne – No, Anthony, I got a shock when I last stood next to him.]

  11. Louis says:

    Whoever sees this pic will think we are all dwarfs in Malta.

  12. pale blue my foot! says:

    Why does our uncouth PM from Burmarrad always pose with his legs wide open. Is he trying to suggest that he’s hung like a stallion, or does he just need a year’s supply of 123 powder?

  13. Gracecam says:

    His wife probably washed him in the washing machine on high heat and poor Guy shrank.

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