Because it’s an interactive science centre. Sorry, “center”.

Jimshu bihom il-karti tal-incova. Min kien qalu dan il-kliem?

Sfortunatament hekk hu.

Eeeeh, hi, ic-certifikati jaghmluk nies.

Don’t old fathers participate in their children’s upbringing?

[Daphne – Not really, no. The generation gap is way too big. While the children are babies and toddlers they treat them like cute toys, and then when they are teenagers they are way out of it and can’t cope. Can you imagine a man of around 70 staying up half the night while his children race around the clubs or Paceville with their phones switched off? Or being switched on to what’s happening with that age group and what normal curfews are, etc? A 70-year-old who gives his teenage children what-for for bad behaviour is not taken seriously, even if he could be fagged to do it in the first place. The burden ends up on the mother, and if the mother is oldish too, then that’s bad news for the children. And the children of old fathers don’t treat them as fathers but as grandfathers, more so because, given their father’s age, they will not have had an actual grandfather. They recognise at some level that the relationship is not a normal one and that the gap is just too big for normal father/child dynamics. This does not mean to say that they love them less, of course, but when you are looking at age gaps of 50+ between father and child, that’s two generations and not one, and the relationship is obviously going to be very different.]

Er, when we said “Get ’em out for the lads”, we didn’t mean certificates.

Codruta was thinking about posting her pharmacist diploma and Lara all her certificates.

[Daphne – How sad. Litteralment ta’ wara l-muntanji.]

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13 December at 00:10 · Edited ·
Ghadhom mahruqin li tlaqthom Jeff Pullicino Orlando
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Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando Jiehdu pacenzja
13 December at 00:13 · 21

Gladys Caruana PL Ghajut u hruq kien Beppe u l-iehor tat tarf ommi maaaaaa psatas ta veru

[Daphne – That ghastly hamalla Gladys Caruana is Lara Boffa’s aunt, her mother’s sister. Mr Boffa must have found his wife by scraping round the bottom of the barrel in the Zejtun slums and then wiping off the excess. Hence Lara, given that mothers are always the biggest influence, and particularly so when the fathers are out of the equation due to reasons of old age. Be careful who you marry, gentlemen – because she’s not only going to produce your children (genetic package & c & c) but she’s also going to raise them.]