Dear God, how gauche – I guess no occasion is too solemn to be made a mockery of
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March 18, 2013 at 11:27pm
Jokes about Qormi people being drunk after noon, at the swearing-in of Marie Louise Coleiro (only to be reprimanded by the president of the republic, and not only because he is also from Qormi), clever-dick comments at inappropriate moments, attention-seeking jokes at events where he is not the topic…I’m quite sure our prime minister is preparing a nice set of jokes about men in white dresses for his upcoming trip to the Vatican. Can’t let things get too formal, can we.
This joke might have been amusing in a different context, but in this context it’s all about ‘look at me instead of concentrating on the subject at hand’.
Il-vera dwejjaq ta’ bniedem. Typical only child.
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“Berikt lill-gvern. Ghandna bzonn”
Cajta kienet? Jew ammissjoni li b’miraklu biss dal-gvern jista jirnexxi?
What a dork. He gets blessed, but interprets it as if the whole government got blessed. He’s the be and all.
I am happy he has been blessed. Isn’t it ironic it happened on the same day savers in the country we aspire to emulate have lost up to 10% of their savings.
I can already imagine how he might ridicule the exchange with Pope Francis if he gets to meet him on his trip to the Vatican:
JM: Your Holiness, I understand you are from Argentina.
Pope Francis: Yes, sure.
JM: You might know my wife – she’s Eva Peron.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjcv5iRSEqk
The smirk on his face, again, in an ill-fitting suit, says it all.
Marelli x’inhu defsa.
The priest was leading the proceedings. Who on earth told Muscat to butt in before the priest had even finished?
The correct way of doing things is to first wait for the priest to clearly say and show that the proceedings are over.
Joseph Muscat must think that the blessing of the place is just a bit of fun and games but for people who believe in such things, it is a matter to be taken seriously.
Do we have to go about explaining EVERYTHING?
First he mocked Tonio Fenech’s religious beliefs.
Then he made a meal out of the new pope’s installation.
Now he tries to usurp a priest’s significance.
Really progressive, moderate and liberal Joseph. Really progressive, moderate and liberal.
Why does everything have to involve Popish ritual in Malta?
Banks open all the time in the western world and nobody calls for a priest or a shaman to bring some holy mojo to the place.
From a foreigner’s perspective this is some strange medieval shit.
Imma lilek, x’jidhol u johrog f’ghajnek (biex inkun pulit) jekk naghmlux hekk jew mod iehor? Translating into English w/o losing much of its meaning is a bit difficult. For me at least.
A very mild comment: What difference does it make to you whether we call a priest or not?
What is it that he did at Marie Louise Coleiro’s swearing-in?
[Daphne – As she took her oath, he joked that oaths taken after noon by people from Qormi are worth nothing. (This is because there is an old saying that men in Qormi are fine until noon and then they’re drunk.) He was immediately reprimanded by the President who, incidentally, is also from that town.]
The saying about Qormi people is related to the old tradition (from the days of the knights when Qormi was connected to the grand harbor via Marsa sports ground) of being bread bakers. Hence they work from early morning till noon and go back to sleep to commence their working day during the night.
Was the remark by the PM towards Marie Louise Colerio or towards the President or both of them?
“L’etat c’est moi”
I’m not from Qormi but if I were, I’d rather be a man till noon than an idiot all day long like the one who voiced the remark.
Tad-disperazzjoni. And then there’s the other “phenomenon” – the PN candidates uploading embarassing personal photos or photos of their food on Facebook (where else?), or posting “statuses” on the same networking site about what food they’re cooking, etc.
Facebook did not help PN.
People must get it into their heads that Facebook was created for those who live miles apart, to communicate with those who live miles apart.
The intention, I’m sure, was never meant for it to be used for people to attract attention. For the attention seekers.
PN do not need attention-seeking, therefore, they should not use Facebook at all.
[Daphne – Rather the contrary, I would say.]
What a childish amateur we are lumped with as Prime Minister…tal-biki!
Meta l-qassis bierek lil kulhadd, JM qallu li bierek lill-gvern, qisu hu biss jifforma l-gvern.
Pero l-ahjar wahda li qal wara li rrispondih xi haga l-qassis, JM qallu li ghandhom bzonn. (jigifieri li jitbierku) U fejn ma tantx ikollu ragun dak il-hin kont naqlalu l-kappell kieku kont hemm.
True! Għandhom bżonn! They don’t even know what hit them. Of course it’s going to take a miracle to run the country with that bunch, you know. This is going to be one hell of a very black comedy. Wait and see.
Black comedy xejn. This very small, unresourceful island, needs the Government and depends on the Government’s decisions.
Every step in the right direction, counts. Wrong steps, bad results.
I hope we won’t go there. But hope is irrelevant when there’s nothing much to hope for.