Every Wednesday morning at nine o’clock, you will find Rose, Gemma and Vanna at the hairdresser. They are the regulars…and they discussed the budget!!
Gemma: Bongu Lola. Ajma, ghadda l-budget. Kif xbajt nisma. Ta’ kull sena din.
Vanna: L-Ghodwa t-tajba Lollie. Kemm ghandna Prim Ministru bravu. Titpaxxa. Rajt x’budget ghamel. Budget ta’ elezzjoni! Dejjem iqassam il-gid Joseph Taghna.
Rose: Good Morning pupi qalbi. Nahseb li we were not listening to the same budget Vanna dearie.
Gemma: Bdejna bil-budget haw’ukoll. Stordewni Lola. Donnu go Malta kulhadd wehlitlu d-diska.
Vanna: Rowzie hi, budget bhal dak qatt m’ghamiltu bhalu. Is-second time buyers naqqsilhom l-ispejjez….
Rose: U zgur so that all those vacant apartments forsi they get sold. Jimpala lil Sandro Chetcuti & Co. tal-MDA as usual.
Vanna: Il-vakejxin lijf li serqilna Gonzi taghkom ser nohduhom lura…
Rose: Eh, and that is distribution of wealth according to you?
Vanna: Il-penzjoni ser tizdied….
Rose: A few Euros so that people like you have something to smile about.
Vanna: U tal-bini vojt ser jaghti 25,000Ewro lis-sidien biex jirrangawhom u jinkrew mill-hawzing. Iqassam il-flus. L-eluf qed iqassam.
Rose: U ejja Vanna. Dik l-iskema ilha hemm u kienet a failure. That is just a recycled proposal. Wahda bhalek tifrah biha.
Vanna: U ghat-toroq qed jinvesti l-miljuni…
Rose: Diga bdejna bl-iskuzi. First he has to set up the Roads Agency and then they have to do recruitment u forsi xi darba jghidilna what plan he has to actually reduce traffic. Long term plan. X’hemm pjan? Paroli only.
Vanna: Ha nghidlek wahda Rowzie hi. Biex taghmel pjan, irid ikollok il-flus. Bla flus, la tghannaq, la tbus u lanqas ma tibni toroq. La hemm il-flus, kollox isir. Fi zmienkom kellna kaxxa vojta bla flus u ARRIVA sploduta. Issa ghandna ekonomija li hija l-ghira tal-Ewropa.
Rose: Inti bis-serjeta’ Vanna dear? Ghidli int xi proposta ghamel to regenerate the economy or to develop new economic sectors. Xejn.
Vanna: Tibzghax issa Joseph il-Kbir Taghna jkompli jispjegalna fid-dettall u tibda tara, tisma u titwerrec int. Ghandu idejat kbar Joseph ghal Malta. Idejat biex naghmlu l-flus.
Rose: Of course, like the passport scheme hux?
Vanna: Mela xiex. Issa pajjizi tal-Ewropa qed jikkupjawha l-iskema tal-passaporti taghna. Tawhielek ir-risposta.
Rose: Issa r-risposta jaghtiha lilek Dr Delia. Issa tara his budget speech and everybody will understand what a great new leader we have.
Vanna: Xi grejt lijder? Lanqas ghadu jaf x’laqtu. Lanqas ghall-hatra ma kien kapaci jasal fil-hin. NEW Way ukoll! Issa nisimghuh jpeclaq dwar il-budget u niskopru kif jirranguna STUPID Way. Jaghtina xi pjan imqartas ghat-traffiku li jkun WRONG Way. U meta fl-ahhar jghaddilu l-hin u jaghfsulu l-buttuna ta’ geddumu biex jaghlaq halqu, nghidulu GO AWay. U waqt li hiereg, Joseph ifakkru min hu Prim Ministru u jghidlu ‘Xbin, kompli sodd b’subghajk ghax hawnhekk MY Way’.