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All in the name of a joke

Parliament and later the Law Courts provided an unusual backdrop this morning for a young man who decided to sunbathe, to the amusement, or rather disgust, of the Valletta visitors and community.

Cedric Vella of Iklin and Mauro Busuttil of Attard got together and decided to launch a series of video pranks You Tube. This morning’s adventure was the first.

With Mauro filming and Cedric acting, Cedric first put up his sunbed in front of Parliament, lay on it in his hat, T-Shirt and swimming trunks and applied sunblock as he sunbathed.

He was soon asked to leave by the police. He picked up his deckchair and moved to in front of the Law Courts, soon to leave again and lose himself in the Valletta crowd as passers-by uttered their disgust, and swore at him while others laughed and looked on bemused.

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Dr Steve Farrugia

Aug 5th 2010, 21:11

Apparently (from the actions of the Police) ... Chairs are illegal in valletta

Mary Bartolo

Jul 31st 2010, 15:36

Nevermind the jolly chap sunbathing not bothering anyone, but the Maltese favourite pastime is swearing, blaspheming and inventing more swear words. Beam me up too Scotty!

Mark Vincent

Jul 31st 2010, 20:21

Go on Terry my son you tell'em.

e duncan

Aug 1st 2010, 07:36

This really is about the Maltese sense of humor. We do not need to copy the British one. We live in two completely different environs and is there a benchmark the the British one is the best? The plain truth is that we do not accept such things that easy on our doorsteps, albeit that we laugh when we see these happen on TV. So well done boys!

E Compagno

Jul 31st 2010, 08:20

True.
They should have at least given him some whiskey before making him move on...

Chris Reiff

Jul 30th 2010, 18:25

The problem is this country has got nothing big happening all the time, as it's a tiny country. Such small news are avoidless.

n.vella

Jul 30th 2010, 18:30

we wish our roads come second only to the the germans! haha

Joe Fenech

Jul 30th 2010, 21:32

"...please don't mention the war ! "

J. Falzon

Jul 31st 2010, 13:24

Actually the Germans are fun people to be around
Maybe they aren't the best comedians in the world, but hey they are friendly people!
They talk to you without ever seeing you in their lives and treat you like an old friend or something.
Hell I even got free beer from some drunk German dudes at the WC Village!

N.Vella

Jul 30th 2010, 18:28

just because you don't find this funny, it doesn't mean our country is sad.....sad is the way censorship is applied (amongst other things) ....which has very much to do with this joke

victor pulis

Jul 30th 2010, 18:50

That's the whole point it was unusual if not funny because it was just one person and a one off situation. i wouldn't have rolled on the ground holding my belly if I was there but I would have raised an amused eye brow and kept on walking. i certainly wouldn't have sworn at him. At least he gave everyone a good example by applying sun screen. Anyway, one could consider him as another busker.

Rachel Azzopardi Carbonese

Jul 30th 2010, 15:42

Oh lighten up Graham!!

Sense of humour for table one please....

a abela

Jul 30th 2010, 15:45

Graham, we do you want to go shirtless? Actually i think some tourists in swimming costumes were stopped by the police in Valletta recently.

L. Pace

Jul 30th 2010, 16:27

I totally agree with Graham... if u are a maltese citizen and u simply feel hot and you take off your shirt, you're going to get told off AND with a bad attitude and rude manners from the so called police officer (as we say in maltese ma tistax titfa l-kulhadd f'keffa wahda imma l-bicca l-kbira ghax hawn min ghandu manjieri u jighdlek bl-ettikett kif ghandu jkun) But it is totally ok if you have golden hair with blue eyes and you come with a big rack haha... If there is a law WE should conform to that law, BUT we all should, regardless if you are Maltese, Chinese, British, Russian, it is there for everybody!!!!! As to these 2 young gentlemen I think everybody sould take it with a pinch of salt and laugh about it. It's just a prank for crying out loud.... sense of humour where are you?!?!?!?!?!

victor pulis

Jul 30th 2010, 18:37

No one is forcing you to laugh.

D.Degaetano

Aug 1st 2010, 20:01

You may be right but in my opinion the people who cannot behave rationally should be the ones removed not the other way round!

mario aquilina

Jul 30th 2010, 21:17

Hawn siehbi. Mela ma rajthomx il kumplament ta l-ahbarijiet, fejn qalu li il-Maltin nies mil aktar kuntenti.

Jien nahseb li qed naghmilha ma kumpanija hazina, ghax hlief nies imdeqin u li hsiebhom biex jghidu fuq xulxin, nintaqa maghhom kuljum.

P. Camilleri

Jul 30th 2010, 12:42

u le x'sens fiha din, mela triq ir-repubblika giet ghaz-zuffjett. Hlief gay parades, twiebet kontra c-censura u cucati ohra ma sirnix naraw. Ghax ma nzommux id-dekor ta din il-Belt storika u nenfassizzaw izjed il-gmiel tal-knejjes.

Naqbel 100% ma J.Farrugia

Joseph Micallef

Jul 30th 2010, 14:55

Know what's a waste of time? Calling these comments 'blogs' when they are not!

Emanuel Borg

Jul 31st 2010, 21:00

Adrian, I agree with you. Too many in Malta behave like the Taleban. They seem to want to tell everyone how they should behave. I cannot understand how some ignorant morons got upset about this. I hope this does not deter others. Lighten up guys......

L. Desira

Jul 30th 2010, 12:47

@ sam galea

waste of time, commenting on blogs that do not interest you. get a life and help the charity in malta

SIMON DEGUARA

Jul 30th 2010, 15:36

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA TAJBA GADAJS!!! IRRIDU OHRA....IRRIDU OHRA.....

N.Tanti

Jul 30th 2010, 12:02

what a sad sad person!

Wayne Flask

Jul 30th 2010, 12:02

Veru ghandek ragun, tafx. Minn ghada filghodu jien u inti nsiru ministri tal-edukazzjoni civili u socjali, u naqtghu kull forma ta' arti u cajt. Min jidher jidhak fil-pubbliku jinghata hamsin daqqa ta' frosta ha nuruhom lil dawn il-liberalisti qerrieda xi tfisser dixxiplina.

G.Ross

Jul 30th 2010, 12:08

J.Farrugia, stop sending out messages from the 15th century.

A Sammut

Jul 30th 2010, 12:09

Mela naghmlu lilek eroj forsi ninqerdu fid-dwejjaq l-ghandek? Int insejtu zmienek jew qatt m'ghamilt xejn tad-dahq meta kont zghir . . . . . jew forsi rari hrigt barra?
Jien nghid ghandna bzonn ta' aktar nies funny bhal dawn halli ninsew il-problemi taghna anki jekk biss ghal ftit hin. .... proset ghal-originalita !! :) :)

Daniel Cardona

Jul 30th 2010, 12:16

xghamel hazin? m'hemm imkien mitkun li Sun Bathing is not Allowed sa fejn naf jien ..... qas li qatel jew seraq il xi hadd.... ghalfejn qed tqabblu ma kriminali ?

Franco Farrugia

Jul 30th 2010, 12:17

Imma biex qed nghabbu f'dan il-pajjiz! Nies bhalek, J Farrugia, ghandna bzonn biex il-pajjiz jimxi 'l quddiem. B'dawn iz-zewg zghazagh se nirridikolaw l-istituzzjonijiet. Ha nghidlek biex nirridikolawhom l-istituzzjonijiet: bil-hallelin li jkun hemm fihom; bil-kriminali puliti li ghandna membri fihom! Dawk izebilhu lill-pajjiz, mela zewg zghazagh, sur Farrugia!

J. Borg

Jul 30th 2010, 13:20

Dear J. Farrugia

Please press 2, then 0, then 1, then another 0, then press GO button.......

seems that your time capsule may have inverted the numbers!

Ramon Casha

Jul 30th 2010, 13:23

So you're against someone who sunbathed (while wearing hat, shorts and shirt) but completely ignore the swearing.

Alan Vella

Jul 30th 2010, 13:31

J. Farrugia, I truly feel sorry for you.

c.catania

Jul 30th 2010, 13:45

b daqshekk mela ma tarahx fuq it taljan int.

julie vella

Jul 30th 2010, 14:40

Get a life Mr Farrugia

Mario Muscat

Jul 30th 2010, 14:44

@J . Farrugia
to be honest I found your post much funnier!!!!

A.Mifsud

Jul 31st 2010, 09:02

What a dull & gloomy person!! Get a life!!

It was only a joke - there are no heroic acts in all this but just some humour. Of course to be taken up by those who have a little sense of it.

Claire Busuttil

Jul 31st 2010, 22:52

nahseb qed tesagera naqa Sur Farrugia!!

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