The confusion compounded by Joseph Muscat's moveable feast about the minimum wage was made even more profound by his Writer-in-Residence, Karmenu Vella and his (gaffe?) about how the living wage concept is still on the cards.
Come on, guys, seriously, make your minds up, are we talking about a living wage, whatever that is, or about the minimum wage and - if the latter - are you going to raise it, freeze it or serve it up with water-cress daintily arranged around it?
What was impressive about Karmenu Vella, bless his dignified silver locks (at least he has hair, as opposed to Petit Moi) was the blitheness with which he strewed facts about. When I say "facts", of course, I use the word in its looser sense, as the dear chap was making assertions that were so wide-ranging and gratuitous, with a few snazzy sounding Englishisms designed to impress, that you tend to lose count and give up listening.
Incidentally, congratulate me, I'm treble-tasking: writing this, watching B+ and with my other eye watching the footy online. Sadly, it's not Chelsea that ITV chose to show us, but it's good to see the lesser bunch, makes one appreciate what one has.
And congratulate me even more, as I've risen to the highest heights of fame as the object of Franco Debono's Parliamentary affections, the Honourable gent having been moved to move a motion about my breach of his Parliamentary privileges.
It is, of course, the Honourable member's right to seek to guard his privileges jealously, but it is equally mine to continue to enjoy mine, such as my right to freedom of expression, encompassing my right to comment on the type of behaviour chosen as appropriate by Debono.
Getting back to Karmenu Vella, didn't it strike him as way too fawning and obsequious when he said that "Joseph" would do this and "Joseph" would not do that and so on? This is a man of many summers, referring to one of many less summers in the mould of a teenager breathlessly talking about her latest hearthrob.
And it got worse, because Vella appeared to think that calling Minister Tonio Fenech a liar, many times, is a valid form of argument, and this is not to mention the arrogance residing just under his skin.
And that, in its turn, is not to mention the fact that he was less than convincing in his responses to questions put to him.