Have you spotted the TWO mistakes?

Although it was my day off, I still felt I should draw the salesgirl's attention to the errors. "Clueless" best describes the look she gave me.

That was 10 days ago; the sign is still unashamedly on display.

There's a bit of a debate at the moment about updating the country's constitution and this being a democracy, every Cali, Johnny and Joey has a right to make their recommendations. Here's one which brought a smile to my face, whichever way I looked at it:

"...the constitution should make sure that having ID cards and a telephone directory expired by over 7-8 years should be a priority to be reviewed."

Times of Malta on-line 29 April 2012

What's the suggestion exactly?

• expired telephone directories become a constitutional right?
• we have the right to file a constitutional case against the government should a private telephony company not update the directory?

I hope this doesn't put another wild idea into the head of the former US Ambassador Douglas Kmiec, such as adopting the Catholic bible as this island's bedrock of rights!

"Dr Debono had earlier today challenged the Prime Minister to a public debate on any subject anywhere and anytime.

His only condition, he said, was that the Prime Minister should be accompanied by at least another two ministers. He, Dr Debono said, would be on his own."

The Times on-line 24/04/2012

If this is an accurate report, all I can say is that this man, lawyer and member of parliament has Quixotic delusions.

So St Patrick didn't get to enjoy the star on his special day because it fell to Earth a few days before.

Actually, upon closer inspection, it didn't quite touch ground.

Home of a fallen star.

As per agent's request, photo and link have been removed.

• limousine rump
• camel octopus
• pro-active spread
• horno torta

Curiouser and curiouser!

Here's the evidence:

1. Invoice for a Polar Accurex HRM (predates the Accurex II model shown in photo above) from Creative Health Products dated 23/10/1990.
2. Malta customs declaration dated 15/11/1990

This is the latest CD (a much appreciated gift) for my collection, the Korean jazz vocalist Youn Sun Nah's "Voyage". I'm now looking forward to finding the right moment to relax on the sofa with the music streaming through headphones.

These words came to me last week during my waking hours, so, as is my habit, I immediately put them down in a notebook. This was a catchy sentence which deserved to be kept on the back burner...

... while on my bedside table, I keep this Olympus voice recorder for any thoughts that leak out of my sleeping hours; as happened twice last night. At 01:21, while fast asleep, an inspirational spasm! I awoke and with eyes still shut, I rolled over for the recorder. It's a simple gadget to operate, even in darkness. Two presses of the Record button and I spoke my thought. One further press and it was digitized. It seems that the mind was in poetic overtime because at 05:05, another flash. Once again, with eyes closed and lights out, I recorded my ideas. I must have been in a much deeper sleep than in the earlier recording because now, when I listen to my utterances, I actually have problems understanding what I said. The voice sounds like it is being sucked into a quagmire,  with muddied clarity and gunky syllables. But already I see an interesting development.

He wears his girlfriend like a chain

Another item of male jewellery for his collection

The company was today visited by Malta's Ambassador to the Netherlands Martin Valentino and Malta's consul general in Breda Herman Stevens to welcome the arrival of some 100 tons of potatoes. -  Source: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120322/local/maltese-potatoes-make-it-to-the-netherlands.412324

Hello potato!