Onasagoras
Two holiday snapshots stood out among the many posted during the festive season. In one, former President Nicos Anastasiades proudly poses with the ever-smiling Elias Psinakis. An iconic photo that truly needs no further commentary. Of course, the cynics couldn’t resist, claiming that Psinakis met with the former – and forever, in their eyes – President to invite him onto his online show titled "At the Nursing Home." Seriously? Are you kidding me
The truth, as always, is far less entertaining. Our dear Nicos appears as youthful and vigorous as ever – hair and all. Psinakis, meanwhile, cheekily quipped to the photographer, “Season’s greetings, kittens, from your Psipsinakis.” Sure, Psinakis may have a cat-like reputation (even his name hints at it), but let’s not forget that the true political feline – with nine lives to boot – is none other than our beloved Nicos. Meow.
“In Cyprus, you’ve got projects delayed for decades or abandoned altogether, and no one complains. And now you’re giving me grief over a few days’ delay for a Christmas gift?''
In another photo, President Nikos Christodoulides wishes us a Happy New Year with an image of a sunrise over a coastal Cypriot location. Oh, how romantic! some might say. But a particularly sharp-tongued observer, evidently familiar with the area, claimed the photo shows the site near Vasilikos where the Prometheus is expected to arrive. Coincidence? I think not. What is the poet trying to tell us here? What cryptic messages is the Universe sending our way?
Developments, real and imagined
Reports of large-scale developments in the north continue, including plans for a cable car to St. Hilarion. A cable car? Excuse me? Did they steal our idea? That said, I doubt they’ll pull off anything impressive. After all, it’s bound to be a pseudo-cable car. Nothing like our impeccable Troodos cable car project – which, let’s face it, is unparalleled. Or, as they say in my village, "it doesn’t exist" – both figuratively and literally.
Rumor has it – unconfirmed, of course, and from unreliable sources – that Nicos Anastasiades once confided to friends that he wasn’t too bothered the Troodos cable car never materialized. “Can you imagine if it had been completed,” he supposedly asked them, “and Christodoulides got to cut the ribbon and claim it as his own project? Can you imagine how furious I’d be?” His friends exchanged knowing glances and wisely chose not to disagree.
A Christmas wish gone awry
Energy Minister George Papanastasiou – better known as ''the short guy with the tie'' – reportedly asked Santa for a “sky horn,” or as others might call it, a megaphone. His plan? To blare it from Nicosia to Vasilikos, announcing “It’s co-o-oming, it’s co-o-oming” as he headed to receive Prometheus.
Insiders reveal that as of this column's writing, Papanastasiou still hadn’t received his megaphone. When he filed a complaint with Santa’s office (located in Rovaniemi, Finland, for those wondering), the jolly old man was reportedly unimpressed. His response? “In Cyprus, you’ve got projects delayed for decades or abandoned altogether, and no one complains. And now you’re giving me grief over a few days’ delay for a Christmas gift? Besides, no matter how late it is, it’ll still arrive before Prometheus.” Ouch. What a jab from Santa!
