Onasagoras
“The President of ‘Alma,’ Mr. Odysseas Michaelides, reposted a message calling DIKO the ultimate crony party. It would be helpful if he explained why he spent many years as a member of the very party he now criticizes.” You might be wondering who voiced these plaintive words. They reminded me of Dalaras’ song: “Our songs carry plaintive words because injustice—and aDIKO—has been with us from cradle to grave.”
No need to keep you in suspense. The post comes from the national prince and refers to his former protégé, the crafty Odysseus, who has now set sail for other “Ithacas” and, with seductive sirens, even threatens to lure away DIKO voters. “If only I’d known then what I know now,” my wise grandmother used to say. At least he already exists, so Nikolas doesn’t have to invent him.
Fires were also aimed at Odysseus by the blonde Amazon, Annita, accusing him of “attacking with venom and belittling the patriotism of graduates from the English School and British universities, while considering the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, an historic institution where tens of thousands of our compatriots studied for free, hostile.” Time to get out of your seat, folks. The most absurd twist? Odysseus’ own son is a graduate of a British university.
Amid the quarrels, it emerged that British university students are apparently a disgrace to Cyprus and possible spies, maybe even guilty of national betrayals, while the most patriotic path is attending the Pan-Cyprian Gymnasium of Nicosia and then the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The almost “borderland” Trulli High School also earns points for patriotism.
-'Leave us alone, you English School grad.'
-'Was I insulting you? Why are you insulting me?'
We installed air conditioning, only to realize the obvious: it won’t work until the schools’ electricity infrastructure can handle the extra load. In other words, we put the cart before the horse but still blame the poor horse and even whip it. Speaking of horses, I’m reminded of the saying “to beat a dead horse”. Is Cyprus changing? Well, no.
Haridimos Tsoukas photographed a DIKO MP who kneads dough and an ELAM MP who is half…priest, presenting them as the ones who had called to announce that their requested patronage had been granted—only to discover it was a case of mistaken identity. Oops, I did it again, as Britney Spears once sang. I can understand the DIKO case, it’s in the party’s DNA, but I can’t stomach that the supposedly “anti-establishment” ELAM also doles out favors. Oh, the times, oh, the morals.
And amid this chaos, Perdikis wonders whether an Israeli minister intervened to remove from that country’s walls the huge “Wanted Dead or Alive” style posters of our President, accusing him in connection with the case of the accused usurper Simon Aykout. Come on, folks, our tall man, also an English School graduate, made a…mistake. Let’s not hang him. Others have done far worse and are still clinging to their chairs.
