If the Monday blues are hitting you hard, we’ve got just the remedy to cheer you right up. We stumbled upon this Instagram account called Memes Ghawdxin Memes Tajbin and honestly, we’re #dead. Here are just some of the ones that had us in fits.
1. Airport drama
We all know the feeling. You’re jetting off somewhere to relax and get away from it all, but then you hear it. The sound of the Semitic-Italo-Anglo combined cawla that has also landed at the same airport. We tell you – Maltese are E V E R Y W H E R E.
2. Awkward turtle vibes
Ah that moment you’re chilling at your friend’s house and they get into a Maltese version of a fist fight: a harsh verbal round of tghajjir as we call it. They’ll keep going, oblivious to the fact that you’re still around. It can end amicably, or things will start flying. There ain’t no in between. We suggest bolting at the first chance you get.
3. That little shite
The large amounts of humidity that Malta experiences brings about a pesky foe: the mosquito. But they will only come out at night when you’re trying to get some shut eye. Zinnn, zin zin zin, zinnnnnn, ziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnn. JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL.
4. School lies
That moment when your teacher asks to bring out your homework so you search in your school bag, knowing you didn’t do it. “Miss I think I left it on my desk at home, can I bring it tomorrow?” If it was your first time, you might get a free pass... if not, you’d be risking a report that would be sent home, a break in, or an after school: depending on your current tally and how pissed the teacher already is.
5. The saga in every Maltese family
That moment when your mum asks who ate all the damn Nutella biscuits. Plan of action: either blame it on your sibling, or disappear out the door, because you ain’t gonna own up to that. Meelaaa, biex naqla ghajta jewww?!
6. Going back to the shite
You’ve been hearing that 'quito buzzing around all night. It comes near your face and in pitch dark – BAM! You kill it with one swift clap of the hands and you feel like your very own hero. #ByeFelicia
7. Mum embarrassment 101
We’ve all had that one friend whose mum would post on Facebook about the ABSOLUTELY GREAT RESULTS they achieved, saying they are SO PRAWD. Yeah yeah, no need to rub it in. Didn’t have a friend like that? Odds are you were that kid. #Prayforlostsouls
8. That MATSEC message
MATSEC will forever be the cause of so many palpitations, panic attacks and irregular heart rates as messages ding in. The best part is when MATSEC sends you messages to fill in a survey or attend a conference before they send over that fateful message. NO I WILL NOT BE GOING THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Qas haqq il-qata, Gann!
9. Crucial decisions
Born and bred Maltese have always had the hardest life decision to make once they reach a certain age: ricotta or pea pastizzi. That is the thing that will determine your gastro choices for the rest of your life. Don’t mock us, it’s the real deal.
10. Every. Time.
Especially if you’re the older sibling this happens A LOT. Your sibling is bugging the crap out of you and after 10 minutes you blow your top and your mum goes “Leave your poor brother alone.” We swear, they’re the devil incarnate at certain ages.