The first LPTTGS Award 2011

The Thick as a Tea Party Member Award

Silvio Berlusconi

for: arrogance, stupidity and decidedly dodgy-dealing in public office.

(The U.S. Republican Party’s candidates very nearly won for a collective display of ignorance over several categories, not least geography: e.g. Africa is a country, we're told.)

P.S. All the rest are awarded to GS contributors - and all are positive.

I'm sure I never saw more than half a dozen newspaper photos of Berlusconi over the years, and didn't pay much attention to them when I did.

He was all over the TV news recently, though, and there were plenty of clips that made me wonder if he had had a hair transplant. His hair looked so odd I wondered if it was really hair or if he had applied dye to his scalp.

I just checked, and it looks as if he indeed has had a transplant. Here he is in a recent photo. That hairline doesn't appear in this older photo.

Vanity, thy name is Berlusconi.

The Italians I know say that he has had plenty of plastic surgery in addition to the hair transplants. Side note: never innocently ask "What's a Nutella party?" when in the company of drunk Italians. Bunga bunga!

wonder if he had had a hair transplant.

A friend of mine in Poland swore that Silvio had hair transplant done by a fiend of his.
It could be that it was easier for Silvio to do it outside Italy.

Wotza pizza party...bunga bunga

@arbon That tower-ah is ah leaning-ah.

molto imbarazzato

aferta tree dazz ...sniff

Looking at the pics, I have to agree with NA.

where tf have ye been hiding, arbon? If I hadn't almost, but not quite, forgotten about ye, ye might have been in the offing for a prestigious 'official' award. Still, since it's ye, I'll make an unofficial award here and now:

LPTTGS Award 2011 for Looking Like a Subversive goes to:

arbon

for:

looking like a subversive

P.S. I rather like subversives - and I trust ye feel honoured.