This post is being updated as more witty posts show up on Twitter and Facebook.
One TV’s coverage that celebrated the fact that Joseph Muscat almost made President of the European Council started a trail of hilarity on social media. Here are some tweets and Facebook posts of people who almost made it, starting with yours truly who almost made Pope. Feel free to add your own.
I was almost a corrupt protector of crooks, abuser of power & suppressor of the free press but then ethics, conscience & a sense of right & wrong got in the way.
— Bertrand Russell (@BertRidesAgain) July 3, 2019
I was almost the next virgin birth #almostimportant
— lizzie eldridge (@lizzie_eldridge) July 2, 2019
I was almost the next Grandmaster #almostimportant https://t.co/jRWmMX6ZQ5
— Marcantonio Colonna (@marcantoniocol3) July 2, 2019
I was almost the headline act at Glastonbury @JosephMuscat_JM #almostimportant
— Nathan Wilson (@Nafie_Wafie) July 2, 2019
The almost EC president from the almost functioning democracy. #almostimportant
— PMC (@PMC_MT) July 3, 2019
I was almost Boudicca #almostimportant pic.twitter.com/hex4jlFyvi
— Alessandra Dee Crespo (@AlessDeeCrespo) July 3, 2019
I was almost the next Empress of Japan. @JosephMuscat_JM @Manwel_Delia #almostimportant https://t.co/hBN0pzpi5d
— hmqueenb (@HMQueenB) July 2, 2019
We were almost the next Spice Girls @JosephMuscat_JM #almostimportant
— #occupyjustice ? (@occupyjusticema) July 2, 2019
I almost went on a 10k holiday in a luxury hotel in Dubai #almostimportant https://t.co/zkZLqRp5Qa
— Alex Grech (@AlxMalta) July 3, 2019
Italy nearly won the World Cup in ’94 #almostimportant pic.twitter.com/Gus0aQDQ4p
— Alessandra Dee Crespo (@AlessDeeCrespo) July 3, 2019
I was almost the First Lady. Oh shoot we already have one ?
— Elaine Fenech (@elaine_fenech) July 3, 2019
I was almost a progressive constitutional reformer, but realised that my co-conspirators wouldn't think equality before the law was a fair price to pay for my elevation to the #EUCO presidency.
— Justin Borg-Barthet (@JustinBBarthet) July 3, 2019
Italy nearly won the World Cup in '94 #almostimportant pic.twitter.com/Gus0aQDQ4p
— Alessandra Dee Crespo (@AlessDeeCrespo) July 3, 2019
"I could have been a contender…" – *Almost* EU Council President dixit. #almostimportant https://t.co/8L3c1cdbZf
— Alessandra Dee Crespo (@AlessDeeCrespo) July 3, 2019
#almostimportant pic.twitter.com/5Z3RLe5zLt
— Alessandra Dee Crespo (@AlessDeeCrespo) July 3, 2019
The Times: What next for Joseph Muscat?
Joseph Muscat: … #almostimportant pic.twitter.com/gBvASarnJ1— Alessandra Dee Crespo (@AlessDeeCrespo) July 3, 2019
Oh the laughs we had.