Nursery Rhymes for children from the North East of Sri Lanka!

When the MIGS start dropping bombs!
(sung to the tune of “London Bridge is falling down”)

When the MIGS start dropping bombs,
Dropping bombs, dropping bombs,
When the MIGS start dropping bombs,
There’ll be a ‘Big Blast!’

Take your kids and run away,
Run away, run away,
Take your kids and run away,
There’ll be a ‘Big Blast!’

Find a place to hide away,
Hide away, hide away,
Find a bunker right away,
There’ll be a ‘Big Blast!’

Just admit you’re nearest kin,
Nearest kin, nearest kin,
Don’t let any neighbours in,
There isn’t enough room within!

Don’t forget you’re ID card,
ID card, ID card,
You will need it later when,
They stop you at a check point!

When the MIGS have flown away,
Flown away, flown away,
You’ll be safe to make your way,
And live inside you’re ‘Bombed House!’

Star of the Day!

Thought for the day:

I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: 'The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that's fair.' In these words he epitomized the history of the human race.

BERTRAND RUSSELL

More Caricatures of Politicians!

Caricatures of Politicians!

Only in Sri Lanka???

Only in Sri Lanka, the land of the blind could you find typographical errors like this!

Only in Sri Lanka???

Only in Sri Lanka, the land of the blind could you find typographical errors like this!

Time Capsule?

Every now and then, we read about some well meaning group burying a “Time Capsule” in the ground. This capsule is always crammed with all sorts of things that represent our Modern World…the idea being that when future generations dig it up, they will know just how wonderful we really were! And I say this is ridiculous! I say if you’re going to bury things, bury the things that should be buried, then make sure they stay buried. There are plenty of things in our Modern World that we could happily do without…like for instance the things we could get rid of once and for all!

Here are some of them:

The 225 members of parliament, A copy of the ‘Mahinda Chinthanaya,’ Mega tele dramas, The Presidents ‘Satakaya,’ Next years Rupavahini programmes, This years Budget, A claymore mine, A parcel bomb, A multi barrel rocket launcher, A MIG, A Kafir, The Indian Radar System that was gifted to Sri Lanka, Sanath Jayasuriya’s ‘Pirith Nool,’ Indian tele dramas dubbed in Sinhalese, A Sri Lankan made ‘Micro car,’ A private bus, A private bus driver and conductor, A copy of all Government newspapers, The Mahiyangane telephone directory, A bullet and a ballot, A copy pf the constitution, The Communist party manifesto, The Peace Accord that was signed by Rajiv Gandhi and J.R.Jayawardene, Wimal Weerawansa’s hair gel, Somawansa Amarasinghe’s false teeth,
Ellawala Medananda’s ‘Benz car,’ All the episodes of ‘Sirasa Super Star,’ All the episodes of ‘Derana Dream Star,’ A ‘Mihin Lanka’ plane, A ‘White Van’ that was used for abductions, The Central Bank Governor, The ‘Switch Blade’ used by Mervin Silva, The only map showing where this ‘Time Capsule’ is buried.

Star of the Day!

Thought for the day:

Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues. The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country's virtues and denies its deficiencies, while it is contemptuous toward the virtues of other countries. It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, "the greatest," but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.

SYDNEY J. HARRIS

The Scout Law as learned by Sakvithi Ranasinghe when he was a boy!

A Scout is…

Trustworthy: His honour is to be trusted. He learns to lie and cheat only in emergencies. Like when he takes an examination, goes into business or fills out his income tax.

Loyal: He learns that in the business world, he must be loyal to his employer’s customers. And when he goes into business for himself, he maintains this loyalty by taking those customers away from his old employer and making them his customers.

Helpful: He does a good turn everyday to anyone who can be of use to him. Except in later life, when he helps his friends avoid the misery and expense of marriage by stealing their fiancées from them immediately prior to the weddings.

Friendly: He never says cold, formal things like, “Sorry to double-cross you like this, Mr.Aariyadasa.” He always says warm, friendly things like, “Sorry to double-cross you like this, Edwin.”

Courteous: He is especially polite to women and old people. If a woman or an old person is standing in a bus while he is sitting, he will help make the trip a little easier for them by holding his paper up higher so they can read the back of it.

Kind: He will not hurt any living creature needlessly. The only reason he is taught to hurt some living creature is because, to be successful in business, there is a need for it.

Obedient: He obeys his parents not just a week before Christmas, when most boys are obedient, but at other times as well, like a week before his birthday.

Cheerful: He smiles all the time. H e follows orders promptly and cheerfully. He is always in good spirits, because he drinks half a bottle of Vodka a day.

Thrifty: He will carefully pick a parking meter that has plenty of time to go before reaching a violation.

Brave: When things are tough, when the cops are on his trail, and the people he swindled are baying for his blood, he still has the courage to cry, “Boodhoo Ammay!” even when he knows people will laugh at him!

Funny Quotes that might make you think?