The Sri Lankan Government and the Calculator


Apparently, the kindly leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, Rauf Hakeem was informed by the Social Services Ministry that it was donating two million rupees to the recent flood victims. Now isn’t the government really sweet? That’s only Rs three (million) less than what they gave N. Raviraj’s widow.But wait. Hold that thought, Rs two million - for 30,000 families. That’s a whopping 66.67 rupees per family.It gets even more impressive - Sri Lankan families have an average of four people in their family, so that Rs two million can also be translated as a sum total of Rs 16.66 rupees per person. Wow. Isn’t that really great? Except for the itsy bitsy detail that Rs.16/= will get you nothing in this country, and Rs. 60/= will not fare any better. Especially for flood victims.

Buy a calculator!

Did the Social Services Ministry forget how to calculate?Or did they make a mistake at the press conference, a mistake which they then repeated for Rauf Hakeem’s benefit. Oh wow wow wow.Being N. Raviraj’s widow is beginning to look far more profitable.P.S. If you know anyone in the said ministry, please buy them a calculator and teach them some basic logic and mathematics.n Survivor - Lankan Ishtyle! The SL Gov. really is too kind to us. When they watched ‘Survivor’, they wanted us poor Sri Lankans to be able to experience the same type of adventures, on a far more regular basis. But they went one up on the show, since we have far more variety here in terms of field events. In fact, it looks more and more like Survivor meets the Olympics here in Paradise Isle. A few of the currently available games are listed below:

Where exactly is the road

Here, contestants can test their deduction skills against the RDA, conveniently located on the important Kandy-Colombo road, at the heart of the Kadawatha town. Any type of vehicle will do. At strategic points, you will be faced with a challenge: Where exactly is the road, and where exactly is the construction site? Believe me, I’ve tried this one and it’s pretty difficult! If you can tell the difference and pass them with minimum damage to your vehicle, you pass. I’m not sure if anyone has won this yet.In-pin-safety-pin: Remember the old school-yard rhyme? Well, this is like that, available in Colombo 07 and the Galle Road-Duplication Road areas in Colombo 04, Colombo 05. Pit your wits against those of the Colombo Traffic Police and guess which roads are one-way, which are temporarily barricaded, and which roads can be used for travel. Since it changes on an almost daily basis, , every day brings a new challenge. Recommended for those with infinite patience only.

(Courtesy Shoat Statements)