Behind
the times
When the Sri Lankan held hostage in Iraq for nearly two months Dinesh
Rajaratnam arrived at the Katunayake airport, UNP MP Jayalath Jayawardena
was on his way out of the country. Seeing Mr. Rajaratnam, the UNP
politico made a hasty u-turn, came to greet him, and went on to
tell the newly released hostage how he had contacted the Red Cross
in Iraq to plead for Mr. Rajaratnam's release. Maybe what Dr. Jayawardena
does not know is that the Red Cross no longer operates in Iraq and
pulled out several months ago.
The
stink of battle
The battle at the state-run Rupavahini Corporation is
continuing. This time a section of the employees infuriated by the
fact that they have been denied their annual bonus this year have
vented their anger in a rather 'stinking' manner. Unknown to anyone,
a still to be identified person had, one night last week, plastered
the door leading to the office of the Director General of the Corporation
with human waste.
The
unpleasant and smelly sight greeted the DG upon his arrival and
the cleaning services were immediately summoned to disinfect and
deodorise the area. Now an inquiry is underway to find the culprits
who caused this big stink.
'Positive
thinking' acceptable
In October, the employees of Parliament attended a seminar
on "positive thinking." One employee asked a hypothetical
question about how subordinates should handle a boss who comes to
work late, intoxicated at times, and still manages to get his promotion
but another officer objected to the question being raised and once
the seminar was over the officer who raised the question was asked
for his explanation for alleged "misbehaviour" and "embarrassing
the senior management of Parliament."
The
matter has now been settled. The Secretary General of Parliament
has ruled that this is a "baseless allegation" and that
the exchange of views at seminars is perfectly acceptable.
Forcible
extraction
A soldier has ended up at the Army Hosptial with a peculiar
complaint - a tooth being forcibly extracted without any anaesthesia.
Insiders allege an angry dentist berated the soldier over a personal
issue and then carried out the controversial extraction. The soldier’s
colleagues have brought the matter to the attention of their superiors.
A non-invitation
Our Number One Loser's misfortunes continue. A hoax invitation to
a dinner backfired when the so-called host-to-be and several invitees
met at a party before the non-event. The invite was mis-spelt -
something "Shy Pat" would never have got wrong! No wonder
a report is needed to establish in-house sponsoring of the Tempting
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