"Thaaththa", Bindu Udagedera asked, "aren't they reducing the power cuts now?

"Huh", said Percy, Bindu's father, "it's high time they did that after leaving us without electricity for three days in May.

"But thaaththa", Bindu said, "they said it was all the fault of the UNP. The UNP didn't plan for a power crisis for seventeen years and even the strike was a UNP conspiracy", they said....

"Then", Percy asked, "why didn't this lot foresee a power crisis in the last two years?"

"But thaaththa", Bindu argued, "last week it was proved that the UNP is at least partly responsible for the power crisis".

"How was that?" Percy wanted to know.

"Why thaaththa, wasn't a former UNP Minister found guilty of stealing electricity?"

"Ah yes, the chap from the Central Bank who was later put in charge of policy planning and environment..." Percy recalled.

"He was certainly trying to plan his environment", Bindu said.

"And it appears to be a bad time for Central Bank people too...." Percy thought.

"Why?"

"Why, first the bomb blast, then a former governor was found guilty of trespassing and now this chap caught stealing electricity...."

"But thaaththa," Bindu said, "all Ministers are not unlucky...."

"Why do you say that?" Percy wanted to know.

"Why", Bindu said, "last week See We won fifty million rupees in damages...." said Percy, some people have all the luck...."

"No", thaaththa," Bindu disagreed, he didn't have all the luck...."

"Why do you say that?"

"Why, thaaththa, he failed to get a kiss from Miss World...."

"Then, who got the kiss?"

"Why, Bachelor Boy Dharmasiri...."

"How do you know, Bindu?"

"Why, thaaththa they showed it on TV and the Newspapers...."

"But, I thought kissing was banned in our media", Percy said.

"I suppose they make exceptions when those who make the law, break the law...."

Percy agreed with that.