A white collar high-up of a certain Ministry who called at an automobile repair and service centre to get a minor repair to his vehicle done was intrigued to find a counterpart of his in another Ministry seated inside the office with his back to him. However, he immediately recognized the man.
A group of Diyawanna members were engaged in usual gossip in the lobby the other day, when one of them mentioned that according to a story doing rounds the young Green one looking after the Rakwana electorate was to come forward as his party’s Chief Ministerial candidate. At that very moment, the young member from Rakwana walked up to the group. One member hailed the new comer saying “Talk of the devil! He will appear!”
A purohita at state level from among the dissidents had spent the last several weeks going from one astrologer to another in a bid to fix a one hundred percent perfect ‘nekata’ – auspicious time – to stage their crossover to the opposition.
A political authority in the highest echelons recently got his aides to arrange a meeting with the foreign media personnel to brief them on the topical national issues in the country and the government ‘s stand on them. And a date and time for the event was immediately set.
The one who came into cricket administration from a ‘new world’ had got so sick of his job he submitted his resignation some time ago. But the authorities above him was just sitting on his letter of resignation making no response either way.
A prominent government politico had bought about half a million rupees worth of banner-flags from an upcountry businessman saying that he intended to use them as an offering to a Buddhist temple at a site hallowed by the visit of the Buddha. But he had conveniently forgotten to settle the bill.
The swarthy big one who lost his high office soon after switching from finance to foreign affairs is said to be visiting places of religious worship one after another here and abroad these days seeking divine blessings to see an end to the malefic period he is going through.
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