A COMEDY OF ERRORS

A Fictitious conversation

"Eyes Only"

What is the matter with our intelligence gathering in Sri Lanka? The man who is the Chief of Intelligence Retd.DIG,CID, Sisira Mendis, does hardly understand the term,"eyes only," used in intelligence parlance.

What he thinks and who he confides in, is hilarious,a laughable matter, as reported in the Political Editor's column, in none other than, today's Sunday Times (2/5/19).

"Ehemada,ehemada?" says,DuthVeda mahathaya" to Janandhipathi Ayyo Sirisena" 

"Apoyi!" retorted Anura Kumara Diss a nayake: "What has happened to our peaceful country," has it gone to the dogs,or have the Americans chewed us up?"

"Each one in Sri Lanka today is putting the blame on each other for the Easter Sunday tragedy and the world is looking at us in bewilderment", said Namal Rajapaksa.

"Mawa pethi kapala dala netha?" said Janadhipathi in anger.


"Bah hay vendapa, Cardinal obe ge yaluwa netha? "Eh nang?" 

"Ear's only"

I am reminded of  my Auntie Beryl, asking Mary,the girl nanny, to cut the seer fish into pieces to fry, for lunch?

"Mo ko da!" "Mo ko da?" answered Mary,as if she had not heard what was said,trying to be otherwise occupied. 

Mary, the Maggona Maid, had "eyes only" for Vauxhall Car driver, Appuhamy, who always said: "petrol gahanda onnei, mahathaya," in reluctance, if he had not had his afternoon nap and had to take the car out of the garage.

Those were the days, in the fifties when everyone knew their place and Ceylon was still a colony of Britain, other than in name?

Can we go back to the good ole days again?