A woman runs a red traffic light and crashes into a man's car. Both of their cars are demolished, but amazingly, neither of them is hurt.After they crawl out of their cars, the woman says; "Wow, just look at our cars! There's nothing left, but fortunately we are unhurt. This must be a sign from God that we should meet and be friends and live together in peace for the rest of our days."The man replies, "I agree with you completely. This must be a sign from God!"The woman continues, "And look at this, here's another miracle. My car is completely demolished, but my bottle of wine didn't break. Surely God wants us to drink this wine and celebrate our good fortune." She then hands the bottle to the man.The man nods his head in agreement, opens it, drinks half the bottle and then hands it back to the woman. The woman takes the bottle, immediately puts the cap back on, and hands it back to the man.The man asks, "Aren't you having any?"The woman replies, "Nah. I think I'll just wait for the police."Adam ate the apple, too.Men will never learn...
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Monday, May 12, 2014
" First the Apple"....When will WE ever learn?
The Amazing Lyre Bird
email from Gallege De Silva.
Able to imitate just
about anything
PS
We have in Sri Lanka the 'Drongo' called 'Kathura' in Sinhalese. This bird imitates sounds like the mewing of a cat and also various bird calls.
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Sri Lanka issues stamps honouring Ho Chi Minh .
email forwarded by jks weerasekera.
 Sri Lanka issues stamps honouring Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam News)
 Sri Lanka issues stamps honouring Ho Chi Minh http://vietnamnews.vn/life- The stamp collection featuring Ho Chi Minh has seven designs. – Photo courtesy of the Vietnamese embassy in Sri LankaSRI LANKA (Biz Hub) — Sri Lanka has issued about 500,000 new stamps with seven designs featuring former President Ho Chi Minh to celebrate his 102th birthday on May 19. The collection has been designed by Sri Lankan artist Kumudu Tharaka who has depicted Ho Chi Minh with vivid and bright colours. All the stamps feature Minh's portrait and a red flag with a yellow star. Minh had visited Sri Lanka several times during his revolutionary life, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Ton Sinh Thanh. Minh is one of few international political figures to feature on Sri Lankan stamps. "We believe that the issuance of the Ho Chi Minh stamps would be another step to promote bilateral cooperation, and people-to-people and business interaction between our two countries," said Thanh. The ambassador said the first agreement signed with Sri Lanka after the country's re-unification in 1975 was a postal deal. — VNS Courtesy: Vietnam News Vesak Day celebrations begin in Ninh Binh http://vietnamnews.vn/life- |
ITS RAINING FISH!, Sri Lanka.
Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 21:08:20 +0530
Subject: FW:
Villagers collected the contents of the "fish shower" into buckets and enjoyed an unusual free meal
Many of the fish that rained down were still alive when villagers collected them
Subject: FW:
From Kitta Rajaratnam.
jksw
fish rain down on Sri Lanka village
BBC 6 May 2014 17:30
Villagers in west Sri Lanka have said they have been surprised and delighted by an unusual rainfall of small fish. The edible fish fell during a storm and are believed to have been lifted out of a river during a strong wind.
Villagers in the district of Chilaw said they heard something heavy falling and found scores of fish with a total weight of 50kg (110lbs). It is not the first such incident in Sri Lanka - in 2012, a case of "prawn rain" was recorded in the south.
Scientists say that "fish rain" usually occurs when swirling whirlwinds over relatively shallow water develops into waterspouts and sucks in almost anything in the water including fish, eels and even frogs. The marine life can be carried long distances by buffeting clouds even when the waterspout stops spinning.
Villagers say that the "fish rain shower" took place on Monday with the creatures falling on the village green, roads and roofs. Some of the fish - each three to five inches (5cm-8cm) in length - were still alive and were put in a buckets of water by villagers who ate them later. This is the third time this has happened in Sri Lanka, but not from the same area.
In addition to the reported "prawn rain" of 2012 in the south, there was yellow and red "meteor rain" the same year - a weather development that is reportedly still being investigated by US and British scientists. Fish is a valued commodity in Sri Lanka.
Analysis: Steve Cleaton Forecaster, BBC Weather Centre
The most likely cause of this unusual event probably relates to the formation of a tornado. Tornadoes tend to form in areas where large differences in both temperature, humidity and wind speed and direction occur.
Complex meteorological processes result in a rapidly rotating column of air spinning out of the base of storm clouds, often causing huge damage and acting like vacuum cleaners, sucking up any material in their path.
In the Sri Lankan storm, a tornado probably formed over land, drifted over river systems or coastal waters and sucked up light fish that were lifted all the way into the base of the storm cloud. Later the fish were rained out of the cloud.
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Obituary - Kingsley Wijethunge.
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Hi Philip.
I
noticed the following obituary notice that appeared in Sunday Observer..today.
WIJETUNGE - KINGSLEY JOSEPH (JOY). Dearly beloved husband of Dr. Angela, father of Kishani and Dharshi,
father-in-law of Earl, Arney and Patrick Frei, grandfather of Che, Luca and
Meena, son-in-law of Letitia and Wally Wijesundera, dearly beloved son of
Edward and Catherine Wijetunge, loving brother of Felicia, the late Earl,
Lucian and Swarna, brother-in-law of Stanley Tirimanne, Sybil, Sri Kanthi and
Lloyd Perera, passed away peacefully at Lake District Hospital,
Queenstown, New Zealand on Sunday 30th March 2014. “Till memory fades
and life departs, you’ll live forever in our hearts”. May his soul rest in
peace!
Our heartfelt condolences to Angela our batch-mate for the loss of her loving husband and to Lucian our batch mate for the loss of a brother:-
'Though like the wanderer the sun gone down,
Darkness lies over me, my rest a stone,
Still all my life I'l be,
Nearer my God to Thee, nearer to Thee.'
VIDEO - Music - Orchestra & Castanets.
Fantastic. Castanuts to philharmonic music.
jksw
email from jks weerasekara
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Friday, May 9, 2014
The supermarket.
From floor tiles that slow your trolley down to
beer next to the nappies: We show you the supermarket mind games that make you
spend more
As anyone who has visited a supermarket will know only too well, what you go in for rarely matches what you come out with. So why is it that, even when armed with a list, shoppers end up cramming their trolleys with all those extra items ? and being hit in the purse as a result?
Full Story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
As anyone who has visited a supermarket will know only too well, what you go in for rarely matches what you come out with. So why is it that, even when armed with a list, shoppers end up cramming their trolleys with all those extra items ? and being hit in the purse as a result?
Full Story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
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