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7th June 1998

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Casino high stakes

City's casino bosses are still talking about the man who lost Rs 600,000 in just one night at the gambling table.

Losing a little over half a million rupees is nothing in Colombo's casinos. There are those who have lost even a couple of millions in a night.

But the talk is about this loser. He is in uniform during the day. When he is out of it during the night, he is at the casino.

Of course, his escorts and the Double Cab remain parked outside when our own gambler is in. Not because he needs all that attendance.

He can safely return home with the booty if he does win.

Retired yet in service

Army Headquarters have retained the services on pay and pension of two Brigadiers who retired from June 1, this year. Brigadiers Lucky Kulatunga and T.M.G. Ariyaratne will remain in service until Military Court Martial they are conducting are completed.

Obscenities: the norm

Have crude, vulgar obscenities become an accepted norm in some respected establishments ? One wonders judging by two separate events that took place in the recent weeks.

The first was in an installation in the north where they were saying farewell to a star studded strong man. Not that he was calling it quits.

It was a delayed send off for leaving station.

Others saw stars when the man rose to say thanks.

If the organisers forgave him for saying he had the blood of southern royalty, accused politicians and his bosses for not knowing what was going on, what he said thereafter turned them red.

Criticising some of the recent actions, our man of stars declared "b…." were being inserted where "p…." should be used.

The terms of course referred to human genitalia. Many who were in high spirits turned cold sober.

The second story comes from a wood panelled, air conditioned office in Colombo.

Unlike the previous farewell ceremony, this was a tea party to say farewell to a crusader of sorts.

Casting protocol aside, one boss chose to say a few good words about the crusader.

He reminisced about the 1980s when they worked together with another colleague.

He had seen the crusader strip female suspects until they were stark naked. At that point something would happen to the crusader.

The boss said what it was. But the words are unprintable.

If this trend continues, psychiatry would indeed become a most practised art in Sri Lanka with an increase in the number of sick people.


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