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Dear readers, have yourselves heard.
Hit the apple with a pithy one-liner on the issue written on it and win a prize. Please make it short and to the point. Responses will be published daily from Monday to Friday, when the winner will be named.
Try to spare the head on which the apple rests but if you really want to do otherwise, so be it! However, we reserve the right to edit responses to keep them within the confines of decency and the law.
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Responses
Keheliya: "Other people have bees in their bonnets. I have a swarm of bees right under my chin!"
I am Kehiliya let people shout at me saying Kehel mal and Kehel malliya.
L. M. Amarakoon,
Kolonnawva.
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He waxed eloquent by washing the dirty state linen
impeccably white.
He has blossomed into the gladiatorial mouthpiece of Maha Raja.
He is famous for his tongue twisters.
His mouth is his fortune.
Bandula M. Abeyewardene,
Talangama South.
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The water was so muddied after the washings that it couldn’t even be filtered.
Kingsley Goonasekera,
Ratmalana.
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The ‘Doosra’, he read and defended.
The ‘Googly’ he played in line for four.
The ‘Short pitched’ he hooked for six.
It was not rhetoric, it was poetry.
Nandani Goonasekera,
Ratmalana.
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"Not only rhetoric But also patriotic".
K. K. Arumainayagam,
Kokuvil.
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Wanted Male Actor:
To play the leading role of the film remake "Horungeth Horu".
Experience - Ministers Preferred.
Whatever he uttered, it paved the way for victory - That’s what
mattered.
Kingsley Goonesekara,
Ratmalana.
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Captain Haddocks!!
Both in appearance and utterances.
Nandani Goonesekara,
Ratmalana.
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All-rounder? Overlooked for the Champions Trophy, even as a cheer leader.
G. L. Wijesinghe,
Katugastota.
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At times he puts his foot in the mouth.
Kanil Silva,
Colombo 05.
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Big brother misleading
L(i)TT(l)E brother!
W. Meadows,
Dehiwala.
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His face is familiar but his actions are peculiar.
A. L. Diaz,
Kandana.
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Now that this turncoat, who turned 55 recently, has toned down, of late, for reasons known only to himself, affected listeners should calm down and pardon him magnanimously.
P. C. P. Gnanadurai,
Colombo
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How deceptive one can be to impress us on war strategy!
He pole-vaulted to make money - and he achieved it.
Sannasi comes second to this face.
M. V. Keegel,
Kaduwala.
Winning Caption
Ranil’s discard
Mahinda’s trump card
Spade Ace
Homagama
