February 2012
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Signs of the Times
One thing that we have learnt at TypoInColombo is that spotting typos or having a chuckle about a wayward signboard can be one of the most divisive things in life. Like, say, picking your nose for instance. So we’ll be damned if we are going to lodge our foot into a political box of crackers like the U.S. and its Western allies’ attempts to put Sri Lanka in the United...
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Private 'Educamation'
The Government has decided to shelve a controversial Bill aimed at promoting private education in Sri Lanka. The move comes in the wake of much brouhaha by students, academics, opposition politicians (surprise?), retired pensioners, and our neighbour after finishing the Sunday crossword puzzle. These stakeholders of enlightening the masses feared the Bill posed a threat to free education and our...
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Hair Raising Days
Beards seem to be the latest victim of Sri Lanka’s sky-rocketing costs following the recent spike in fuel prices which were exacerbated by top-class monkeying around with monetary policy by the state. Here we see the Ceylon Electricity Board making a ‘serious’ case for an increase in beard rates.
Pic by @Sal_D_Man.
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Do the Funky Chicken
These ‘exotic chickens’ seem to be going for that iconic Lasith Malinga look. Only that our very own ‘Slinga’ is so much more cooler than these chickens in ‘black’, ‘silver laced’, or ‘frizzle polish’. But what this proves is that Slinga Malinga is such a force of nature that he could even mess with evolution like with the many hapless...
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Ai, api kalu da? (Is it 'cos i is black?)
A couple of weekends ago, we saw this outside a beach party at Happy Banana restaurant in Unawatuna. Despite all-night shenanigans and the fierce glare of the rising sun, we couldn’t help but notice this dastardly sign. And our bloodshot, bleary eyes were worse off for it.
Never mind that even the mangy stray dogs on the beach were allowed into the premises without a cover charge at the...
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Happy Hallmark Card Day
So the day of celebrating the birth of 1920s sexual symbol Valentino is upon on us. If you guys out there are fretting about how to live up to The Latin Lover’s legendary reputation, fear not. We’ve put together a survival kit that will leave you smelling like a bunch of roses. It’s guaranteed to make your ‘sweetheart go craaaaaaaaaazy about you on this Valentines...
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Monday Blues
Sri Lankans woke up to a bad case of the Monday Blues following the Government’s decision to increase fuel prices by 37% due to rising global oil prices. Bus operators pulled their vehicles off the streets in protest inconveniencing thousands of morning commuters. Now, the country’s fishermen are refusing to go out to sea due to the rising fuel costs.
But it looks like they are not...
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The problem with 'Independence' ...
… is that we don’t know how to spell it (yet). Sri Lanka celebrated 64 years of independence on 4 Feb, 2012.
Via @TMnY courtesy of @Azra_tweets.
Even more worrying, 175 people ‘Liked’ this - typo and all. Spotted by @gopiharan.
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Valentine's Day Gift Idea
Put the ‘man’ in ‘romance’ this Valentine’s Day. Surprise that special ‘girl/lady’ (read: jail bait/cougars) with a ‘Magical Rose’. Kind of like a rabbit in a hat. But in this case, it’s a g-string in a rose. Yes, you read correctly, my friends. A g-string in a rose. Obviously for the man who is full of surprises. Who would have...
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Breaking News Typos
So the Daily Mirror has dedicated an entire broadsheet page to the goings-on in the local twitter-sphere. This is cool.
The page is choc-a-bloc with the opinions, complaints, missives, and nattering by mostly Sri Lankan tweeps on the burning issues of the day - all in 140-characters. They could be about anything: Hot-button issues such as politics and cricket, or dead leopards and one-armed van...
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January 2012
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Cor blimey! Here's a 'samashing' tuk-tuk!
We wept with unbridled joy at the sight of this marvel.
Sent in by our friend @YasirNasir, who spotted this a couple of years ago, this tuk-tuk is like a ye olde English pub on three wheels.
According to Yasir, the trishaw dude likes to collect words and phrases from tourists (Brits, obviously) and plaster them on his three wheels of mayhem. He asks his passengers to write them down for him...
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