A Textbook Sri Lankan

A government textbook featuring me dressed as Mahinda


Kids have been telling me they saw me in a textbook. I didn’t believe this till a friend sent me a photograph. So my photo is in some government textbook as an illustration of South Asian races. Only thing is that in the particular photo I happen to be dressed as Mahinda Rajapakse. And it’s not actually national dress, it’s a Hameedia’s kurta and a woman’s scarf. It’s funny cause this particular outfit got me banned from the Colombo Rowing Club for life, and the photo is from that night. What are the schools coming to nowadays.

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Comment by A
2009-06-03 23:32:07

LOL .. indi

 
Comment by chandare
2009-06-03 23:34:39

WTF?

 
Comment by Ayla
2009-06-04 03:34:08

neat . I always thought those text books were boring.

I think they liked your new spin on the national dress.

make it more fun and colorful as opposed to the white ,boring thing.

That is sooo cool.

 
Comment by kalusudda
2009-06-04 03:50:12

How come only you end up in these hooks? Thanks for the laugh anyway!

 
Comment by TimesEye
2009-06-04 08:34:57

In 20 year..you have a great story for u r grand childeren…..thats me in your text book..they’ll be amazed

Comment by Lina
2009-06-11 10:21:44

Haha.. sounds about right. They’ll probably be using the same text books. I.e. the same content

 
 
Comment by Sachintha
2009-06-04 09:27:48

LOL, the IRONY!
Well, there are so many, in fact!
But it’s cool to make it to a text book anyway.

 
Comment by Anandawardhana
2009-06-04 10:56:08

hahaha :D

Awesome

 
Comment by Biscuits
2009-06-04 10:58:58

AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! This just made my day!

 
Comment by Tinker
2009-06-04 12:34:37

how much?

 
Comment by Thilina
2009-06-04 16:52:21

I lol’d in RL

 
Comment by Sam
2009-06-04 18:08:08

So this is how the history is made

 
Comment by Coconut
2009-06-04 19:04:55

Fantastic !
Mongoloid Indi I think you have made your first step to beeing president one day now that all the kids in country already know you to be looking like a mini-president.

 
Comment by TK
2009-06-04 21:21:28

Jesus, man. I am stoned and that was comic gold.

 
Comment by TheWhacksteR
2009-06-04 23:18:20

way to stick it to the man!

 
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