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Top Ten List


This Top Ten list first appeared on the souvenir that I created for the seven-a-side cricket tournament that is organized by the Sri Lanka Cricket Society of Washington, DC in 1994. Just a few weeks before the tournament, West Indian Brian Lara broke the highest test score record.

Opening:From Colombo where "now-only Cricket is getting to Test standards in Ceylon, no?" it's the Way-Too-Early-On-A-Saturday-Morning-Show with David Thirdman. Tonight, the latest guy to sign up for next year's White Sox spring training - West Indian Brian Lara, a man whose cholesterol count is higher than his career total - Aravinda de Costa, and the musical group "Gully and the Square Cuts." Plus, Bada Ranatunga and the world's fattest Cricket team. And now, a man who bowls three bouncers in every over, Daaaaviiid Thirdman.


From the home office in Wanathamulla, Sri Lanka, here's tonight's category, Top ten reasons why Beer is better than Cricket


  10. Usually 11 guys don't stand around watching one guy enjoy an ice-cold beer.

   9. You don't "Stomp" a beer-can unless it is empty.

   8. You don't have to pass a fitness test to drink beer.

   7. Nobody tries to compare beer to baseball.

   6. Your drinking buddies don't try to get you "Out" of the driking area.

   5. Even if you "Run Out" with a beer, you can still drink it.

   4. You don't have to have two teams to drink beer.

   3. While drinking beer, you don't get out until you've had a few good strokes.

   2. When you drink beer, two guys in white coats don't come to judge you.

   And, the number one reason why beer is better than Cricket --

      Beer has no "Silly Point."

Thank you and good night. Drive safely.


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