One one things

I’m taking a break from dull data collection and decided to poke fun at myself. I was in Munich, or should i say Munchen?, (anyone seen Blackadder goes forth?), and one of the first signs in the airport is “Achtung!” meaning watchout, be careful etc. Those music followers among you will know that U2 had an album called Achtung Baby. For the best part of my life i thought this was Atchung baby, as in the sound of a sneeze, and i used to go around saying “ah have you heard atchung baby? super album no?”. Yes, silly me. Thats not the only time i’ve been silly. The following is a list of follies on my part.

1) I used to think that contact lenses are made out of fish scales.
2) I thought Bacteria is Vacteria.
3) I used to spell important as impotent.
4) I would bury eggs from the market hoping they’d hatch one day.
5) My brother told me that the French word for pig is oink, and i believed this.
6) I used to think that most Africans were black bc it’s a hot, sunny continent.
7) I thought any self respecting tortoise could swim so I put my Star Tortoise in a tub of water. (Sorry Aarong, RIP)
8) When my cousins dog humped my leg I thought I was his favourite person.
9) I used to think that all Sri Lankans were given their surname by a Portugese judge.
10) When my Great Grandmother died, I killed an ant so that she won’t be lonely in whatever place she went to.
11) As a good deed for the day i put an ant in the water and then proceeded to rescue it.
12) The first time I went abroad I thought that Katunayake airport was England. (Apparently when we got to the airport I had asked “meh engalanthede?”)
13) In my year 2 Report it said i had been absent for 2 days that term, i thought this meant i was second in class, and told everyone so.
14) On my watch it said waterproof 50m. I thought this meant I can swim for 50m without damaging the watch. (It actually means 50m depth).
15) I used to think that the difference between Christians and Catholics is that catholics are Romans.

Thats about it, I was one thick kid .

Ok back to work, have to write a wish list for X mas also, I heard Santa is extra busy this year.

P.S.
Actually my grandfather tops it all, when my mother went for Aerobics long time ago, he asked “My, why is she taking flying lessons?”