Had to ride in to work in a trishaw since my Dream Machine has been sent in for a bit of a makeover.
As we turned out of our lane the driver we ran into a long line of traffic and the driver exclaimed (in English) "Oh My God". Now I have heard a lot of things from trishaw drivers but never that particular phrase, which was amusing because its seemed so incongruous.
Later on in the drive, whilst dodging more jams he remarked (in Sinhala) on catching sight of the latest election posters: "Yuddhaya hondata Vikunanawa Ne", meaning the war is being well sold. Again not something that I expected to hear.
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Ever heard a trishaw driver exclaim 'Oh my goodness!'?
I almost fell out of the tuk-tuk in surprise.
:)
oohhh that's a first for me....
nice! posh ne..;)
now now..let's not underestimate our fellow tuk tuk men..
heh heh Gutter, if I had heard that I think I would have definitely fallen out of it.
I wonder where they pick it up? Television?
Dude, one chap once practically gave me a lesson in micro political economics! they are a strange and intriguing lot all right :)
agree with Whacko, so are Barbers,,some are quite insightful :)
There’s a metered trisaw opposite St Peters, on Galle Road. Costs 1/3 for a ride to Bamba Junc. Asked him why he runs the meter and he says, “to be fair.”
I actually wanted to worship the guy!
Well, Dee Cee suggests maybe there is more to Trishaw drivers than meets the eye, :)
There most definitely is more to these trishaw guys...in between them offering me drugs, guns and whores I have had a few extremely interesting political/economic conversations wiht them...
Mr point...They , I feel are, Sri lankan's answer to NY Cabbies....And one or twoo reading your blog or having a blog of their own is also a possibility
Tuk Tuk men are a great source of inspiration for me :-) Everytime I want to do some market research on something, I approach them first..... :-) You get unbiased insights !!!!!!!
Nibras, they give you a good cross section of the views of a man in the street I guess.
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