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The HUGE Helium Discovery In Minnesota Is GREAT, But We Should Still Ban Helium Balloons.

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by Anura Guruge
on March 31, 2024

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I love helium balloons. I used to have multiple tanks of helium at home, at any given time, to blow up balloons. I would buy LOTS of helium balloons. Then I discovered, to my horror, that we, on Earth, are running out of helium. YIKES. Yes, second most abundant element in the universe, but we were running out on earth. Not good. Can’t make it, short of nuclear fusion. We need it for other things beyond party balloons. Hence, why we need to ban party helium balloons.

I only heard about this discovery today — on ‘BBC Radio‘. I was excited. I wanted to make sure YOU heard about it.

Great news. But this does not give us a license to just squander it. We owe it to future generations.

Is ‘Marmite’ Really Banned In Canada — Says So In 2018 British Movie ‘Sometimes Always Never’.

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by Anura Guruge
on July 28, 2022

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Click image to access the ‘IMDb’ listing for this 2018 movie.

This was a quirky movie even by British standards. But, if you like British quirkiness (as I do, being a quirky Brit) you will quite like this film. It is actually decent — though, intentionally, slow-paced.

IF you like scrabble, as I do, YOU will LOVE this. You will also learn a LOT of useful words & tips. So, if you play scrabble, WATCH IT. I watched it because I like scrabble. I learnt a lot of useful scrabble words.

Some may watch it because of Bill Nighy. As ever, he is immaculately laconic. Classic.

Well, Bill is who brings up this issue about Marmite & Canada. It would appear that there is some truth to his claim. It all has to do with the secret formulation of Marmite. But, isn’t that also the case with ‘Coco Cola’ & ‘KFC’? Well, you should look it up. My goal here is to just bring it to your notice.

As for the title: “Sometimes Always Never“. I won’t spoil it for you. Very clever. Just lets say that Bill plays a tailor. It has to do with clothing. That is all I will divulge.

Sri Lanka Didn’t Ban Fertilizer For Environmental Reasons, They Did It To Save Foreign Currency!

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by Anura Guruge
on June 11, 2022

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Misled by a misinformed media many have come to believe that Sri Lanka, a few years ago, banned the use of artificial fertilizers & pesticides in order to GO GREEN — be all organic & environmentally friendly. Let me please refer you to a NATURAL fertilizer once commonly used in Sri Lanka (nee Ceylon). BULL SHIT!

The government banned artificial fertilizers & pesticides to save precious & dwindling foreign currency reserves.

Sri Lanka was IMPORTING artificial fertilizers & pesticides. That was the problem.

The corrupt Government was trying to curry favor (& votes) by cutting taxes. They had to make cuts in other places to offset the losses in revenue.

They decided to BE COOL — APPEAR GREEN & band fertilizers & pesticides. Bull Shit!

Get your facts straight before you try to comment on Sri Lankan politics & life.

SMILE.

Oh, I am NO LONGER a Sri Lankan. I renounced my citizenship in 1983 — 39-years ago. SMILE.