Mahinda and Ranil on Holiday

Mahinda called Ranil into Temple Trees one day and said, 'Ranil, I
have a great idea! Shall we go to Hambantota for the week-end and
have a little rest and discussion?'

Great idea'... Ranil agreed, 'How will we go about it?' asked Ranil.

'Well' said Mahinda, 'We'll get ourselves in to my helicopter and go
to Hambantota and stay at the best hotel there for a couple of days.
But I want to take my Alsatian dog because no body will be in Temple
Trees when I'm not here.'

So next day with the Alsatian dog at heel, they settled down at the
best hotel in Hambantota then after a refresh went direct to the pub,
the dog by their side.

'Good evening, may we have two doubles of your best Arrack ?' said
Mahinda to the barman. 'Good evening Mr. President', said the barman,
'Two doubles of best Arrack is, coming up'.

Mahinda and Ranil stood leaning on the bar drinking their Arrack,
chatting, nodding now and again to those who came into the pub for a
drink. The dog lay quietly at their feet. All of a sudden, the door
from the adjacent bar opened and in came a man; he walked up to the
Alsatian, lifted its tail and looked underneath, shrugged his
shoulders and walked back to the other bar.

A few moments later, in came another man, walked up to the dog, lifted
its tail, looked underneath, scratched his head and went back to the
other bar. Over the course of the next half hour or so several other
locals came in, lifted the dog's tail and went away looking puzzled.

Eventually Mahinda and Ranil could stand it no longer and called the
Barman over. 'Tell me,' said Ranil, 'why did all those people come in
and look under the dog's tail like that? Is it a local custom in this
town?'

'Good God no,' said the barman. 'It's just that someone went and told
them that there is an Alsatian dog in this bar with two arseholes'.