{"id":194372,"date":"2018-10-15T17:42:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T12:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=194372"},"modified":"2018-10-15T17:58:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T12:28:54","slug":"diske-ammata-diskade-part-02-sirisena-says-girls-of-sirimavo-bandaranaike-vidyalaya-enjoying-dicks-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/diske-ammata-diskade-part-02-sirisena-says-girls-of-sirimavo-bandaranaike-vidyalaya-enjoying-dicks-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Diske Ammata Diskade Part 02: Sirisena Says Girls Of Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya Enjoying &#8220;Dicks Joy&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Almost replicating the infamous &#8216;Diske Ammata Diskade&#8221; remark by former Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Dayasiri+Jayasekera\">Dayasiri Jayasekera<\/a>, President Maithripala Sirisena said he noticed how the students of Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya, Colombo 07, enjoyed &#8220;Dicks joy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Maithripala-Sirisena-2016-04-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-160720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Maithripala-Sirisena-2016-04-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"373\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Maithripala-Sirisena-2016-04-13.jpg 373w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Maithripala-Sirisena-2016-04-13-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/a>Addressing an event at the school, just a stone&#8217;s throw away from his official residence, Sirisena said for nearly four years he had seen the talents of its students almost on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even last evening, before it rained, I saw how they enjoyed Dicks Joy,&#8221; Sirisena said, causing ripples of laughter in the audience.<\/p>\n<p>The audience was perplexed for a moment wondering if Sirisena passed a sexual innuendo at an event largely attended by teenage school girls.<\/p>\n<p>They later realized that what Sirisena intended to say was &#8220;Disc Jockey&#8221;, not &#8220;Dicks Joy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Sirisena&#8217;s blunder immediately resembled the famous &#8220;Diske Ammata Diskade&#8221; remark made by his ally Dayasiri Jayasekera at an event hosted by Royal College, Colombo and S. 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