Trinity College, Kandy, Jokes

Mistaken Identity

A prominent politician, who was the MP for Kandy in the good old days, had three sons at Trinity.  Two were twins.  As was his custom, the feared vice-principal and disciplinarian Mr. Sahayam was doing his rounds of the school when he spotted one of the twins standing outside the classroom.  Upon enquiry it was revealed that he was thrown out of the class for being a disturbance.  Mr. Sahayam sent the boy back into class asking the latter to see him at 3.05pm at his office when school closed for the day.  

3.05pm - Sahayam had forgotten about the matter.

3.15pm - Looking outside from his window at the end of school, Sahayam sees the culprit scooting away.  He immediately shouts and gets him into the office, and the usual 3 cuts follow.  

Just as he finished, a knock on the door and in walks the other twin, the real culprit! 

The first one did not know why he was caned till then (one never questioned Sahayam).  The second was not let off - he was given 6 cuts, 3 being the punishment for the disturbance and the other 3 because it would be profoundly unfair that he should receive just the same number of cuts as the innocent one! 

An unforgettable leaving certificate

One troublemaker was regularly sent by the class teacher to the vice principal’s office for punishment, and whenever he turned up, the 3 cuts were perfunctory. One day, the troublemaker turns up as usual at the office. Without a word, Sahayam rises from his seat, approaches with the cane, asks the subject to bend down, and metes out the usual punishment. Sahayam returns to his desk, only to see the boy still loitering in the office. “Why are you still here?” Sahayam asks, only to be told that the boy had already left school some time ago, and had only called to collect his leaving certificate!

The missing full-back

The Trinity rugby side had gone down to Colombo by train to play Zahira. Bob Harvey is doing the commentary on Radio Ceylon when Abdul Majeed of Zahira picks up the ball and speeds all the way down the flank to touch down for a magnificent try.

The returning Trinity team is disembarking at the Kandy railway station where the Trinity full-back is met by his father, who sternly inquires where the son had been when he was supposed to be playing rugby in Colombo. "What do you mean?" retorts the surprised full back, "I was doing exactly that". "Stop talking rubbish" says the irate father in choice Sinhalese, "even Bob Harvey was saying when Majeed scored that try, ‘Where is the Trinity full-back? He is nowhere to be seen!’”.

(from various sources)