Development Sri Lankan style. We know how to get our priorities right: ‘One large performing arts theatre and three large paddy whorehouses.’ Another beauty from The Daily News, which never fails to put a smile on our mugs. That’s one newspaper clipping that won’t be making it into the scrapbook. Wait … Via @ShehanKaru + Hisham Shums.

… is that we don’t know how to spell it (yet). Sri Lanka celebrated 64 years of...

Put the ‘man’ in ‘romance’ this Valentine’s Day. Express your...

Why attempt to shun your own ‘shaedow?’ This explains why them tuk-tuks are always in a hurry. Via dakdad.

Sandwiches so good, they put a spell on you. Spotted at Perera & Sons in Rajagiriya by @PhuckYou_.

Written proof that Sri Lankans mix up their ‘Vs’ and ‘Ws’ …. / Via @kirubesh.

Get your car wrecked. Computerized typo mayhem. If you have a ‘shockabsober’ and an ‘enging’ in your vehicle then this is THE place to go says @UmarM_92.

So the Daily Mirror has dedicated an entire broadsheet page to the goings-on in the local...

Take away water? Seen at a rest room in Liberty Plaza. Via @blessie_k.

Even the Ministry of External Affairs gets it wrong … They probably speak Chinese better. Via @gopiharan.

We wept with unbridled joy at the sight of this marvel. Sent in by our friend @m_nasir13, who...

Poto Copying, Bainding, Call’s … For all your typo needs. Via @Vindic8d.

‘Get Clawed Behind Bars?’ It’s like that jail rape nightmare. Via @MegTegal, who likes the food at Bars Cafe but “always passed on the crab stuff just ‘cause of the title! Creepeh.” Totally. More seafood troublemakers here and here.

The spelling misses it by a mile. Via @m_nasir13. More weird words here.

‘Harry up!! … Your flying carrier starts here.’ Now you know why some people are afraid of flying. Via Yamille Wikramanayake.

Take heed, kids. Tuk-tuk uncle don’t like you. Via @Ramzworld.

Devilled chicken not your thing? Then how about some possessed chicken? Via @sarahfactor. More food-related typos here.

Chinese police in disguise? We’d like to disagree with the photo caption. Via @Sal_D_Man.

Repels mosquitoes and children over 3 years of age. Perfect. Also, good for ‘any time of the Day or Night’. Not so good during twilight. Via @13mafaz.

First there was ‘fashion’. But that didn’t look right. Then somebody said, ‘no, silly! it’s PASSION!!!!!!!’ And everyone said ‘ahhhhh!’ So they fixed it: ‘Pashion’. Spotted at Big Bite in Nugegoda by @m_nasir13, who was “afraid that it would taste of clothes”.