Government Still Observing Nonagathaya

A spokesman for the government today admitted that they had missed the end of the period marking the abstinence from work and were continuing to observe Nonagathya, but it was not apparent to any of the public servants due to the almost identical productivity and effectiveness levels in the period prior and since.

Speaking at a press conference after an event hastily arranged to try and end the extended Government Nonagathaya, the spokesperson said, “Unlike the formalities to mark the other key aspects of the New Year, we had slipped into Nonagathya almost seamlessly considering what we have been doing since we came into power. While we marked the start of the New Year by boiling milk and dressed in the colours of the majority party we completely failed to mark that as the end of the period as once again it seemed like nothing had really changed. However, at least as a formality we will be ending the Nonagathya after this event by getting the peon to make some tea.”

“At the Parliament Avurudu games, Ranil Wickremasinghe was knocked out of the Avurudu Kumaraya pagent after refusing to change from his full suit into national costume while the bun eating competition was abandoned after it was discovered that Rajitha Senaratne has finished all the buns kept aside for the game. John Amaratuga won the grease polla contest after putting up a stiff competition against fellow parliamentarians.” added the spokesman.

The government has said that it will aim to reduce daily observation of Nongathya from 3.5 hours to 2 hours by the end of the year.