An article “Sri Lanka one of the most corrupt nations in the world:” (http://www.lankastandard. com/2011/10), ends with the following light hearted story, which will undoubtedly resonate in various ways with Guyanese. It tells of a retired Sri Lankan government official who is sent to hell, most likely for bribery and corruption, and finds that there is a different hell for each country.
He goes to the German hell and asks, “What do they do here?” He is told, “First they put you in an electric chair for an hour. Then they lay you on a bed of nails for another hour. Then the German devil comes in and beats you for the rest of the day.” The man does not like the sound of that at all, so he moves on. He checks out the USA hell, the Russian hell and many more but discovers that they are all more or less the same as the German hell. Then he comes to the Sri Lankan hell and finds that there is a long line of people waiting to get in. Amazed, he asks,
