{"id":147163,"date":"2025-01-06T17:52:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T00:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=147163"},"modified":"2025-01-06T17:53:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T00:53:13","slug":"the-life-is-like-a-russian-roulette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/01\/06\/the-life-is-like-a-russian-roulette\/","title":{"rendered":"The life is like a Russian Roulette"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjNEX09Mj_z2Ra_3uGspihgqKa6rrXCBvh4ueye3_iRDc_PyvLtrvn8RKY3gMLaM_etFaTvAGo1UMLssJRNeKqeap0CQMkDuiJ-4hYM5pcIdpCDtxVV4C0ybajDsaip4qCQgs6-8ZdCo7Ftg3u0Hb5wNIrkJVippavkfp2T6HHiZKq_OqEV8aYMiXfkLqNz=w364-h242\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjNEX09Mj_z2Ra_3uGspihgqKa6rrXCBvh4ueye3_iRDc_PyvLtrvn8RKY3gMLaM_etFaTvAGo1UMLssJRNeKqeap0CQMkDuiJ-4hYM5pcIdpCDtxVV4C0ybajDsaip4qCQgs6-8ZdCo7Ftg3u0Hb5wNIrkJVippavkfp2T6HHiZKq_OqEV8aYMiXfkLqNz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The life is like a Russian roulette<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dangerous and unpredictable<br>It is a game of chance that could end deadly<br>Often taking foolhardy risks<br>It\u2019s highly irresponsible<br>Morally indefensible<br>But the end is guaranteed<br>You cannot escape<br>With each click of the gun<br>Your fears intensify<br>If you are religious<br>Behold to your god<br>If you are an atheist<br>Count on fatalism&nbsp;<br>Anyhow your destiny is sealed<br>The odds are stacked against you<br>Though its hard , it&#8217;s easy to play<br>You spin the cylinder of a revolver<br>With one bullet and points the gun at your head<br>Then pull the trigger<br>There is only one bullet<br>In one of the six cylinder slots of the revolver<br>You can count on probability<br>The cylinder is spun to randomize the position of the bullet<br>Your anxiety and hesitation are high<br>If the chamber with the bullet is fired<br>You are history<br>If you get a silver bullet<br>Consider you are lucky<br>You can have a comfortable instant death<br>If the revolver is loaded with an explosive bullet<br>People can see your brain matter on the floor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong><em>Ruwan M JayatungeSee more;\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/transyl2014.blogspot.com\/2025\/01\/the-life-is-like-russian-roulette.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/transyl2014.blogspot.com\/2025\/01\/the-life-is-like-russian-roulette.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/transyl2014.blogspot.com\/2025\/01\/the-life-is-like-russian-roulette.html\">https:\/\/transyl2014.blogspot.com\/2025\/01\/the-life-is-like-russian-roulette.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D. The life is like a Russian roulette Dangerous and unpredictableIt is a game of chance that could end deadlyOften taking foolhardy risksIt\u2019s highly irresponsibleMorally indefensibleBut the end is guaranteedYou cannot escapeWith each click of the gunYour fears intensifyIf you are religiousBehold to your godIf you are an atheistCount on fatalism&nbsp;Anyhow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dr-ruwan-m-jayatunge-m-d"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}