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So things have quitened down. We didn't hear any more gunfire after midnight, and this morning there is nothing on the news about a shoot-out happening in Colombo. So we are basically looking at each other and going: What the fish?

Not that we don't have theories, of course.

Theory #1: The Navy made a faux pas and mistook a flock of migrating geese for an enemy airship and massacred all the geese. They hid the bodies and feathers and are now hushing things up so that the animal rights activists don't jump down their throats. (Hey, if they can shoot at a commercial airliner, they can shoot at geese.) 

Theory #2: Somebody got a drunk at a wedding and thought it would be a good idea to set off all the firecrackers left over from the Independence Day celebrations in the middle of the night when the whole country was on high-security alert, subsequently scaring the whole town silly. I'm not entirely sure whether the Army and the police are authorized to stop people using firecrackers, but if they do, I hope that idiot got fined a Hippogriff. 

Theory #3: They were having a training drill at the nearby Army camp and some insane colonel high on weed rustled up the whole regiment to do a spot of target practice at a godforsaken hour of the night. 

The lack of news reports and screaming sirens or police vehicles seem to indicate that it was any one of the three. Which means I'm a Chicken-Licken who scared my entire lovely flist because I thought the sky was falling down. Although to be fair, the rest of the town probably thought so too. 

Anyway, in the much-panned words of J.K. Rowling, all is well. Will let you know if anything new pops up. You are the sweetest flist in the world. 

Am off to check the news now, to confirm my goose-massacre conspiracy theory. THERE SHALL BE JUSTICE FOR THE GEESE!