Misterwhisper

12 minutes ago, Whale said:

Some say Peter Sutcliff did a better job than Jack the Ripper. 

What about Lizzie Borden?

1 hour ago, toofarnorth said:

I do remember reading a couple of years ago that the instant noodles from Korea had ' Not Poodles ' written on the cups.

That was obviously wrong. It was supposed to read "Fat Doodles", actually.

I can only imagine how the morning news briefing at NNT went:

Editor in chief: "Well, things look really bad. The Phuket sandbox is failing and even the TAT chief admitted only yesterday that the country's reopening might have to be adjusted or even postponed under the current circumstances. How are we going to fix that?"

News editor: "Instead of the actual few hundred foreign arrivals in Phuket who encountered nothing but closed shops and restaurants, with some of them even contracting the virus, why don't we claim that more than 10,000 have visited the island since July 1 and that many if not all of them have expressed their intention to return soon?"

Editor in chief: "Excellent idea, go ahead. But what do we do about the closed shops, restaurants and entertainment places?"

News editor: "Well, let's not dwell on that at all but stress how much the tourists enjoyed the excellent shuttle service to their hotels and the excellent facilities at Phuket airport. That way we can elegantly avoid even mentioning that almost all tourist businesses are shuttered up."

Editor in chief: "Perfect. But don't forget to also emphasize the 'warm hospitality and welcoming attitude of the locals'. Oh, and attribute all quotes to some imaginary director at an obscure financial research organization with a snappy name and let 'him' project a gargantuan prospective revenue amount running in the hundreds of billions. Always makes things look more credible..."

27 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Doesn't sound like a heroin high to me. Those noodles were probably laced with Yah Bah.

That could well be. Now that I am thinking about it, he actually cartwheels EVERY morning.

It ought to be really tough on one's conscience working as a news editor for NNT. No matter how dire the actual facts are, they always must put an overly positive, hilariously enthusiastic spin on every article.

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

tourists are most satisfied with the shuttle service with the Safety and Health Administration (SHA) Plus certification at Phuket International Airport, followed by overall services offered at Phuket International Airport.

Hmmm... sounds like those were the highlights of the entire trip.

16 hours ago, webfact said:

Two luxury hotels have also opened on Bangkok’s riverfront: Andy Miller and Richard Scott Wilson’s playful Capella Bangkok, where each room and suite has a river view, and the Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok at Chao Phraya River,

Great timing! At least the local generals and other assorted bigwigs have now 2 additional venues where they can wine & dine and lodge their dozens of mistresses.

2 hours ago, Caldera said:

If I can get the same low price, I will defame the PM on a weekly basis.

Yup, it's quite the steal. I could easily afford 1 defamation per day and still have enough to live. And with a crowdfunding campaign to financially back me up... oh my!

22 hours ago, WineOh said:

Prosecution on the spot ey.

 

Officer, Judge & Jury all rolled into one this fella!

It appears Lt-Gen Amphol was an avid Judge Dredd fan in his youth.

1 hour ago, BostonRob2 said:

I got my second and third ones at the local sandwich store. Delicious!

I trust those weren't "Made in China"....?

14 hours ago, Laughing Gravy said:

In any 'normal' country someones head would roll for this from the government. Here the person who leaked it will be hounded and it will probably be described as fake news.

And that is EXACTLY why Thailand still maintains its anachronistic, obsolete, highly biased criminal defamation law, where the plaintiff risks absolutely nothing even if they lose the case and the entire burden is on the defendant alone. 

8 hours ago, webfact said:

There is a Red Interpol Notice out for his arrest but no reports that anyone is doing anything to apprehend him.

No, there isn't.

Who sez Covid-19 cannot have some positive effects?

6 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

If it carries on until October, you may be coming on a quarantine free holiday to Pattaya and finding yourself in isolation for a undisclosed time anyway !!

 

Imagine coming to Thailand for a holiday and told you cannot leave where you are staying for your entire vacation apart from visiting the supermarket 

Not to worry. Pattaya's kratoey phalanx - now largely out of work and idle - will make sure they'll have a jolly good time and not be too lonely.

30 minutes ago, madmitch said:

That's a first........I've just "liked" an NNT announcement!

You should be worried. Please seek psychiatric counseling immediately! LOL

Whoever wins that obscene bid should be dragged out of their car, stripped naked, tarred and feathered and then beaten down a long, long gauntlet of people who aren't able to buy enough food or have lost their meager income due to the Covid crisis.

Great idea!

I wish we could expand that to a few more flag colors:

Green = I need money

Amber = I need beer

Pink = I need a woman

Purple = I need a haircut

Black = I need to be left alone

Well... since "natural intelligence" has always had trouble catching on here (particularly in government circles), maybe "artificial intelligence" will accomplish the trick.