Mr Meeseeks

Liar liar pigs on fire.

As the esteemed former British Ambassador to Thailand Sir Anthony Rumbold said, "Nor do I object to our providing the Thais with various specialist services from time to time. But teaching and in particular language teaching is by far the most important of the fields in which we can help the Thais. Every pound spent would bring more direct benefits to the Thais and indirect benefits to us than many pounds spent on more grandiose engineering or road-building projects. We can leave these to the Americans and the Australians and the World Bank. If we concentrate our little aid effort on education we would be working in a domain in which the Thais have for generations been used to following our lead."

Funny, I got shouted down on here for saying Vietnam would surpass Thailand's economy within a matter of years. ????

This is the correct answer.

I think you got it wrong it was the old guard that were trying to Thai-ify the Malay majority in the South. Do you honestly believe he was 'commander-in-chief' of the Thai armed forces? Maybe in name only. You are still not getting it that the Thai military is above the law here.

And it was the Army that perpetrated Tak Bai. Thaksin just happened to be PM at the time.

If history repeats itself, why did you support the coup? The other 16 didn't work out well, why were you under the impression this one would be any different?

Problem is, when Thais read this garbage they are likely to believe it and think it's true! Probably why their national news outlet is regurgitating it!

The Omicron variant would have got here eventually and spread anyway.

Get your plan b ready and your suitcases packed. I can very well see a pogrom against expats and long staying foreigners if he ever gets to be PM.

Don't give them ideas. That would be a dream for many of the locals here.

Indeed. Mind you, their only experience of Thai women is from bars where the women are for sale, so that discolours their perception of all Thai women.

They know it's a Pheu Thai landslide at the next election.

Even if they have previous convictions for rape?

They have always been the real powerbrokers mate, since the 1930's. They have used every opportunity to remove threats to their control, since I arrived 31 years ago anyway, and now they can pretty much do what they like as the only controlling influence there was is no longer with us. Remember in 1991/92 it almost went full blown Myanmar... What some people fail to realise (not your good self of course), is that despite late 20th century and early 21st century modernisation, Thailand remains a very insular, inward looking, backward South East Asian nation that has gone from a rural farming economy through rapid industrialisation in less than five decades, resulting in a lot of fancy infrastructure and money but none of the fundamentals have followed such as improvements in education, social security, Policing, etc. Those that have tried to divert money from the corrupt to make those improvements have been swiftly removed as from the very top down here there is no equality. Their culture dictates that due to the Dharma wheel and Karma, that you desrve what you get in this life from stuff you did in the past lives. It is, in essence, a caste society, with money as the defining measure. There's a reason the Buddhas are gold.

I know for a fact this has happened to a Thai friend as I was in the pickup at the time. Ironically, we were going to get more beers as we had run out...

This is absolutely normal for Thailand.

How do Thai felons manage to get visas to enter UK, Australia and New Zealand? How do foreign criminals manage to remain in Thailand for extended periods despite warrants and Interpol red notices out for their arrest? How do rich Thai criminals that flee abroad manage to live and return after the statute of limitation on their crimes expires? Answers on a postcard please.

They all ran out of money a long time ago. They are printing money out of thin air, while debt continues to soar by trillions every month. Guess what happens next?

Anyone know where I can buy a frisbee, hackysack or a swingball while we are at it?

Odd post.

Got them for jumping off the conn tower into the water.

Ethereum is way oversold at the moment. I'm slurping the dip.

This is normal, pull out and expect others to stop or slow for them.

Moving up the social ladder.