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“Although my family will not have a place to stay, I have to obey the law," she told The Phuket News afterwards.

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Pattaya Police Officers took part in a simulated case of armed robbery at a Bank in Jomtien on Friday afternoon and it was no surprise that both pretend robbers were arrested and the stolen money was recovered.

Actually, that surprised the heck out of me!

I just snorted coffee...

'Ebola' is just a storm in a teacup compared to 'Officials'!

Thailand is at risk from Officials, an insidious, highly contagious and deadly disease. Early symptoms include spouting of nonsensical comments, denials, pomposity, kneejerk reactions and nose digging. Later (the timeframe varies), the symptoms develop into full-blown corruption, apathy, budgetary fiddling, cover-ups and bleeding of the national treasury. The origin of Officials is unknown, however, many sign point to a country's culture of face and patriarchy in tandem with an underdeveloped immune system. Due to it's insidious nature in inducing apathy, Officials is not easy to detect and even harder to isolate. If left untreated Officials will result in a badly damaged economy, loss of reputation and confidence, lawlessness and finally breakdown of all systems. There is no cure, nor research for a cure and the disease will run it's course and leave either a much debilitated or dead victim in it's wake...

You think your lady may be going to greener pastures..?

Nah, I still have all my hair...I'll just dye it green and she can nibble that.

Which patch of hair are you talking about? The upper stuff or the lower stuff?

yes and yes

I find it hard to believe that anybody would make jokes about this.

Can you not imagine or feel any sympathy for the suffering that people must go through to make such a decision?

Don't believe in euthanasia. It's a slippery slope that soon encroaches on who deserves to die. So, yes, I'll continue to ridicule this idea.

imo, it's not a matter of belief, but a matter of self determination (which finishes in the termination of self - a most awful pun and not at all classy!)

Thailand the hub of self-accelerating cars - soon at a theatre near you

You think your lady may be going to greener pastures..?

Nah, I still have all my hair...I'll just dye it green and she can nibble that.

what an utter joy! I got my bank statement letter and updated account from the bank downstairs, got my q-number at 9am, and was finished at 10am. No more apartment pictures with room number clearly showing, no more pictures of marriage life, no more yearly updated Marriage document from Amphur, no more hand drawn map to residence, no more redundant goofyness. TM7, Bank letter, copy of account book, passport copy, tabien baan copy and all the originals, purest simplicity. Had to fill out and sign a sworn statement that says I am who I am and live where I live and stay in Thailand for retirement, that's all. Brought my wife along for the last time, in case they need to ask her about me converting from marriage to retirement extension, and even she commented on how easy and fast this was compared with before. Heck, I even went back for seconds and did my 90 day report as well. Altogether one hour, not bored at all.

They were closed because of controversial menu item: the McSpetsnaz

I just couldn't do it, it excites my nipples...

spread

That's not a man, that's a boy with a tattoo.

Castration is a proven method to curb violent behavior...and cheaper. Only needs a pair of scissors and iodine.

Yes, various causes. But they are all of natural occurrence, they just happen on their own. No one is a fault of course.

yes, it's genetic, can't blame anyone

it was also reported that no one fell asleep during the session, went to the bathroom for a quick snort, played Chicken Run on their mobile, updated their Facebook page with their umpteenth selfie, ate som tam or durian, gratified themselves with a look at certain websites, did not call each other names or threaten to scratch eyes out. All in all very quiet, but no entertainment value...

I wonder if a voluntary declaration of assets can later be legally scrutinized?

Don't be fooled by 'Thai-style democracy'

Let's rather say: Don't be fooled by anything that can be corrupted by humans, whether forms of government or religions. If it is thought up by humans it will be subverted by humans until such time that humanity evolves built-in ethics..., and that's a long way away.

He is just a misunderstood drug mule tricked by farangs to make a delivery, not knowing what was inside...let him go...

Thai man to Japanese Police: "Don't you know who I am?"

Japanese Police: "Yes, you are farang..."

I can imagine a particular group watching the parade from the sidelines and commenting:

nudge, nudge: "him!", "yes, me too, and the one next to him", "That one, I'm seeing him tomorrow with an envelope", "what's your estimate?", "about 90% positive, give or take", "555, very funny!", "It's nice to see them all together, they should get out more often..."

This is the usual sequence:

book deal - movie deal - leave embassy