Now Big Joke joins the hunt for female tourist who sat on a ledge at Wat Phra Kaew

[Tchooptip]

17 hours ago, HLover said:

Can anyone confirm the Rice Gruel is translated as 'Jok' and not 'Joke' as I may have been writing it incorrectly for months.

โจ๊ก is rice gruel yes but also

 โจ๊ก onomatopoeia for the water dripping from a faucet

โจ๊ก adverb for copiously abundantly

And sometimes the transcription of the English word joke joking so the pronunciation is "not far"

So to answer your question the right pronunciation is : "jóok"

As you said not exactly like "joke"  but not "jok"  between the two a bit longer 

 http://www.thai-language.com/id/147733

[BobBKK]

She probably was totally unaware but let's hang her anyway!  anything to distract from the real scandals and the sinking ship.

[colinneil]

3 minutes ago, ujayujay said:

Hunt

Yes mate !!Hunt !! makes a great headline.

It makes Big Joke look like the crime fighter of the century.

Meanwhile major crime goes undetected/ unnoticed.

[anon4637435435]

Leave the girl alone you pricks! Cowards!!

Too scared to catch real criminals. Arresting tourists is a great move forward thailand. Does this country get dumber by the day?

[Nokawou]

Just looked it up in my Paiboon dictionary

โจก old name for a chief or leader

โจ็ก rice gruel or transliteration of the word joke

so a very fitting name 

[Odysseus123]

5 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Yes mate !!Hunt !! makes a great headline.

It makes Big Joke look like the crime fighter of the century.

Meanwhile major crime goes undetected/ unnoticed.

But..but..Colin,would you rather have him pursuing his goal of police superhero or vote for the Milky Bar Kid,instead?

 

Think carefully now..

 

 

 

[farcanell]

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Maj-General Surachet - the deputy commissioner of the tourist police bureau - stressed it was not just the tourists' fault. He spoke on camera saying that their tour guide or trip organizer must take a share of the blame if they did not warn the tourists about what is acceptable and appropriate behavior at sites like Wat Phra Kaew in Thailand.

I was going to start in with funny comments about the true nature of what big joke was actually hunting.... but then I read the above.

 

this is the first time I have come across this concept, from an official... and it really really really needs spreading far and wide

 

todays joker needs applause ????

[Moti24]

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Now Big Joke joins the hunt for female tourist who sat on a ledge at Wat Phra Kaew

 

"The tourist and her male friend taking snapshots could face a month in jail or and/or a fine of 10,000 baht."

Put them in the slammer for the month; I doubt the rest of the world'll see it as a big joke!

[rutteketuut]

Serious crime she committed. Can the farang do anything right? We are not wanted here!

[SupermarineS6B]

Suppose the Red Bull guy's moved down the list then ?    Got to catch those foreigners committing heinous crimes in La la land.........  Just when you thought they couldn't get any more childish..................................

[PEE TEE]

Big Joke always gets his man /women . she was airing her views she did show some respect as she took her shoes off . Her name is miss Dumpty  .....egg joke get it 

[PEE TEE]

2 minutes ago, SupermarineS6B said:

Suppose the Red Bull guy's moved down the list then ?    Got to catch those foreigners committing heinous crimes in La la land.........  Just when you thought they couldn't get any more childish..................................

They are very busy tracking down dart boards with no paperwork 

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, PEE TEE said:

Big Joke always gets his man /women . she was airing her views she did show some respect as she took her shoes off . Her name is miss Dumpty  .....egg joke get it 

In that case, I think the yolk's on her.

 

[Kimber]

18 hours ago, kannot said:

"very seriously" land  of no priorities

It's going to be fine and safe everyone.....Top crime buster Surachet Hakpal is hot on the trail of the "sit on ledge" gang of international terracists.....

[jonstarjon]

Surely marvel comics should be brought in... Black panther and big JOKE the crime fighting duo!

[Kimber]

18 hours ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

A suitably apt name for one of the nation's top police. 

Yep,  rather than working in show business, all the comedians in LoS are either in the BIB or Politics ! 555

[sawadee1947]

18 hours ago, YetAnother said:

just jail all the tourists

...and then build a wall round that kingdom....

[bluesofa]

3 minutes ago, jonstarjon said:

Surely marvel comics should be brought in... Black panther and big JOKE the crime fighting duo!

Oddly enough I haven't noticed any of them wearing their underpants on the outside - so far.

[Kimber]

4 hours ago, Deli said:

I think she'e now red flagged on Interpol's list with 100.000 $ reward - dead or alive.

Such a serious crime !

Meanwhile Premchai the fearless Black Leopard hunter can ignore summons and travel freely across Thai borders.

[Kimber]

3 hours ago, rkidlad said:

Gotta wonder if there'd be this much furore had she been older, overweight and unattractive. 

If she'd been farang overweight the ledge wouldn't be there now. 

 

[bluesofa]

4 hours ago, Deli said:

I think she'e now red flagged on Interpol's list with 100.000 $ reward - dead or alive.

Such a serious crime !

Yes of course: Sitting on a ledge with criminal intent.

Same as those students who were arrested for 'eating a sandwich with criminal intent'.

 

Edited March 24, 2018 by bluesofa
misprit

[Kimber]

3 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

the thing I like about people here is that they do not seem to think that the Thai police cannot walk and chew bubble gum.

 

I imagine a tourist having a leak on Buckingham Palace champ d;elise. statue of liberty or the front of the Sydney opera house.  

 

These things are not allowed and would not be accepted.  People would be charged and punished.  The same thing goes here.

 

To be honest the fact that the BIG JOIKE" is taking crime in all it's forms seriously and I AM SURE HIS STAFF is IS A GREAT RELIEF TO this tourist.  I just hope that more officers will take his lead.

You may not comprehend the difference between "having a leak" and sitting on a ledge in the outer periphery of a Temple. 

 

Here's a practical idea,  get the Thai immigration officials to hand out a 400 page booklet of "Cannot" to Tourists on arrival. 

 

[JimmyJ]

4 hours ago, grumbleweed said:

Quite rude and childish of Channel 7 to draw a gas cloud emanating from her butt.

(It was rude enough to deny us a peek).

Edited March 24, 2018 by JimmyJ

[Kimber]

3 hours ago, ICECOOL said:

The real issue here that this behaviour is deeply offensive to ordinary Thai's and Buddhists. Like climbing on certain statues or buildings in UK or US.

 

In any country there are limits to behaviour. If you travel, you should respect that countries religious and legal requirements, even if you do not agree. Belittling the protection of religious and ancient landmarks shows a lot of ignorance. 

 

Deflecting, by saying the authorities are not doing this,  or not doing that,  so why do this, is just childish. 

 

 

 

 

 

Then Thailand really does need to clarify the limits to Tourists on arrival, to state the bleeding obvious nowadays most farang Tourists are culturally ignorant when it comes to countries with strict religious orientated rules. 

If they want the income from Tourists then the authorities need to get savvy and ease the way somewhat. 

[thaibeachlovers]

I guess everything needing saying about this has been said already.

A sad case of affairs indeed.

 

BTW, since when have bare shoulders and female bare legs been allowed in the Temple?

[JimmyJ]

Just now, Kimber said:

 

Then Thailand really does need to clarify the limits to Tourists on arrival, to state the bleeding obvious nowadays most farang Tourists are culturally ignorant when it comes to countries with strict religious orientated rules. 

If they want the income from Tourists then the authorities need to get savvy and ease the way somewhat. 

That's a good idea.

 

I think it was Japan but it may have been China some years ago printed instruction sheets for their tourists coming to the US, informing them among other things not to slurp noodles from the bowl.

[Kimber]

1 hour ago, Moti24 said:

Put them in the slammer for the month; I doubt the rest of the world'll see it as a big joke!

Yeah, just the kind of media exposure Thailand doesn't need.  (Not that it would occur to them).

[Krataiboy]

So who took the naughty up-skirt picture of the silly girl sitting on the ledge and how did it find its way into the public domain?

[atyclb]

4 hours ago, soalbundy said:

nice legs

 

rtp just might be searching for the treasure where those legs end ?

[Cheops]

31 minutes ago, Kimber said:

countries with strict religious orientated rules.

They seem very strict. Especially during the temple fairs with sexy dancers, lots of drunken men and fighting teenagers on the temple grounds. And the gambling during funerals INSIDE the temple buildings. But all that seems to fit into the religious rules.