Following one’s dreams is like flying a kite, says Prayut

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Following one’s dreams is like flying a kite, says Prayut

By The Nation

 

 

Junta chief General Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday dabbled in metaphor to convey the importance of following one’s hopes and dreams after his affiliated party won the popular vote in the recent general election.

 

Speaking to a group of students visiting Government House on Tuesday, Prayut all of a sudden told the children that “placing hopes and dreams in the air is like letting a kite fly in the air”.

 

 

“We don’t know what it’s going to bring back,” Prayut said. “So, whatever you want, you do it for yourself, no matter what happens or does not happen, with or without a helping hand. Building castles in the air is like letting the kite fly. We don’t know where it will go or whether it will get stuck on some power pole.”

 

However, when reporters asked if it was his hope and dream to form the government, the PM denied, saying it was not his job as the current PM.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30366563

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-03-26

 

[akirasan]

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Building castles in the air is like letting the kite fly. We don’t know where it will go

Sounds like somebodies been getting into the government stash of medical mary jane

[candide]

The first picture is quite metaphoric about this guy!????

[BritManToo]

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

Following one’s dreams is like flying a kite, says Prayut

Isn't 'flying a kite' a Thai euphemism for masturbating?

[bluesofa]

29 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Isn't 'flying a kite' a Thai euphemism for masturbating?

Yup. Prayut's the man who said it.

[Orton Rd]

Dreams are all most Thais have, like a living wage or a free and fair election

[Pilotman]

Haha It's the Thai equivalent of the American Dream.  "Know your place, stay in it, do as you're told and be thankful that I am here to destroy any ambitions you may have".  well they apparently still voted for him, so...............

[Captain_Bob]

Mr Dick Tater, a.k.a Unclue Tu, now a.k.a. Mr. Chuck Wao encourages us to follow our dreams by masturbating 

[soalbundy]

48 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Isn't 'flying a kite' a Thai euphemism for masturbating?

Yes, so he is a chak wauer

[Enoon]

56 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Isn't 'flying a kite' a Thai euphemism for masturbating?

 

No.

 

Chak (Tug) a kite is the euphemism.

 

Len (Play) waao (kite) is the term commonly used for flying a kite.

 

 

[BritManToo]

9 minutes ago, Enoon said:

Len (Play) waao (kite) is the term commonly used for flying a kite.

There's actually a song about flying a kite that all the Thai ladies will know called wing waao วิ่งว่าว.

https://youtu.be/B5f5wlYDi0s

 

[madmitch]

Flying a kite for the privileged few..........................

 

Pissing in the wind for the rest!

[lamyai3]

So he's standing in front of a crowd of children encouraging them to len waao, while blowing a flute?

[Justgrazing]

Is that his Pied Piper impersonation with the flute thing in the pic' .. 

 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

So, whatever you want, you do it for yourself, no matter what happens or does not happen, with or without a helping hand. Building castles in the air is like letting the kite fly. We don’t know where it will go or whether it will get stuck on some power pole.”

There are quite possibly some who wish his kite gets stuck on a power pole .. A live one .. 

[Small Joke]

...when you can snatch this pebble from my hand, Grasshopper, then you can from a government, and rule gloriously for the next 20 years...

[Justgrazing]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

There's actually a song about flying a kite that all the Thai ladies will know called wing waao วิ่งว่าว.

https://youtu.be/B5f5wlYDi0s

 

Here's another but I've yet to hear Thai girls chorus this one .. 

 

 

 

[lamyai3]

11 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Is that his Pied Piper impersonation with the flute thing in the pic' .. 

Either that, or it's Nero fiddling with himself while Rome burned. 

[gunderhill]

Plenty of thunderstorms around now .Please go right ahead.

[Emdog]

"Don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" -Bob Dylan

[Briggsy]

17 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Isn't 'flying a kite' a Thai euphemism for masturbating?

Whilst playing the flute (or the khlui) means something else! ????

[briansbiology]

Yes he is an expert at Chuck-Wow. 

[lamyai3]

48 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

Whilst playing the flute (or the khlui) means something else! ????

Pink oboe or khlui, bansuri or shakuhachi, it's certainly a global metaphor...

[Artisi]

Seems his kite might just have been hit by lightening if not it was close. 

[sammieuk1]

Its all in the rigging and the weight of the tail is a more accurate metaphor ????

[AhFarangJa]

Tosser..............

[VocalNeal]

I hope the lightning strikes his kite string.

[connda]

On 3/26/2019 at 2:14 PM, webfact said:

Following one’s dreams is like flying a kite, says Prayut

Everything is cool until the kite string gets wound up in high tension electric wires, then everything goes south from there.

[chama]

So pot is legal for him but not the general public? 

[Dinobot]

In that case, I encourage you to go follow your dreams, Mr. Prayut!