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[Rimmer]

Pattaya grave cleaners dig up 100,000 baht

PATTAYA:--Sawang Boriboon members and volunteers cleaning graves and cremating those with no family members exhumed an unexpected surprise from one burial plot: 100,000 baht cash.

 

The money – 98,000 in brand-new banknotes and 2,000 baht in rumpled bills – was discovered in the grave of Poon Korn, who died at age 60 in January 2017. The grave had been cemented over but opened to clean the bones and prepare the remains for cremation.

 

Sawang Boriboon rescue chief Prasit Thongtidcharoen said the money will be used for merit-making to dedicate to the deceased and for hosting the day’s chanting for blessings of dead people and dedication to Poon.

 

-- PATTAYA MAIL 2019-04-27--

 

 

[bluesofa]

3 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

Sawang Boriboon rescue chief Prasit Thongtidcharoen said the money will be used for merit-making to dedicate to the deceased and for hosting the day’s chanting for blessings of dead people and dedication to Poon.

100,000 Baht for one day's chanting, plus an awful lot of 'merit-making' for one dead guy.

He should arrive in the after-life faster than you can say gullible.

Thar's gold in them thar hills monks.

[RJRS1301]

6 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

100,000 Baht for one day's chanting, plus an awful lot of 'merit-making' for one dead guy.

He should arrive in the after-life faster than you can say gullible.

Thar's gold in them thar hills monks.

"afterlife"">> well if there was such a thing hopefully quicker than  2 year and 4 month travel since he buried in January 2017. Not even Tigerair that slow at destination arrivals ???? 

Edited April 27, 2019 by RJRS1301

[ezzra]

Well, i'll be damned, i was always told that '' you can't take it with you you hear" but now, guess what?...

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, ezzra said:

Well, i'll be damned, i was always told that '' you can't take it with you you hear" but now, guess what?...

Perhaps you can send it by bank transfer to your preferred destination?

I can see an opportunity for someone to develop an App especially for the terminally hard-of-learning.

[Justgrazing]

46 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

100,000 baht cash.

 

48 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

for hosting the day’s chanting for blessings of dead people and dedication to Poon.

That is a whole load of chanting and making merits.. And when they do the merits things they could take a leaf out of them Christians book who offer bread and give out some Merit mints .. I'm sure 100k would buy a truck load .. 

 

[bluesofa]

7 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

 

That is a whole load of chanting and making merits.. And when they do the merits things they could take a leaf out of them Christians book who offer bread and give out some Merit mints .. I'm sure 100k would buy a truck load .. 

 

If it was merit-making for a katoey, would they use Merit Mince instead?

[Justgrazing]

4 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

If it was merit-making for a katoey, would they use Merit Mince instead?

Or mince pies for added " piety " .. 

[bluesofa]

2 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Or mince pies for added " piety " .. 

If the katoey had been a double-agent working for the government, would that be a mince spy?

 

[stanleycoin]

oops. 

Edited April 27, 2019 by stanleycoin

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, stanleycoin said:

Sounds like grave robbing to me.

should have put the money in the BBQ with the bones.

would that have not been the correct thing to do.

TIT. 

Nah, I'd expect the temple to remove the cash and replace it with a cheque, then it's not theft.

 

[Justgrazing]

17 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

If the katoey had been a double-agent working for the government, would that be a mince spy?

 

Quite possible especially if called Nut or Meg .. 

 

Edited April 27, 2019 by Justgrazing
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[bluesofa]

2 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Quite possible especially if called Nut or Meg .. 

 

Ha ha ha! Agent Nutmeg! I like that one JG, cheers!

 

[Basil B]

"Sawang Boriboon rescue chief Prasit Thongtidcharoen said the money will be used for merit-making"

 

Was that a missprint? Merry-Making???

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, Basil B said:

"Sawang Boriboon rescue chief Prasit Thongtidcharoen said the money will be used for merit-making"

 

Was that a missprint? Merry-Making???

Yesh, it was shome mishtake, <burp>.

[oxforddon]

The usual "let's have a laugh and knock Thais" posts. The fact is that if people were as venal as many suggest, then the money would not have come to light but simply been pocketed. 

[Justgrazing]

2 hours ago, Rimmer said:

The money – 98,000 in brand-new banknotes and 2,000 baht in rumpled bills –

Luckee'ness doesn't come much better than that does it .. 98k in new notes .. Imagine if it had been all in coins .. And just a thought have they checked if the notes described as brand new were printed after deceased took up residence early '17 .. 

[Basil B]

2 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Sawang Boriboon members and volunteers cleaning graves and cremating those with no family members exhumed an unexpected surprise from one burial plot: 100,000 baht cash.

Bet they are lining up at the temple to claim their long lost deceased family member ...and his inheritance.  

[Basil B]

32 minutes ago, oxforddon said:

The usual "let's have a laugh and knock Thais" posts. The fact is that if people were as venal as many suggest, then the money would not have come to light but simply been pocketed. 

True...

A large % of Thais are honorable citizens, and do you think the ones that give Thailand such a bad name would do voluntary work...

[gunderhill]

3 hours ago, Rimmer said:

said the money will be used for merit-making to dedicate to the deceased and for hosting the day’s chanting for blessings of dead people

Yeah forget any children's  homes, hospitals etc let's do some total and utter crap  chanting theft

Edited April 27, 2019 by gunderhill

[balo]

I decided to take the money with me , will ask them to stuff the money inside me, a million in baht notes. 

 

 I hate grave robbers. 

 

 

[jacko45k]

18 hours ago, bluesofa said:

100,000 Baht for one day's chanting, plus an awful lot of 'merit-making' for one dead guy.

He should arrive in the after-life faster than you can say gullible.

Thar's gold in them thar hills monks.

Considering most funeral/ cremations are 45,000 baht upwards, yes. Nothing as sure as death and taxes but maybe this guy avoided one of them!

[wisperone]

I kinda got lost at bone cleaning.

[jacko45k]

1 hour ago, wisperone said:

I kinda got lost at bone cleaning.

A Chinese custom (Shi Jin), although I thought the bones got to rest a bit longer than 1 year. 

 

[bluesofa]

9 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

A Chinese custom (Shi Jin), although I thought the bones got to rest a bit longer than 1 year.

Ah, if it's a Chinese custom, I doubt steam cleaning would be acceptable.

[RotBenz8888]

Will all those gold diggers in Pattaya turn into grave diggers now?

[overherebc]

22 hours ago, bluesofa said:

If the katoey had been a double-agent working for the government, would that be a mince spy?

 

Groan. ????????

Sort of Janie Bond licenced to carry a concealed weapon?

Edited April 28, 2019 by overherebc

[warrima]

So Mr Prasit Thongtidcharoen took the cash and wrote a cheque payable to Mr Poon Korn?