TNR Staff

PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha, who has been suspended while awaiting a court ruling on his eight-year tenure, annoyed his fan club in Ayutthaya province during a flood inspection trip earlier yesterday (Sept. 2) by not greeting them but later sent them a basket of fruit that cheered them up, Matichon newspaper said.

 

Mrs. Kanlayanee Chuprang, or Aunt Ayutthaya, a political activist who earlier said she was offended because Gen. Prayut, who had visited in the province in his concurrent capacity as Defence Minister, had not greeted them not even rolling down his car window to wave to them even though they had come to encourage him.

 

However upon getting the basket of fruit from him and getting an explanation that he was not able to wave from his car because the window could not be lowered as it was a bullet-proof vehicle, she said she now fully understands what happened and hoped he stays the prime minister for a long time.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/09/02/prayut-sends-basket-of-fruit-to-placate-disgruntled-fan-club/

 

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???????? This made my early morning

Unfortunately I was reading this as drinking my coffee this morning and I almost choked  laughing so hard TIT

3 hours ago, webfact said:

later sent them a basket of fruit that cheered them up,

So that's his secret to clinging on to power.  Why haven't other politicians thought of this?

Bananas and sour grapes?

Thats his idea of "Giving back to the people" A lousy basket of fruit to be divided up by his fans !

4 hours ago, webfact said:

However upon getting the basket of fruit from him and getting an explanation that he was not able to wave from his car because the window could not be lowered as it was a bullet-proof vehicle, she said she now fully understands what happened and hoped he stays the prime minister for a long time.

"Against stupidity the gods themselves fail to contend."

Nothing like being thrown a banana to cheer you up.

So, the price of loyalty is a fruit basket? Good to know.

They already received a Big Pom-megranate from Prawit to add to the fruit fest of lemons ????

Those 4 members of the nationwide club are really going to enjoy the fresh fruit. 

3 hours ago, mikebell said:

So that's his secret to clinging on to power.  Why haven't other politicians thought of this?

But he is a soldier with a soldiers mentality, not a politician.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

she said she now fully understands what happened and hoped he stays the prime minister for a long time

And that folks, is the problem.

The truth is them <deleted> of because them not get the 500 baht them was promised if them put on a fake show ????????

8 hours ago, webfact said:

his fan club

Who are these fruitcakes?

So popular, he needs a bullet-proof vehicle. Just like Prince Harry, and of course the German tourist.

5 hours ago, baboon said:

"Against stupidity the gods themselves fail to contend."

If the bulletproof window cannot be opened, why didn't he open the door and speak with her?

Edited September 3, 20223 yr by billd766
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17 minutes ago, billd766 said:

If the bulletproof window cannot be opened, why didn't he open the door and speak with her?

Kinda defeats the purpose of having bullet-proof windows if you're opening the doors all the time.

????

4 minutes ago, bobandyson said:

Kinda defeats the purpose of having bullet-proof windows if you're opening the doors all the time.

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Well according to these people you can roll armoured windows down.

 

https://www.armormax.com/blog/can-armored-car-operable-windows/#:~:text=In other words%2C can you,The quick answer is yes.

 

In other words, can you roll down bulletproof windows after the armoring process takes place? The quick answer is yes. The long answer is that while we do include operable windows on a majority of the armored cars we manufacture we don’t always recommend them for every type of environment.

 

We work extremely hard to make our ballistic glass operable and strive our best to make the windows roll up and down as far as possible in every vehicle, but in some countries and in on some armoring packages (i.e. level B7) there is a trade-off between armoring the car and making the windows operable or not completely bulletproof if the windows are rolled down.

20 hours ago, possum1931 said:

But he is a soldier with a soldiers mentality, not a politician.

I thought all Thai politicians in power were soldiers as a prerequisite of entering the Gov?

nice gesture.....I wonder how much he spent on all the fruit....!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????