Dozy deputy: Prawit, once again, caught napping on the job in Parliament

[jacko45k]

5 hours ago, SmartyMarty said:

Since at any given time of the day 30% of the Thai workforce are sleeping on the job I see no issue with this.

And at least another 30% are playing on their phones?

Edited July 5, 2023 by jacko45k
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[rudi49jr]

Give the man some credit, please! He’s got so many important sidelines, like counting his money, organizing his expensive watches, plotting with his army general buddies to overthrow Pita’s new government if it gets in the way of their (the army generals) many many lucrative but highly illegal money making schemes. No wonder the man’s so exhausted. 

[Burma Bill]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

resting his eyes,” just like Sleeping Beauty.

Dozy - very appropriate, a dwarf maybe, but a "sleeping beauty" definitely not! I wonder if he has an alarm watch?

[PETERTHEEATER]

Looking at the image suggests he could be studiously examining the meeting agenda to ensure he is ready to spring up and defend his political views. But then I woke up and realised it was the Brown Bladder 'resting his eyes'........

[newnative]

Or he my have finally passed away at the ripe old age of 150.

[chalawaan]

4 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

 

He's got a number of ailments, although details are scant. He makes visits to the U.S. and the U.K. for treatments (public news) but very little is said about those ailments. I remember hearing about "angioplasty" and "stents", but that was years ago.

 

The public would probably be more accommodating if details were released, but I understand the need for privacy too. He was rumored to be quite the "bachelor" in his day.

 

 

So the big Thai nationalist doesn't trust the best Thai surgeons? 

 

Unless they're all overseas too?

 

Nevermind, his watches are fast winding down, there's only so much stenting they can do until it's off to the knackers yard with him! 

 

 

[klauskunkel]

Nah, not sleeping. Dead.

He has passed on, just like the Monty Python Parrot.

[realfunster]

5 hours ago, h90 said:

it would be massive undemocratic....and someone get funny with 50, while others are mentally fully fit with 95. You would need to do a test.

That’s a reasonable suggestion. 

 

Not that the private sector is necessarily the fountain of all knowledge and wisdom but I reckon you’d be hard pressed to find many FTSE or SPX CEOs over the age of 70, aside from purely age related factors, the world does move on and at an ever increasing pace. 

 

[RamblingOn]

6 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

At least Prawit does not say or do anything stupid when he is asleep. Leave him be.

He does not even say "May loo"

[bobandyson]

Maybe he was just checking his eyelids for holes.

[Caldera]

He's doing less damage while he's asleep, so let him sleep. 

[TimeMachine]

6 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

Of course Parliament just approved a 79 year old Speaker, because, I guess, they couldn't find someone older? He'll be 83 at the end of his term. This almost seems like elder abuse.

 

Yes, experience counts but eventually you need a rookie, if only because those with experience have died off. Better to have someone younger serve as first-time Speaker with Wan Noor as an advisor, transferring his institutional knowledge.

 

 

 

 

 

Elder abuse is exactly what is. 

The men are being forced to work with emotional blackmail.  They deserve to rest now. 

[Scouse123]

He's having a " Time out"

 

Probably a Rolex one!

[freedomnow]

Looks like he is rolling a spliff to me...

[Joseph98765]

but he is sleeping, right? not dead...

[purcho]

8 hours ago, bignok said:

Could get a start as England's new keeper.

awww come on .....no body else can be that slow lol

[metisdead]

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[thailand49]

Can't really blame the old fellas he been at it so long I do it too if I know whatever agenda is up is nothing but hot air why stay up or pretend it is important.

I'm sure the old fellas knows by now when to take a power nap!  He got plenty of watches when it is time to do some real business.

[blackshadow]

10 hours ago, Felton Jarvis said:

Getting old is not for sissies.  I used to laugh at this kind of thing.  These days, I am nodding off far too early. Old guys need their “beauty rest”.  ????

yes BUT NOT in Parlaiment

[zzaa09]

5 hours ago, rudi49jr said:

Give the man some credit, please! He’s got so many important sidelines, like counting his money, organizing his expensive watches, plotting with his army general buddies to overthrow Pita’s new government if it gets in the way of their (the army generals) many many lucrative but highly illegal money making schemes. No wonder the man’s so exhausted. 

Indeed.

Embezzlement practice can be quite fatiguing. 

[stoner]

put his hand into a cup of water. 

[Liverpool Lou]

9 hours ago, HaoleBoy said:

I remember some new plane being bought under Prayut and Prawit seemed to commandeer this plane as his own.

On which occasions did he commandeer the plane as his own?  How do you have that information?

[Elkski]

9 hours ago, jaideedave said:

I'm in the same boat.At 72 I find myself getting ready for bed between 8-9 pm.Not that long ago I'd be drinking beer untill 11pm.

Since I quit drinking I can't keep my eyes open late anymore.BTW I'm not complaining.

Down and dirty by 9:30

[wazzupnow]

12 hours ago, SmartyMarty said:

Since at any given time of the day 30% of the Thai workforce are sleeping on the job I see no issue with this.

i am so happy for years i thought i was the only person noticing this

[wazzupnow]

ow man this old geezer really has a DREAMJOB making a huge pay sleeping who does not want that

[spidermike007]

A dinosaur needs alot of rest. And it takes alot of energy to fleece your nation to the extent he and Cha Cha likely have. Not much juice left for meetings. 

 

 

[Stargeezr]

Another politician who does not have the brains to retire on his own. Sadly Prawit

is not alone, but it is sad to watch old geezers try to stay in power.

  

[Zack61]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

others believed it was time for Prawit to step back and allow a new generation of politicians to take the lead.

I vote for this one. It’s TIME to go. 

[HaoleBoy]

11 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

On which occasions did he commandeer the plane as his own?  How do you have that information?

I certainly don't have any "special" knowledge of him or the junta government.

It was in the Thai papers here.  Do a search on "prawit plane" ...
https://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2019/07/09/police-defend-buying-1-billion-baht-private-jet-for-prawit/

[bamnutsak]

There have been quite a few, vastly different, excuses put forward by Prawit and his supporters.

 

All "explanations" offered varied so much that it is obvious they were fashioned on the spot separately by each individual, and make the situation worse.

 

Now he's a joke, a meme - some great Thai memes after this latest nap. Although one could argue he has been a meme since the watch kerfuffle.

 

I also noticed that they zoom in his head only when he waddles to the town-car so he doesn't look so fragile.

 

Maybe just name him honorary PM for a day and be done with it.