Taskin Kisses Thai Soil

[soap]

Thaksin kisses Thai soil

BangkokPost.com

Ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra ended 17 months of exile abroad by falling to his knees and kissing Thai ground at Suvarnabhumi airport. Thousands greeted him with banners and signs but Mr Thaksin said he wanted to be an "ordinary citizen."

when asked by a reporter why the first thing he did when he got off the plane was to kiss the floor

mr Taskin replied

would"nt you if you had just flown Thai airways and had to watch Man city every week

[peter991]

Now I know why the Pope kisses the runway as soon as he gets off a plane.

Peter

[lazeeboy]

all for show ,his advisors tell him what to do and he does it

[lotus eater]

Exactly.

And of course it wasn't the first thing he did when he got off; it was the first thing he did when he appeared outside the airport where both his admirers and cameras could witness it.