Thailand Introduces Portable Zip Codes

[kojac_phx]

How do you say 'gullible' in Thai? Jai bao?

[farangconnection]

The appropriate zip code here is of course 01/04/01/04/01/04

[IAmMarchHare]

"The new vanity zip code feature is only the latest addition to the Go Postal program, which began last April 1. Thailand Post's officials say Go Postal has already been a success, with millions of baht of new revenue coming from the introduction of pop-up ads on postage stamps"

This pop-up ads on the postage stamps are a pain in the ass, I was posting a letter last week and the damm thing popped up and hit me right in the eye. I spent two hours in emergency ! Apparently it's the first time it has happened to a farang .

I almost fell out of my chair at this point! Great thread!

[JetsetBkk]

How do you say 'gullible' in Thai? Jai bao?

Don't know - they've taken "gullible" out of the latest English-Thai dictionary...

[David Barker]

Has anyone thought what date it is

[maxpower]

Has anyone thought what date it is

With so many ageing cells around it might take some time.

This thread delivers LOL.

[BAZZAT]

yes you are right its april fools day and elvis is now working with postman pat to get this scheme off the ground same old story 1 step forward 2 steps back. Hay Ho will all be merry and bright.

[toret]

Pretty nice, but it doesn't even come close to the one from last year.

Btw, here is my personal favourite:

On April 1, 2003, as thousands of American-led coalition troops stormed across Iraq, the Iraqi ambassador to Russia, Abbas Khalaf Kunfuth, held a press conference in Moscow. Many were expecting him to announce that Iraq conceded defeat. Instead Kunfuth chose this moment to hold a gag press conference. Holding up a piece of paper that he identified as a news flash from Reuters, he read aloud from it: "The Americans have accidentally fired a nuclear missile into British forces, killing seven." Immediately the room full of reporters went silent with shock. Then Kunfuth grinned and shouted 'April Fools!'

[Ricardo]

Yes I did stop that practice at noon'ish. Thanks a lot for your kind support!

Cheers - Great day!

Quite right too ... tradition says that, if you continue the spoof after mid-day, then the joke is reversed & you're the fool.

But how do you cope with an arbitrary time like this, I mean mid-day by whose time-zone, when it's a 24-hour online-community like ThaiVisa ? Maybe we need a forum-rule for April Fools Day ? !