New army recruit at 222cms is not your average Thai!

[NongKhaiKid]

30 minutes ago, Khun Paul said:

The plain fact that he is being shown at all, show that anything out of the ordinary is the target of jokes and innuendo, and also shows Thailand generally to be discriminatory, it is not this persons fault and the fact he is on the national Volleyball team, goes to show just how bloody stupid the Army is. It may well be a joke perpetrated by the Army on the public but in any event any recruiter would shy away from this person as they would / should know quite well that anything the Army has to offer would not fit, from uniform to beds, and plus he would have to duck or grouse in any building.

 

Sorry I do not find this amusing , rather sad that the Thai Government allows this be aired at all, in sensitive, and callous in my book. nothing new of course but sad all the same.

I feel sorry for this lad as I can imagine some senior officer will find him a job that gets publicity for the officer and the army but does nothing at all for the young soldier.

[Khun Paul]

1 hour ago, NongKhaiKid said:

I feel sorry for this lad as I can imagine some senior officer will find him a job that gets publicity for the officer and the army but does nothing at all for the young soldier.

Agree 100%, the Army should have waived his call up, but then that is logical...................something unknown here.

[roo860]

Would have been more useful as a submariner, could have used him as a periscope.

[macksview]

hopefully this lad has a good endocrinologist, because if his condition is not treated a host of complex health issues will worsen as he ages.

 

my endocrinologist said to me 'i will be like a relative you may like or not, but twice a year, we will get together'.

 

a bustard insidious condition, he called my pituitary tumour.

 

on the glib note when the drill pig looks for 'right marker' all the other squaddies can relax.

[sandemara]

I hope he has qualities normally associated with lions.  Standing out or being conspicuous doesn't help a person's prospects in organisations (or societies) with rigid stictures.  Good luck Wuthichai.

[balo]

I don't think being 2.20 is a big problem really, the tallest persons that dies early are around  2.50 . I am tall myself over 1.90 , if he takes good care of himself he could live well past 70, maybe even 80. 

[BlindMagician]

On 10/29/2016 at 11:20 AM, ratcatcher said:

Aren't they all? No Bangkok hi-so lads wearing fatigues are there?

They do the one month monk option.

[Sphere]

He's never gonna make it to General......not unless they order a bigger golf cart.

[RawboneFunksta]

He will probably never wear a uniform. He will play volleyball for the Army, clearly the reason he has been recruited.

[JAG]

They do the one month monk option.

Nominally....

[JAG]

Nominally....

Actually being in the Army Cadets for your last couple of years at School (M4,5,6) gets you out of national service. Thats why Cadets is popular.

[Dipterocarp]

Does the Army not have a Volleyball team? Perhaps he will spend his service training coaching playing and doing publicity. Or they can try him at Basketball.