Just another Tuesday afternoon in Bangkok
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Praw: hello Kuhn Tu, have you eaten yet?
Pray: yes, Kuhn Pom, and delicious too!
Praw: what was on the menu?
Pray: I'm not exactly sure, but I got a free lunch box from one of the MPs. There were enough, she said. Pad kapao moo, loko kai dao. Wonderfully spicy. And a fried egg is always good for the male hormones, isn't it?
Praw: yes. I haven't been as active in that area as you know since my good watch friend passed away. I don't really like young men anymore. They are so wild in bed and it is quite a hassle with my stoma. I already have trouble walking and staying awake.
Pray: Yeah, I'd just be a little careful. Thanks again by the way. During lunch I read the website of the Bangkok Post in which you say that you see me as prime minister for another two years. I am of course happy with your support. I haven't looked it all up, but if that were to happen (which is very likely, isn't it?) wouldn't I be Thailand's longest-serving prime minister in modern history?
Praw: Well, it could be. And if you don't become the new prime minister but me, then I think I will be the longest serving because I need a wheelchair from day 1
Pray: hahahahahah, I'll come and push you now and then. But how can you be so sure that the PPRP will win the upcoming election and deliver the new prime minister? Thaksin does not have to pay 1,4 billion baht in taxes on his share sale from the judge, so he can easily use that money in the election campaign. That's quite an amount.
Praw: Don't worry. I'll go shopping at the candidate MPs and don't forget I can still put a few watches up for sale. Those have all become collector's items after all the fuss. I saw a few managers of English and Italian football clubs and top tennis players with such a watch so there is plenty of demand for it.
Pray: That's true and also the last election, long, long ago, we played it smart. We must have some nice promises for the electorate. The rest don't interest them anyway.
Praw: Agree with you, as often. Take a look at our friend Anutin. Blindly following the experts-doctors in the Covid crisis and even walking around in a doctor's jacket as a minister for whole days. And now, with marijuana growing abundantly all over the country and baked with khao dao, don't care about the doctors who think he's gone too far. And he gets away with it very easily.
Pray: yes, the fence is off and you can't get the Thais back in their cage when it comes to drugs. It will also get him votes next time, while everyone knows that he is a political nitwit.
Praw: Yes, I expect that too. So the PPRP is all about coming up with something that everyone in the country wants and is a good reason to vote for our candidates.
Pray: Of course we already have the online lottery and a study on the possibilities of legal casinos.
Praw: Yes, but that's not enough. We have to come up with something spectacular because Thaksin is not sitting still either. And of course we cannot promise that we will solve the corruption. People don't really want that either. For form, we could retire 300 generals and not replace them. Most don't do anything special anyway. And then being a general in the Thai army becomes a bit exclusive again.
Pray: You're right. We still have time to think about it. Perhaps we can offer Cristiano Ronaldo a contract with Army United and appoint him as an ambassador for our application to host the 2032 World Cup.
Praw: I don't think I'll make it to 2032 with my wheelchair, to be honest.
Pray: Also not necessary, but the idea will keep people busy for a few years. And they will always be grateful to us if we succeed.
Praw: Okay. Ronaldo is a sexy man, isn't he?
Pray: Yes, but that's not the point in the first place.
Praw: Okay.
Pray: The people always want bread and circuses, Julius Caesar used to say. We already have the casinos and the lottery. But bread? That has to be rice or booze here.
Praw: Yeah, we need something with booze. That will certainly get votes. Let's start by enabling the purchase of alcohol for 24 hours. That's a start.
Pray: Maybe happy hour every Saturday at all 7Elevens across the country? All beer and whiskey for 5 Baht a bottle, from 7 to 8 pm?
Praw: That's not so crazy after all. I'll think about it and call Prompraew today. I'll let you know after my afternoon nap. So it can be up to 6 hours.
You have well described the utter contempt for the 'stupid Thai people' of these two most important Thai leaders. I think that's how they talk to each other. What idiots! Funny and horrifying at the same time.
Yes, in that respect Sigrid Kaag would fit right in.
I added the real names of Pray and Praw to the above, but they have been removed. Why? All right, put them back in a few days. I don't know if everyone knows who is meant and that is useful knowledge.
If the writer had wanted to, he would have written the names in full himself. And the readers are not retarded.
Nice piece of fabrication, although it may be close to the truth, at least the thought.
The order of thought by 'the high lords of the village' is almost everywhere the same, of course in a jacket that society wants to understand.
I think in that sense you can also speak of the 'stupid Dutch people'
The arrogance at its peak with the dual couple. They certainly think they have a right to stay on longer, because their work is not finished yet. Something would also be done about the minimum wage or certain groups of workers in Thailand, which always works well. Give them bread and circuses and the show goes on. My wife was very impressed with their proposals when I asked her about fighting poverty in Thailand. She just keeps defending them and hopefully this isn't a general train of thought. The soap continues to the left or right.