Note: This was definitely a hoax. OK, I fell for it. I so wanted it to be real though.
Original story: In one of the oddest decisions made in the past few weeks, the Ministry of Science and Technology has announced that Thailand’s time zone will on August 23 be turned back 30 minutes. I’ll have some more information on this later, but as of right now, I have no idea whose benefit this is for. At 8:30 am on August 23, clocks will go back to 8 am, no doubt confusing the hell out of everybody for the rest of the day.
Venezuela did the same thing last year when they turned the clocks back half an hour to increase the amount of sunlight residents are exposed to. Part of the reasoning for the move in Venezuela was also to get kids to wake up earlier.
Thailand has about 12 hours or so of sunlight per day. Would a 30-minute change in the time zone make any difference to anybody?
Addendum: The email looks as if it came from the National Institute of Meteorology. You’re on your own for the translation.
Young women and old dudes. It’s a fact of life and not something I lose sleep over. No matter how curious a relationship looks from the outside, that relationship would not exist without its reasons. I’m simplifying here, but my point is that you never know what’s really going on. You see a pregnant girl in the street and you automatically assume that, well, she’s pregnant, right? Not so in Isarn, where there is a disturbing trend of girls inducing phony pregnancies by injecting their stomachs with chemicals.
A number of students have been using this method of swelling up their bellies in order to fool their sugar daddies into giving them money for abortions. It’s all as ingenious as it is horrific. Apparently some of the gigs of wealthy businessmen and politicians are unhappy with the measly sums of money they are given as pocket money.
There are, allegedly, certain clinics in some of the northern provinces that carry out the procedure. You can guess how quick the sugar daddies want the problem to disappear.
What do people think? Is it so despicable that you can’t bring yourself to imagine such as act, or are these crafty girls just looking for a quick break? Feigning pregnancy is certainly nothing new, but actually having an injection to give the appearance of carrying a little one is something else entirely.
But whose really to blame? An Ubon Rachathani student said that these kids have seen it all before on soap operas. If it can work on TV, it can work in real life – just like every time someone falls over in the real world there’s a sound guy on hand with the relevant sound effect. We should have known.
Kom Chad Luek ran this story last week. Take it for what it’s worth.
I love this. Matt Harding traveled around the world for 14 months, filming himself doing the same dance in 42 countries. Something about this made me cry with laughter. Thanks to Arjun for the link.
In articles published on 23 and 26 May 2008, we gave the impression that Mr Gest had contracted a sexually transmitted infection and alleged that he had Liza Minnelli’s dog killed without her knowledge.
This was wrong. David Gest has never had a sexually transmitted infection and did not have Ms Minnelli’s dog killed.
We apologise to Mr Gest for any embarrassment caused.
Yesterday evening, more than 40 killer whales reportedly beached themselves on the small island Koh Racha, off the south coast of Phuket. One of them died apparently. Villagers informed the authorities at about 6 pm last night. (KomChadLuek)
I’ve never heard of such an event occurring around Phuket. Hopefully there will be some pictures online soon. Anyone care to hazard a guess why such a thing might happen?
Addendum: Apparently there were only 11 of them and they were “False Killer Whales”. (Gazette)
