As the year draws to a close, we’re reminded of our greatest strength as a nation, the impressive ability to very quickly forget absolutely anything—a talent which should come in very handy this December.
Last week’s World Aid’s Day saw a brief spike of interest in safe sex. The sexist remarks against Democrat MP Rangsima Rodrassami saw a brief spike of interest in women’s rights. School closures and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s report on our dismal work down South saw a brief spike of interest in our troubled provinces.
And then the weekend arrived. A few beer park visits later, we can’t even remember if Rangsima was complaining about Prasit Chaisrisa suggesting unprotected sex, that they elope to Pattani or whether she actually asked for his digits first. After all, Prasit is known for wearing extremely arousing outfits in bright red: red suits, red police uniforms, red underwear, etc. Who wouldn’t be turned on at the idea of this devil of a man dreaming about them.
What were we going on about? Oh yeah. Memory. On that topic, it’s clear that General Boonlert can’t remember much of his failed Pitak Siam rally either. On Nov 24, he got 988,000 less people than he’d expected and promised to retire, make merit and start a Youtube channel with hair grooming tips for mature men. Now, he’s threatening the government to lead his group (wait, what, the group of two hundred crazy aunties?) onto the streets again if the government insults the monarchy.
Thailand has short-term memory loss issues on a good month. But with only a few weeks left to 2012, this is really your chance to go nuts. Even if the world fails to auto-destruct on Dec 21, everyone’s booze-soaked brains will completely erase any memory of what happened during the year’s final weeks. So live large. Borrow money you don’t intend on paying back. Tell your boss what a dick he (or she, sorry Rangsima) is at the year-end karaoke outing. And stop working immediately—with all those days off and all, no one will notice. Just come back to the office sometime in January.
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