My daughter (8 years) asked yesterday from her mother about the meaning of the words "revolution", "coup", "democracy" and "constitution." Obviously some of the concepts are a bit hard to grasp for a child of her age but she did get some things correct in a funny way. Particulary I was quite amused about the words "democracy" and "constitution."
She said that at home we also have constitution and that's represented by father who tells them to go to sleep at 21.00 on weekdays and not to eat "khanom" or sweets during the week. Mother is more like democracy goes she lets them run wild more freely and democracy so means for her and her sister that they can go to sleep at 23.00 or 00.00 and eat sweets every day. Then she added that our democracy is often overthrown when constitution arrives home.
She said that at home we also have constitution and that's represented by father who tells them to go to sleep at 21.00 on weekdays and not to eat "khanom" or sweets during the week. Mother is more like democracy goes she lets them run wild more freely and democracy so means for her and her sister that they can go to sleep at 23.00 or 00.00 and eat sweets every day. Then she added that our democracy is often overthrown when constitution arrives home
Fortunately Mrs democracy does not know that when Mr constitution arrives home late, it is often after he has spent the night performing his own (chicken) coup.
boom boom
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Anyone else heard the rumour that this all just a misunderstanding ?
As Khun T had recently attended the APEC meeting in Singapore, the Fair Trade Summit in KL and the President of Indonesia's birthday celebrations, he had in fact already received the maximum number of VOA stamps permitted in any one 6 month period.
He now just has to wait 90 days before trying again. Might even be a little 'reception party' waiting to greet him at the new airport.
Bamboo Grove wrote:She said that at home we also have constitution and that's represented by father who tells them to go to sleep at 21.00 on weekdays and not to eat "khanom" or sweets during the week.
I like that about the khanom. How did you come up with that? Spur of the moment, or how you yourself were raised? Makes a kid look forward to the weekend in more than one way, and to take the school week seriously, ie, work. Pete
Bamboo Grove wrote:My daughter (8 years) asked yesterday from her mother about the meaning of the words "revolution", "coup", "democracy" and "constitution." Obviously some of the concepts are a bit hard to grasp for a child of her age but she did get some things correct in a funny way. Particulary I was quite amused about the words "democracy" and "constitution."
She said that at home we also have constitution and that's represented by father who tells them to go to sleep at 21.00 on weekdays and not to eat "khanom" or sweets during the week. Mother is more like democracy goes she lets them run wild more freely and democracy so means for her and her sister that they can go to sleep at 23.00 or 00.00 and eat sweets every day. Then she added that our democracy is often overthrown when constitution arrives home.
