Man called in over dam scare
The Nation January 4, 2012 1:00 am
Police have summoned a 73-year-old man to face charges of causing public harm by publishing a prophecy that one of the country's largest dams would burst on New Year's Eve, reports said yesterday.
Police in Tak province have given Thongbai Khamsi until next Tuesday to acknowledge the charge or face arrest.
Thongbai last month informed local media of a prophecy made by his late son, a supposed five-year-old psychic, that Bhumibol Dam would burst on December 31, 2011. It did not.
The boy made the prophecy 37 years ago, shortly before his death. Thongbai claimed his son had correctly predicted that a tsunami would hit Thailand in 2004.
Provincial officials said the false prediction caused a drop of 90 per cent in tourist arrivals to Tak during the holiday season, and a loss of Bt400 million (US$13.3 million) in income.
Thai and their ghost stories
Re: Thai and their ghost stories
Along the same line of beliefs here:
My brain is like an Internet browser; 12 tabs are open and 5 of them are not responding, there's a GIF playing in an endless loop,... and where is that annoying music coming from?
Re: Thai and their ghost stories
Nereus wrote:The other thing that is not good is to have the front door and back door arranged in such a way that the wind can flow straight through the house. It seems that it blows away all the good luck!
Ha ha ha..........don't tell my wife that. I intentionally had our place built in such a way so as to allow the wind to blow through it, hence the reason why we have never needed aircon.
Don't try to impress me with your manner of dress cos a monkey himself is a monkey no less - cold fact
Re: Thai and their ghost stories
Ours is built that way too. Maybe that's why we've never been able to sell it! 
My brain is like an Internet browser; 12 tabs are open and 5 of them are not responding, there's a GIF playing in an endless loop,... and where is that annoying music coming from?