Rocket man

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Every year in Thailand there are rocket festivals to mark the start of the rainy season. The rockets are home made (my favourite blue plumbing pipe is a popular component) and therefore unpredictable and extremely dangerous.

Prida Wongnatal and his mates turned up to watch some rockets being launched and wanted a quiet area to settle down for an extended drinking session. The event was busy, but there was a nice empty spot which had been cordoned off. The fact that this area was cordoned off because it was in the path of rockets did not seem to dissuade the drinkers.

Prida and his mates were enjoying knocking back some drinks when an errant rocket whizzed across the cordoned area and knocked Khun Prida into a nearby pond. His mates rushed to pull him out of the pond, only to discover that Khun Prida, who had already proved that he did not have much of a brain, now had no head.

Darwinian selection works in mysterious ways.

Comments 🔗

2009-05-19 | Camberley says

No pictures?


2009-05-19 | Spike says

Be careful what you ask for, they are probably all over the Thai press. I will get she who must be obeyed to find something gruesome for you.