Politicians set to continue breeding

Pinthongta “Aim” Shinawatra, Thaksin’s eldest daughter, went ahead with her nuptials last Friday, marrying Natthapong Kunakornwong at the Swiss Park Nai Lert Hotel.
Her father, unable to attend in person for some unspecified reason, relied on his tried-and-true technique of “virtual attendance” by phoning in his blessings in a 10-minute message via Skype.
Aim’s brother Panthongtae stood in for the old man where an actual arm was needed, and Khunying Pojamarn Na Pompetch and Somchai and Yaowapa Wongsawat were among the 200 guests.
But the aunt of the bride, Prime Minister Yingluck, also had to give the event a miss because she was helping her Lao counterpart open another bridge across the Mekong River.
Meanwhile over at Sanan Kachornprasart’s house, Sanam Bin Nam, his son Siriwat, the deputy Commerce minister, wed 24-year-old designer Sicha Annchananant. The got engaged at 9.09am and married at 11.11am, so absolutely nothing can go wrong.
The guest list included Banharn Silpa-archa, Chuan Leekpai and more big names from almost every party, plus the red shirts, but no one from Pheu Thai, who presumably “Aimed” higher.

That tops it

You can always spot the military men doing flood relief because they’re in green or camouflage, but the cops are usually out of uniform, so you have to look for the white T-shirts that say “POLICE”.
Some wags are wondering why they have to “shout” that they’re police. “It’s to separate them from the thieves,” other wags answer.
Ha-ha, but the fact is that those shirts are pretty cool, in terms of both comfort and style. So clever vendors are hawking the chic and the funny with T-shirts that read (in Thai) “Flood victim” and “Thief”.
Other disaster keepsakes that people don’t seem to consider crass include lifejackets that say “My friend bought this for me in Bangkok” and “Souvenir of the Bangkok flood 2011”.