Last Week in Reality Oct 10-16

October 24th, 2007

The news that's not fit to print, but gets printed anyway

10 Oct

In Bangkok, a pedestrian walkway on Seri Thai Road collapses, injuring a woman. Natsuda, 29, is walking to a bus stop, on her way to work. Without warning, the sidewalk collapses underneath her. She falls down a one-meter-deep hole where there is water leaking from a public pipe. She is unable to climb out, while the water level continues to rise. A man who is on his way to the bus stop notices her and helps her out.

11 Oct

In Bangkok, a trio of sexy women drug and rob a taxi driver. Jakrapong, 35, a security guard by day and taxi driver by night, encounters the three ladies, all of whom are wearing spaghetti-strap tops and very short shorts. They ask him to drive them to Soi Watcharapol. Once the cab reaches the destination, one of the ladies offers Jakrapong a sip of cola. He takes a drink, then starts to feel dizzy and passes out. He wakes up to find all his money gone, along with the three thieves.

15 Oct

In Pathum Thani, a pervert is stuck in the waste pipe of an apartment. Pratheep, 26, climbs up to the fourth floor of his building in order to peek inside someone else’s bathroom. A lesbian couple spot the peeping tom and shout for help. He tries to escape back into his room by climbing down the waste pipe. On his way down, he finds Atchara, 32, who is wrapped in a towel and entering her bathroom. Atchara notices him and screams for help. When her neighbors come to her room, Pratheep has escaped. He then tries to climb down and go back to his room but slips and falls down to the first floor and has no way out. He yells for help until someone hears his voice. Police arrest him after the rescue team helps him out through the wall.

16 Oct

In Samut Prakarn, a taxi driver fights with three thieves over B300. Thongsorn, 48, is searching in Samrong for customers and picks up three teens who tell him to drop them at Soi Baboo Tek. Once they get there, one of the three, who is behind the driver’s seat, pulls out a knife and puts him in a headlock. He steals B300 from the cab. Thongsorn takes the opportunity to grab the knife and stab the hand of one thief. Then he leaves the car and gets help from a local.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment reveals that they have found a 210-million-year-old dinosaur’s bone in Loei. They believe the bones are from the Triassic era.

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