Fun fact

DID YOU KNOW the Thai military has launched 19 coups since 1932?

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6 Comments

  1. michael your flag
    Posted September 20, 2006 at 1:16 pm | Permalink

    They must be very good at it by now. When is Korea’s next one? Seems like any day now.

  2. sewing your flag
    Posted September 20, 2006 at 3:10 pm | Permalink

    What’s interesting is that even though Thailand seems to be prone to coups d’etat, the military pledges loyalty to the crown…in a sense, it’s a constitutional unconstitutionality.

  3. sewing your flag
    Posted September 20, 2006 at 3:11 pm | Permalink

    17 coups since the current king was ascended to the throne in 1946! (According to the newscast I’m watching right now.)

  4. sewing your flag
    Posted September 20, 2006 at 3:12 pm | Permalink

    “Ascended,” not “was ascended.” Duh.

  5. fred_random your flag
    Posted September 20, 2006 at 3:29 pm | Permalink

    Wouldn’t that be a monarchical unconstitutionality?

  6. a-letheia your flag
    Posted September 20, 2006 at 11:44 pm | Permalink

    Well, besides the practice with coups, one can truly understand the smooth state of affairs when we consider that the 3 main activities in Thailand are eating, sleeping, and boom booming.

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