August 13, 2015

"A Top Thai Tattoo Artist Who Said His Tattoos Conferred Invincibility Has Been Murdered."

"'He has many disciples and followers,' local police colonel Chalaermwuth Wongwiangchan said. 'He has traveled to apply the yant to many celebrities around the country and has also traveled [to meet his customers] abroad.'"

I was inspired to write a poem:
Win them all, you can't.
Even with yant.

15 comments:

cubanbob said...

Well, so much for that.

Peter said...

Ghost Dance?

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

He should have been wearing a St. Luke medal, patron saint of artists.

glenn said...

So did he have one of his tattoo's?

William said...

I think you spelt the name of the police colonel wrong.

tim in vermont said...

Speaking of short compositions, I wrote a six word short story, an homage to Hemingway:

"For sale: Baby parts; never used."

Scott said...

"What prompted the murder remains unknown, though police said that Khachon had a “dispute” with others in his community."

I think there's some airbrushing going on here.

Southern Thailand is mostly Muslim and an area with frequent civil unrest. Moreover, observant Muslims don't wear tattoos and don't believe in magic.

If a Muslim member of the community had a "dispute" about his occupation, he may have decided to resolve it with a gun.

tim maguire said...

The cobbler's children have no tattoos.

Fandor said...

Let no man tattoo my epitaph.

Scott said...

Boss! The plane! The plane!

traditionalguy said...

Sounds like professional jealousy. Did they look for evidence of a duel with tattoo guns at 10 paces. May the best ink man win.

J. Farmer said...

Thailand is an exceptionally superstitious country. Nearly every taxi you get into will be covered in various amulets, prayers, and iconography designed to ward off all manner of misfortune. I've had drivers take their hands off the wheel and look away from the road for several sections in order to wai (a Thai prayer gesture) towards a famous Buddhist shrine. When the same shrine was damaged with a metal bar by a mentally ill Thai man, the enraged crowd of onlookers beat him to death.

Unfortunately, the police force in Thailand operates more like a very well organized gang than any kind of actual law enforcement entity. Their conclusion on any matter has to always be taken with a huge grain of salt.

mikee said...

The title contains the truth of it: "Said" rather than "Proved."

Wilbur said...

Name?

Khachon Cherdchoo.

Gesundheit. Name?

kcom said...

When I lived in Liberia they had something they called "gun-proof". Some of them believed that you could treat a shirt (through some kind of magic) to be bullet-proof.