Will this stop the pandamonium?

**Plastic Flute** · 06-30-2009, 09:41 PM

ll I’m suggesting is that maybe we should look where we’re moonwalking. And
take solace in the fact that even if someone forgot the pandas, we’ve still got the elephants painted like pandas. It’s gonna be ok

It is a desperate cry - or rather a very loud trumpet - for attention.

These elephants were painted black and white to look like the pandas who have stolen all their fans.

The elephant is Thailand's national symbol, but the country has gone panda-crazy since the birth

The Bangkok Post also reported that a 20 million baht (£355,800) snow house was being built for the panda family at the zoo.
Sick of all the fuss, keepers at the Ayutthaya-Elephant Kraal decided to take drastic-action, painting five of their neglected giants in watercolour paint, then parading them before schoolchildren.

The stunt has resulted in panda-monium as the zookeepers try to draw the country's attention back to its neglected giants.
Some told the Bangkok Post website that the keepers had gone 'a bit overboard', but others applauded their action.
'Right on! It's time the Government took care of its national symbol... the elephant!' one reader wrote.

'The Chinese have taken care of theirs so why not Thailand?'
Slathering them in white watercolour paint, the keepers at the Ayutthaya Elephant Kraal then paraded the five elephants before schoolchildren in an effort to remind Thailand that its elephants have needs, too.

**MissyO** · 07-01-2009, 12:03 AM

Oh man, I love it. Thanks for posting that Flute, that was a great chuckle.

And how cute are elephants in panda colours?!?!?! F*ckin adorable!

Moshe.. · 07-02-2009, 04:56 PM

I don't like the way they paint the elephants to look like jackson. The key song really is not black or white, but man in the mirror. He wants to change the world by looking in the mirror, as we now change the skin colour of american presidents. But the world only opens up when you stop looking at yourself. Isn't that the message, jackson was killed by his mirror

The true message, contradicting the lyrics,
is expressed in a dance
which for once seems not to have been rehearsed in front of a mirror,
don't look at yourself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zpTQCQEFhg

black and white also contradicts itself

http://forums.fanhost.com/culture-sp...-gullible.html

**Jocasta** · 07-03-2009, 06:33 AM

Quote:

jackson was killed by his mirror

I think that says it all.

**Plastic Flute** · 07-03-2009, 08:06 AM

He may have said Candyman 3x

Moshe.. · 07-04-2009, 11:05 AM

say michael jackson five times in front of the mirror with the lights off

MJ body dysmorphia had a similar backstory, the african slave trauma repressed behind the american image.
Candyman was the same year as the la riots

**MissyO** · 07-04-2009, 11:42 PM

Moshe, your Jackson obssession is starting to scare me.

06-30-2009, 09:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 16,766 My Profile	Will this stop the pandamonium? ll I’m suggesting is that maybe we should look where we’re moonwalking. And take solace in the fact that even if someone forgot the pandas, we’ve still got the elephants painted like pandas. It’s gonna be ok It is a desperate cry - or rather a very loud trumpet - for attention. These elephants were painted black and white to look like the pandas who have stolen all their fans. The elephant is Thailand's national symbol, but the country has gone panda-crazy since the birth The Bangkok Post also reported that a 20 million baht (£355,800) snow house was being built for the panda family at the zoo. Sick of all the fuss, keepers at the Ayutthaya-Elephant Kraal decided to take drastic-action, painting five of their neglected giants in watercolour paint, then parading them before schoolchildren. The stunt has resulted in panda-monium as the zookeepers try to draw the country's attention back to its neglected giants. Some told the Bangkok Post website that the keepers had gone 'a bit overboard', but others applauded their action. 'Right on! It's time the Government took care of its national symbol... the elephant!' one reader wrote. 'The Chinese have taken care of theirs so why not Thailand?' Slathering them in white watercolour paint, the keepers at the Ayutthaya Elephant Kraal then paraded the five elephants before schoolchildren in an effort to remind Thailand that its elephants have needs, too. Last edited by Plastic Flute; 06-30-2009 at 09:44 PM..

07-02-2009, 04:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
Moshe.. Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: hampstead Posts: 1,161 My Profile	I don't like the way they paint the elephants to look like jackson. The key song really is not black or white, but man in the mirror. He wants to change the world by looking in the mirror, as we now change the skin colour of american presidents. But the world only opens up when you stop looking at yourself. Isn't that the message, jackson was killed by his mirror The true message, contradicting the lyrics, is expressed in a dance which for once seems not to have been rehearsed in front of a mirror, don't look at yourself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zpTQCQEFhg black and white also contradicts itself http://forums.fanhost.com/culture-sp...-gullible.html Last edited by Moshe..; 07-02-2009 at 05:55 PM..

07-04-2009, 11:05 AM	#6 (permalink)
Moshe.. Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: hampstead Posts: 1,161 My Profile	say michael jackson five times in front of the mirror with the lights off MJ body dysmorphia had a similar backstory, the african slave trauma repressed behind the american image. Candyman was the same year as the la riots Last edited by Moshe..; 07-04-2009 at 12:20 PM..

07-01-2009, 12:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,398 My Profile	Oh man, I love it. Thanks for posting that Flute, that was a great chuckle. And how cute are elephants in panda colours?!?!?! F*ckin adorable!

07-03-2009, 08:06 AM	#5 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 16,766 My Profile	He may have said Candyman 3x

07-04-2009, 11:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,398 My Profile	Moshe, your Jackson obssession is starting to scare me.

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