BANGKOK – Democrat party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva’s string of bad luck continued last night when a small meteor destroyed the Rama VIII bridge just before his motorcade was about to cross.
The very, very good-looking politician was asleep in the back of a large van at the time the meteor struck. The driver slammed on his brakes, and the van stopped inches short of plunging into the Chao Phraya river.
The incident came right on the heels of two other close calls with death for the hot Oxford graduate. He received a headache from a car accident on Monday night, and then after switching to his Mercedes, the brakes failed, prompting him to switch cars again.
At 3pm yesterday, Abhisit thought his luck had changed for the better after a flock of leaf warblers crapped on his head, but then only hours later he was almost annihilatd by a meteor.
Astrologer Winnarat Mikwangsan said the near-death experience means that the gods were “simply flirting” with the handsome pol. “The gods are like any girl trying to get his attention at a bar,” she said. “You know, stick out the chest, show a little leg, blow up a bridge.”
Abhisit said the incident would not prevent him from running for prime minister. “Hopefully I will stay alive until election day,” he said.
More than 400 people died in the accident, making it Thailand’s worst freak meteor disaster ever.
