BANGKOK – In response to sinking approval ratings in recent polls, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has stopped showering for a week in an attempt to alter his image to one that more Thais can relate to, according to his press office.
In addition to completely neglecting his personal hygiene, Abhisit will also forego shaving, combing his hair, or changing his clothes.
“The Prime Minister is determined to show that he does not represent the elite and elitist ideas,” explained an unnamed spokesperson from his office, in perfectly-accented Oxbridge English. “And from what we understand of Thaksin supporters, based on what we read in the press, they are dirty, dark-skinned, uneducated, ignorant people who wallow in their own filth.”
The Prime Minister hopes that this gesture will help heal the divisions in society and contribute to greater understanding between the Democrats and the sub-human, deluded, Thaksinite peasants whose hearts he hopes to touch.
Pundits expect the move to also increase Abhisit’s appeal with dek naew skateboarders, Burmese immigrant laborers, residents of the Phahurat district, farang kii nok on Khao San Road, and that homeless guy on your soi who was never there when Thaksin was running the country.
