# John Denver Karaoke Sparks Thai Killing Spree **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347 "2008-03-22T17:16:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347/1 "2008-03-22T17:16:54Z")
Story [here](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/08/wbangkok108.xml). The link is to \*The Telegraph \* in England, but it’s been in the news a lot here, too. Could conceivably be considered justifiable homicide, I guess. “Country Roads” is still an extremely popular song at drunken get-togethers in Thailand. Really. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347/2 "2008-03-22T17:32:58Z")
That’s the area that Mrs Shibb is from. She and my daughter will be travelling down there this summer. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347/3 "2008-03-22T17:47:21Z")
Tell them maybe not to sing John Denver. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347/4 "2008-03-22T18:25:54Z")
Weenus Chumkamnerd. \*\*_Weenus Chumkamnerd._ \*\* If that was my name, I’d go on a killing rampage too. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347/5 "2008-03-22T18:31:06Z")
I guess _Sunshine on My Shoulders_ made him _angry_. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347/6 "2008-03-22T18:40:33Z")
> [@](#): > > John Denver Karaoke Sparks Thai Killing Spree Well, yeah. What else? ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347/7 "2008-03-22T19:07:12Z")
I sympathize. I’d sympathize more if it’d been Celine Dion, though. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347/8 "2008-03-22T20:07:46Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] I sympathize. I’d sympathize more if it’d been Celine Dion, though. [/QUOTE] If it’d been Celine Dion who’d been shot, you mean? ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347/9 "2008-03-23T00:29:42Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] “Country Roads” is still an extremely popular song at drunken get-togethers in Thailand. [/QUOTE] Memo to self: In the unlikely event of an invitation to a drunken get-together in Thailand, **decline**. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347/10 "2008-03-23T00:34:42Z")
Well – they’ve all been taken home, to the place they belong. ---
**Author:** ![Tabula\_Rasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@Tabula\_Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabula_Rasa)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347/11 "2008-03-23T01:48:47Z")
“Mr Chumkamnerd, who works as a rubber tapper…” ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347/12 "2008-03-23T02:25:24Z")
That’s the greatest news story of all time. Ever. It has all the elements. I’ve never laughed so hard at 8 people getting tragically slain. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347/13 "2008-03-23T02:27:23Z")
Can we get a picture of Mr Chumkamnerd? For some reason I’m picturing him looking like Uncle Duke… ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347/14 "2008-03-23T02:31:21Z")
His photo was in the news here, but the local newspapers don’t include photos on their websites. Looked rather normal. Just goes to show you the dark evil power of John Denver. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347/15 "2008-03-23T02:34:11Z")
[QUOTE=Freddy the Pig] Memo to self: In the unlikely event of an invitation to a drunken get-together in Thailand, **decline**. [/QUOTE] Would that be because you might have to sing “Country Roads” or because of the possibility of getting shot for doing so? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347/16 "2008-03-23T03:31:19Z")
[QUOTE=ZebraShaSha] I’ve never laughed so hard at 8 people getting tragically slain. [/QUOTE] Eh, it’s only March. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347/17 "2008-03-23T17:19:16Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] Would that be because you might have to sing “Country Roads” or because of the possibility of getting shot for doing so? [/QUOTE] Neither. It would be because of the possibility of being forced to listen to _drunken Thais_ singing Country Roads! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347/18 "2008-03-23T17:26:58Z")
[QUOTE=Freddy the Pig] Neither. It would be because of the possibility of being forced to listen to _drunken Thais_ singing Country Roads! [/QUOTE] That is so racist! Drunk or sober, Thai or American, listening to ANY group of people singing _Country Roads_ is as legitimate a reason as any for a killing spree. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347/19 "2008-03-23T17:34:21Z")
Wow, I didn’t realize how close I came to buying it when I sang Country Roads in a bar in Dundalk, Ireland in 1976 (unaccompanied and a capella)! ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347/20 "2008-03-23T17:48:35Z")
> [@](#): > > I warned these people about their noisy karaoke parties. I said if they carried on I would go down and shoot them. I had told them if I couldn’t talk sense into them I would come back and finish them off. - Weenus Chumkamnerd Well - there you go. Weenus did everything he could to prevent this from happening. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-denver-karaoke-sparks-thai-killing-spree/442347.md?page=2)