# More Thailand Arkansas news. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 22, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-thailand-arkansas-news/518573 "2009-11-22T21:49:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-thailand-arkansas-news/518573/1 "2009-11-22T21:49:30Z")
He was arrested in Bangkok. I wonder if Thai bar girls were involved. Here is the [link.](http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/nov/16/cabot-man-accused-defrauding-nlr-bidding/) > [@](#): > > Thompson also faces charges of being a felon in possession of 147 firearms, owning illegal silencers and running an illegal gambling operation. Thompson also faces drug charges. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-thailand-arkansas-news/518573/2 "2009-11-23T03:19:24Z")
You never know. One of my favorite Thai-Girl-Done-Me-Wrong Tales of Woe was a Danish bank robber who fled to Thailand with his loot 20 years ago. He fell in love with a bargirl, gave her the money for safekeeping, and she promptly disappeared, WITH the money of course! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Now broke, he could not afford to move on, and Interpol finally caught up with him here. As far as I know, the money was never found, nor the girl. But your story says the perp was arrested in Thailand. Might not have been Bangkok. Criminals seem to prefer Pattaya. Really. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-thailand-arkansas-news/518573/3 "2009-11-23T03:45:30Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > . > > But your story says the perp was arrested in Thailand. Might not have been Bangkok. Criminals seem to prefer Pattaya. Really. A local news story said it was Bangkok. Which is a descriptive name for the town given your stories posted here, but I digress. You mentioned that you are from my fair and noble state. And Iโ€™ve never seen you and Mr. Thompson together at the same timeโ€ฆ ---
**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:** [November 23, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-thailand-arkansas-news/518573/4 "2009-11-23T03:48:30Z")
No, I am not from there. My mother was. I was raised in West Texas but born in another state altogether, although we did live in Fort Smith from when I was 2 years old to almost 6. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-thailand-arkansas-news/518573/5 "2009-11-23T04:00:44Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > No, I am not from there. My mother was. So this gun running, drug dealing, concrete stealing, Bangkok living guy is merely a relative of yours? ---
**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:** [November 23, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-thailand-arkansas-news/518573/6 "2009-11-23T04:01:33Z")
Iโ€™d rather not say. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-thailand-arkansas-news/518573/7 "2009-11-23T04:06:46Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > He fell in love with a bargirl, gave her the money for safekeeping, and she promptly disappeared, WITH the money of course! Ferengi Rule of Acquisition number 214: โ€œA bar girl is not a Swiss bank.โ€ ---
**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:** [November 23, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-thailand-arkansas-news/518573/8 "2009-11-23T04:08:50Z")
_Ferengi_ is Malay. In Thailand, weโ€™re _farang_. ๐Ÿ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-thailand-arkansas-news/518573/9 "2009-11-23T04:09:03Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Iโ€™d rather not say. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Sorry. My lips are sealed. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-thailand-arkansas-news/518573/10 "2009-11-23T04:12:34Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > _Ferengi_ is Malay. In Thailand, weโ€™re _farang_. ๐Ÿ˜‰ Ferengi is [Star Trek.](http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition) Such aphorisms as: Sell a man a fish and you feed him for one day. Teach a man to fish, you lose a steady customer. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-thailand-arkansas-news/518573/11 "2009-11-23T19:59:24Z")
Star Trek speaks Malay?? ๐Ÿ˜•