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Karaoke Kills

by John Cole|  March 8, 20086:27 pm| 63 Comments

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This is just bizarre:

A gunman in Thailand shot-dead eight neighbours, including his brother-in-law, after tiring of their karaoke versions of popular songs, including John Denver’s Country Roads.

Weenus Chumkamnerd, 52, put his gun to the head of a respected female doctor and seven of her guests as they partied at her home in Songkhla Province, South Thailand.

“When I began shooting nobody pleaded for his life because they were all drunk,” he said after his arrest.
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He said he was so furious with their awful singing that he did not notice he had murdered his own brother-in-law.

“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,” he added.

I hope this guy never comes to Morgantown in the fall.

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  1. 1.

    Dug Jay

    March 8, 2008 at 6:33 pm

    What on earth is in the “advertisement” in the middle of the story? (For some reason the Link won’t work.)

  2. 2.

    Ted

    March 8, 2008 at 6:36 pm

    I wonder what the gun laws are like there. If everyone had been armed, none of this would have ever happened, and all would have been fine.

    /Instapundit.

  3. 3.

    myiq2xu

    March 8, 2008 at 6:37 pm

    It’s Hillary’s fault for voting to authorize karaoke.

  4. 4.

    4tehlulz

    March 8, 2008 at 6:39 pm

    Karaoke. Serious business.

  5. 5.

    Chuck Butcher

    March 8, 2008 at 6:47 pm

    Nah, it’s Hillary’s fault for showing people with a horrid voice anywhere near a microphone singing.

    full disclosure:
    I never get anywhere near a mic and sing, or really only do it unless there are power tools running & the stereo turned up. I don’t want unnecessary Comp claims.

  6. 6.

    Not Quite Elvis

    March 8, 2008 at 6:49 pm

    Pardon me for disrespecting the tragedy, but…

    Weenus?

    I’m only surprised that it took this long.

  7. 7.

    Stooleo

    March 8, 2008 at 6:53 pm

    Weenus Chumkamnerd

    Weenus…WEENUS…… If that wasn’t reason enough.

  8. 8.

    anonymous 37

    March 8, 2008 at 6:58 pm

    I’m not sure if anyone ever saw Beowulf, but I felt the same way about Grendel as I do about Mr. Chumkamnerd: they went too far, but I’ve been sorely tempted to kill my neighbors just to get some peace and quiet.

  9. 9.

    myiq2xu

    March 8, 2008 at 6:59 pm

    A gunman in Thailand shot-dead eight neighbours, including his brother-in-law, after tiring of their karaoke versions of popular songs, including John Denver’s Country Roads.

    Don’t we have a secret “black-ops” prison in Thailand?

    Sound like they were torturing people to me.

  10. 10.

    Liberal Masochist

    March 8, 2008 at 7:00 pm

    Yeah – but if it was Rich Rodriguez doing the singing, that would be okay in Morgantown, right?

  11. 11.

    AnneLaurie

    March 8, 2008 at 7:05 pm

    It will turn out that there had been Strong Drink Taken, and not just by the kaoraoke offenders. No matter what the NRA thinks, chemical disinhibitors and weapons don’t mix well.

  12. 12.

    Dave L

    March 8, 2008 at 7:11 pm

    Isn’t this what Hunter Thompson used to do? Or maybe it was just Uncle Duke.

  13. 13.

    Krista

    March 8, 2008 at 7:14 pm

    It will turn out that there had been Strong Drink Taken, and not just by the kaoraoke offenders.

    A misty taste of moonshine, perhaps?

  14. 14.

    Nikki

    March 8, 2008 at 7:21 pm

    A misty taste of moonshine, perhaps?

    Ok, Krista, that sent potato chips crumbs bursting out of my mouth.

  15. 15.

    chopper

    March 8, 2008 at 7:21 pm

    ‘weenus’ sounds a lot like ‘clenis’.

  16. 16.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    March 8, 2008 at 7:22 pm

    OK, that story is sobering.

    Now I have to go get some more scotch

  17. 17.

    The Grand Panjandrum

    March 8, 2008 at 7:33 pm

    Thailand is a great place. I’ve Lived there for five years (roughly a year at a time spread out over the last 30+ years) and Thais are a lovely people but have a penchant for violence when they lose it. Many a Thai man has been Bobbitted by his wife of girlfriend over the years.

  18. 18.

    Ninerdave

    March 8, 2008 at 7:35 pm

    If I had a name like Weenus, I’d probably have a hair trigger too.

  19. 19.

    BettyPageisaBlonde

    March 8, 2008 at 7:38 pm

    THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS!! FOR HILLARY!!!*

    *stolen from Idiotic at TPM

  20. 20.

    Flux

    March 8, 2008 at 7:44 pm

    Justifiable homicide. This is why I’m not allowed on juries. I’d vote to acquit.

  21. 21.

    Martin

    March 8, 2008 at 7:59 pm

    Thai karaoke of Country Roads? Totally justified action. America does not condone torture and respects an individuals right to self-defense.

  22. 22.

    AkaDad

    March 8, 2008 at 8:04 pm

    Believing that caucuses matter is pre-9/11 thinking.

  23. 23.

    chopper

    March 8, 2008 at 8:08 pm

    maybe wyoming should change it’s state motto to ‘now we don’t matter’.

  24. 24.

    Ted

    March 8, 2008 at 8:09 pm

    Weenus…WEENUS…… If that wasn’t reason enough.

    I email back and forth with many people in Bangkok daily at work, and I can tell you that nearly all of their names are interesting in that regard. Their names almost strike me as a blend of more Asian languages with an influence from the Indian culture to their south. Lengthy and phonetically elaborate, and without the staccatos. Some of them are hilarious.

  25. 25.

    chopper

    March 8, 2008 at 8:09 pm

    sorry, akadad had me thinking this was a political thread.

    maybe thailand should change it’s motto to ‘land of the weenus’.

  26. 26.

    mikefromtexas

    March 8, 2008 at 8:18 pm

    I’ve long thought karaoke would be the downfall of modern civilization. It’s Japan’s idea of payback, killing us softly, one crappy rendention at a time.

  27. 27.

    TenguPhule

    March 8, 2008 at 8:23 pm

    American Idol would be a bloodbath.

  28. 28.

    AkaDad

    March 8, 2008 at 8:25 pm

    sorry, akadad had me thinking this was a political thread.

    I meant to post that in the other thread. I know it’s annoying, but not karaoke annoying.

  29. 29.

    4tehlulz

    March 8, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    It’s Japan’s idea of payback

    I personally think it’s Naruto.

  30. 30.

    jake

    March 8, 2008 at 8:45 pm

    after tiring of their karaoke versions of popular songs, including John Denver’s Country Roads.

    The strangest thing about this story is the fact anyone considers Country Roads a popular song.

  31. 31.

    FLILF Hunter

    March 8, 2008 at 8:48 pm

    I have nothing to add. I just want to say WEENUS.

  32. 32.

    Dennis - SGMM

    March 8, 2008 at 8:56 pm

    Karaoke is, for me, Reason #268 why I’m not a bar drinker.

  33. 33.

    Studly Pantload

    March 8, 2008 at 8:57 pm

    The strangest thing about this story is the fact anyone considers Country Roads a popular song.

    You a city dweller, Jake? Just askin…

  34. 34.

    UnkyT

    March 8, 2008 at 9:00 pm

    What are the chances that the last syllable of the last name of someone named Weenus would be nerd? Personally, I would have bet 100% of the time.

  35. 35.

    Dennis - SGMM

    March 8, 2008 at 9:17 pm

    The strangest thing about this story is the fact anyone considers Country Roads a popular song.

    Almost heaven, West Virginia
    Blue ridge mountains
    Shenandoah river –

    I lived in Morro Bay, California so I’m not easily impressed by landscapes but West Virginia mountains and river valleys – damn!

  36. 36.

    skippy

    March 8, 2008 at 9:30 pm

    it was john denver. what’s bizarre about killing someone for that?

    in other news, igor resigns after calling frankenstein “hillary clinton.”

  37. 37.

    RSA

    March 8, 2008 at 9:36 pm

    I wonder what could make a guy emigrate from Texas to Thailand and change his name to Weenus?

  38. 38.

    MJ

    March 8, 2008 at 10:28 pm

    We need to outlaw karaoke! How many more must die Mr. Speaker?

  39. 39.

    AkaDad

    March 8, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    I wonder what could make a guy emigrate from Texas to Thailand and change his name to Weenus?

    The brown acid.

  40. 40.

    rachel

    March 8, 2008 at 10:59 pm

    Humph. Some neighbors of mine used to give loud obnoxious parties–until somebody shot out their loudspeaker with a .22, and that shut them up. Mr. Chumkamnerd should have just offed the karaoke machine.

  41. 41.

    Dennis - SGMM

    March 8, 2008 at 11:12 pm

    Some neighbors of mine used to give loud obnoxious parties—until somebody shot out their loudspeaker with a .22, and that shut them up.

    Know the feeling. I think that the use of a .22 showed great restraint.

  42. 42.

    Krista

    March 8, 2008 at 11:14 pm

    I lived in Morro Bay, California so I’m not easily impressed by landscapes but West Virginia mountains and river valleys – damn!

    I’ve never been, but just the pictures I’ve Googled have impressed the hell out of me. As always, John Denver knew what he was talking about.

  43. 43.

    Jon H

    March 8, 2008 at 11:20 pm

    “I lived in Morro Bay, California so I’m not easily impressed by landscapes but West Virginia mountains and river valleys – damn!”

    I think WV miners have filled all the latter with the former by now.

  44. 44.

    RSA

    March 8, 2008 at 11:28 pm

    West Virginia mountains and river valleys – damn!

    I’ve only driven around a few times, but it’s impressed me. There’s nice forest and mountains a bit closer to me, in western North Carolina. If you’ve seen The Last of the Mohicans, that’s not historical New York, of course, but modern-day North Carolina.

  45. 45.

    TenguPhule

    March 8, 2008 at 11:33 pm

    I personally think it’s Naruto.

    Wrong.

    It’s Inuyasha and Every -Mon show/game that keeps getting imported to America.

  46. 46.

    Dennis - SGMM

    March 8, 2008 at 11:38 pm

    I think WV miners have filled all the latter with the former by now.

    I was there, mostly in Huntington, in 2000-2001. Most of the people I met were outraged by the coal companies’ mountain topping and polluting the rivers and streams. Jogging in Ritter Park on a misty morning was as close to a spiritual experience as I’ve ever had. If you’ve ever had breakfast in a WV restaurant then you’ll know why I was jogging.

  47. 47.

    bryanD

    March 8, 2008 at 11:57 pm

    Jake said:
    “The strangest thing about this story is the fact anyone considers Country Roads a popular song.”

    Actually, Country Roads could very well be the world’s most popular song. I’ve personally heard it played or sung spontaneously(more or less) in Japan, S.Korea, the Philippines, Germany, Austria, Italy and Yugoslavia (Slovenia). And I was just passing through. Then on TV the Chinese are singing it.
    So, my anecdote plus 1,000,000,000 chinks = World’s Most Popular Song.

  48. 48.

    Dennis - SGMM

    March 9, 2008 at 12:07 am

    So, my anecdote plus 1,000,000,000 chinks = World’s Most Popular Song.

    Aw crap, I thought it was the Macarena.

  49. 49.

    jake

    March 9, 2008 at 12:29 am

    I lived in Morro Bay, California so I’m not easily impressed by landscapes but West Virginia mountains and river valleys – damn!

    Yep, even the bits that should look like crap don’t look like crap because of the backdrop. But when I go to W.Va. I don’t think about the song so I can enjoy the scenery. If I ever make it out to Colorado … well, you know.

  50. 50.

    tBone

    March 9, 2008 at 12:59 am

    Many a Thai man has been Bobbitted by his wife of girlfriend over the years.

    As someone with many Thai relatives, I can attest to this. Not actual Bobbitting, but definitely “getting the shit beaten out of you by a delicate 90-pound woman-shaped container of indiscriminate fury.”

  51. 51.

    SamFromUtah

    March 9, 2008 at 1:23 am

    Thais are a lovely people but have a penchant for violence when they lose it.

    So I’ve heard from a friend of mine who lived in Thailand for eight years. I’ve been there a little bit, maybe two months total, and only ever seen the “lovely people” side of the population. My friend says that Thais tend to have a very long fuse but a helluva bang at the end, for sure.

    I always thought of Thailand as being very civilized because, apart from the friendliness of 99.9% of the people there, the robbers there are not usually violent – they just sneakily take your stuff. We in the U.S. could learn from that.

  52. 52.

    Johnny Pez

    March 9, 2008 at 3:01 am

    American Idol would be a bloodbath.

    If only.

  53. 53.

    Weenus

    March 9, 2008 at 4:14 am

    Almost heaven, West Virginia
    Blue ridge mountains
    Shenan-

    BLAM!! BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM!!!

  54. 54.

    way points

    March 9, 2008 at 6:54 am

    > What on earth is in the “advertisement” in the middle of the story?

    Copy and paste from a website containing the original story

  55. 55.

    jake

    March 9, 2008 at 7:27 am

    OT: KBR & Patriotism, Support Our Troops edition.

  56. 56.

    calipygian

    March 9, 2008 at 9:17 am

    Should have sung the Toots and the Maytals version. It is the most awsome version of a John Denver song ever.

    No snark.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqhjjZIXOOc&feature=related

  57. 57.

    chopper

    March 9, 2008 at 9:21 am

    OT: KBR & Patriotism, Support Our Troops edition.

    if you don’t support giving our troops dysentery, you don’t support the troops.

  58. 58.

    China Law Blog

    March 9, 2008 at 12:02 pm

    Will the Karoake defense achieve the same fame as the Twinkie defense?

  59. 59.

    TheFountainHead

    March 9, 2008 at 12:12 pm

    God I miss Thailand. I can’t wait to go back.

    You realize, of course, that the whole country of Thailand probably has .01% of the gun violence that Detroit, Michigan does in a year, right?

  60. 60.

    Peter VE

    March 9, 2008 at 2:06 pm

    It was Uncle Duke who had a running feud with his next door neighbor, John Denver. Denver had the temerity to complain about Duke shooting at his house whenever Denver sang “Country Roads”. The sheriff sided with Duke.

  61. 61.

    Birdzilla

    March 9, 2008 at 10:26 pm

    Tie him down in front of a stampede of elephants and FLATMAN IS HERE

  62. 62.

    Nancy Irving

    March 10, 2008 at 3:20 am

    Gives new meaning to the term “extraordinary rendition.”

  63. 63.

    Weenus Chumkamnerd

    March 10, 2008 at 5:41 pm

    WTF is so funny about my goddammed name, you assholes? Don’t make me come over there and ask you in person.

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