YOU HAVE TO LAUGH ...

From the 'only in Thailand' department is this story from today's Bangkok Post.
Greenpeace yesterday dumped 11 tonnes of papayas outside the Ministry of Agriculture in a protest against the lifting of a ban on trials of the genetically modified fruit.
What happened next ?
Thai people flocked to the Ministry and collected bags and bags of the free fruit. Quoted in the newspaper, papaya seller Gig Krueyat, 70, said ''I don't care if they're dangerous, I don't know what the threat is ... nothing serious, I think ...''. Mrs Gig helped herself to three sacks of the fruit in minutes. Others, including some ministry officials and Rasi Salai dam protesters from Sri Sa Ket province who were camped near the ministry, also did not let the opportunity slip by. A man waiting in traffic for the lights to go green near the ministry, leapt out of his car and joined the feast.
''I'm not scared of GM papayas. Rather, I'm scared I won't have any to eat,'' said Ubon Ratchathani villager Ampon Tantima, 31, before rushing back to his car with the free fruit.
Although it's a serious issue you have to laugh.