Under a coconut shell

During my teaching career in Thailand, I was often asked to explain current events. This can be difficult to accomplish with eight- to nine-year-olds, but one such discussion might have gone like this. “Mr G, why are my parents mad about 4G?”

Well, let’s compare the 4G telecom companies to Mr Somchai, who buys and sells coconuts for a living. One time he spent too much money buying coconuts. Now, there is no way that he can make a profit. His thinking is that, the blame lies at the company who sold him the coconuts. They should not have charged that much money for coconuts to begin with. And now, he wants his money back.

“But, that doesn’t make sense Mr G”

GEORGE BOWMAN