Pi Nis, Pi Nous: A matter of taste and color, or the political mix up

Along the markets and cafés, during recess and in the streets, Cambodian people talk about politics, without any taboo restriction, and with such an eloquence that politicians would envy them. Up until 27 July, Ka-set will report freely and with sarcasm words heard during the election campaign, collected directly “pi nis, pi nous” (here and there).

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07 July 2008
By Ka-set
Unofficial translation from French by Tola Ek
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Seen in a T-shirt shop in the capital: Since the launch of the election campaign, shops producing T-shirts, hats and election propaganda objects are working full time. So much so, that some are involuntarily (?) playing tricks on their customers. The following scene took place in one of the numerous T-shirt shops in Phnom Penh. While the shop owner was patiently answering the questions asked by a young journalist, a man suddenly walked into the store, he was furious, his hands were loaded with T-shirts bearing the Sam Rainsy Party logo. The T-shirts look fine, there was no mistake, the famous SRP candle shines bright on the blue background. However, there is a slight problem: the customer is a CPP party member, and he was expecting to find the CPP angel (Tevoda) picture on the T-shirts when he opened the box… Can you imagine the reaction of the unhappy CPP activists who were ready to parade when they discovered with surprise that they were wearing their adversary’s T-shirts instead? The owner apologized, saying that it was a mix up of boxes. In politics, like in clothing, every thing is a matter of taste and color…