onionluke

Pray for me , what an old codger I am

I will stick my neck out here and say the older and more blue collar you are, the more you enjoy Thailand.

I will bet you are a rig pig. I know, it's OK. I am feeling psychic tonight.

Actually I am related to the Queen of England on my grandmothers side of the family. I still have two tuxedos in my closet next to a dozen hand painted ties. I don't use them much any more. I keep waiting for Ian to invite me to a black tie event.

I have found that workers and peasants are as genorous as the teachers and civil servents in Thailand with pleasantrys and drink of water and a meal shared .The peasants and workers will pay the bill and civil servants will not . I have not to this day encountered the upper echelon of Thai society . I like the idea of a working class afinity to recogonise each other and be supportive . Alas .

It depends on where you are, but also, I would say, if you knew a little bit more about thais and thai culture, you would also realize that they can be very age conscious.

For example, some of my female friends, who are in their mid to late 20´s, refuse to go to certain places, cause they say its only for the young people, meaning in their early twenties. Furthermore, I play heavy rock music, and when some girls realize I am over 30, and yet not married, they think it is really strange. By thirty, they think I should have been married a long time ago, gotten some kids, and stop playing heavy rock music.

My pardner is always telling me to stop drinking and strummin' tunes with lads in the soi , they are youngsters you see . I know she is right , and they are a dangerous bunch but music and beer brings out the best in a rowdie .

Anybody contemplating suicide to end their life should spare a thought for the poor unfortunates who have to clean up after them.

A woman killed herself by throwing herself off a high rise apartment building in HK a couple of days ago.

Sadly she landed on a foreign domestic worker who was walking on the pavement twenty stories below, killing her and them both.

The doors to heaven and hell are open at this time of year, Ching Ming .

Sight seeing on a tandem is the way to go . A tandem can be transported by train anywhere in the uk . It is possible to get off the well beaten track on a tandem . Discover Achnasheen and Kiddieminster . Forget about Stonhenge , head north to Callanish or Brainport . Buckfast Abbey is well worth a visit and Blackpool is a must , the holyday town where you can pick up souviner fake pound coins . Then there are the pubs , oh the lovely pubs , and beer .

I am sure there is more than one old fella reading kerryk's post wishing they could do as he does in Thailand .

On the other hand I was brought up in a family , in the very most western extremity of Europe , who liked to party and we did it all together , we still do . They turn up every now and then , in asia , wearing black leather jackets to protect their white skin and we do the drinking and singing and all that . We make it up up as we go along . The Thai side off my family can do all these things too . Whisky is the fuel of invention . Hail !!

There may be some truth in what morrobay believes happened . The canny Chinese shopkeeper may have taken sympathy to the slightly derranged westerner munching ginsing out of the bag in her shop doorway . So , after recieving 3000 bhat for the goods she decided to give him some back . Just because it could have happened doesn't mean it would have happened but it should have happened .

My fav pet hate is thousand island sauce on pizza .

bawbag

I liked the book , Call That Hanging , where the main character survives an inner conflict whilst serving time in Bangkok , the writings pose many questions and so on , relevarnt to human nature . Let us observe this microcosm ; the inmates chatting . " It is betta to trust a suviva , coz you know he survived " , parled with " Dinnae trust a survivor , coz ye dinnae ken how he survived " , and on into infinity

I would like to offer some alternative advice . Forget the lie detector test . Tell her you want to take a joint ESP Test . Then get all wired up together with skull caps all attached to the microwave machine , and then turn it on full for about 5 minutes . Then you say , " i understand now " .

Perhaps she likes hanging out with the other betel chewing aunties more than spending time with you .

This guy is a serial troll.

What is your problem?

I use this forum because I'm an expat. I live in Thailand.

Why do you use this forum? You clearly don't live here, so why the need to post so obsessively?

If you had ever lived in Scotland, you wouldn't have needed to ask that question.

I disagree. I think Scotland is a great country. They gave to the world:

1. John Logie Baird (he invented bagpipes)

2. Alexander Graham Bell (he invented haggis)

3. Jockie Wilson (an amazing darts player who invented fried mars bars)

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On another note, the most beautiful girlfriend I ever had was from Aberdeen. She had lovely green eyes and a beautiful accent.

Not to forget Robert Louis Stevenson ( he invented bus conducting)

Your posts and topics commonly incite argument which is fine, but a good troll would raise his game a little, some are perhaps just insulted by the lack of creativity.... give us something good, something we can play along with...

Given your recent posting history, If you had a genuine subject which is borderline 'antagonistic' or 'trollish' you're not going to get the benefit of the doubt with the regular posters who've already identified your 'posting character'.

It is also possible that your writing style and opinions draw out argument and you are innocently antagonistic - if thats the case, backing off a little would give your opinions and topics more credibility. Of course, you could simply increase your post count with useless one-liners like some posters on this forum.. It takes all to make a forum, keep trying ;-) !!

You are trying hard. And you write with a modicum of style.

But ultimately you fail because you fall prey to the very prejudices that I'm trying to expose. The prejudices are these:

1. <deleted>! You don't have a Thai-Chinese girlfriend. All them Thai-Chinese girls are like, well, hi-so. And if I ain't got one, then you ain't got one neither.

2. Oh yeah? Really? She's Thai-Chinese? So where did you meet her? Nana Plaza?

3. Thai-Chinese? Yeah, right! That's what she told, is it?

4. Thai-Chinese girlfriend? TROLL!!

Do you see what I mean? If I said that my girlfriend was an ex-bargirl from Pattaya, then no one would blink an eye.

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I suppose I could add that my girlfriend is part Arabic and has a Portuguese surname. I could also add that her friends all think she looks Indian.

But that would be risky. I fear it might unleash a few too many prejudices.

She's not Clara de Souza is she ?

If theblether is having a party I am gate crashing it , Glasgow style , with a carryout . I am primarily interested in getting a swatch at the books he reads .

a captain in boots and curls snarls :' avast there me hearties so I can smell yer private parts...'

'some somali nigger tryin' t'be a pirate?'... and with a burst of gunfire and a sneer...'don't <deleted> with me, nigger...'

('don't blame me...it was somebody else...I have diabetes and high blood pressure and can hardly walk...')

get below to the stinking orlop where thee belongs , mudrake that ye are !

I think the best stories stem from excess .

Did any of these blokes you have mentioned have a butterfly tatooed on their arse ?

I was roaming around Kelvingrove Park with a bunch of kids back in the 70's . We came across a guy who appeared to be having a dump , naked in a holly bush . Being young lads full of adventure and goodwill we started pelting the bush with stones , making runs past close by shouting " ya willy graber " and such things . Anyway we realised after a bit the bloke was dead . He was in a sort of sitting position ,tied up to the tree . We all ran away .

Well going by the picture rigamortis had obviously set in , and possibly with the effect of strong sunshine caused the poor man's body to rise up into a horizontal position .