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6 minutes ago, mikebell said:

'a reshuffle of positions' at the trough.

"Should there ever be a trough, there will be pigs". Alexander Pushkin

Reading the article, it appears the alleged slur was spoken in Thai language (“I can understand Thai. He scolded me so clearly: “Ni**a! Get up!...).

I wonder if the actual N word was spoken in the English vernacular, or if some Thai language equivalent was spoken. It also begs the question if the referee correctly understood the (English language) racial implications of his use of the word.

Personally, I've never heard a Thai use the word and I don't think they understand it - they usually revert in reference to a Cadbury or Hershey's product.

If a Thai bloke is telling me something in mixed Thai/English language, and I indicate my understanding by uttering  "I hear", in which language should the listener interpret the utterance? 

https://www.thaiembassy.com/property/purchasing-condominium-in-thailand

25 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Only buffalo girls and those looking for a second refill are available at 4am. lady I took home at that time after a heavy night looked like daffy duck in the morning light !

Similarly, does my Miss Piggy trump your Daffy Duck?

According to my missus, emptying the dust container and cleaning the filters in the bag-less type is a right royal pain.

And whilst the bag-less models with multiple filters claim to suck up dust down to microscopic size, open your balcony door for 3 minutes and all the dust has been replaced.

30 minutes ago, jaywalker2 said:

Yes, I'm sure Koreans and Japanese are willing to pay more without complaint and of course they have smaller genitalia.

The gogo bar girl saying used to be "three minutes, three inches, three thousand" for the Japanese punters.  And then the Koreans started arriving en masse and it became "four minutes, four inches, four thousand". 

7 minutes ago, phetphet said:

Mostly... A girl once started work at my former place of employment. She was from one of those islands north of Scotland. maybe the Hebrides. I can't quite remember.

It was really difficult to understand her. At least until we got used to her accent and she had toned it down a little.

Probably had a brother named Donald, from the Isle of Skye.

9 minutes ago, Nicholas Paul KNIGHT said:

Good idea, touited a few years ago but then most books have American English, but it is not the English that is the propblem, it is the inablity of manmy Thai Teachers to think outside the book, zero experience in the real worl of speaking English foloow the book for fear of being criticised, unable to hold long conversations are but a few of the problems coupled with the fact that many THAI Teachers who teach English refuse help or assistance in English as and as one said to me I studied at University I know what is correct. despote showing him he was wrong. Fragile egos and lack of knowledge showing there, and most NEVER let students ask questions.

Um.......

Thank God the Russians don't play golf. 

It's obvious, somebody nicked his pushbike.  

Shortbackandsides.

But he was wearing appropriate safety equipment, to wit: shoes as opposed to  de rigueur flip-flops. 

When Jordan B. Peterson enters a room, he doesn't turn the lights on, he turns the dark off.

Apologies to Chuck. 

They should stick to doing e-coli and formalin tests at the markets and food outlets.  I vaguely recall some results a few years ago showing that something like 70% of street vendor food in Bangkok was smothered with e-coli.