MisterTee

Linen fabric is made from the flax plant. Hemp fabric is made from the hemp plant.

He sounds more like a tourist than a troll. "Cheap as chips" would have given his game away.

Willie Sutton's classic response, "Because that's where the money is" when asked why he robbed banks would seem to apply to gold shops in Thailand as well.

Not quite everybody... only those who are properly dressed. Uncle Too will need to pack a T-shirt.

Boss Tweed would feel right at home here.

Amazing Thailand.

In Thailand it is a 50/50 split of assets acquired since marriage. So I've been told.

That's Thai Freedom. It beats Philadelphia Freedom by a country mile.

I don't think anybody would lose money in betting that China is very much in charge of this initiative. The next few years will reveal to what extent they are driving it.

Nonsense. China is pushing this, not the dysfunctional US or the sclerotic EU.

Can it. Revolting Aussie slang may have a place somewhere but not here. It lowers the tone of even a silly thread like this.

He and J. Edgar... in drag.

Totally agree. The timing is suspicious. Now look for a Thai incarnation of Harry J. Anslinger to arise and lead the anti-ganja crusade.

It strikes again!

New HyDrolic Chiang Mai. CM-Lamphun Rd. 081-026-3373. Located between Kawila and the Gymkhana Club. Very good people to deal with.

Bring back Big Joke... he swept CM Immigration clean a few years ago shortly after taking charge. Courtesy and efficiency improved noticably under his administration. Forget the shysters and the do-gooder organizations, they usually make a bad situation even worse. The rot has to be cleaned up from within by honest administrators.

Sure thing. I'll take it over a western nanny-state any day in the week.

Thais don't refer to Africans as "farang". They call them "negroes".

When it comes to bona fide insanity the Drug Warriors are way out in front of everybody else and always have been.

Spot on. That little ditty [Kurt Weill, nein?] so perfectly fits the Shins that it could be the campaign song for their last serious attempt to regain power in Thailand. The Dragon head is aging dramatically... in recent photos he looks ghastly. Whatever the failures and shortcomings of the military gov't, the fact that they nipped a criminal dynasty in the bud will always be a credit to them. That said, let them pass on sooner rather than later. They've been in power long enough.

Surprising you think that gender distinctions are still recognized in the realm of fragrances. Manly... Fruity... Feminine... 555

Good point. The reason being that IDL's have always been so easily available at KSR, Lower Suky, Sleaze-by-the-Sea, and other places where low-life people congregate.