Andrew65

...thought I was the only one that noticed that!????

I quite often hear slang words from the north of England, Scotland etc that I've never heard before, and I'm 58????

No, but there were probably lots of other Ozzie slang words that I never heard too. gronk Australian Slang, (noun) A person that is totally lacking in fashion sense, motor skills and/or social skills. Usually a total moron, an extremely unpleasant person or an unwanted guest. Sometimes: A likeable idiot or Bogan (especially in Queensland) 1. No wonder he can't get a girlfriend, he is such a gronk! 2. Why would you "steal my car for the weekend," you gronk!

Yes, I worked there for 2 years 'all over' Oz. Also PNG. (I know what a durrie is????).

It must be a very common surname. Maybe it's a regional thing? S*** TOWN POWER RANKINGS 30/7/23 1. Blacktown, NSW - Epic gronk jailed after breaking into high school 3 times to **** sheep, goats and cows, before r*oting the mattress in his cell 2. Dalby, QLD - Woman jailed after carjacking and assaulting 94-year-old man, falsely alleging kidnap and biting two cops while hep C-positive; gronk sentenced for biting off his elderly uncle’s ear

Here's a recent report from Oz???? 7. Gold Coast, QLD - Gronk ordered to pay $10k in compensation for drunkenly bashing men outside kebab shop after State of Origin.

I would never smoke it, although I have a few times in the past (I gave up smoking tobacco 3 years ago). One good thing to be said for it is that it makes me sleep. It would have to be eaten in the future. I've often heard people say such things when they're trying to make a case for it's legalisation. They're all peace-loving hippies, apparently!

I look at a page on Facebook called "S*** Towns Of Australia", quite often there will be a report of a "Gronk" doing unspeakable things in public in Port Pirie (Which usually heads the list of the most s*** towns). Some of it is quite funny too!????

He can't possibly have been smoking that stuff?! We're told that in the history of humanity no person has ever caused any problem whatsoever after smoking pot!

Referred to as a Gronk/Grub/Bogan/Drongo by our Ozzie cousins!?????

Well done that man! I think the previous longest overstay that I had heard about was 12 years.

No crash helmet? RIP

He has a new nickname "Eileen".????

Thailand has never executed a farang anyway. It will be commuted to life imprisonment, then they serve 8 years in a Thai prison, before being transferred to a prison in their home country.

Apparently The Mob used to dump bodies in the garbage dump just outside NYC? Just guessing that there was a money-angle to this crime?

I think it was 7 years ago, 2016, when I still lived there.

Not the case with cocaine!?

Yes, thanks, I thought it was around that time.

I never said anything of the sort. I'm not "hating on" anyone.

Wasn't a Spanish guy convicted of a similar crime in Bangkok some years ago?

Nah, you just give an "agent" 20k Baht p a, no need 800k Baht.????

That's actually 4 weeks and 1 day of holiday, if you take into account that a working week is 5 days. I worked in Germany for a short while. One thing I noticed was that there was NO WAY that you were gonna get (most) Germans working on a Sunday.

Many years ago I had a Thai girlfriend who was a hotel receptionist. Besides public holidays she was only given 6 days per annum as holiday days to take whenever she wanted. (In my current job in the UK I get public holidays + 21 days when I want them).

My old Swedish friend and I used to try guessing where farang were from, just by looking (and listening) Socks & sandals "probably British" ???? I found the hardest to be eastern Europeans due to their unintelligible languages! ????????

None whatsoever... Been there, seen it, done it, bought loads of T-shirts.