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Collingwood were too Tarranted for the hapless Crows.

Carey left in the Magpies Wake.

Murali is a chucker. Umpire Darrel Hair said so, and that's good enough for me!

The ICC should strip him of the wickets he took in Zimbabwe recently. What a shambles. What a disgrace.

As for English cricketers, quite a few were born in other countries:

A. Caddick - NZ

R. Croft - Wales

N. Hussain - India

The only Irish-born players to have played for England were:

Leland Hone, Timmy O'Brien and Martin McCague. McCague was actually brought up in Australia! Of course he was never good enough to play for Australia.

I'm always keen on a gamble or 2.

27 May 2547 @ 7:38pm. Thai S. Eastern Daylight Savings Time.

(It's now 07:12:45 GMT)

As  a newcomer two year ago, I went and bought a Toyota Soluna with ABS brakes....

...Went for the Toyota reputation. P.S. it was the last model year for that body style, the next one is the Vios, which I don't particulary like "stylewise".

Well, I bought the Vios. 560K and it drives beautifully. Economical but powerful enough if you need to overtake one of those rot puangs going up a mountain on a one-lane, windy highway. I like the dashboard in the middle of the car too (always had trouble looking at my speed due to the steering wheel being in my line of vision). Not that one needs to look at ones speed that often here in LOS. Comes in many colours for the wifeys out there, plus anchorage point for a baby seat.

Q. Why do dogs lick their balls?

A. Because they can.

He said.....

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"Did you close the gate"?

The guy was sick of stupid farangs coming through his property and leaving the gate open so all his goats wandered around, making him have to go and fetch them all.

Obvious now isn't it?

Just have to say ,even though we are a pissweak state ...we have produced two of the best batsmen in the last 20 years. Remember Booney ??they actually have a statue of him outside Bellerive oval(pidgoen shit an all) I can't see Ricky breaking his beer drinking record though. Only grumble I have is our best players are taken away for summer and never win the chocalate milk cup. Did win the one day comp back in in late 70's early 80's ext with the help of windies imports. What does this have to do with LOS....nothing, i am just drunk and waving tthe apple isle flag. Any other taswegians out there ?

My Dad's a Taswegian. So what does that make me? No, don't tell me....

Do Taswegian's still celebrate Boon day? Now that's a fair dinkum honour, to have a holiday named after you! Also, the Boon walk (?waddle). As for Punter - he's a legend.

Come on Aussie Come one...

Most nations now require that at least one parent be officially settled/be a permanent resident or citizen, for a new born child to gain the nationality of the country they were born in.

I agree. In addition, (and I would like this confirmed by anyone) if one of the parents is Thai, then the baby is automatically a Thai citizen. I say this because my 2 month old baby is officially a Thai citizen according to his birth certificate, even though I wrote Australian nationality on the application form. Although I can always apply for Australian citizenship later, based on decent.

The good guys in the Muslim community have to take charge and rid their culture of those few that are causing such extreme hostility.

If there are any!

That was a pretty cheap shot. I happen to know many muslims, since I live in one of the three southern provinces, and they are all normal, everyday people just like you and me. It is truly only a handful that are ruining this country, and ignorant, unfound comments like yours will only provoke more hatred and hostility.

Get the extension - 1,900 baht.

Do the same again in a year's time. After 3 years of extending the original you can apply for residency.

See part 1. of the link below (about half way down after the Fees)

http://www.thaivisa.com/300.0.html

Kii Nok (ขี้นก) is used to describe a stingy person. It's slang so you mightn't find it in any normal dictionary. Given that prices in Thailand are quite cheaper than the west, any westerner who appears to have short arms and deep pockets will be called farang kii nok by most Thais. How do I know this? Ahh, a friend told me. Honest!

Most helmets substandard

Seventy per cent of motorcycle crash helmets on the market are substandard, researchers concluded from a study of road-safety statistics for last year.

In the provinces, 20 per cent of motorcyclists do not wear helmets at all

That explains why 80% of motorcyclists (and over 90% of passengers*) don't wear them!

* We carried out our own independent suurvey last year (yet to be published).

I'd recommend this web site:

http://www.learningthai.com/

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Just for a third (fourth?) opinion here...

As a previous 30-day walker from 7 years ago to a now non-B visa holder, and knowing how quickly things tend to happen here in LOS, I would guess that it will be at least another 6-9 months before anything is likely to change regarding 30-day walkers (i.e. 1 year since all the hullabaloo started).

So ChiangMiaThai, come back in 9 months and if nothing has changed then you can do all the gloating you like! (...and Dr Pong can eat his humble pie).

Actually, if nothing happens within the next 9 months then Pong should have to walk down all of Patpong Rd wearing nothing but a G-string.

Old, but a classic

Two drunks walking down Soi Cowboy,  They see a big dog sitting there licking himself the way male dogs do. One drunk says to his friend, Gosh I wish I could do that. To which his friend replys, well you better pet him first, he look's kind of mean

The question then is: Why do dogs lick themselves?

Answer: Because they can.

This is an easy one.

An old farang guy walks to the top of the mountain on Pee Pee island. Instead of returning along the well-worn path he decides to be adventurous and make his own way back through the jungle. He bashes his way down the mountain for about half an hour before reaching an old rusty fence about 1m high. He knows he can't climb over so he looks up and down the fence and notices what looks like a gate about 20m further down. He reaches the gate, opens it and walks through. After closing the gate he follows what looks like an old goat trail for another 20 minutes or so before stumbilng upon an old hut. He is greeted by a short local man with about 6 or 7 goats following closely behind him. The local man comes up to the farang and says something in thai. Not knowing much thai, the farang just smiles and continues to walk along the goat track, hoping not to make any trouble. The local man shouts out to the farang again. The farang, still not sure what to do just smiles and says "hello". The local man again says something in thai, this time quite animatedly. Not wanting to cause any trouble, the farang thinks to himself and then nods his head, saying "Chai, chai" (it's the only thai he knows!). Upon hearing these words, the local man calms down, smiles and then walks off with his goats following behind.

Now, your task is to figure out what the local man said to the farang. The clues are all there.

He takes the chicken across first (leaving fox and grain)

He comes back alone and takes the grain across (leaving fox alone).

He offloads the grain and PICKS UP the chicken.

He comes back with the chicken.

He drops off the chicken and takes the fox across (leaving the chicken).

He comes back alone and picks up the chicken (again!).

As long as the fox doesn't eat the grain he's laughing.

One logical rogue availed himself of this dubious prerogative - to be hanged if he didn't and to be beheaded if he did - by stating:...

"I will be hanged" !

The powerful prince had to let him go because if what he said was in fact true, then he had to be beheaded, which contradicted his statement.

In Jo we trust.

Wasn't it he that abolished daylight savings in QLD 'cause the extra hour of daylight was causing his curtains to fade quicker?

You've been away for a long time I take it?...

Just having a light dig at you cane toads! All fun.

It's actually the idiot government law makers that write dumbass laws that are holier than a swiss cheese factory, that cause all this to happen. Judges have to abide by the written law.

Now in Queensland (Aust) we have a great Government that has put an end to all this nonsense!

Is Jo Bjielke still premier then?

Along the same lines... But a bit more difficult.

3 men go into a motel.

The man behind the desk said the room is $30, so each man paid $10 and went to the room.

A while later the man behind the desk realized the room was only $25, so he sent the bellboy to the 3 guys' room with $5.

On the way the bellboy couldn't figure out how to split $5 evenly between 3 men, so he gave each man a $1 and kept the other $2 for himself.

This meant that the 3 men each paid $9 for the room, which is a total of $27, add the $2 that the bellboy kept = $29.

Where is the other dollar?

I like this one.

The dilemma comes from the wording of the question.

This meant that the 3 men each paid $9 for the room, which is a total of $27, add the $2 that the bellboy kept = $29.

We really need to subtract the $2 that the bellboy kept from $27, giving $25, which is what the total cost of the 3 rooms was.

How about this one:

Poaching on the hunting preserves of a powerful prince was punishable by death, but the prince further decreed that anyone caught poaching was to be given the privilege of deciding whether he should be hanged or beheaded. The culprit was permitted to make a statement - if it were false, he was to be hanged; if it were true, he was to be beheaded. One logical rogue availed himself of this dubious prerogative - to be hanged if he didn't and to be beheaded if he did - by stating:...

What?

Couldn't he just be neutered and let back into society?

good game

If not, then they should be. God knows there are enough rubber trees in this country to supply everyone with enough to last a whole life time.

Just for my own info,,due to the fact that we have both Aussies and Kiwis on here now,,

Who shaggs the most sheep,Aussie or Kiwi? I have heard both ways and would like to know the truth..

I don't know who's ahead but the Kiwis actually started it and we only copied them coz we couldn't catch up to the roos!