Barry Friedman

34 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

Given that in the past there have been Scottish and Irish Bonds, at least he's English.

Let's not forget the Australian Bond, George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

You clearly haven't read the first novella, Casino Royale, or seen the first Bond adaptation of Casino Royale.  Bond was as camp as a row of pink tents.

It was even worse this morning.

They should add two more years to his sentence just for the music he was listening to!

54 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said:

I'm a Brit, but I believe the Aussie description of this fella is 'Drongo' !

'Drong'?  Seriously?  The 1950s called and they want their word back.

And here is the list of qualified occupations they are producing.

No mention of better driver education. Surely, this is where traffic management has to start.

It is unfortunate that Mr Singh had to travel to another country to learn that if it is not yours, don't touch it - but he did get his 15 minutes of fame!

I don't think Thailand is a particularly good place to learn such a lesson! (Or any lessons for that mater)

Have come back to Thais sat on my bike a few times and preening themselves (or squeezing spots) at my mirrors.

They do love to squeeze spots!

Yes... strange to blame a particular terrorist group without any evidence, but on the other hand, the Uighurs cannot be ruled out either until evidence is turned up.

So by your logic, no one can be ruled out. So should we include you in the list of suspects? Seriously, most people could eat a bowl of alphabet soup and crap out a more intelligent sentence than that!

The plan is clearly flawed, but I do wonder why the Vietnamese have made no such complaints to China - a country that has built quite a few dams along the Mekong in their own land and in Laos.

And I also think the Thai Government has forgotten the 1995 Mekong Agreement among Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam stipulated that the countries would consult each other before beginning any project with significant impact on the river, and it established the Mekong River Commission to oversee that process.