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Used to be common in West Germany to mark the consumed drinks on a beer mat, which you took to the waitress at paying up time.

Obviously never spent time living in an RAF mess!

For crying out loud man, grow a pair, and expell the simpering ponce from the party!

Time, and it's delineation is culturally very different to the Thais. For them, in all activities except those driven by "worldwide norms", notably aviation and broadcasting, the hour and not the minutes are what matters. So something which is supposed to happen at "10 o'clock" means any time during that hour. Time does not seem to bother them, and they can be remarkably patient - except when driving!

It doesn't bother me, it is obviously someone who is confused about a wide range of totally different matters, only offering to see if I could help!

Oh dear, there appears to be a constantly "confused" person following my posts on this thread, no matter what I am commenting on! Go on, come clean, what is it that "confuses" you? I will be most happy to try and explain it clearly to you.

Does anyone else here see the irony of the user name "freeworld" and the content of this post?

Well, he was allegedly waving an axe - but then the normal pistol on a coppers belt would be sufficient! As for the SWAT overalls, ballistic helmets, and assorted weaponry; over the top, but when it is your turn to hold the keys to the dressing up locker it would be a shame to waste the opportunity!

My heart pumps purple piss!

Yes. But there does seem to be on this board a small but determined cohort who enjoy the mechanics of deporting those less fortunate than themselves. They can always justify it of course - but then schadenfreude is always so much more fun if it is justified! I sense a business opportunity - a viewing gallery at the Airport Immigration Detention Centre. Perhaps premium customers could pay for accompanying the expellee on their walk of shame to the aircraft? Could be a money spinner!

Whilst there seems to be plenty of involvement by Russian nationals in Thailand across a wide spectrum of illegal activity, and Phuket seems to be their playground of choice, the Soviet union sacked it in 1991 when this bloke was 3! So a bit of stretch refering to him as a former Soviet Bloc criminal!

If you did that in Thailand it would be tantamount to ethnic cleansing; mind you casual observation does suggest that the "Herrenvolk" here do seem to have an, umh, individual approach to personal hair styles!

The original is comparatively recent. Was comprehensive, widely broadcast. It was extensively analysed, I have seen at least one documentary on the processes which led up to it. It has frankly been done to death. But then, Netflix, with their bizarre obsession with taking over the coals with the British Royal Family...

So, in layman's terms, has the cheque bounced? If the bond does not meet the requirements of the court, where does that leave Trump?

The Tory government, with a firm mandate to govern and a strong majority, stood back clutching their pearls and swooning whilst the Metropolitan Police played their part in holding the windows open for the political defenestration of Boris Johnson - it suited the ambitions of their parliamentary hierarchy. Now the Met Police seem to have effectively declared independence, and rather than policing and enforcing the law "without fear or favour" reserve the right to vary their response, and ignore open criminality, and it rather seems their political masters for "operational reasons"!

It really is quite heartening to see such an ethnically diverse and vibrant group demonstrating with such conviction for freedom of conscience, freedom of speech and tolerance. A tad unfortunate that the camera captured the gentleman on the left hand edge of the picture just as the waistband of his trousers gave way, but as there are for some reason absolutely no women in the crowd I doubt if anyone was offended! Probably a Jewish plot to sabotage the elastic - Mossad will stop at nothing you know!

There are nowadays more medically sophisticated procedures for assessing if ones BMI is too high! There is however an air of simple finality with this method...

I've seen him on TV. It's called interference! Without a doubt there are some right plonkers amongst the tourist/expat community in Phuket. Given Anutins umh, known proclivities, putting him in charge of them appears a match made in heaven!

OK, let's cut to the quick. You ride at the speed dictated by the road conditions, the traffic conditions, and dare I say it your experience of the driving habits and likely behaviour of other road users. So yes at times, in some places, depending on those factors, progress can be glacial. If, however you have a large motorcycle, consider yourself sufficiently skilled or experienced, or dare I say it entitled to drive at a greater speed, and such an accident should happen, then put bluntly, it is your own <deleted> stupid fault.

No, but in traffic, in a built up area, and in the inside lane you don't drive at speeds which, if you collide, throw bodies across the road

If you are a white slap head, either implied or spoken yes!

Very possibly. But we don't know that do we? We can surmise from the way that bodies were thrown about the scene that the large motorcycle was being driven too fast through traffic; umh, falang drivers of motorcycles do this all the time.

As the late Kenn Dodd might say: "Tatifilarious!"

A meaningless distraction from the most rampant evil excess of Songkran. Young ladies in wet see through spaghetti strap tops! Argh, the anticipation means that I will have to go and lie down in a darkened room!

For crying out loud, what gets into these people! Apart from walking around with ridiculous facial hair that makes him look like an extra from an Asterix the Gaul movie, he arrives in Thailand, gets off the airplane and promptly picks a fight!