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ธรรมดา - (tammadaa) is the adjective 'ordinary' ตามธรรมดา - (dtaam tammadaa) is the adverb 'ordinarily'. Literally, 'to follow the ordinary (way).

'Daak' is also used in Thai as I imagine you have all heard, examples I know are: 'daak pad lom'- lie/sit in front of the fan, 'daak daid'-to sunbathe. mabye I'm just being too imaginative but if a monkey's bum can be refered to as 'daak' then surely the word generally refers to any type of sitting/ laying out/ resting, verb or noun....

That would be a different word - ตาก (dtaak) - meaning to lay out (something) to dry

I've been there, (and joined the queue to get whacked on the head by him), but I don't recollect seeing any tattooing being done. That said, it has a large building there that I didn't go in, so there could be something going on that I didn't see. It's a very touristy place (mostly Thais) with loads of 'gizzit' stalls.

Not sure this belongs in the Thai Language forum though ....

Just appears to be an email gone astray to me. I assume your name isn't Sutthida, and as you've already said you don't live in Pattaya or use CAT then you likely don't have contract number 4080303 with them either. Best filed under 'ignore and throw away'

Bewarned - I mentioned this thread to Somchai the seller of finest coriander, basil and ropy looking carrots in the market this morning. He gauged me with a calculated Thai smile then popped behind his counter and jumped back a few moments later with a carrot that appeared to have been painted cream/white. "...only 500 Baht a half kilo, good price for you!"

Ah - the Thai 'white' carrot sketch. Parsnips, they aint!

First one is Soi Rungland, off the south side of Pattaya Tai just east of third road intersection. Don't know about the second, and you have got to be kidding with the third!!

I was out 10 times to a local Karakoee bar in Bang Sue, beautiful looking girls. When I asked the head lady(madam) and she does speak English if it was a go-go bar and she said it was a karrakoee bar. So I sat with here a few times to talk because she can speak english and a very nice lady. (at no cost) Then she introduced me to one of the girls that can speak a little English and I got here to sit with us also for a small fee and a very nice girl...

Then last night the madam said if I would like to take the girl out for the night it would be ok for a fee of x number of dollars for the bar bill.

My question is when she says take her out what is she meaning, can you shed some light on this for me because at the beggining the madam said it was a Kareokee bar not a Go-GO

You've obviously led a very sheltered life up there in Bang Sue, so here's the difference.

Go-go bar; Has a stage full of girlies (usually) in various states of undress (depending on how much the owners bung the local fuzz) dancing (tenuous description) to pre-recorded music.

Kakarekoe (or however you want to spell it) bar; Has some drunken harpie clutching a microphone and wailing like a banshee to a backing track while reading from a television, in an attempt to shatter the most glasses/eardrums in the shortest amount of time.

The take-out bit is very much as Parker123 has it, except I think there's a buffalo in it somewhere.

Same principle as never date a girl with big hands. They will make your dick look small.

Allegedly!

I thought the girls with big hands ....... weren't ?

About as sharp as a marble.

A few clowns short of a circus.

Not the brightest bulb on the Christmas Tree.

An experiment in Artificial Stupidity.

He only has one oar in the water.

Dumber than a box of hair.

A few peas short of a casserole.

Doesn't have all her cornflakes in one box.

One Fruit Loop shy of a full bowl.

One taco short of a combination plate.

A few feathers short of a whole duck.

All foam, no beer.

The cheese slid off her cracker.

Body by Fisher, brains by Mattel.

Couldn't pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel.

He fell out of the Stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down.

An intellect rivaled only by garden tools.

As smart as bait.

Chimney's clogged.

Doesn't have all his dogs on one leash.

Her sewing machine's out of thread.

His antenna doesn't pick up all the channels.

His belt doesn't go through all the loops.

If she had another brain, it would be lonely.

Missing a few buttons on his remote control.

No grain in the silo.

Proof that evolution CAN go in reverse.

Receiver is off the hook.

Several nuts short of a full pouch.

Skylight leaks a little.

Slinky's kinked.

Surfing in Nebraska.

Too much yardage between the goal posts.

24 cents short of a quarter.

Last year customs and excise at Manchester airport confiscated 10 cartons of cigarttes from me I bought from Abu Dhabi airport. They told me that if I bring in more than 200 cigarettes from outside the EU again they might prosecute me. Well, i'm flying to the UK again soon and would like to take a few cartons of cigarttes with me, but am worried if they check me again they will make me stay in the UK until they prosecute me.

Does anyone know what the coarse of action is for second offenders?

So you are planning on deliberately breaking the law a second time? Is it just the smuggling laws which you feel don't apply to you, or are there some others on your 'ignore them' list?

"Pol.Col.Nopadol Wongnom, Pattaya superintendent, announced at a subsequent press briefing that police were conducting investigations into the background of the deceased and had so far found out that Mr.Nirut was notorious in Pattaya, where he been known as "Sia Rut Niran Grand". He had been running many illegal businesses, including non-governmental loans, football and other gambling concerns. Recently, due to cash flow problems, he had apparently become involved in Yah Ice (Methamphetamine). He had no permanent residence and often travelled between Pattaya and Chantaburi.

Pol.Col.Pairat Suphasawas, Deputy Commander of Chonburi Province, said it was an awful case of blatant, brutal aggression. Police will conduct a full investigation of the incident."

So they are going to conduct a full investigation into this 'blatant, brutal aggression', but were unable to investigate his illegal activities before?

"He was accused of stealing 11 brass giants off fire-hoses and four 25 kg. brass connectors, worth about Bt50,000, which had been found in his backpack."

That's some backpack!!

How can you not notice a garbage truck? You can smell them from 200 yards away!

They are also very general terms covering a whole range of possibilities ..........

It's also used by one of Captain Speaking's associates - "Bing bong, we have now landed at Swampyboom riap roi laeow". I take this as a quaint way to say the flight is all over, but I am hard-pressed to actually put it into English words we would use in that context.

Hardly a "rampage" is it? Anyway, I thought we were meant to be encouraging these 'quality' tourists who stay at 5 star hotels ..........

Iran must be more socially liberal than I thought that these two guys pose for a picture to illustrate a story about them both having a sex with a katoey.

My guess is that this would not be considered gay sex in their culture. I don't think they would be posing or even reporting if caught having gay sex with a man. I doubt they consider this a ladyboy a man or that there is anything homosexual about their behavior. They have a point.

Their both having a point

Anyway, my understanding of gay sex in their culture is that the giver isn't gay, but the receiver is.

True, some cultures often see it that way, such as Mexico, but keep in mind that those caught having homosexual sex in Iran, whatever the role, are subject to the death penalty. I don't think their law would see this as gay sex, but two men, they would. Iranians, please pipe in here. It is kind of scary that a country such as Iran, capable of such barbaric laws, is now so powerful regionally and even internationally.

http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2005/11/21/iran12072.htm

2 and a half blokes in one bed sounds suspiciously gay to me!

... and I just love the photo caption in the OP

Great - that's translated half the question. I feel suitably enlightened now having learnt a new word for the day. I'm from Yorkshire, and I'd never heard the word.

Now - does anyone have the slightest idea where Kumpawapi might be? Just out of interest, you understand, as it doesn't sound very Thai.

BTW Paul, I would guess the answer to your question is 'No' ...

After 29 views I just had to have a look why there were no replies. I see now: I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about.

Quote" Buddhist Lent Day marks the start of the three-month Buddhist Rains Retreat, usually between July and October. The request by the network for the Government to declare a No Alcohol Day is to promote the good traditional practice, in the same manner as the observance of “No Tobacco Day.” "

Just a thought - but why don't I hear about them banning sales of cancer sticks on certain days?

Ah - he wants 'shady elephant' yarn then?

Has anything changed? WEHO has gone missing ...........

This note says nothing about a nagging wife though. It says

"I love [possibbly name - can't read because of watermark] and child"

"Please look after the child"

"Love you always"

Seems Warachai also has a strange interpretation of the word 'friend'

To install security cameras apparently.....

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Beach-Road-T...ng-t199557.html

Prefer the trees myself!