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Just now, ResandePohm said:

Enlighten me George. Which country ids that?

With some embarrassment, georgrmadman, claims he's from Oz.

If you care to research some of his earlier posts, replies, you'll see he can actually string a sentence together with reasonable English & grammar.

This nonsense script he uses now is just his way of getting his jollies. I think his meds have run out.

Just now, georgemandm said:

One more who has a problem in his life .

Na, no problem. Just trying to wind you up, like you try & wind up other members on here.

1 minute ago, georgemandm said:

Read it , how can it be racist if I ask what country you are from are you on  drugs .

give me idea about your up bring.

 

Hey falang George. Go take your meds & have a lie down. Don't want you to burst a valve.

Hope you get better soon.

Cheers.....     farang Mal.

4 minutes ago, little mary sunshine said:

This is about soy milk...not cow milk...

You're missing the point. MILK is only available from lactating mammals.

You might have soy something, but it's NOT milk.

Milk is only available from lactating mammals. Not nuts & beans.

You sending matchbox size or fridge size ?  Might make a difference.

Why not ask the bus company ???

5 minutes ago, outsider said:

 

Very true. The Thais do love to remove their shoes and sandals and air their feet and this is done even in nice cafes and restaurants. Of course they don't put it up on the table or delibrately use it as a pointing device, but they do cross their feet and sometimes, in more casual (but no less nice) cafes, actually sit cross-legged on the sofas. When this is done, the soles of their feet face up and out, for everyone to see. I don't see anyone, much less a Thai, being offended by that?

 

My colleague in the office loves to sit on her folded legs, Japanese style, on her office chair and when she does that, the soles of her feet is like an open book to the rest of the office. I once asked her and another Thai friend, if that was considered rude if done outside, and they both asked where I heard that from! They did add that it IS rude, if you delibrately show the sole of your feet at/to someone else, or worse, use your foot to call out to other people i.e. nudge the person next to you with your foot. It's also rude to delibrately touch anything with your feet. But it's ok if you're just exposing your feet to get some air in between the toes.

 

Back to this offending tourist's foot. To be fair, there is a lack of courtesy on the part of the tourist if I'm honest, and it's damned unsightly, if I must, but I personally don't think it's downright disrespectful or insulting. I've seen Thais themselves do it, sticking their feet out the windows of their vans and lorries while catching a power-nap or something.

 

As I mentioned in my earlier post, this 'uproar' is typical herd behaviour of the internet/keyboard warriors who put on this holier-than-thou cloak and get on their high-horses whenever they're anonymous behind their laptop screens, but are otherwise just as guilty of causing, in some form or manner, minor irritations to their fellow humans when they're out and about. A herd that should be largely ignored, in my opinion.

 

 

Amen !

47 minutes ago, AGareth2 said:

shouldn't that read uneducated?

Nope ! Educated know it as an idiosyncrasy to most older Thais & some Arab countries. This is the 21st century. Most old, odd ball, customs & idiosyncrasies die a natural death over time.

The "foot guy" wasn't directing his feet at anyone in particular, no intended insult. This thread is being hijacked by the holier than thou brigade.

I still think he was just waiting for a tow truck. 

Who's trying to save face. Just another unintelligent Thai idiosyncrasy foreign to most educated people.

31 minutes ago, chiang mai said:

If you pay attention you'll notice that Thai's who take off their shoes and sit cross-legged are not pointing their feet forward at the people they are facing, ditto when Thai's take off their shoes in the temple and sit, they all do so with their feet pointing backwards, not pointing in the same direction as they are facing. Are you slowly getting the picture yet! BTW post 41 wasn't an intelligent response so I've ignored it.

No sense of humour ? Loosen up, you're taking all this foot stuff way too serious. You really did get off on the wrong foot this morning.

16 hours ago, lonewolf99 said:

Good monks in ....bad monks out.......

 

religion...currently the root of all evil.....globally.

 

 

Good people do good things.

Evil people do evil things.

For good people to do evil things....that takes religion.

6 minutes ago, chiang mai said:

That's an intelligent response, if you don't want, need to or can't understand local custom, why even bother to reply! Others do however.

I've already posted 2 intelligent replies. #'s 41 & 63.

Like I said in my first reply. The guy isn't pointing his feet at anyone in particular, same as sitting bare foot, cross leg, in a public place.

Lighten up, you're making a fool of yourself.

8 minutes ago, chiang mai said:

I am very very surprised how many people in this thread did not know the act is disrespectful and how many think it is not.

 

There's a big difference between laying on the beach and allowing your feet to be seen, and, taking off your shoes and sticking them out of the window to show everyone your feet!

 

For those of you who think it is not, try asking a local Thai or two and see what they tell you, simply, you are not correct.

11 hours ago, mduras01 said:

Totally. The first time I got a cold here, I caught it twice in a row! And it was nearly as sticky as my ex.


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Wouldn't twice in a row be just one big cold ?

15 hours ago, Sparkles said:

My wife buys 5 different soy beans from Makro and makes her own using a blender ,muslin and warming process.

 

Tastes pretty good to us.At 75 I stopped worrying about misinformation on what's healthy and what's not a decade ago

Wow, only 5 beans. Five beans wouldn't produce much. If your name was Jack you could exchange for a cow.

12 hours ago, Bangkok or bust said:

I hate seeing this. I wish police would save these kids.

Dad is probably the local cop.

12 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Invention of the bucket seat.

17 hours ago, AGareth2 said:

deport him

for showing disrespect to Thailand!

Maybe he's just looking out for a tow truck ???

4 hours ago, AGareth2 said:

deport him

for showing disrespect to Thailand!

So what about all the Thais who remove their shoes & sit cross leg on chair in a restaurant or the like ? Is that any different from what the guy in the van is doing ?

Just wondering.

Have you thought about hire car & drive yourself ?

19 minutes ago, roo860 said:

Poke him in the eye, no sorry, that's how you make a Venitian blind!!!!

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Spoil sport. The Venitian blind was going to be the next one.  

I'd just buy some eggs. The whites are almost always liquid, if raw.

11 hours ago, roo860 said:

 

 

Bit of a Malt teaser eh?

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Hey Roo, how do ya make a Maltese Cross ?