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7 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

No rare mirrors or brain failure? Wait, i see the car has rare mirrors, so it has to be brain failure. Total surprise....

'Rare' mirror - one that is seldom used.

Definitely not a New Zealander - more likely American or Canadian.

I had a discussion along these lines with my Thai sister-in-law some years ago. The attitude seems to be that it's in a man's nature to be a sexual predator and there's not much that can be done about it. On the other hand, she regarded girlie magazines as the height of perversion!

Population control in action...

She's very modestly dressed - not at all what you'd expect if she was looking for customers!

A useful lesson was learned. They're unlikely to do it again.

17 minutes ago, HLover said:

Or at a foot massage parlor.

Going in for the Half-Price Special, no doubt.

He was pretty quick to jump across and sit looking innocent before Mum turned up!

Lucky escape and lessons learned.

A very sensible way to stay cool...

39 minutes ago, mok199 said:

why would you call the woman a prostitute....that is just ignorant ...

She made her living through selling herself for sexual services. What else would you call her - Social Worker, perhaps?

He's said to be riding pillion on a bike driven by an accomplice - the photo shows him driving a motorbike with a full description of it.

Could it be that someone is confused? Surely not!

I'm sure they mean well, but have the students learned to say 'I'm sorry, I don't understand' without losing face? It is typical of earlier generations to give the assurance 'Leave it to me, I can fix it!' when they haven't a clue what they're doing, but then they can't back down without suffering humiliation, sometimes risking a disaster. More information is required.

2 hours ago, Prbkk said:

But of course it doesn't act as a deterrent, proven time after time around the world. It might meet the need for vengeance, might make people feel safer...but it will not serve any useful purpose .

If it makes people feel safer, then it's serving a useful purpose.

6 hours ago, stubuzz said:

You can legally film government officials.

Try telling that to the cops in America!

Among the Five Precepts, there is  an undertaking 'not to take that which is not freely given'. Perhaps she's never heard of it...

On 1/25/2017 at 8:32 AM, boomerangutang said:

Men with wives and girlfriends pay for it also.  Probably a lot more than Bt.2,500 a pop.   An extreme example:  James Cameron, director of blockbuster movies, was married for several months to Linda Hamilton, but when they divorced, she strolled away with a cool $50 million. 

That's <deleted> extortion

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"Market Forces" translation:  We do it because we can get away with it.

10 hours ago, EnlightenedAtheist said:

The 2014 poll revealed that Britons were generally clueless, but I don't want to spoil the party! Well! No worries! By now, everyone should be under the table signing "I've Got a Luvverly Bunch of Coconuts"! WOW! Coconuts! I didn't know!

 

1. Teenage pregnancy: the British think one in six (16%) of all teenage girls aged 15-19 give birth each year, when the actual figure is only 3%.
2. Muslims: we hugely over-estimate the proportion of Muslims in Britain – we think one in five British people are Muslims (21%) when the actual figure is 5% (one in twenty).
3. Christians: in contrast, we underestimate the proportion of Christians - we think 39% of the country identify themselves as Christian compared with the actual figure of 59%.
4. Immigration: we think 24% of the population are immigrants – which is nearly twice the real figure of 13%.
5. Ageing population: we think the British population is much older than it actually is – the average estimate is that 37% of the population are 65+, when it is in fact only 17%.
6. Voting: we underestimate the proportion of the electorate that voted in the last general election - the average guess is 49% when the official turnout was much higher at 66%.
7. Unemployment: we think nearly 24% of the working age population are unemployed when the actual figure is much lower at 7%.
8. Life expectancy: we overestimate our life expectancy by three years, thinking the average for a child born in 2014 will be 83 years, when the actual estimate is 80 years.
9. Murder rates: we are however one of the best informed countries on the murder rate: 49% saying it is falling (which is correct), and only 25% think it is rising

Then you should ask: do these results indicate ignorance or simply that the population is misinformed as to statistical data? Where are they supposed to get their information from - can they trust the media? If they can't, then what are they supposed to do?

10 hours ago, bimmerbob said:

Sometimes, ignorance is bliss!

Some of these polls are stupid.

How about a poll for common sense?

My old Grandad used to say 'There's no such thing as common sense - if common sense was common, there'd be more of it about!'

13 hours ago, tcris52 said:

Not at all surprised. The US elected Donald Trump. I'm a little surprised at the UK being rated so high after the Brexit vote.

The Brexit vote doesn't indicate ignorance - just gullibility!

30 minutes ago, IMA_FARANG said:

As an American I know how blissfully ignorant many Americns are  with knowledge of their own country and it's own real history and   palce in the world.

I have to get used to that abd the silly questions I am asked by Americans when they hear I live in Thailand.

Quwstions like , "How much snow did you have in Thailand at Christmas this year?" and " Do they all speak Chinese there in Thailand?"

And questions like that gome from University graduates.

As an educated American , that kind of ignotance is dpressing to me.

That is one of the reasons I can not concieve of going back to live in the U.S. permanently.

 

 

I encountered the same sort of ignorance from a New Zealander who demanded to know how Thais traditionally celebrate Christmas. She simply refused to believe that Buddhists don't observe Christian festivals (except as a commercial event)

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99 times? Could this be an exaggeration? Who was keeping count?

He will probably behave next time.

I cannot believe I am saying this, but I actually believe the taxi driver.

I would too if she had been dropped off in the street somewhere etc..but at what's obviously her apartment she would be easily found and caught if doing a runner..this is discounting she says she left her bag in the taxi...can't prove that from behind a keyboard lol..

Who is to say it's 'obviously her apartment'? She waited until his back was turned and went to recover her bag in order to do a runner - and still didn't have the money she owed. If her intentions were honest, she would have explained her situation to the driver before the journey.