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Apparently the new "government" have decided to re-name Phuket as Thailand Gulag.

When I was in my 20s I used to argue about anything and everything, especially politics. At my present (advanced) age, I would say that only about 10% of things in life are ever worth arguing about. Makes for a much more peaceful life. For example, does it really matter who wins the next American presidential election when we consider the fiction we all pretend to believe in, that one man (woman?) alone can actually govern 350 million people?

Precisely. Which is why all this "mattering" (wittering?) about "climate catastrophe" doesn't matter one whit.

Very Churchillian, if I may say so....

Clearly, your ignore button doesn't work very well if you are here telling us about ignoring poor old Bob.

The 99.9% of us on this thread who understand the joke about "good news at last" are nevertheless guilty of accepting as "truth" the basic position of the dubious journalism in the main story. My own suspicion is that there is no substance to this story whatsoever. How could a journalist know whether (or not) tourist numbers were affected by this B movie.? If the numbers were affected, it would make for a story about the ignorance of the average Chinese tourist and the sad state of education in the People's Republic.

I just hope that this banter about passport colours is part of a satirical wind-up, an oblique way to condemn this thin-end-of-the-wedge tripe about re-entering the Brussels bo££ocks.

Michael Connolly (the Hieronymous Bosch novels). Excellent policiers. Too bad he turned woke and pensioned off Bosch and replaced him with a woman. *metoo and all that.... The paintings (of the real Bosch) are utterly fascinating and scary.

An ex-gf of mine (from Roi Et) cared for her father (55) as he died of liver cancer from this deadly parasite. As a teacher of Biology at high school, maybe she is helping to reduce the incidence of this particular cancer.

Will he have to do a 90-day report?

Good-bye, Clarice: I'm having a friend for dinner.....

What have the Singaporeans ever done for us?....

Hope you survive your "abated" breath....

À la Jeffrey Epstein?

The red mist of a Liverpool F.C. supporter....that obscures the truth reflected from the mirror.

Sad to read this attempted self-justification of chronic stinginess.

If you receive good service and you expect to return to that restaurant soon, a good tip will ALWAYS guarantee even better service next time.

If you're American, she thinks you are powerful and have access to Mr Joe "Big Guy" Biden.

Dumb as sticks. But brilliant way to deter tourism...

Agree with yr second sentence. But it's unlikely that, given the conditions of life under Chinese communism, Chinese tourists would be much deterred by the problems of "democracy" in another country.

Spurs are too cheap a club to consider refunding the cost of tickets.

You mean Kegel surely???

I read recently (forget where) that 62% of German men pee sitting down. No idea why. But I tried it out myself and, mirabile dictu, I found that I felt somehow "better" after performing that (normally) feminine feat. I will be seeing my urologist in September and will ask him about this. It occurs to me (though it sounds like a conspiracy theory) that this method of urinating may be good for your general health. Maybe why, statistically, women live longer than men?!!!

Hope springs eternal. Revolutions of the past (France, Russia) began at a low profile level. Then proceeded to revolution "proper". Kerensky of the Mensheviks in Russia (Feb-Oct 1917), followed by Lenin and the Bolsheviks (November 1917 to 1989). This guy is the Thai Kerensky: solid member of the bourgeoisie, been to America and spika de English, and is a social democrat who will not upset the apple cart and (therefore) the real people who rule Thailand. He will be approved by the State Department. (Say no more.) Of course, his foes are not the Bolsheviks, but rather those who will watch carefully to ensure that their economic interests are not threatened. They will let him rule until he attempts to do something "democratic". Rinse and repeat.

Love all those decimal points. They lend an an air of ....authenticity to all those spinning numbers.