Jookster Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Any why know why this is the case? Farrangs get eaten alive and Thai's hardly touched? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Gorgon Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Different smell, Jookster. You probably sweat the remains of cheese, meat grease, vodka. Very tasty to skitters. Drink lotsa water with minao every day. Lots of showers help, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jookster Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 I barely drink, I don't think its alcohol related. Minao is what? I shower lots too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattayatony Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Any why know why this is the case? Farrangs get eaten alive and Thai's hardly touched? They think we are just ATM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I barely drink, I don't think its alcohol related. Minao is what? I shower lots too "Manao" : small green lemon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momo8 Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 If as suggested in another thread the Thais are Xenophobic then the Thai Secret Service is controlling the mosquito population to eradicate farangs.Frogs were previously tried for this mission with poor results (see bitten by a frog thread) due to lack horny toads.The flip side of the satang is that Thais are very thick skinned so mosquitoes have to resort to finding softer fleshed prey.....just a thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Gorgon Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I barely drink, I don't think its alcohol related. Minao is what? I shower lots too Sorry, minao is the Thai lime. New farang do tend to attract the biters. I never had a prob with them, but everyone is different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Gorgon Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I barely drink, I don't think its alcohol related. Minao is what? I shower lots too "Manao" : small green lemon Thanks for the correction, Luckyluke. Yes, manao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfish Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Mossies are attracted/locate you by the heat your body gives off. Therefore if you are in a country hotter than you are used to you will naturally give off more body heat. Same goes if you are overweight. There is also something about being attracted to certain blood types, but I don't know how this fits in with the thais Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbowman1993 Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Not heat actually. Mosquitoes are attracted to carbon dioxide emissions, when you exhale. Bigger people with bigger lungs create more CO2, and attract them more. Thai food that features a lot of lemongrass can help, as lemongrass is a natural repellant, and your skin chemistry changes if you eat it regularly, which helps to ward them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmart Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I get bitten to bits by the little sods, and never knew why. Thanks for some good advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHarries Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Koh Samet for an hour after sundown they'd be bluddy murder biting me through my jeans even. Koh Samui first trip, Chaweng beach bungalow door blew open during a nightime storm. Me pissed and bolleaux naked on the bed plus 50 million mozzies. A trip I'll remember. Since then the little buggers don't bother me at all, can't remember last time I got bit. Probably got no blood left after Samui. Course it's only the females that bite, we blokes should be used to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Any why know why this is the case? Farrangs get eaten alive and Thai's hardly touched? well we like to try thai, indian, chinese food. thais like to try pizza burger schnitzel. Same for mosquitos, they like to try foreign food. Two solutions: Eat extrem amounts of garlic, you get rid of mosquitos and also human buggers. Or drink a lot of alcohol. There is no prove yet of reduced mosquitos bites, but you simply don't care about it anymore. Disadvantage is that if you are doing business here and you keep complete drunk all the time, you may loose some money. But if you are teacher or military than it is perfectly OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColPyat Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Why is it then that I, the farang rarely gets bitten, and if it rarely bothers me, while the wife, Thai, gets bitten to pieces. The wife is my best mozzie coil, when she's around the buggers ignore me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 You just notice them more, after the first week/month/year/decade you don't even feel them, your skin toughens up or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkangorito Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 In 1982 when I was living in Papua New Guinea, I used to take ample quantities of vitamin B Forte daily. I didn't get 1 single mozzy bite for the whole time I was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyoga Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 blood group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkangorito Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 blood group I don't think so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pampal Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 You don't want to be bitten, stop using deodorant soap and eau de cologne or any soap for that matter also shampoo doesn't help these things all smell like food for the insects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmanly Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Why is it then that I, the farang rarely gets bitten, and if it rarely bothers me, while the wife, Thai, gets bitten to pieces. The wife is my best mozzie coil, when she's around the buggers ignore me. I'm in the same boat, they get the missus first. I keep telling her that's because she's more tasty and my hairy arms and legs might have something to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomatopo Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 In 1982 when I was living in Papua New Guinea, I used to take ample quantities of vitamin B Forte daily. I didn't get 1 single mozzy bite for the whole time I was there. B-12/Brewer's Yeast can ward off some insects, especially fleas/ticks, although I'm not sure about mosquitos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Mossies are not fussy, they bite everybody. The only difference is how you skin reacts to it. People that were born here build up an immunity over time..... that's all. I enjoy the electric bat method of killing them, much more fun than spray or smoking coils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry57 Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 i know the answer to this complicated question. its because farang taste like chicken and are usually piss-ed up. the mossie gets a good feed and a hangover as well. choise mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChangMaiSausage Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Thaddeus I'm with you I dont mind mozzies especially when I have my bat next to me, in fact more the better. I used to be bitten all of the time and i still do but the bites don't seem to react the same way they used too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmart Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Why is it then that I, the farang rarely gets bitten, and if it rarely bothers me, while the wife, Thai, gets bitten to pieces. The wife is my best mozzie coil, when she's around the buggers ignore me. This ^^ maybe belongs in the; "You know you've been in Thailand too long when...." thread? I draw all the fire away from my missus. She will wake up unblemished whilst I look like Mr Lumpy at the Mozzies Buffet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobi Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Why is it then that I, the farang rarely gets bitten, and if it rarely bothers me, while the wife, Thai, gets bitten to pieces. The wife is my best mozzie coil, when she's around the buggers ignore me. I'm in the same boat, they get the missus first. I keep telling her that's because she's more tasty and my hairy arms and legs might have something to do with it. The Mobi mansion gets mozzies for about an hour around sunset. They never bite me, but my Thai wife and son get bitten to pieces if they venture outside. Strange - the little darlin's must be practising reverse xenophobia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColPyat Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Why is it then that I, the farang rarely gets bitten, and if it rarely bothers me, while the wife, Thai, gets bitten to pieces. The wife is my best mozzie coil, when she's around the buggers ignore me. This ^^ maybe belongs in the; "You know you've been in Thailand too long when...." thread? I draw all the fire away from my missus. She will wake up unblemished whilst I look like Mr Lumpy at the Mozzies Buffet... Very possibly. In our house it's also generally me who has broken all toilet seats by squatting on them... Two years ago i was for the first time in the Phillippines, for a few days, and i was bitten to pieces because as usual, i didn't take any repellent or something around. So, i can somewhat empathize...but it still is convenient having someone around who attracts all the attention of the buggers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidjtayler Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Garlic, chillies and alcohol .. not necessarily in that order but in vast quantities .. that will keep them away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baht Simpson Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 You don't want to be bitten,stop using deodorant soap and eau de cologne or any soap for that matter also shampoo doesn't help these things all smell like food for the insects That'll keep the mozzies away. And other people I would think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_r Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 In 1982 when I was living in Papua New Guinea, I used to take ample quantities of vitamin B Forte daily. I didn't get 1 single mozzy bite for the whole time I was there. B-12/Brewer's Yeast can ward off some insects, especially fleas/ticks, although I'm not sure about mosquitos? I've heard about taking vitamin B to repel mosquitos too. It's something to do with altering the smell of the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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