You Haven't Lived In Thailand Long Enough If...

[kennw]

8 hours ago, AquaThai said:

Yeah, the author of this article is spewing trashy sarcasm....  the ways if the world are many, but the authors vision is narrow!

Then obviously you hav'nt been here long enough, enjoy the comments they have taken years to accumulate.

[unblocktheplanet]

8 hours ago, northsouthdevide said:

If you still use a knife for anything other than buttering bread.

Or if you dig the ground without being aware that there may be a blue water pipe just below the surface.

(which I did this morning) ????

What's butter? And we had to brush our teeth with the water left in the martini shaker that night!

[JamieM]

You believe that it's her brother.

[UKJASE]

if you post cheerful comments on TVF ????

[richard_smith237]

IF.... You haven’t seen at least 5 of these threads crop up before already !!!!!  ????

 

 

[Leaver]

if you actually think you have a right to live here, past a sticker in your passport. 

 

Of course, it's still perfectly fine to buy property you can never truly own here, and invest in businesses you can't even work in.  ????

[fangless]

You (still) believe every massage and bar girls who tells you you are "Hansome Man"

[Surelynot]

You haven't Lived In Thailand Long Enough If............you think your bar bill is going to be less than a 1000 baht.

Edited June 6, 2021 by Surelynot

[thaibeachlovers]

18 hours ago, RocketDog said:

You think a vehicle driving the wrong way down the shoulder of the road has taken a wrong turn.

You think the road shoulder ISN'T the m'bike lane.

[MadMuhammad]

 

You haven't lived in Thailand long enough if.....
 

you still gag or get watery eyes when you ride through a cloud of weapons grade chilli fumes from a random street food cart 

[MadMuhammad]

 

You haven't lived in Thailand long enough if.....
 

you still tink too mutt 

[thaibeachlovers]

14 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

What's butter? And we had to brush our teeth with the water left in the martini shaker that night!

If you DON'T have a couple of those big bottles of drinking water just in case.

[thaibeachlovers]

If you think music on setting 11 is too loud.

[RocketDog]

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

You think the road shoulder ISN'T the m'bike lane.

I said vehicle, meaning cars, trucks, and bikes. I've seen all three going the wrong way against traffic and I bet you have too. So yes, I think vehicles going against traffic flow are extremely hazardous regardless of what lane or shoulder they are on.

 

Are your purposely ignoring the intent of my post? 'wrong way' is the key phrase.

 

Feel free to explain your comment. Better yet, let's just drop it.

[Kinnock]

If .....

 

You don't have 10 different Thai phrases to say you've already eaten

 

You don't have at least 6 plastic cups full of red elastic bands

 

You need to hold the grab rail when riding a motorcycle taxi

 

You are still disappointed that there turns out to be denim shorts under what you thought was a mini dress

 

[richard_smith237]

IF..... You step out of the way of the motorcycle riding down the pavement, narrowly avoiding a vat of boiling hot oil, before ducking under the hanging cables and stepping over the broken drain cover, before walking up a couple of steps, stepping over the dog in the doorway and hearing ‘da...dadaaaah.... then 'Sawatdeekaaaaah’ and not having any other thought in the world other than feeling welcomed by the blast of cold air down your neck....  

 

IF you don’t know the shop I am referring to in the above comment !

 

 

 

[bankruatsteve]

If you don't point with your lips.  ????

[ThailandRyan]

You believe your GF's husband is really her brother.

[DaLa]

You believe your business partner ( with a post grad in business studies) knows the difference between turnover, gross and net profit.

[NancyL]

On 6/5/2021 at 11:51 AM, NCC1701A said:

.....

been robbed by your cat. 

 

 

 

 

and been pranked by your cat

 

In addition to robbing us, as evidenced by what we find in her stashes whenever we move a major piece of furniture and discover missing small items, she has a trick of hiding from us and making us think she somehow escaped from the condo.  She won't come out when called, we can't find her anywhere and it doesn't help that she'd mostly black, so it's hard to locate her in drawers and closets.

 

We went through this a few times.  After several hours, we went to the building staff, offering a 500 baht reward for her return, showing them her picture and soon they were bringing us random cats to claim the reward.  Eventually she'd show up in the middle of the condo like nothing had happened.

 

Now we just ignore her and eventually she shows up when she gets hungry or has to use the litter box.  I think she's found a place to hide up in the couch or mattress.  If only she wouldn't try to get out every time the front door is open.  

[connda]

......if you haven't spent at least one Rain Retreat as an ordained monk.

[connda]

18 hours ago, UKJASE said:

if you post cheerful comments on TVF ????

...if you haven't created another TVF account in order to post cheerful comments.

[BenDeCosta]

1 hour ago, DaLa said:

You believe your business partner ( with a post grad in business studies) knows the difference between turnover, gross and net profit.

 

And that same person tells you to increase prices when your product isn't selling.

[StevieAus]

On 6/5/2021 at 11:39 AM, RafPinto said:

Or pineapple jam on her fried eggs.

 

Can it be any worse than Americans putting maple syrup on bacon, matter of taste I suppose ?

[cooked]

On 6/5/2021 at 4:51 AM, Led Lolly Yellow Lolly said:

Have you ever seen a middle aged farang male trying to dance Thai style? I don't think there's anything in this life more ridiculous than that.

Yeah, right, go and sit in a corner drinking beer, when I go to a wedding (or funeral), they know I'll dance. 

Ridiculous? A Farang that thinks he can do rock and roll.

[earlinclaifornia]

On 6/5/2021 at 4:09 PM, Presnock said:

Yeah I have done most of those things too.  I lived and worked in many countries, kept a log of good and bad and finally ended up deciding on Thailand when I retired 16 years ago and haven't regretted it at all.  I don't like "burning season" nor the 90-day report but other than that I have no real complaints.  I love it here and think that I always will.  I have been through many of the changes of govt during my working days as well as now in retirement and even with the changes, most things just stay the same.  As I see, around the world not that many people seem happy with their govt either so I don't complain about the govt here at all.

Sabai Sabai

[thaibeachlovers]

On 6/6/2021 at 6:59 PM, RocketDog said:

I said vehicle, meaning cars, trucks, and bikes. I've seen all three going the wrong way against traffic and I bet you have too. So yes, I think vehicles going against traffic flow are extremely hazardous regardless of what lane or shoulder they are on.

 

Are your purposely ignoring the intent of my post? 'wrong way' is the key phrase.

 

Feel free to explain your comment. Better yet, let's just drop it.

"You" was generic and not specific to you, as in the context of the thread.

Ie  you-havent-lived-in-thailand-long-enough-if you think the road shoulder ISN'T the m'bike lane.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 6/7/2021 at 11:01 AM, StevieAus said:

Can it be any worse than Americans putting maple syrup on bacon, matter of taste I suppose ?

That is one of the few good culinary ideas that Americans have had. I was a fan of bacon and syrup.

[Pilotman]

you think that you are going to get the Covid vaccine of your choice any time soon

[jomtienisgood]

On 6/6/2021 at 4:35 PM, ThailandRyan said:

You believe your GF's husband is really her brother.

Or the other way around.