1 minute ago, FolkGuitar said:

Yes, I do read your replies to people's posts. They are comical. Almost absurd. 

I just don't bother to read your original posts. Those aren't worth the time.

Yet you read fake ones from Lewie. How absurd. I guess the real world is too much for you to deal with. 

35 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Sure

Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) - Tavris & Armonson

Abnormal Psychology - Comer

Delusions. Understanding The UN-Understandable - Halligan & Oakley. 

 

Suggest you do some reading as well. 

 

So much bickering and nit-picking.  It is a story; literature.  Some of it may be real; some/all fictitious.  Quit carping over whether it's been raining or not; whether there's football on TV.  Enjoy or ignore.  The writer has a distinctive voice, a decent stock of images and his stories are often topical.

1 hour ago, FolkGuitar said:

Yes, I do read your replies to people's posts. They are comical. Almost absurd. 

I just don't bother to read your original posts. Those aren't worth the time.

 

1 hour ago, Harrisfan said:

Yet you read fake ones from Lewie. How absurd. I guess the real world is too much for you to deal with. 

 

LOL! I read 'fake' stories often!  I enjoy them!

The genre is called 'Fiction.'  I also read non-fiction from time to time, but for a good laugh or a fine mystery, I prefer fiction, especially those with series by the same author.
Stories don't have to be 'real' to enjoy them, which is perhaps why many libraries have entire rooms devoted to just fiction.
 

Just now, FolkGuitar said:

 

 

LOL! I read 'fake' stories often!  I enjoy them!

The genre is called 'Fiction.'  I also read non-fiction from time to time, but for a good laugh or a fine mystery, I prefer fiction, especially those with series by the same author.
Stories don't have to be 'real' to enjoy them, which is perhaps why many libraries have entire rooms devoted to just fiction.
 

Read my one on Phuket 

5 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

All fake. Not even funny.

Awww, honey, are you sad your little attempt at copying LL failed?

5 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Strangers sit beside you in bars to watch football on a Tuesday? Not much thought went into his fake story.

 

Where is the humour? All 25 year old cliches. 

Such utter foolishness from you. On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, Thai television broadcast a soccer match live. It was the Thailand U‑23 vs. Myanmar U‑23 clash in the 2025 ASEAN U‑23 Championship at 20:00 (8 PM). It aired on True Sports 2, with additional coverage via platforms like TrueVisions Now, AIS Play, Thairath TV, and True Ball Thai 9. 

2 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Read my one on Phuket 

Fake.

4 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Yet you read fake ones from Lewie. How absurd. I guess the real world is too much for you to deal with. 

Meanwhile you are copying Lewie's topics, word for word. 

25 minutes ago, hankypankee said:

Such utter foolishness from you. On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, Thai television broadcast a soccer match live. It was the Thailand U‑23 vs. Myanmar U‑23 clash in the 2025 ASEAN U‑23 Championship at 20:00 (8 PM). It aired on True Sports 2, with additional coverage via platforms like TrueVisions Now, AIS Play, Thairath TV, and True Ball Thai 9. 

Lewie watches that? Err no.

6 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Lewie watches that? Err no.

No idea, but you’re just trolling and spreading misinformation. And you are copying his posts. 

4 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Yet you read fake ones from Lewie. How absurd. I guess the real world is too much for you to deal with. 

What a totaly loser you actually are. Caught copying other peoples  work, hahahahaha  What a total loser you are.  But we all knew that anyway,you are a toal tosser.

4 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Yet you read fake ones from Lewie. How absurd.

Look at your level of desperation, Susan. How pathetic. Lifting Lewie's post now and passing it off as your own? You’ll stoop to any kind of trolling just to get attention.

 

I didn’t think anyone would sink that low just to be noticed. Clearly, I underestimated you.

24 minutes ago, hankypankee said:

No idea, but you’re just trolling and spreading misinformation. And you are copying his posts. 

His posts are made up dude. Don't tell me you believe them and that he sits in a bar to watch an under 23s match while some random guy tells a ladyboy story. Come on man. These stories are 20 years old. 

Your problem is you just sat there and became a sponge for this guy's problems. Boy, you do it well. Nobody can take it like you can. I'm sure he feels better now, but what about you?

22 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

His posts are made up dude. Don't tell me you believe them and that he sits in a bar to watch an under 23s match while some random guy tells a ladyboy story. Come on man. These stories are 20 years old. 

 

Could be, but not the point. If his posts are so bad, why are you copying them? Can’t you come up with your own ideas to get views? Taking someone else’s content and passing it off as your own is lazy and it’s wrong on every level.

1 minute ago, hankypankee said:

 

Could be, but not the point. If his posts are so bad, why are you copying them? Can’t you come up with your own ideas to get views? Taking someone else’s content and passing it off as your own is lazy and it’s wrong on every level.

I was taking the piss. You must be a newbie. Stickman did this stuff 20 years ago.

6 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

I was taking the piss. You must be a newbie. Stickman did this stuff 20 years ago.

No, what you did is wrong. And it wasn't funny or entertaining. You are only breaking the site's rules and you are stealing somebody else's property. That's why your topics were stopped. Do you think you have some special right to do what you did? Do you have zero regard for others? You must not know anything.

 

I won't respond to you again. 

25 minutes ago, hankypankee said:

No, what you did is wrong. And it wasn't funny or entertaining. You are only breaking the site's rules and you are stealing somebody else's property. That's why your topics were stopped. Do you think you have some special right to do what you did? Do you have zero regard for others? You must not know anything.

 

I won't respond to you again. 

I did not steal anything. It's not copyright. Stop embarrassing yourself. He is using a made up name with fake stories. If he posted under a real name then copyright would apply except for fair use. Fair use is a legal doctrine that allows limited use of copyrighted works without permission, particularly for purposes like commentary, criticism, and education. Copyright laws are to stop others profiting from the work of others. Banter on a forum would never make it past a lawyer. I studied law. 

9 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

What footy is on Tuesday? 

 

Football fixture for next tuesday.

 

https://footystats.org/tuesday/

 

4 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Read my one on Phuket 

Where? 

31 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

I studied law. 

Of course you did.....

 

What you mean is you looked up the likely sentence you'd get for that first time you got arrested for stealing ladies underwear off their washing line and perving at them through their bathroom window.

 

I don't exactly call that studying law.

2 minutes ago, Keeps said:

Of course you did.....

 

What you mean is you looked up the likely sentence you'd get for that first time you got arrested for stealing ladies underwear off their washing line and perving at them through their bathroom window.

 

I don't exactly call that studying law.

What a creepy post. Those activities must go through your mind.

10 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

What a creepy post. Those activities must go through your mind.

Nah, just had access to your criminal record. I know people - can get my hands on most things when needed. 

 

Those other things you did - that is just sick. Lucky you didn't go down for a long time for those offences. 

Just now, Keeps said:

Nah, just had access to your criminal record. I know people - can get my hands on most things when needed. 

 

Those other things you did - that is just sick. Lucky you didn't go down for a long time for those offences. 

You're creepy dude. Thanks for letting us know so we can avoid you.

On 7/23/2025 at 5:09 AM, Lewie London said:

Right then, picture the scene lads. I’m sittin’ in me Buakhao local yesterday, nice corner stool, ice cold Leo in me hand, just enjoyin’ a bit of peace and quiet after a day of scorchin’ heat, swamp arse, and baht-bus fumes. Not a care in the world, just me, the beer goin' in me gob, and a bit of ceiling-fan therapy. 

 

Then along comes this geezer, proper sweaty mess, eyes like a kicked puppy. I first clocked him as an Aussie, but nah, wasn't. Lad was from The Old Country. Suddenly the bloke just plonks himself right next to me like I'm his long-lost aunt.

 

Next thing I know, he’s chewin’ me ear off like a starvin' rat on a block of cheddar. Bangin’ on about how he's retired RAF and how the bloody British Embassy’s just ruined his life.
 

I’m sittin’ there noddin’ politely, thinkin’ maybe they’ve lost his passport renewal application or somethin’ normal. Nah. Turns out the tragedy of his life is that he went marchin’ in there with his Thai concubine, ready to sign the visa guarantee papers and jet off to the land of Greggs and drizzle together… only to have his plans dashed when the visa officer asks him all polite-like if he reckons he's gonna be applyin’ for a same-sex marriage visa. 

 

I nearly spat me beer out. Poor sod was gobsmacked, says it hit him like a double-decker bus with no brakes. All this time thinkin’ he was romancin’ a lady, turns out he was balls-deep in a post-op unit and never clocked it. Now he’s sittin’ there wailin’ into his pint, heartbroken, moanin’ on about broken dreams, scams, and false hopes, like I’m gonna whip out me violin and play him a sad little tune, FFS.

 

And then came the kicker, lads. Right in the middle of his oversized meltdown he leans in, dead serious, like we’re havin’ some big philosophical debate, and asks me, “Lewie mate… be straight with me, yeah, does this make me gay then?” Like I’m fekkin bloody Professor Freud sittin’ there with a pint instead of a pipe in me hand. Right, I just stared at him, wonderin’ how I’d gone from enjoyin’ me quiet beer to bein’ dragged into a full-blown existential identity crisis.

 

Meanwhile, I’m half smilin' like a bloke who gives a toss when all I really want is five minutes of peace to watch me footy on the telly without bein’ dragged into someone’s love-loss hormone disaster. Look mate, we aren't besties, and I came for a cold one, not a front-row seat to your gender discovery meltdown.

 

That’s Pattaya for ya though. One minute you’re mindin’ your own, next minute you’re a therapist for some geezer who only found out what was under the hood after he'd already took it for a spin around the block and back 100 times.

When I encounter weak, pathetic individuals who are complaining and moaning to me as a complete stranger I cut them off within a minute or two. I tell them that I have zero interest in hearing their life story, much less their woes. If they want to talk to me about their adventures I might be interested in that, but zero interest in listening to a bitching session, especially from a complete stranger. 

 

We all have problems, we all have issues, aches and pains, worries and stress, however it is way over the line to burden strangers or even friends with that stuff. If we have an issue that I need to get some advice on from a good friend and they're willing to listen and hear me out, that's okay.

 

But to start bitching and moaning on random occasions? Nobody wants to hear it. Suck it up. Man up. Don't be a weak pussy. 

On 7/23/2025 at 7:56 AM, Lacessit said:

Lewie, please. It is p!ssing rain all over Thailand, even the frogs are drowning.

 

Scorching heat? I am reaching for a jacket. I have put my socks on for breakfast.

 

If you want your stories to have verisimilitude, pay attention to the current climatic conditions. It's the monsoon season.

Hot and sunny on koh Samui…..

If the story is fiction, which I’m sure it is, I still got a great laugh lout of it. You have a great sense of humor. I am glad you portrayed the  character as a  Pommy  not an Aussie. Great writing, keep it up

On 7/23/2025 at 5:09 AM, Lewie London said:

Right then, picture the scene lads. I’m sittin’ in me Buakhao local yesterday, nice corner stool, ice cold Leo in me hand, just enjoyin’ a bit of peace and quiet after a day of scorchin’ heat, swamp arse, and baht-bus fumes. Not a care in the world, just me, the beer goin' in me gob, and a bit of ceiling-fan therapy. 

 

Then along comes this geezer, proper sweaty mess, eyes like a kicked puppy. I first clocked him as an Aussie, but nah, wasn't. Lad was from The Old Country. Suddenly the bloke just plonks himself right next to me like I'm his long-lost aunt.

 

Next thing I know, he’s chewin’ me ear off like a starvin' rat on a block of cheddar. Bangin’ on about how he's retired RAF and how the bloody British Embassy’s just ruined his life.
 

I’m sittin’ there noddin’ politely, thinkin’ maybe they’ve lost his passport renewal application or somethin’ normal. Nah. Turns out the tragedy of his life is that he went marchin’ in there with his Thai concubine, ready to sign the visa guarantee papers and jet off to the land of Greggs and drizzle together… only to have his plans dashed when the visa officer asks him all polite-like if he reckons he's gonna be applyin’ for a same-sex marriage visa. 

 

I nearly spat me beer out. Poor sod was gobsmacked, says it hit him like a double-decker bus with no brakes. All this time thinkin’ he was romancin’ a lady, turns out he was balls-deep in a post-op unit and never clocked it. Now he’s sittin’ there wailin’ into his pint, heartbroken, moanin’ on about broken dreams, scams, and false hopes, like I’m gonna whip out me violin and play him a sad little tune, FFS.

 

And then came the kicker, lads. Right in the middle of his oversized meltdown he leans in, dead serious, like we’re havin’ some big philosophical debate, and asks me, “Lewie mate… be straight with me, yeah, does this make me gay then?” Like I’m fekkin bloody Professor Freud sittin’ there with a pint instead of a pipe in me hand. Right, I just stared at him, wonderin’ how I’d gone from enjoyin’ me quiet beer to bein’ dragged into a full-blown existential identity crisis.

 

Meanwhile, I’m half smilin' like a bloke who gives a toss when all I really want is five minutes of peace to watch me footy on the telly without bein’ dragged into someone’s love-loss hormone disaster. Look mate, we aren't besties, and I came for a cold one, not a front-row seat to your gender discovery meltdown.

 

That’s Pattaya for ya though. One minute you’re mindin’ your own, next minute you’re a therapist for some geezer who only found out what was under the hood after he'd already took it for a spin around the block and back 100 times.

What's this "me" instead of "my"? I'm not part of the grammar police, but this just spoils the reading altogether.

On 7/23/2025 at 8:32 AM, Harrisfan said:

All fake. Not even funny.

Unlike your erudite and witty posts eh Aris?