On 3/11/2026 at 8:42 PM, CharlieH said:

And lets not forget the traditional Thai "sniff kiss" - now that had to be mentioned 😄

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Anyone ever been on the receiving end of one of those ?

I never mind my 'kissables' being sniffed!

On 3/11/2026 at 2:34 PM, SoCal1990 said:

What I find humorous is how often you see them lying around, left behind in random places. On a table in a cafe. On a bench somewhere. At the gym next to a treadmill. By a sink in a public bathroom. It often looks like someone absent mindedly set it down after a quick nasal tune up and buggered off.

Not "absent mindedly", but might rather be polite sharing with someone – I presume you never been kindly offered a sniff from someone else's inhaler...

Talking about obsessions, when I first hit Pattaya I was obsessed with sniffing bar girls motor bike seats.

58 minutes ago, NONG CHOK said:

Talking about obsessions, when I first hit Pattaya I was obsessed with sniffing bar girls motor bike seats.

There is always a creepy one in every lot.

27 minutes ago, BilllyGOAT said:

There is always a creepy one in every lot.

He was seeking out anal leakage.

On 3/11/2026 at 8:34 PM, SoCal1990 said:

I have always been slightly baffled by Thailand’s long running love affair with menthol and camphor inhalers. Years ago you used to see people everywhere walking around with those little stick inhalers jammed up their nostrils. Often they would just leave them hanging there unattended like an ornamental piece of nose jewelry. Some of them even had that double barrel design so you could apparently ventilate both sides of your brain at the same time. Back then it was a common sight to see a Thai bloke hanging out of the window of one of those green Bangkok buses, traffic not moving, diesel fumes everywhere, and there he was with an inhaler stuffed up his nose like it was the last line of defense against the apocalypse.

Fast forward a couple of decades and Thailand seems to have upgraded the technology. Now the inhalers come in these little civilized canisters with a screw cap and a wide opening. Inside there is a mesh pouch filled with some mysterious mix of herbs, menthol, camphor, and whatever else they have thrown into the pot. You unscrew the lid, take a deep sniff, and apparently all is well with the universe again. People in the West normally use them when they have a cold, when their sinuses are blocked, or maybe when they feel dizzy, but in Thailand they seem to be everywhere all the time.

What I find humorous is how often you see them lying around, left behind in random places. On a table in a cafe. On a bench somewhere. At the gym next to a treadmill. By a sink in a public bathroom. It often looks like someone absent mindedly set it down after a quick nasal tune up and buggered off. The whole obsession seems slightly ridiculous to an outsider, but maybe they are onto something the rest of us have not unlocked yet. Either that, or Thailand has quietly become the world capital of recreational menthol inhalation and nobody bothered to inform the rest of the planet. 😄

Thai might not know of the existence of nose spray or maybe they are to stingy to buy a spray.

12 hours ago, NONG CHOK said:

Talking about obsessions, when I first hit Pattaya I was obsessed with sniffing bar girls motor bike seats.

Actually, I think you've got company.