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Fascinating topic with some great examples (Nignoy's :o in particular; also the story from Vietnam as well as the OP).

It really can be quite disturbing to see how differently members of the human species can react, and intriuging to try to figure out which situations might or might not provoke laughter in Asians.

Has anyone acculturated to the extent of finding themselves joining in or is that an impossibility ? ?

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The answer is yes of course I spoke to my wife, but mine wasn't serious. I certainly didn't question my friends wife other then to tell in the future to understand he could die. That it was serious. Her answer who cares he has life insurance.

I guess that could bring up a entire new topic, of why we accept things like that. I guess that would come under the heading of something else I don't understand. Beyond explaining the seriousness of the situation, that came unde the heading of not my business. So thats where it stopped.

My wife did apologize to me. Believe me I would have never reacted the same way she did under the same set of circumstances. You see I do love here and when she has a painful experience I'm concerend for her. Is it a cultural thing I have no idea. To me illustrates a very non caring attitude an lack of compasion for others.

She see one drop of blood on me she's off to get the first aid supplies. For some odd reason that really seems to excite Asain people I have met in my life.

I beleive that there are many good things about the Asian culture I also believe there are good things wihtin the western culture. To me it's a better home that blends the two.

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A friend wrote this kind of makes you wonder why you should worry about Moma's sick buffalo.

"I remember when I was here permanently for about 2 months.I am living in the family home with my fiancee at the time!Their was an older lady named Nue that was the neighborhood collector of ''junk'',cardboard,old clothes,metal etc.She was kind of a family friend and would stop by in the ''hot'' part of the day to chat and take a nap.

One day her home,stored with cardboard,burned down and took 2 neighbors house with it.The neighborhood was very angry at her,and she was completely wiped out.My fiancee and her mother were talking about it to me and laughing about it!

It angered the heck out of me,as I felt real sorry for her and I didn't understand the humor in the situation!

I told my fiancee to give her 2,000 baht!''What for?'' was her reply.I didn't understand any of the reactions of them or other people in our neighborhood!When I enquired,I was told''Stan to serious''

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Not only other peoples suffering or being in danger some times seems seems hilarious at the time,here are 2 more true examples out of nignoys own little treasure trove of life :bah: Early on in my military service in NE thailand, there were rumours of heavily armed insurgents nosing around a US advanced radar construction site on a mountain called Phu Mhu just south of mukdaharn and to the north of Crown Camp so it was decided to send out a 4 man patrol to see what thet could find!!,now we english were not there officially in thailand so guess what no weapons apart from our trusty Goloks were allowed to be carried , so off we go on a find and observe patrol, off we went on a stroll through the Ulu!!of course it was monsoon season as well, so plenty of rain and leeches,but I Digress :bah: all was peaceful till we started climbing the south face of Phu Mountain, when we come across a well camoflaged platoon strength camp of armed uglies setup in caves below us we scrimmed up and started to watch them doing 2 hour stags, in the middle of my 2 hours kip a torrent of water came flowing down the mountain , sending me and my basha body surfing down the mountainside towards the uglies camp :D according to later reports by the officer in the beige Beret who officially was not there either! I was in Hysterics, laughing and screaming and creating ahell of a racket as I hurtled down the mountain side, the uglies must of thought I was the Angry Scouse Spirit of the mountain because they all legged it!! I ended up muddy bruised and battered wrapped around a rock halfway down the mountain apparently still laughing,when the rest of the guys came down and got me!!When we got back to camp , I was pronounced not a hero but mentally unstable :o and sent down to P wing in BMH singapore for 2 weeks treatment, I did not have the heart to tell all concerned that my little escapade was caused because I was Pissed as a Parrot :D filling your waterbottles with Lao Khao will do that to you :D the second incident happened in germany in the 80,s Unloading a newly arrived shipment of 48 baby African elephants at Neuweid zoo, the fork lift truck driver just happened to park the forklift on the foot of a bystander who was having a sticky beak, taking no notice of the poor fella, the driver started to light up a fag,very calm and politely the poor man caught my attention and explained what had happened as calmly as if he was asking for directions I did not believe him anf walked round to the back of the forklift , to find this poor guys foot mashed flat as apancake under the rear wheel, I screamed at the driver to pull forward, he looked down and burst out laughing,and then he drove forward, by this time there was quite a crowd, the injured mans wife and c came to the group, she looked at here husbands extremely large very very flat foot and said well mein schatz you will only need to borrow 1 flipper when we go on our holidays ,At which point we all burst out laughing, The ambulance man thought we were a right bunch of weirdo,s, these things actually happened, maybe I should write a book :D Nignoy

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Recently a friend was stung by a bee, his wife thought it was extremly funny, this big farrang hurt by a bee, In the meantime he has great difficulty in breathing and is having chest pains. Finally after his pleading in between her laughing, he finally gets her to a call an ambulance. Where he get treatment. He is allergic and could have died. When she relates this story to this day she still thinks it's funny.

Had my own experience tonight, not as drastict by any means but not a lot of fun at the moment. Had a cap come off and to be honest it hurts like hel_l. The wife thought it was funny.

I just don't get it I find no humor in others pain. Why do these people find things like this funny?

I saw a guy take a pretty serious fall in the middle of the road his girlfriend just looked down at him and laughed her ass off.

My wife laughs every time she sees a guy cry.

I think if they ever watched the Three Stooges they would pee their pants!

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What is a scab?

Anyone that crosses a picket line during a strike. What's a strike you say? A swing and a miss. What's a swing you say? Something you sit in and move back and forth thru the air while contemplating useless sh*t.

This could be another endless story, but what has that got to do with Thai humor, right?

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