qwertz Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 This is one for Nignoy, Bendix and the few Thai BMs - or anyone else who knows things. I know so little but I'll start eith - only one hill tribe in Thailand has a written language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonobo Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 There have been fossils of 8 different dinosaurs found in Thailand. Thailand is the world's number one maker of surfboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enyaw Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 (edited) Worlds largest exporter of rice. Oo, and some buddist monks stab each other after drunken card games. Edited July 15, 2008 by enyaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHarries Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 This is one for Nignoy, Bendix and the few Thai BMs - or anyone else who knows things.I know so little but I'll start eith - only one hill tribe in Thailand has a written language. In the same vein. King Ramkhamhaeng, who ruled at the end of the thirteenth century, created the first Thai alphabet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptuan Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Restroom "bum guns" came from American kitchen sinks, discovered by a Thai contractor on vacation in the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluelotus Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Red Bull is from Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who, me ? Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 (edited) I have been living here for more than nine years Edited July 15, 2008 by Who, me ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceBlondie Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Thai chile peppers originated in Latin America, as did squashes, maize (corn), chocolate, other foods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vato Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 five of the of the loudest car stereos (bass, sound pressure level competition) within the past 3 years are from thailand...but not recognized, because overseas shipping to finals is prohibitively expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee123 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 (edited) Bankoks real name is KRUNGTHEP named after a packet of fags.............or maybe not Edited July 15, 2008 by dee123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farang555 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 didnt know bendix has to watch his bahts and satangs, maybe he is not financially savvy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who, me ? Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Thailand is bigger than the United Kingdom, Iceland, Belgium and Austria combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrt273nva Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Traditional Thai dancing was taken from Cambodia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazeeboy Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 thailand is the biggest exporter of chickens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceBlondie Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Thailand is bigger than the United Kingdom, Iceland, Belgium and Austria combined.Yes, but that is not saying much. Thailand is smaller than Alaska or Texas or France or several provinces of Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee123 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 (edited) the 1984 hit "one night in Bangkok" was composed by ABBA front men Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson with lyrics added by Tim Rice which reached no.12 in the charts,also the same year the Thai Ladies first set their eyes on me. .....well I told my mum I wouldn't need my balaclava ! oh and it was Murray Head on vocals Edited July 15, 2008 by dee123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laphroaig Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 (edited) .....well I told my mum I wouldn't need my balaclava ! It would take the wool from approximately 1.118 million average sheep to knit a balaclava helmet for each member of the Thai population......(and a considerable number of old women to knit them too) Edited July 15, 2008 by Tonykiwi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who, me ? Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Thailand is bigger than the United Kingdom, Iceland, Belgium and Austria combined.Yes, but that is not saying much. Thailand is smaller than Alaska or Texas or France or several provinces of Canada. point taken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee123 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 .....well I told my mum I wouldn't need my balaclava ! It would take the wool from approximately 1.118 million average sheep to knit a balaclava helmet for each member of the Thai population......(and a considerable number of old women to knit them too) how the hel_l did you know that, are you on performance enhancing drugs or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 A species of albino blind crocodiles live in the open sewers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimbo Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Only 20 million of Thailands 66 million people have Thai as their first language. And many Thais are multi lingual. My wife for example has Northern Khmer as her first language, then Lao (Isaan) Thai is only on 3rd place.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiakaha Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 The bar girls aren't calling you "Darling" (English)..... they are called you "NaLing" (Thai -> Monkey Face) You wont find that on Wikipedia !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who, me ? Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 The world's tallest Buddhist monument in the world stands 127 meters (387 feet) in the town of Nakhon Pathom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xangsamhua Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Traditional Thai dancing was taken from Cambodia. Aarghh...Wash your mouth out, quick. The Ministry of Truth is watching. The politically correct view (in Thailand) credits the "Khom" (sounds different from Khmer, though it isn't). See http://kyotoreview.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/iss...icle_242_p.html for a discussion by a Thai scholar on the Khom/Khmer sleight of hand and a history of Thai-Khmer/Cambodian relations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrt273nva Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 The full name of Bangkok is the longest place name in the world and recorded in the Guinness book of records, 163 letters Krungthepmahanakhon Amornrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharat Ratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphiman Awatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit which translates into english as The city of angels, the great city, the residence of the Emerald Buddha, the impregnable city (of Ayutthaya) of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated God, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xangsamhua Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 There are between 74 and 86 languages spoken in Thailand, not including foreign languages. The UNESCO survey says 86. Professor Suwilai Premsriratana, an ethnolinguist from Mahidol University, has counted 74. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrt273nva Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Sexual harassment was finally made illegal in Thailand in the Labour Protection Act of 1998, making employers liable to punishment under civil law. So far, not a single case has been brought before the courts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 If you put all Thai transvestites head-to-toe you would span the globe twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee123 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 The bar girls aren't calling you "Darling" (English)..... they are called you "NaLing" (Thai -> Monkey Face)You wont find that on Wikipedia !!! speak for yourself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guava Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Many Thai people cannot lick their own elbows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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