You know you've been in Thailand too long when:

[adjan jb]

when you fall in love with your computer.

[junki3korean]

When you forget how to pronounce V`s........ thai wisa, Wictory , Wision

[SamuiJens]

WHEN YOUR WRITING THINGS ON HERE!

[sorensen]

You know you've been in T'land to long, when:

You say it is 3 O'clock when in fact it is 9 pm.

[aussiebebe]

...when you agree with everything on Georges intial post!

I've only been here three years, and only found this site in 2008, yet I can identify with everything in the first post circa 2003 - especially about the wife's priorities - it has really disturbed me - I wish I could have read it three years ago and then I might not be in the mess I'm in now! How can things be so similar 2003 to 2008 - it's made me sad really, foreigners (like me) think they are enjoying the unique culture change where really all our experiences are shared and depressingly similar! I love this forum.

[Denim]

When you start to enjoy Thai T.V. programs

[SamuiJens]

When you start to enjoy Thai T.V. programs

Then it's time to move on......

[Thaddeus]

Boinnnngggg

[imaneggspurt]

You start admiring mens bums !

[zaza]

When you hang up 10 suites,5 shirts, 3 pants ,2 dresses ,a bra and a panty in the backseat of your car,to show off as if it is a moving wardrobe closet.

[aromsia]

When you count the increasing number of posts on a website dedicated to visa issues as a mark of your importance, when you truly believe that Thailand is an ancient mystic land that foreigners cannot understand (except you), that Thaksin invented corruption, that rural people are too stupid too vote, and only after many years during which you have spent hundreds of thousands of baht in Tea-Money to ensure your Thai wife's neices and nephews are in strategically suitable positions of influence within the bureaucracy - oh and when you start to find older women with big hairdo's...um, 'attractive'.

[samuibeachcomber]

when you've got no money left!

[MyphuketLife]

When you pick up friends from the airport (when its not closed), and on the way home you are passing taxi's with guests from the airport

[Who, me ?]

When you pick up friends from the airport (when its not closed), and on the way home you are passing taxi's with guests from the airport

I don't get this one

[Ritti]

Love it.

You know you've been in Thailand too long when

- You stop at the top of the escalators

- You answer your phone "Elloooo" again and again each time louder

- You have a Katoey friend

- You have "prettied" up your phone

- You answer in Thai (when speaking to a farang)

[tampasailor]

<font color='#000000'>You know you've been in Thailand too long when....

You speak pigeon English to other farangs.</font>

And they don't notice you do and speak same same back 555

[adjan jb]

when you enjoy reading the "You know you've been in Thailand too long" thread.

[Insight]

... When you get shot in your own country for bringing your new-found driving habits with you.

[Bangyai]

When handing money over to a lady of the night seems an extravagant waste of cash that might have been better spent getting an accessory for your motorcycle / car.

[jasreeve17]

When you're so excited about the free Nutella from the santa at foodland that you ring up the missus and tell her to come on up (with her mother) for the Xmas festivities.

[i do appreciate Ritti's list - 'Helloooooo' Oh, I hope I never do that (on the phone that the missus has 'prettied' up for me )...]

[EvilDrSomkid]

... When you get shot in your own country for bringing your new-found driving habits with you.

...and you swear at other drivers in thai...

I love driving here. My newly acquired zig-zagging-at-150 driving style suits me just fine.

I would get shot and/or have my license revoked pronto if driving the same way in the EU.

[MyphuketLife]

When you pick up friends from the airport (when its not closed), and on the way home you are passing taxi's with guests from the airport

I don't get this one

You have never taken a taxi from Phuket airport to phuket town then....

[imaneggspurt]

when you've got no money left!

best answer so far !

[adjan jb]

When the toddler you once abandoned in Farangstan has now retired in Thailand.

[SamuiJens]

When you want to go to a cold climate.

[aromsia]

Yes great isn't it? But the Hellooooo must be every 5 seconds and half way throgh a sentence. Such as: "Hellooo, luuk (child), bai nai? (where are you/what's up?). Ow, ga bai....'helloooo'?, Ja, ja...ow, bai...'helloooo'?. Da, da, gap luuk...and so it goes.

[sorensen]

When all your friends live in Thailand.

[GENeIsUS]

when all your friends who live in Thailand have already died in Thailand.

[Who, me ?]

When you pick up friends from the airport (when its not closed), and on the way home you are passing taxi's with guests from the airport

I don't get this one

You have never taken a taxi from Phuket airport to phuket town then....

No !

[cashill]

When you Start a topic like this??? or reply on it