Why Do Yanks Live In Thailand

[Tornado]

open for discussion

[britmaveric]

Perhaps the same reasons most anybody else lives there...

Business

Retired

Wife/Tikes

[Tornado]

Perhaps the same reasons most anybody else lives there...

Business

Retired

Wife/Tikes

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excuse me soap dodger, I was asking our septic mates here

[RamdomChances]

Perhaps the same reasons most anybody else lives there...

Business

Retired

Wife/Tikes

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excuse me soap dodger, I was asking our septic mates here

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You did'nt make it very clear then

[Thomas_Merton]

Surely all Yanks are on a mission. As e e cummings wrote:

ygUDuh

ydoan

yunnuhstan

ydoan o

yunnuhstand dem

yguduh ged

yunnuhstan dem doidee

yguduh ged riduh

ydoan o nudn

LISN bud LISN

dem

gud

am

lidl yelluh bas

tuds weer goin

duhSIVILEYEzum

[Thaiboxer]

Perhaps a lot of Yanks live in Thailand to get away from Bush!

I certainly don't miss him.

[Thaiquila]

There are similarities to why people are leaving other western countries. I think for older people, it is often economic. They couldn't retire at all or retire with a decent standard of living in a "rich" country, so Thailand and other countries provide an attractive option.

I sincerely think anti-Bushism is not a strong enough motivation for most Americans to leave the US, there has to be a possible better life in another place. The standard of living has declined steadily in the US for most average Americans, in the sense of number of working hours to buy basic needs, such as housing.

[Tornado]

Perhaps a lot of Yanks live in Thailand to get away from Bush!

I certainly don't miss him.

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Bush? oh thats right he is the leader of that "great" nation

tell us a little more about him as I am a little unread regarding his leadership.

[aughie]

I didn't know miss cummings was a scat jazz singer. Either that or she is dislexic like bush.

[buadhai]

I don't live here. I came here to retire.

[Patex]

White Americans,

Are allways somewhere "In their World". I've never met one who was aware in witch country he actually was .

Back to topic:

Coca Cola?

KFC?

Mc Donalds?

Marlboro?

Taxin?

Starbucks?

Dunkin' Donut?

Amway?

American Standard?

Vietnam not safe for longtermstay?

Patex

[custard]

Simple. Lots of Thais live in 'LOS' Angelis, so the yanks should also be allowed to live in LOS (land of smiles).

[davethailand]

White Americans,

Are allways somewhere "In their World". I've never met one who was aware in witch country he actually was  .

Back to topic:

Coca Cola?

KFC?

Mc Donalds?

Marlboro?

Taxin?

Starbucks?

Dunkin' Donut?

Amway?

American Standard?

Vietnam not safe for longtermstay?

Patex

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??????????

[aughie]

I think I got the part about the world being our oyster and US not sure about which country we are in.

[Ken]

Why? Because we can.

[ThaiPauly]

Surely all Yanks are on a mission. As e e cummings wrote:

ygUDuh                            ?

          ydoan                    YOU DON'T

          yunnuhstan              YOU UNDERSTAND

          ydoan o                    YOU DON'T KNOW

          yunnuhstand dem      YOU INDERSTAND THEM

          yguduh ged                ?

                yunnuhstan dem doidee      ?

          yguduh ged riduh        YOU HAVE TO GET RICHER    ??????

          ydoan o nudn              YOU DONT KNOW NOTHING

LISN bud LISN                      LISTEN MATE LISTEN

              dem                    THEM

              gud                      GOD

              am                      AM  ????????????

              lidl yelluh bas        LITTLE YELLOW BUS

              tuds weer goin      ?????

duhSIVILEYEzum

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I get some on them Thomas..... but not all. ....What mission are you reffering to? I think that because there are so many different American accents then the list above must reflect one particular area otherwise people would get confused as I am now Do you know which one.? I think more likely NEW YORK but I am not sure. I have filled in the ones that I can understand, can you fill in the question marks as I donngeddid

Thanks

TP

[aughie]

Come on. I opened the door. What a sleepy bunch. Beers at lunch and off for a nap or a shag?

[Jeff1]

Thats MR. Yank .

[britmaveric]

Perhaps the same reasons most anybody else lives there...

Business

Retired

Wife/Tikes

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excuse me soap dodger, I was asking our septic mates here

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You did'nt make it very clear then

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RC - most ozzies do have their ears full of wax -so not surprised!!!

[The_Other_Mac]

"Them goddam little yellow bast*rds, we're going to civilise them."

e e cummings had a clever way of making a point.

[Thomas_Merton]

I get some on them Thomas..... but not all. ....What mission are you reffering to? I think that because there are so many different American accents then the list above must reflect one particular area otherwise people would get confused as I am now Do you know which one.? I think more likely NEW YORK but I am not sure. I have filled in the ones that I can understand, can you fill in the question marks as I donngeddid

Thanks

TP

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Ok, but remember this is just me and my attempt at a translation of one of USA’s greatest poets (who incidentally was male, always wrote his name in small letters – e e cummings, spent some time in a Spanish jail under the Spanish civil war etc.).

I am also going to put some dots “.” where in the original version, are spaces (I can’t reproduce spaces on TV)

ygUDuh (You got to)

……...ydoan (You don’t)

………yunnuhstan (You understand)

……..ydoan o (You don’t know)

……..yunnuhstand dem (You understand them)

……..yguduh ged (You’ve got to get)

…………yunnuhstan dem doidee (You understand them dirty)

……...yguduh ged riduh (You’ve got to get rid of)

……...ydoan o nudn (You don’t know nothing)

LISN bud LISN (LISTEN bud LISTEN)

…………dem (them)

…………gud (god)

…………am (dam*)

…………lidl yelluh bas (little yellow bas)

…………tuds weer goin (tards we are going)

duhSIVILEYEzum (to ‘civilize them)

Just an everyday conversation in a bar somewhere, perhaps under the Korean war. The mission is the point of the poem, but like jokes, explaining the point reduces the effect.

Edited April 28, 2005 by Thomas_Merton

[Jockstar]

Who cares? Yanks are yanks. The rest of the world will still dislike them no matter where they live.

[ProfessorFart]

I think ee cummings, whoever it may be, needs urgent help!

[britmaveric]

Who cares? Yanks are yanks. The rest of the world will still dislike them no matter where they live.

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Everyone dislikes everyone unless they are buying!!!

[alaina]

Just to add some levity:

Report: US Foreign Policy Hurting American Students' Chances of Getting Laid Abroad

AMSTERDAM—American students traveling abroad confirm the findings of a study indicating that Washington's unilateral approach to foreign policy has seriously undermined Americans' chances of getting laid.

Report: U.S. Foreign Policy Hurting American Students' Chances Of Getting Laid Abroad

"I've been in Amsterdam for two months and have yet to begin a conversation with a cute girl that hasn't ended in a lecture about how big, evil America is taking everyone's oil," said college sophomore Brad Higgs, a participant in Johns Hopkins University's study-abroad program. "I offer to buy them a drink, and they tell me I shouldn't just stand by and watch Bush destroy the world. Look, if I had that type of pull with the president, I obviously wouldn't be out trolling for anonymous Dutch ****."

The report, released Monday by the Center For U.S.-International Casual Relations, was based on interviews with approximately 1,400 American students returning from abroad. According to study director Gilbert Hapbrook, sexual contact between American students and foreigners has declined steadily since January 2001.

"Unpopular military actions and dismissal of international organizations have galvanized world hostility toward the U.S.," Hapbrook said. "Instead of being inundated with questions about Hollywood and requests to help hot young foreigners practice their English, Americans are being openly scorned in European pubs and cafes. Data taken from a poll of students in December 2004 showed that only a dismal 11 percent had achieved sexual congress with a non-American."

Hapbrook said the 2004 overseas-coitus figures show a slight recovery from the all-time low reached in November 2002, after the Afghanistan invasion and during escalating conflict with Iraq. But the figures are still well below those of 1999, when Bill Clinton was in office and a very healthy 67 percent of respondents scored abroad.

"I'm in Amsterdam—Amsterdam, for Christ's sake—and I'm in the middle of the longest dry spell I can remember," Higgs said. "Last week, I was making out with this Italian girl at a concert. It was all going great until the music ended and she heard my American accent. I swear to God, I went from the cusp of a hand job to, 'Why won't your country sign the Kyoto Treaty?'"

University of Colorado junior Casey Knight recently arrived in Amsterdam after a month in Germany.

"I asked a group of German girls at some Eurotrash disco to dance and they started yelling at me," Knight said. "They said that by paying taxes to the American government, I am no better than a fascist. Well, they would know, I guess."

A recent anti-American protest in Paris.

Above: A recent anti-American protest in Paris.

Even students who actively oppose President Bush are susceptible to criticism, according to Emily Biehn, a Duke University student spending her spring semester in Paris.

"I voted for Kerry and I marched against the Iraq war," Biehn said. "But when I got to Europe, I might as well have been wearing a Bush bumper sticker on my forehead and star-spangled cowboy boots. As soon as the French guys hear I am from the U.S., all they want to do is argue politics."

"And switching tactics and acting like you're totally apathetic about politics just pisses them off even more," Biehn added.

Acknowledging that a large-scale change in American foreign policy is unlikely to occur before the end of the current semester, Hapbrook recommended three tactics for American students frustrated in their attempts to bed foreigners.

"First, pretend you're Canadian whenever you can," Hapbrook said. "But make sure you're not around actual Canadians, because they'll know you're lying and****block you. Second, if there are any anti-American protests going on, take care to avoid women carrying signs. Third, focus your itinerary on countries like Ireland and Japan that are still relatively friendly to Americans."

"You may want to write off France altogether," Hapbrook added.

Hapbrook said he developed his tactics in 1983, when the American government was practicing hardline Cold War foreign policy and he was spending his junior year abroad.

Higgs, who spends most of his time in his hostel playing solitaire and watching DVDs on his laptop computer, urged students back home to write to their congressional representatives.

"This affects all of us," Higgs said. "The government has to acknowledge the needs of young Americans. Too many U.S. citizens in foreign lands are spending sleepless, lonely nights jerking off in increasingly filthy sleeping bags. It sucks."

Got this in an email. Haven't heard this complaint in Thailand, though.

[jackr]

Why?  Because we can.

Wow, that's an original little quip! Why not try something like, 'because you're all beneath us and we can go wherever the f*** we want!' That may get a respose or three.

[PeaceBlondie]

First, economics: Thailand is far cheaper to live in.

Second, sex: I'm gay and hate being bashed. Thailand's tolerant.

Third, work: Yes, it's easier to get a respectable job here, at my age.

Fourth, weather: Can't stand the cold, even in South Texas or Florida.

Fifth, friendliness: I may not understand what they're saying, but Thais are friendly.

Not in any particular order.

[toyicebear]

Why not turn the question around....

Why would anyone not want to live here?

[maerim]

Either that or she is dislexic like bush

Perhaps they come here to learn how to spell, as it might well be a Freudian slip but the word is spelt "dyslexic" .

[mariana]

Most people live in thailand because Thailand is 'The Land of Smiles' , everyone smiles at you . People from thailand is very friendly . Everyone who has been stayed in Thailand love Thailand.