A fair post, deserving of it´s own thread, I though.

TM, naturally you have the right to have it removed or closed, but I read it in a thread that yesterday was funny and entertaining and today is closed, so I pasted it here, open to replies.

Mods, this is TM´s to close if he wants. Also, it does not refer directly to the closed thread in question, so I didn´t see any harm.

“let … us have a bit of fun”

Whilst taking the dog for a walk I was thinking about the number of times I have heard that remark. Gripped, as I often am, by self-doubt I decided to take a look back to see if my reactions and conclusions had changed throughout the years.

The first time I heard it was when those snotty-nosed heroes in the lower forth were accused of bullying, just because they stole the lunch box from the only ginger haired boy in the school.

They further developed this form of humour when they had “fun” emptying the brief cases brought to school by the “case boys” in the hope this would disguise the fact that yet again the heroes had not done their homework

The phrase reappeared later when these heroes were entering adolescence and poking “fun” at everyone who was unable to have the “right” make of trainers or track suit. They continued to have “fun” when others started getting girlfriends, pointing out, quite rightly, these girls were not a patch on the Britney Houstons or Madonnas of this world, in fact they were often “jokingly” described as skank.

If they themselves were lucky enough to have a relationship with the opposite sex, they either ended the relationship very quickly because the girl did not resemble Britney Houston, or the girl ended the relationship when she realised they did not resemble real men.

As time when by and those around them began settling into married life, or they themselves were facing their first divorce, they decided to visit Thailand, where they had heard even pigs can get to sleep with a looker.

In Thailand they never really formed a relationship, or if they did, the girl quite rightly ripped them off for every penny she could.

Meanwhile they discovered Thaivisa – a forum where, amongst other things, members poked fun at each other. They thought, well why can’t we have some fun?

Unfortunately they forgot two important elements of all good humour – irony and, especially, self-irony. Hence their undisguised irritation whenever they become the butt of others jokes.

To survive on Thaivisa, without being called “<deleted> of the Millennium” (and with luck getting reduced to “<deleted> of the Decade”) you have got to be a defender of the red-heads, the pot-bellied and the sufferers of craft (Cannot Remember A <deleted> Thing) disease - just like the Knight Crusaders - Jools and Sandy.

Just pointing fingers at others isn't enough.

IMHO.

I like it TM. And I agree with many comments within.

I apologise for my poll I put up in mean spirit last week.

A fair post, deserving of it´s own thread, I though.

TM, naturally you have the right to have it removed or closed, but I read it in a thread that yesterday was funny and entertaining and today is closed, so I pasted it here, open to replies.

Mods, this is TM´s to close if he wants. Also, it does not refer directly to the closed thread in question, so I didn´t see any harm.

“let … us have a bit of fun”

Whilst taking the dog for a walk I was thinking about the number of times I have heard that remark. Gripped, as I often am, by self-doubt I decided to take a look back to see if my reactions and conclusions had changed throughout the years.

The first time I heard it was when those snotty-nosed heroes in the lower forth were accused of bullying, just because they stole the lunch box from the only ginger haired boy in the school.

They further developed this form of humour when they had “fun” emptying the brief cases brought to school by the “case boys” in the hope this would disguise the fact that yet again the heroes had not done their homework

The phrase reappeared later when these heroes were entering adolescence and poking “fun” at everyone who was unable to have the “right” make of trainers or track suit. They continued to have “fun” when others started getting girlfriends, pointing out, quite rightly, these girls were not a patch on the Britney Houstons or Madonnas of this world, in fact they were often “jokingly” described as skank.

If they themselves were lucky enough to have a relationship with the opposite sex, they either ended the relationship very quickly because the girl did not resemble Britney Houston, or the girl ended the relationship when she realised they did not resemble real men.

As time when by and those around them began settling into married life, or they themselves were facing their first divorce, they decided to visit Thailand, where they had heard even pigs can get to sleep with a looker.

In Thailand they never really formed a relationship, or if they did, the girl quite rightly ripped them off for every penny she could.

Meanwhile they discovered Thaivisa – a forum where, amongst other things, members poked fun at each other. They thought, well why can’t we have some fun?

Unfortunately they forgot two important elements of all good humour – irony and, especially, self-irony. Hence their undisguised irritation whenever they become the butt of others jokes.

To survive on Thaivisa, without being called “<deleted> of the Millennium” (and with luck getting reduced to “<deleted> of the Decade”) you have got to be a defender of the red-heads, the pot-bellied and the sufferers of craft (Cannot Remember A <deleted> Thing) disease - just like the Knight Crusaders - Jools and Sandy.

Just pointing fingers at others isn't enough.

IMHO.

I like it TM. And I agree with many comments within.

I apologise for my poll I put up in mean spirit last week.

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I feel embarrassed with all this positive attention.

But feel free - I have no copyright on what is posted on Thaivisa.