Ricardo, I think Kerry K's point is that "Stickman" has done a total About Face and is somewhat biting th hand that feeds him if you will.

He has gone from being a bar-hopping whoremonger who initially settled in Thailand to be with the whores, to being someone almost in denial at his own past...all in 10 short years.

During this time he amassed (and allegedly has made a lot of money via) a loyal readership, mainly from the whoremongering community, who he now writes about with ill concealed contempt, (in spite of seeming to spend an inordinate amount of time in Tilac Bar and other similar places).

Apologies to Kerry K if I'm wrong but that's how I read his sometimes minimalist posts.

Ya, a lot like him here on Thai Visa. You ever met a madam who didn't start out being a hooker?

Indeed...

Denial of one's naughty past and seeing yourself as a suddenly reformed pillar of society is the 4th stage of "expathood" in Thailand....

Indeed...

Denial of one's naughty past and seeing yourself as a suddenly reformed pillar of society is the 4th stage of "expathood" in Thailand....

And of course move to Pattaya.

And of course move to Pattaya.

..and get into "Real Estate".....

I read it ... was awestruck at the impact this would have. congratulations on one of the best April Fools Jokes I have been subjected to. Stick Stuck it up ya.

I also wrote him about the article not knowing that it was a joke. Which is particularly retarded when only 10 minutes prior I had been duped by a buddy on FB with another April Fool's joke. Doh!!!

As for Stickman, I have never met him, but I like his weekly column. It's always well written, and typically has some cool local info. It's not the best design in the world, as you can only read a few columns before the black background starts to make your eyes sore, but I like the content. Try googling just about any Asian-woman related topic for Thailand or the Philippines, and a Stickman article is likely to show in the first page of results.

Word! I like it that you admitted it.

In addition i don't like it people are complaining about him, for i know he makes a lot of people more informed then they actually were. And he has good writing skills. Leave the old fat germans be, leave the expats be. They all are in Thailand to feel happy.

The joke was very plausible and was good as well. Personally i think he was inspired by this article which was published only 1 week before his column.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2120110/Spanish-police-investigating-Madrid-prostitution-ring-free-woman-19-ownership-tattoo-wrist.html

I read it ... was awestruck at the impact this would have. congratulations on one of the best April Fools Jokes I have been subjected to. Stick Stuck it up ya.

If you look at the OP he was outed a short while after he posted his dumb joke. If you read Thai Visa you would have known.

I'm laughing at all the prats who read Stickman and then try and laugh at us perverts...

One day a year is hardly "constant targeting".

Most April Fools jokes are not against single males in particular, but against the ridiculousness of life in-general, and they attempt to poke fun by making-up a spoof-story which seems (if only for a few moments) somehow more real than reality itself.

If any old single males feel unfairly put-upon by April Fools Day jokes in any one newsletter or website, which I don't agree they should be, then they can surely vote with their feet ?

Rather than laugh along with the rest of us !

If you will notice I did not target April Fools jokes in general. I was quite specific.

Fair enough, I was reacting more to the phrases "tasteless trend" and "Thai Visa's odd sense of April Fools humor", which seemed to me to be wider than just one prank on Stickman's site ?

Perhaps he might have tried harder, to include himself amongst the people he was poking fun at, when I post an attempt at a AFJ (which I try to do every year) then it's often a joke on myself as much as on anyone else.

I like reading Stickman's column, taking part in the photo competition and usually find something I haven't seen in the links below. His articles are removed from sexpat stories we've heard before and much of the banal regurgitated topics here on TV.

As regards his past, I thought it was everyone's right to re-invent themselves when deciding to live here? The site loads with minimal bandwidth so kudos for not trying to dress up what is basically a word doc just for appearances sake.

He provides a service, doesn't spam anyone, doesn't ask for money or donations and doesn't trade on his membership/database - jeez you guys are a tough crowd!

That said I don't agree with all his points and some of his denials of subscribing to life outside the straight and narrow are Lady Macbethian in their vociferousness however I read (and often enjoy it) it for what it is not what it should/could be and have to wonder why the complainers are returning repeatedly to view something they find so distasteful?