What Do Thai People Find Funny?

[endure]

Can we stick with the topic please - which isn't prostitution.

[Dancealot]

Sorry, just reverred into old habits..

[Ajaan]

Two types of humor are popular among most Thais: wordplay and slapstick. You cannot even begin to participate in the first until you speak, read, write and understand Thai very well.

[endure]

Two types of humor are popular among most Thais: wordplay and slapstick. You cannot even begin to participate in the first until you speak, read, write and understand Thai very well.

[notmyself]

Two types of humor are popular among most Thais: wordplay and slapstick. You cannot even begin to participate in the first until you speak, read, write and understand Thai very well.

Sophistry. Wordplay in Thailand is close to always pure slapstick in its nature.

[wayned]

Laughing at others misfortune is right up there.

An old black and white clip of a guy slipping on a discarded banana skin will keep most Thais entertained for days.

Don't need a clip, do it LIVE!

I recently got knocked down at our Wednesday walking market by a Thai that was in an extreme hurry. Fell into the fish/shrimp/squid stand an spewed the contents all over the place. Thai's were either standing around smileing/laughing or tryying to pickup the shrimp and squid and the live fish that were on the ground. I helped myself up with my cane and an umbrella and slowly hobbled away with the vendor yelling at me as if I had to pay. In hindsite it probably was a funny show seeing the fat farang wallering on the ground with the local catch, but the fact that no one offered any assistance in helping me back to my feet was pathetic.

[uptheos]

Mr Bean seems to rock for a lot of Thai people and he says almost nothing.

When I show his videos to Thais, they love it.

Most Thai's really laugh at Charlie Chaplin.

They also seem to find the fat katoey that is on almost every Thai comedy show, absolutely hilarious.

[rene123]

I think we are way off topic here but my tip to any woman looking for a nice man, whether they are Thai or from any other country, is not to consider prostitution as a career and certainly not to consider any of their customers as potential husbands.

On that we both agree completely. Unfortunately, some of those women are stuck in a time warp. They get pregnant to a Thai boy who doesn't want to be a father at 18 (or younger) and he takes off leaving a young, teenage girl behind. From what I've been told, a Thai school girl who gets pregnant can no longer go to school and is then forced into looking for something else to earn a living while her mother looks after the child. Unless the girl is an exceptional beauty, the available Thai men don't want a girl who already has a child by another man. Without an education how is a young.mother supposed to earn a living? Choices are limited. The bar scene is a dead end with very few palatable prospects for young women.

So after stating this do you also think Thai women you met deserve a better life?

Yes I do. I think Thailand should have a more equal place for women. Men should also have to take responsibility for the children they father. Of course, If mothers would teach their daughters not to have sex before using birth control it might solve a few problems. I also don't think it is fair that a young, teenage mother can't go to school. But, I also understand that in relatively poor, rural communities it is difficult to set up a program to help everyone. No wonder the smart, attractive young women leave the rural communities and go to the city to earn a living. They don't WANT to spend their young lives wading in water while planting rice. I HAVE noticed that the girls/women who move to the cities all seem to find jobs while a lot of the boys/men stay behind and drink beer.

[loong]

I think we are way off topic here but my tip to any woman looking for a nice man, whether they are Thai or from any other country, is not to consider prostitution as a career and certainly not to consider any of their customers as potential husbands.

On that we both agree completely. Unfortunately, some of those women are stuck in a time warp. They get pregnant to a Thai boy who doesn't want to be a father at 18 (or younger) and he takes off leaving a young, teenage girl behind. From what I've been told, a Thai school girl who gets pregnant can no longer go to school and is then forced into looking for something else to earn a living while her mother looks after the child. Unless the girl is an exceptional beauty, the available Thai men don't want a girl who already has a child by another man. Without an education how is a young.mother supposed to earn a living? Choices are limited. The bar scene is a dead end with very few palatable prospects for young women.

So after stating this do you also think Thai women you met deserve a better life?

Yes I do. I think Thailand should have a more equal place for women. Men should also have to take responsibility for the children they father. Of course, If mothers would teach their daughters not to have sex before using birth control it might solve a few problems. I also don't think it is fair that a young, teenage mother can't go to school. But, I also understand that in relatively poor, rural communities it is difficult to set up a program to help everyone. No wonder the smart, attractive young women leave the rural communities and go to the city to earn a living. They don't WANT to spend their young lives wading in water while planting rice. I HAVE noticed that the girls/women who move to the cities all seem to find jobs while a lot of the boys/men stay behind and drink beer.

Do Thais really find this funny?

Can't see any humour here at all!

[inthepink]

Do Thais really find this funny?

Can't see any humour here at all!

Oh come on. It's a little humorous that some people have heart to hearts with prostitutes and swallow everything they are told.

[arthurwait]

Do Thais really find this funny?

Can't see any humour here at all!

Oh come on. It's a little humorous that some people have heart to hearts with prostitutes and swallow everything they are told.

Hey let's have a whisky and learn the English for no jobs in Thailand.

[HeavyDrinker]

For all those bleating on about Thai "wordplay", it's hardly Oscar Wilde/Noel Coward/PG Wodehouse so don't expect too much...

Thais also enjoy gentle teasing, some of which can be rather coarse in nature and sometimes from sources you'd least expect. They like to revel in your shock!!!

Double entendres also abound in Thai and as mentioned, anything slightly resembling a willy will bring the house down...

[stiggy]

Lizard impressions work well here

But in all seriousness Thais mostly live by Sanuk (to have fun ) just relax, be yourself, smile lots.

I would learn what you shouldn't do ( touch heads point with feet etc etc ) anything else is fair game.

[loong]

For all those bleating on about Thai "wordplay", it's hardly Oscar Wilde/Noel Coward/PG Wodehouse so don't expect too much...

Thais also enjoy gentle teasing, some of which can be rather coarse in nature and sometimes from sources you'd least expect. They like to revel in your shock!!!

Double entendres also abound in Thai and as mentioned, anything slightly resembling a willy will bring the house down...

Yes. I was at the local shop and one of the local guys was talking about the need to spray herbicide. He was using his hands to indicate the pumping action. I said "Tu lait!" and copied him with just one hand. He laughed so much he fell off his stool.

[Kananga]

For all those bleating on about Thai "wordplay", it's hardly Oscar Wilde/Noel Coward/PG Wodehouse so don't expect too much...

Thais also enjoy gentle teasing, some of which can be rather coarse in nature and sometimes from sources you'd least expect. They like to revel in your shock!!!

Double entendres also abound in Thai and as mentioned, anything slightly resembling a willy will bring the house down...

Yes. I was at the local shop and one of the local guys was talking about the need to spray herbicide. He was using his hands to indicate the pumping action. I said "Tu lait!" and copied him with just one hand. He laughed so much he fell off his stool.

Better lait than never...

[rct99q]

Do Thais really find this funny?

Can't see any humour here at all!

Oh come on. It's a little humorous that some people have heart to hearts with prostitutes and swallow everything they are told.

Actually I think it is the pro's that sw...... anywho, back to the topic people.....what makes Thai people laugh!

[Kananga]

Do Thais really find this funny?

Can't see any humour here at all!

Oh come on. It's a little humorous that some people have heart to hearts with prostitutes and swallow everything they are told.

Who swallows everything they are told? The people having heart to hearts or the prostitutes?

[inthepink]

Do Thais really find this funny?

Can't see any humour here at all!

Oh come on. It's a little humorous that some people have heart to hearts with prostitutes and swallow everything they are told.

Who swallows everything they are told? The people having heart to hearts or the prostitutes?

I'm not going down that road, this is a topic about what Thai people find humorous not what you and I might laugh at. I would like to say though, that asking what makes Thai people laugh is a bit like asking what makes French people laugh: there may be some broad generalisations that are useful to know but not every Thai person is the same.

[NanLaew]

...and as mentioned, anything slightly resembling a willy will bring the house down...

Brilliant! Now I have a realistic alternative to TEFL'ing away my twilight years. I can aspire to be Thailand's first farang flaccid comedian.

[Briggsy]

Just say "sticky rice" every now and then.

[rene123]

According to the news on thaivisa, a bunch of Thai boys thought it was very funny to blow the lower jaw off a dog by taping a big firecracker in its mouth.

[MrHammer]

(By the way, rene123, in my early days in Thailand, when I did indeed indulge with ladies of the night, I went with five different girls from the same bar, no problems and no drama. You're the customer. They will only act like that if they think you are some daft old fool who is likely to fall in love with them)

Ah, then you were one of the "butterflies" that the bar girls all talk about. I think the bar girls only get jealous if the customer is considered "special" and they don't want to lose him.

Being considered special by prostitutes has never been a goal of mine. I think it's actually the money you are paying them that they don't want to lose. If you don't fall for their jealous act, they soon give up the pretence.

It's not an act, inthepink. The bar girls are no different than women everywhere; they've just been hardened by the men they've been with. And, as far as actiing goes, the men do it too. How many BS artists are there sitting on bar stools? The bar gals have feelings the same as all women do. They get hurt, angry and jealous, some more than others. The ones that have been in the trade a long time cover their feelings with a hard exterior, but they still get hurt. U

Yes, that particular look in the eye. It scares and saddens me quite a lot and has made me drop going to these kind of bars alltogether. Not because I'm holier than though and I've done my turn on the circuit, but because customer and bar girl alike will eventually end up messed in the head, distrusting and bitter. I do think that there are actually a lot of feelings in the bars, excitement, anticipitation, expectations to the unknown, lust, magic, sometimes romance and 1/1000 love. It's why men travel to Thailand and not Amsterdam for whoring. Thai women have the ability to live their emotions and not holding back which is very flattering. But eventually stick around long enough and all you can see is misery. I don't think there's anything particularly harmful about prostitution on either side, it's mostly harmless if just once in a while, but prolonged exposure as a hoe or john definitely messes with your humanity.

[mickjn]

When you go out to the village and you joop joop a few of the old girls,the neighbour over the road finds it funny

[MacChine]

Sure it isn't because Thai hookers are cheaper?

Yes, that particular look in the eye. It scares and saddens me quite a lot and has made me drop going to these kind of bars alltogether. Not because I'm holier than though and I've done my turn on the circuit, but because customer and bar girl alike will eventually end up messed in the head, distrusting and bitter. I do think that there are actually a lot of feelings in the bars, excitement, anticipitation, expectations to the unknown, lust, magic, sometimes romance and 1/1000 love. It's why men travel to Thailand and not Amsterdam for whoring. Thai women have the ability to live their emotions and not holding back which is very flattering. But eventually stick around long enough and all you can see is misery. I don't think there's anything particularly harmful about prostitution on either side, it's mostly harmless if just once in a while, but prolonged exposure as a hoe or john definitely messes with your humanity.