up2you2 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Learning the language is the least of your problems. If you really want to break through and be truly accepted into your local community, learn and adopt these skills and knowledge, and as the saying goes you'll never walk alone: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpal Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 actually, its "fool proof" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CrypticBob Posted July 8, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted July 8, 2013 actually, its "fool proof" Not the way I drink 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thai at Heart Posted July 8, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted July 8, 2013 Tell them you are paying the bill at 7pm, usually works a treat. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancnx Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Lol..... I don't know how to do smiley emoticons ....... Yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 (edited) Would not rely on football too much. When I 1st came here it was all Liverpool. Free beer or 285 gets my vote. Edited July 8, 2013 by Mosha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chittychangchang Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 A red or a yellow t-shirt depending on the location, normally does it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurwait Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Wrong team for you'll never walk alone. Well both are wrong anyway actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maccaroni man Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Open your wallet and say help yourself 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravip Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Tell them you are paying the bill at 7pm, usually works a treat. This works ONLY in Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravip Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Open your wallet and say help yourself And this? Also ONLY in Thailand? Some one is sick... seriously. Could be an epidemic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoneyboy Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 This always works out in the sticks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLCrab Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Well Rodgers & Hammerstein's 'You'll Never Walk Alone' might get you in good standing with the Thai guys but knowing this one also by R&H might get you in better with the other gender -- I guess Up-To-YOU: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=QjWn-ueeeLw#t=85s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave111223 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 A red or a yellow t-shirt depending on the location, normally does it This one should do nicely: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 If you really want to break through and be truly accepted into your local community what makes you think that others "want a breakthrough and be truly accepted"? and what skills can i adopt concerning a football club located on a far away remote island? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 This always works out in the sticks. ImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1373293853.471276.jpg Bob ... what does that stuff actually taste like ... I've never and while I like to try new things ... it's way down there with fried scorpions. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shurup Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 This always works out in the sticks. ImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1373293853.471276.jpg Bob ... what does that stuff actually taste like ... I've never and while I like to try new things ... it's way down there with fried scorpions. . It's horrible, I only smelled it once and that was enough. Smells like a cheap tequila and I think it's only 25% strong??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetongue Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 (edited) This always works out in the sticks. ImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1373293853.471276.jpg Bob ... what does that stuff actually taste like ... I've never and while I like to try new things ... it's way down there with fried scorpions. . I have tried it, I think furniture polish comes to mind although I haven't tasted that. When I first came to Thailand eons ago my local shopkeeper mixed it with a chinese powder called 11 Tigers. It came out red and you could buy a spoonful for 1 baht. Very strong and ok for a couple but a glassful would leave you senseless. Edited July 9, 2013 by Bluetongue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
up2you2 Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 If you really want to break through and be truly accepted into your local community what makes you think that others "want a breakthrough and be truly accepted"? and what skills can i adopt concerning a football club located on a far away remote island? Yes Nam you are right again, I think there are very few Farangs who do wish to break through and be truly accepted in their local communities. But for those that do, which I take it you are not one of them, I wonder what other alternatives you could suggest. Not so much adopting a skill regarding Manchester United, rather a knowledge base, of the teams history and also the current details of the team. In the event you were marooned on a desert island with a Thai male, or perhaps just living up country devoid of Farangs, I feel that this would serve you in good stead. The replies to date for some reason are predominantly suggesting financial inducements, and also alcohol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrypticBob Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 A full proof is very important. I once omitted to review it, and submitted a report with a glaring error on the front cover that was most embarrassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetongue Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 This always works out in the sticks. ImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1373293853.471276.jpg Bob ... what does that stuff actually taste like ... I've never and while I like to try new things ... it's way down there with fried scorpions. . I have tried it, I think furniture polish comes to mind although I haven't tasted that. When I first came to Thailand eons ago my local shopkeeper mixed it with a chinese powder called 11 Tigers. It came out red and you could buy a spoonful for 1 baht. Very strong and ok for a couple but a glassful would leave you senseless.Actually just found a website promoting it, now thinking of getting some. Here is a picture and apparently its a Thai herbal product with all sorts of priapic potential. No wonder at the time I was laying plenty of pipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLCrab Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 (edited) In the event you were marooned on a desert island with a Thai male ... As long as we've now entered the realm of the hypothetical, I would much prefer to conjecture regarding "Thai friends" being marooned on a desert island with one or more "highly stimulating" Thai females as per the end of the movie Dr. Strangelove. Edited July 9, 2013 by JLCrab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 If you really want to break through and be truly accepted into your local community what makes you think that others "want a breakthrough and be truly accepted"? and what skills can i adopt concerning a football club located on a far away remote island? Because there will always be an England. In case you didn't get it, the Thais love their English footie teams. Would you like me to give you a link to Dame Vera Lynn to help you out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubex99 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 This always works out in the sticks. ImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1373293853.471276.jpg Bob ... what does that stuff actually taste like ... I've never and while I like to try new things ... it's way down there with fried scorpions. . Its a Thai brandy. It is very rough on the throat, it tastes like brandy to me but a very poor quality brandy. I mixed it with milk in the end to see how it was as a brandy Alexander. Its was quite palatable (only then). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 If you really want to break through and be truly accepted into your local community what makes you think that others "want a breakthrough and be truly accepted"? and what skills can i adopt concerning a football club located on a far away remote island? Yes Nam you are right again, I think there are very few Farangs who do wish to break through and be truly accepted in their local communities. But for those that do, which I take it you are not one of them, I wonder what other alternatives you could suggest. Not so much adopting a skill regarding Manchester United, rather a knowledge base, of the teams history and also the current details of the team. In the event you were marooned on a desert island with a Thai male, or perhaps just living up country devoid of Farangs, I feel that this would serve you in good stead. The replies to date for some reason are predominantly suggesting financial inducements, and also alcohol. so you think a Thai male and me on a deserted island could devote our time discussing Manchester United and me learning Thai? p.s. i'd rather think of the possibility being marooned with an attractive Thai lady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayroo Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Man united? pfffftt a good way to make them hate you.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metapod Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I have made a lot of Thai friends just from wearing my Southside t shirt. Southside is a thai hip hop group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSure Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I have a "'Full' proof, guaranteed way to make Thai friends overnight. Of course I have to pay them to leave in the morning. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 If you really want to break through and be truly accepted into your local community what makes you think that others "want a breakthrough and be truly accepted"? and what skills can i adopt concerning a football club located on a far away remote island? Because there will always be an England. In case you didn't get it, the Thais love their English footie teams. Would you like me to give you a link to Dame Vera Lynn to help you out? i couldn't care less what kind of English football teams Thais like and neither do i need help from a Dame Vera Lynn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
up2you2 Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 If you really want to break through and be truly accepted into your local community what makes you think that others "want a breakthrough and be truly accepted"? and what skills can i adopt concerning a football club located on a far away remote island? Because there will always be an England. In case you didn't get it, the Thais love their English footie teams. Would you like me to give you a link to Dame Vera Lynn to help you out? i couldn't care less what kind of English football teams Thais like and neither do i need help from a Dame Vera Lynn. By your responses on this thread to date, and I could be completely wrong here, but I am beginning to wonder if you do have any male Thai friends. If you do, what do you find you have in common with them? If you don't, do you regret living in another part of the world without having made any friends with the locals. In fact on reflection looking back, do you think that this is a prerequiste for Farangs trying to settle in Thailand, that they should not expect that they will in fact make some bona fide Thai friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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