sunshine51 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 From the article on Coconuts website.... "Imagine a clueless Asian traveler wearing a Starbucks T-shirt and wandering around Time Square snapping pictures." They (Asians) do this...and do this often...there ya have it in a nutshell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine51 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Deodorant that doesn't work. In a Chang wife beater...Oh Lord help Us!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Tamson Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Must be over 10 years now but can still remember being at an All Inclusive resort in Mexico (RIU Jalisco) And some fat American Tourist in his wife beater Corona Tank is plowing through the buffet when at one point he reaches across one of the trays and a drizzle of sweat and armpit juice drips into the tray. Had to swallow back a bit of vomit at the same time as politely telling the fat bastard his arm pit sweat certainly added to the flavour of the salsa! Not aThai related story but can not get the picture of this out of my head after all these years. Thanks RTC99q; that image is going to stay in my head for a long time too now. Ugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Tamson Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Surprised that no-one has mentioned the combination of a cravat with a navy blazer in 38deg heat / 90% humidity. It's tough being a style leader in a backwater like BKK. Fashion, just like everything else, needs its pioneers Pitbull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Must be German. ..or smirky Brits or American cowboys.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine51 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 If farang can wear this.... Then it must be ok for Asians to wear this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JO1973 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Dear Thai, We foreigners realize that saying the 'f' word every chance you get when a Westerner is in earshot makes you sound cool, and wearing shirts with swastikas and the word 'Nazi' is all the rage, but please be aware that, just as we foreigners may look strange to you, you can look absolutely ridiculous/insulting/vulgar and just plain stupid to us at times. And while we're at it, please remember that when you visit another country it is not advisable to point, laugh at those who look different than you, yell on your moble at the top of your lungs, wear any of the above T-shirts, or allow your children to run amok like feeding time at the zoo. Have a great day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchooptip Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Hooray the Michelin man is still alive!! Did the photographer get his permission to take his pic? TV could get sued for this if he finds out he is being paraded on the web, no matter how gross he may look!!!! And yourself sued for saying he looks gross ? I dint post the picture and I am not letting anyone know who I am, so my reply to your response is- "I don't think so" I hope you realized "my response"... was not serious at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notbkk Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Man purses...please stop wearing man purse guys unless u need them to carry your manpons Excuse me, where do you suggest I put my umbrella, my Nokia Lumia 920 brick phone, my wallet and keys? Not to mention my 3 sachets of Birdy coffee I take to work everyday? Oh, and then there is my passport which I often need for work. Luckily I'm still not old enough and incontinent to use manpons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahinni Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Oh guess who cameron-2-way_2651184d.jpg a guess, new king of england Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 AND NEVER FORGET THE ''THONG''...EEELLLLL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazykopite Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Living on a tropical island such as Koh Samu / Koh Phangan is fine for the " Fishermans pants " brigade I have 10 pairs which I wear most of the time. Bangkok is a world away from island living I avoid the place like the plague if I want to go shopping I can jump on Tiger Airways at Krabi to Singapore for no more than 7,000 baht return. I once did it for 1,500 baht each way. and when I was on the website yesterday I could pick up a return flight for the F1 weekend for 6,000 baht. Flying from Samui to Bangkok with Bangkok airways is 4,000 EW but that's another subject !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stconan Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Things farang shouldn't wear , young thai girls on there arm saying I love you , I wait for you when you come back !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rene123 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I think many men just don't care about their appearance anymore, but maybe that is because they don't have to in Thailand. I could say the same about a lot of western women once they pass a certain age where they no longer want to attract men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EveryDayTheSame Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 These fishermans pants are those pants that are tied up around your waste from back to front... Like a one-size-fits-all number that you tie around your waste... Super comfy for around the house wear... But you'd look like a right dick if you were wearing them outside trying to get your "thai" on... EDIT: Like the one in HeijoshinCool's picture... Waste!!..............Like the Freudian slip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rene123 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 These fishermans pants are those pants that are tied up around your waste from back to front... Like a one-size-fits-all number that you tie around your waste... Super comfy for around the house wear... But you'd look like a right dick if you were wearing them outside trying to get your "thai" on... EDIT: Like the one in HeijoshinCool's picture... Waste!!..............Like the Freudian slip! I thought they called those pants wrapped around waste, "Depends"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I regularly see a ?Cambodian? Guy walking around completely naked in Buriram, apart from his glue bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Although I don't wear sandals, what is wrong with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poanoi Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 You cant climb up a tree as easily with socks, and playing with your toes also gets harder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWorldwide Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 When it comes to wearing shirts that you dont know the meaning to, Thais are number 1. I had an on going private lesson with a really nice family a few years back. When I showed up one day the mother opens the door with a shirt in English that says "Pu$$y is more important than friends" I just stood their in shock for a few moments debating on whether i should explain what it means to her or just let it go. I ended up not trying to explain the meaning but letting her know it may not be a shirt she should wear because the meaning "is no good" That t-shirt gets my vote. Particularly like the dollar signs - beats 'no money, no honey' hands down. Also agree re the comments others have made about the fashion faux pas made by many Thai men, but you can get away with all manner of crimes when everything you own has an 'S' on the label. With the new generation of obese Thai kids now reaching puberty, I fully expect that the 'stripes with polka dots' look wont be quite so 'invisible'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemac Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Bring back the Safari Suit ! Bet the Thais would love them.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mikemac Posted August 23, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2013 I was sitting in a bar in Nana many years ago and these two guys walked past dressed in thongs, cargo shorts and Chang/Singha type tank tops/singlets. They were the hairiest humans I have ever seen, their backs, arms, chests and legs were like black shag pile carpets. I found myself thinking about a David Attenborough documentary I had recently seen about silver back gorillas. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby nz Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Funniest one I saw was a couple of yanks at the Yasathon rocket festival each with a string of wooden penises round their neck and a Thai escort with an AK47, hand gun and big knife. Thais were having a good laugh as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I was sitting in a bar in Nana many years ago and these two guys walked past dressed in thongs, cargo shorts and Chang/Singha type tank tops/singlets. They were the hairiest humans I have ever seen, their backs, arms, chests and legs were like black shag pile carpets. I found myself thinking about a David Attenborough documentary I had recently seen about silver back gorillas. You looked inside their cargo shorts for the thong thing. ............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farangafrique Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Or Dutch...somehow some of the Europeans love this "fashion"....it's not cool guys and need I say anything about beer bellies and "Chang Style vests" ???...come on guys, have a little pride in yourselves......and the girl you're with........ Must be German. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemac Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 You looked inside their cargo shorts for the thong thing. ............... OK transam, I asked for that. I can assure you the last thing on my mind was peeking inside their trousers to see what they had their payloads tarped down with. Gonna be hard getting that thought out of my mind. Thanks mate. Come to think of it, Europeans do give us a funny look when we tell them everyone in Australia wears thongs, young and old alike. They must think we are a nation of freaks............................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 You looked inside their cargo shorts for the thong thing. ............... OK transam, I asked for that. I can assure you the last thing on my mind was peeking inside their trousers to see what they had their payloads tarped down with. Gonna be hard getting that thought out of my mind. Thanks mate. Come to think of it, Europeans do give us a funny look when we tell them everyone in Australia wears thongs, young and old alike. They must think we are a nation of freaks............................ Weeeeeeell yeh, but a thong doesn't do much for anyone until your in a situation. BUT, at my age it does nothing at all except .............. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightymaxx Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Although I don't wear sandals, what is wrong with this? Socks and sandals are universally ridiculed around the world. However, you will likely not find a more comfortable combination of footwear in the universe. I am a confessed habitual sock and sandal wearer, I can't help it. Although, I have since graduated to "skele-toes" which are even more hideous than socks and sandals, but I love them like family and I simply can't stop wearing them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kommiekat Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) It's amazing that so many men take an interest in what other men are wearing? Must all be metrosexuals? I confess I don't really pay that much attention. And what are "fisherman pants"? I assume they are not waders? Lighten up a bit! Firstly, that article was clearly written tongue-in-cheek. Secondly, the author appears to be a woman. The article was well written, I might add, and right on the money. Completely disagree with this. Any why not? Why not wear traditional clothing in the right place and time? If I'm at some bungalow way out in in Koh Pangang resting up for a week, why not walk around in a Sarong? About them? Don't they wear Western fashion? Why we can't wear their fashion? I've got a Japanese Yukata. Wore most Summer Japanese festivals. No one pointed. No one laughed. People were very helpful and happy to help find me Kanji characters that go with my English name. This reminds me of Hong Kongers. They all have Christian nicknames, some of them quite asinine actually, but why should they snicker and laugh if I ask one to help me choose a Chinese nickname? Not fair, I tell's ya! Not fair! Edited August 23, 2013 by Kommiekat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstarr Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Although I don't wear sandals, what is wrong with this? Socks and sandals are universally ridiculed around the world. However, you will likely not find a more comfortable combination of footwear in the universe. I am a confessed habitual sock and sandal wearer, I can't help it. Although, I have since graduated to "skele-toes" which are even more hideous than socks and sandals, but I love them like family and I simply can't stop wearing them Don't worry, you can beat this; just take things a day at a time and you will be fine. It won't be long before normal footwear is resumed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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