When do you know you have lived in Thailand too long?

[ppmacready]

You find someone driving a motorbike towards you, on the wrong side of the road acceptable!

[zeichen]

When you travel to other countries, and you wonder where the bum gun is and really wish there was one.

When you dip your unripe mangoes in chilli fishpaste.

[benalibina]

When you accept that parents/people misuse, their, children by letting them sell f.i. flowers at all times of day instead of sending them on time to bed and/or school.

[cornishcarlos]

When you find yourself replying to pointless threads on TV forum..!!

[Carib]

When you start one inane topic after another.

[bkkjames]

When I continue to reply on this particular OP's topics.

Either that or I am addicted to self-inflicted brain damage. Jury still out.

[Ulysses G.]

When you get up on the seat of a Western toilet and crouch to take a dump.

[Vacuum]

When you use your lips to show the direction.

[Soutpeel]

When you get up on the seat of a Western toilet and crouch to take a dump.

But you should add this is not a uniquely Thai thing

[robblok]

When you know that the topic you are replying on has been posted way back with the same title.

[CharlieH]

when you visit your home country and talk to the girl at the supermarket checkout in Thai !

[blaaack mama]

when you consider it is acceptable to discard 50% of the food and drink you buy because it is toxic, poisonous or time and/or environment spoiled

[MichaelJackson]

When you start commenting and discussing Gerbils !

[infinity11]

When i am in another country and i start speaking thai.

Too long or long enough?

[Somsrisonphimai]

When you know more about Thailand than Thai people.

[AnotherOneAmerican]

When you start calling white people "farang".

[telldem]

When you start talking ting tong english to your non Thai friends.

[ppmacready]

When you give an honest opinion of a situation involving a relationship with a Thai partner and your called cynical!

[banglay]

When you become invisible when picking your nose in public .

[Thakkar]

Living in Thailand timescales:

Shocked at two adults and a kid with no helmets riding a motorbike -- not been here long enough.

Unperturbed at the above scenario -- been here a while.

Witness the above scenario and think: there's still room for a baby in the front basket -- been here too long.

T

[Albertosez]

When you ask the KFC delivery woman if she can come in the house and suck your d*ck whilst u are eating their chicken ?

[daveAustin]

When you think it's boring.

[Thakkar]

Living in Thailand timescales II:

Visiting hookers -- newbie

Got a live-in girlfriend with another on the side-- been here a while

Bought a house, lost a house, back to visiting hookers-- been here too long.

T

[Banzai99]

When you spend every waking hour making pointless posts on an anonymous Internet forum.

[Thakkar]

Living in Thailand timescales III:

Talking to your dick -- newbie

Getting her to talk to your dick -- been here a while

Taking advice from your dick -- been here too long

T

[marko kok prong]

This one struck me yesterday; when you are watching a movie set in a western country,and you feel horrified when they walk inside the house with their shoes on.

[Kudel]

When starting topics about where to buy viagra for the umpteenth time,simple go to doctor get prescription go to pharmacy for god's sake......

[Thakkar]

Living in Thailand timescales IV:

Using tissue -- newbie

Using butt spray -- been here a while

Grievously missing butt spray when back "home" -- been here too long

Going in to use the butt spray *just* ease an itchy butt -- been here waaayy too long

(Come on, veterans, we've all done this...what, just me?? Well, this is embarrassing...)

T

[NanLaew]

Living in Thailand timescales II:

Visiting hookers -- newbie

Got a live-in girlfriend with another on the side-- been here a while

Bought a house, lost a house, back to visiting hookers-- been here too long.

T

LOL

I did some googling and found the Buriram Variable on Thakkar's Law of Thainess.

Thinking with your dick -- newbie

Got a wife, mia noi and my gik's a ladyboy -- been here a while

Wishing you still had your dick -- been here too long

[EBlair48]

When cheap prostitutes or servile but gold-digging partners- are worth harassment, xenophobia and outright bigotry.