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

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.

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.

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

When you start one inane topic after another.

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.

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

Edited June 27, 201412 yr by Ulysses G.

When you use your lips to show the direction.

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

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

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

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

When you start commenting and discussing Gerbils !

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

Too long or long enough?

When you know more about Thailand than Thai people.

When you start calling white people "farang".

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

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

When you become invisible when picking your nose in public .

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

Edited June 29, 201412 yr by Thakkar

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 ?

When you think it's boring.

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

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

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

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.

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......

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

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

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