buhi Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I am a very good actor, but cannot immitate a Thai smile. My son asked if he could go with neighbours tonight. He had been with them most of the day, swimming. I said I was not sure, ask mother. Now I stress the neighbour is a female teacher and we have lived here since my son was born. My wife said no, with the most amazing smile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costas2008 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 OP, just keep saying "cheese" to yourself when you meet another Thai. You can't go wrong. Just out of curiosity, is the teacher fit? Just came out of a love affair...................... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buhi Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 OP, just keep saying "cheese" to yourself when you meet another Thai. You can't go wrong. Just out of curiosity, is the teacher fit? Just came out of a love affair...................... The teacher is a nusery school teacher and married, her son is a close friend of my son, hence they had been out all day under her supervision.I trust her totally! And yes I am an ex teacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buhi Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 I guess because I do not smile naturally and have a stern look; my wife just exudes smiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CharlieH Posted October 20, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2014 A smile is not a smile unless it beams through the eyes, now that's a smile ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy chef 1 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 and the point is??? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buhi Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 and the point is??? No point, just a comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoad Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 and the point is??? Costas is on heat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonsalviz Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 My wife can ignore people with the sweetest smile known to mankind. I get amazed everytime I see it. I try to emulate but I am sure I cannot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post janpharma Posted October 21, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2014 " Thai smile a thing of wonder"? I would rather say: "Thai smile, a thing to wonder about"! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godden Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 The Thai diet makes them very flatulent. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotBkk Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 " Thai smile a thing of wonder"? I would rather say: "Thai smile, a thing to wonder about"! I agree. Thai smiles, emulates being at variance with what is right, proper, or suitable or should say' perverse as to what benefit they can make from this wry smile of so-called emotion. Very much in comparison with the kiss of death ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costas2008 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 OP, just keep saying "cheese" to yourself when you meet another Thai. You can't go wrong. Just out of curiosity, is the teacher fit? Just came out of a love affair...................... The teacher is a nusery school teacher and married, her son is a close friend of my son, hence they had been out all day under her supervision.I trust her totally! And yes I am an ex teacher. Hey buhi, You told me everything else except what I asked you for. Concentrate teacher, concentrate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekMarshall Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 OP, just keep saying "cheese" to yourself when you meet another Thai. You can't go wrong. Just out of curiosity, is the teacher fit? Just came out of a love affair...................... lol! You should change your name to Mr Boombastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekMarshall Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 and the point is??? Costas is on heat Nah! he is just in season, like any many men in Spring time! After a long hard winter or seeing women with nothing but long trousers, jackets and perhaps even hats and scarfs come Spring, out come the girlies in nice shorts skirts, low cut tops, lowing their charms..yeah he is in Season, smelling P*ssy from a mile off..even on Thai Visa..yep he is like a tiger lion he eats, sleeps, f*cks and lets his women bring him the food! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smotherb Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 and the point is??? Costas is on heat Nah! he is just in season, like any many men in Spring time! After a long hard winter or seeing women with nothing but long trousers, jackets and perhaps even hats and scarfs come Spring, out come the girlies in nice shorts skirts, low cut tops, lowing their charms..yeah he is in Season, smelling P*ssy from a mile off..even on Thai Visa..yep he is like a tiger lion he eats, sleeps, f*cks and lets his women bring him the food! Wake up, look around, this is the northern hemisphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishJohn Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I realised a while ago that as nice as a Thai smile might be, it means absolutely nothing in relation to what is being said. When the mouth is talking about money, I subconsciously ignore the smile now .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atyclb Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 "So what makes us all Thais? What is the Thai identity? Ask a Thai and there are certain expected answers. Cliches, if you will. A typical answer may be that it's our smile. Well, everybody in the world including the village idiot can smile. And, on the world happiness index, we rank quite low. So it's just a marketing gimmick to attract tourists, not an issue of national identity. At least is shouldn't be." Voranai Vanijaka, Thai writer and journalist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusd Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I thought this was about the airline. No smile there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenWayneSimpson Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Maybe the fact your son had been with them all day your wife thought he had spent enough time with them? Probably best to ask your wife the answer though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 A smile is not a smile unless it beams through the eyes, now that's a smile ! Totally agree, the eyes tell all, whether here or farangland........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debrakfurlow Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 When I asked my tuk tuk driver why everyone smiles he just kinda chuckled and said it's because we don't understand a word your saying. He's a funny guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByblosYuNaiSoi Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I choose to think it has to do with the traditional Thai view of the world, via spiritism, Hinduism and Buddhism. In all of these, the individual is only a bit of the universal picture - effectively, we're not only all in this together, we are the same stuff. The smile is a gesture of openness, and acknowledges this non-difference. So, even if she says 'no," even if that aggressive driver almost hit me, or the merchant wants to steal my money, that smile acknowledges that we're basically all the same, little bits of a bigger consciousness. This attitude helps me get cope with a lot of stupid and annoying behavior! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buhi Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 I choose to think it has to do with the traditional Thai view of the world, via spiritism, Hinduism and Buddhism. In all of these, the individual is only a bit of the universal picture - effectively, we're not only all in this together, we are the same stuff. The smile is a gesture of openness, and acknowledges this non-difference. So, even if she says 'no," even if that aggressive driver almost hit me, or the merchant wants to steal my money, that smile acknowledges that we're basically all the same, little bits of a bigger consciousness. This attitude helps me get cope with a lot of stupid and annoying behavior! Yes I would look like an absolute idiot back in the West as I now instictively smile, but no way like my wife, she just does it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I love the way that Thai girls pass me and smile like they know me really well and I have no idea who they are. I have lived in Chiang Mai a long time, so lot of them actually do know me from teaching a long time ago or from bars or from my business, but plenty have never seen me before. I like it, but it is confusing. Mai penh rai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnomick Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Bone structure.....or more to the point, skull structure -- and teeth. When a Thai opens their mouth they seem to automatically smile. Don't believe me ? Check them out for yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted October 21, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2014 Bone structure.....or more to the point, skull structure -- and teeth. When a Thai opens their mouth they seem to automatically smile. Don't believe me ? Check them out for yourself I think you may be in line for the "The Most Daft Post of the Year" award........... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 It's always present & on display at our house....I worry when I don't see it........ Then I ask if she's upset about something - and compound the situation because she's not upset..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuskegeeBen Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 and the point is??? duh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuskegeeBen Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 and the point is??? No point, just a comment. Buhi, Good for you, that you have found a Thai lady, with the "grit" of character, capable of keeping your heart in the flutter mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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