Thai girl I met thinks all farangs are from Europe.

[White Christmas13]

The "bird" was right. The first Australians came from British prisons, Americans from Europe, too. Did you not learn that at school?

WRONG

The first Australians were there long before us convicts arrived

About 50,000 years before

Yep you are correct but where did they come from?

[bkktrapper]

I would bet that most Aussie sheias wouldn't be able to point out Thailand on a map either. Or Taiwan, Columbia, Ethiopia, Korea, Argentina or Turkey or Bangladesh. Aussies think they are are so important but all the previously mentioned countries have populations way bigger than Australia's.

Can the OP point out most of the worlds 200 or so countries on a map? Doubt it.

Not the sharpest tools in the shed those white Aussies ( who originate from Europe, just as Asians are from Asia.) But considering they descend from prostitutes and thieves it is understandable. Have a look at the history of the Lady Juliana.

A troll says what? They cannot sheilas .

[White Christmas13]

The "bird" was right. The first Australians came from British prisons, Americans from Europe, too. Did you not learn that at school?

Actually, the first Australians ( Kooris ) came across from South East Asia to Australia some 40,000 years ago.

well spotted

Some 40,000 to 50,000 years ago, a band of intrepid Southeast Asians became the first humans to reach Australia

[steven100]

well usually everyone from Australia comes from Melbourne .... Melbourne is the only place in Australia ....

[Roomuck]

Are you sure she was Thai? Sounds like a typical American;)

Yeah, those dumb Americans; just wonder how they became the greatest economic, military, political, scientific, entertainment, and living standard nation on earth.

The Americans are the greatest "gross" economy, but not per head. The big population gets you over the line there.

Military, well yes, the Americans have killed more women and children internationally than any other country since WW2', well done on that one.

Political ?? George W Bush, Donald Trump etc, not so sure there mate.

Scientific. I will give them that one. Credit due there.

Entertainment, that is a bit like saying you have the best food in the world because McDonald's is so popular. The USA is definitely the best at marketing complete shit to the rest of the world though.

As far as living standards, they are not even close. Look up list of most developed nations. America don't make the cut. But keep watching FOX news (owned by an Aussie)

Thailand is the best country in the world but if anyone can prove me wrong, tell me and I will pack up and move to whichever country is better tomorrow.

[farang2002]

I think it is fair to say that geography is not normally a strong point!

No sense of direction either: north/south, east/west. No clue.

[White Christmas13]

well usually everyone from Australia comes from Melbourne .... Melbourne is the only place in Australia ....

Yeah

You know you're from Melbourne if ...

- When diarising anything in September you first consult the footy fixture.

- You were shocked when you found out not all street directories are called Melway.

- When everyone knows where a bar, cafe or restaurant is you no longer want to go there.

- You know Sunshine, Rosebud and the Caribbean Gardens are not as good as they sound.

- You consider yourself a socialist yet you drive a European car and have a cleaner.

- You'd rather sit next to Guy Rundle on a plane than Guy Pearce.

- You've attended a children's party that had rice-paper rolls, cous cous salad, croquembouche and a pinata.

- You or someone you know has received a grant.

- It's not Noosa, it's Noysa. It's not snow it's the snoy. And it's Malvern now, not Chadstone, thanks to rezoning.

- You refer to rococo furniture as "very Franco Cozzo".

- You felt betrayed when you discovered Melbourne was not the only place in the world with trams.

- You think the slogan on our licence plates should be "Melbourne. The Coffee Is Shit Anywhere Else", "Melbourne. Go To Sydney. We Hate Tourists" or " Melbourne. What School Did You Go To?"

- You know the word ''Moomba'' means Up Your Bum, White Man.

- You're not happy Melbourne has been voted the World's Most Liveable City. You'd prefer it was voted "Most Enigmatic, Tortured And Slightly Dangerous City".

- You think the only person who looks good with a moustache is Ron Barassi.

- You've looked out the window of Puffing Billy and waved like an idiot at the cars at the railway crossing. And you've watched Puffing Billy pass as you sat in a car at the railway crossing, and waved like an idiot.

- You think beyondblue does great work but you hate the way it makes Jeff Kennett look good. Which is depressing.

- Any music by Paul Kelly makes you suddenly think of the Nylex sign and something about making gravy.

- When you meet someone from Kew, you always ask "Near Kew?"

- Jon Faine shits you but you can't switch him off.

- You've been to the Royal Melbourne Show and the scariest ride is the train home.

- You don't get the jokes about the Yarra. Or Melbourne weather.

- When you hear the word ''Bougainville'' you think of Northland.

- You don't judge people on their looks, wealth or status but on the bread they buy, the coffee they serve and the newspaper they read.

- You know a kid with two mummies.

- You pretend the Sydney-Melbourne rivalry doesn't exist. Which it doesn't. Because Sydney doesn't care. And that really shits you.

- You brag Melbourne is the creative capital of Australia, but your walls are full of signed football jumpers.

- When someone says thanks you say, "No Dromanas."

- When you hear the word ''Easter'' the first thing you think of is the Royal Children's Hospital Appeal and Zig and Zag. And then you quickly think of something else.

- If someone is referred to as a ''showbag'' you know it means they're cheap and full of shit.

- Your kid's favourite foods are sushi, spanakopita and felafel. Which are also the names of the three kids they sit next to at school.

- If a friend gets a new boyfriend or girlfriend, your first question is, ''Who do they barrack for?''

- You think if we all ignore Federation Square, Docklands and Robert Doyle they'll go away.

- You can list all the ingredients in pesto. And you're three years old.

- Cup Day. Gambling at 9am. Drunk by noon. Broke at 3.20pm. Asleep by 4pm. Hungover at 5pm. All while at work.

- You think Aberfeldie is a tartan, Coonan's Hill is a wine and South Wharf is in Sydney.

- Chopper Read, Ned Kelly, Squizzy Taylor, the Morans and the Williamses. Sure they're crims, but we all agree they've given the place colour.

- You lose respect for friends if they move over the other side of the river.

- When holding a dinner party, you know the point is to serve food no one has ever heard of, from a country people didn't know existed, bought from a little shop they'll never be able to find.

- You were against the casino but, you have to admit, it does keep the bogans out of the city.

- Pot, cantaloupe, potato cake and hook turn. Build a bridge and get over it.

[SoiBiker]

Trivia for today;-

From the 1956 movie "The King and I" (maybe was not allowed into Siam way back then), the son of the then King was quite indignant when the map of the world was shown by their new teacher Anna from England.

He couldn't believe Siam was so small.

'Twas only from a make-believe story anyway called; "Anna and the King".

It's not a 'make believe' story - it's based on the life of a real person.

[BngkkB]

I am not sure but I heard a while ago that teaching how to read maps was banned in Thai schools many many moons ago. Something about border clashes in the olden days and Thailand giving up and then getting back land. When loosing land it would cause a loss of face? No idea of this is correct but it seems to make sense as most Thais can not read a map. Read the numerous post of Thai wives holding map upside down on road trips etc...

[Bear78]

Australians are ashamed of the truth they come to the worst and most brutal rabble who were deported from Europe.

I forwarded this forum for my friends from east europe and russians and they have a really fun of you. hi-educated people..

really you'd better not write anything, and either you more quiet if you can not accept the historical facts.

History is but many times forgotten and time-barred and in a few years so we really say that the Australians were born in Australia.

[inzman]

My first Thai wife asked me how long to drive from Europe to America.

[vogie]

well usually everyone from Australia comes from Melbourne .... Melbourne is the only place in Australia ....

Don't forget Wallawallabingbong.

[cyberfarang]

The "bird" was right. The first Australians came from British prisons, Americans from Europe, too. Did you not learn that at school?

WRONG

The first Australians were there long before us convicts arrived

About 50,000 years before

Yep you are correct but where did they come from?

They were originally British undesirables that we shipped over to Australia and why they are called Aborigines. Then thousands of years later they made there way back to England again and 200 years ago we sent them back to Oz. But the buggers still keep turning up on our doorsteps. 30 years ago the British and Australian governments made a compromise, that both could retire in Thailand and meet each other half way.

[Cynical Sailor]

Trivia for today;-

From the 1956 movie "The King and I" (maybe was not allowed into Siam way back then), the son of the then King was quite indignant when the map of the world was shown by their new teacher Anna from England.

He couldn't believe Siam was so small.

'Twas only from a make-believe story anyway called; "Anna and the King".

It's not a 'make believe' story - it's based on the life of a real person.

It's my understanding that the movie is still banned today. Showing it would constitute Lese Majeste.

[luke000]

Australians are ashamed of the truth they come to the worst and most brutal rabble who were deported from Europe.

Australians who can trace their roots back to the earliest arrivals are very proud of the fact and they are in a tiny minority of the population

[KhaoNiaw]

Trivia for today;-

From the 1956 movie "The King and I" (maybe was not allowed into Siam way back then), the son of the then King was quite indignant when the map of the world was shown by their new teacher Anna from England.

He couldn't believe Siam was so small.

'Twas only from a make-believe story anyway called; "Anna and the King".

It's not a 'make believe' story - it's based on the life of a real person.

It's my understanding that the movie is still banned today. Showing it would constitute Lese Majeste.

The first and only time I've ever seen the film was here in Thailand on the original incarnation of satellite/cable TV - (was it UBC or was there something before that?)

Edited February 8, 2016 by KhaoNiaw

[Cynical Sailor]

Australians are ashamed of the truth they come to the worst and most brutal rabble who were deported from Europe.

I know this is off topic but it requires a rebuttal.

I hardly think that stealing a loaf of bread or a handkerchief would put you in the 'worst and most brutal rabble' category of criminal. But it was enough to get you transported.

I think you need to do a bit more research...

Edited February 8, 2016 by Cynical Sailor

[louse1953]

I tell Thais i am Asian because i come from down under.

[louse1953]

I do not surprised I know about aussieland only thanks to AC/DC)))

They were and are all immigrants.

[Ulic]

Farangs come from a map, world, Google Earth culture. Many may not know where a

country of place is, but understand maps, and the Earth. Many Asians and Africans

do not understand maps at all. I know a an lovely bright lawyer from Kenya with

a master in law from a university in Denmark who explained to me Africans do not

understand maps and neither did she. She was quite surprised when I told her when

you open a proper map the top of the map is north. When I asked her how Kenyans

got from place to place she told me. simple. To get to this village you take that trail, to

get to that village you take another trail. For driving she did not use maps or GPS

it was memory. You want to get to Denmark, you go to the airport and get on a plane.

No need to look at a map the plane takes you there.

[samsensam]

not only thailand, many americans have no idea about world geography or have passports. same same...

[louse1953]

She is right, of course. The word "farang" is just a shorter version of "farangset", i.e. French people...

I thought it was because we had the colour of a potato,you know,man(is)farang.

[louse1953]

well usually everyone from Australia comes from Melbourne .... Melbourne is the only place in Australia ....

Yeah right,3 biggest Greek city in the world.Did somebody,somewhere call Melbourne the arse end of the world.Those 2 sentences are not connected.

[Bujan]

A few years back, I met 2 Americans students travelling from France to England by train. Well they didn't know they had to cross the Channel to get to England....

[louse1953]

Australians are ashamed of the truth they come to the worst and most brutal rabble who were deported from Europe.

I know this is off topic but it requires a rebuttal.

I hardly think that stealing a loaf of bread or a handkerchief would put you in the 'worst and most brutal rabble' category of criminal. But it was enough to get you transported.

I think you need to do a bit more research...

I,and every one of my British heritage,Australian friends are very proud of the stock we come from.We know the truth and revel in it.

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[ableguy]

Marry her.

[louse1953]

Australians are ashamed of the truth they come to the worst and most brutal rabble who were deported from Europe.

I forwarded this forum for my friends from east europe and russians and they have a really fun of you. hi-educated people..

really you'd better not write anything, and either you more quiet if you can not accept the historical facts.

History is but many times forgotten and time-barred and in a few years so we really say that the Australians were born in Australia.

I rekon your a bit jealous your not a bronzed Anzac.

[puffy]

There are plenty of Americans who don't know anywhere outside their state.

Loads of Essex girls who only know where Romford, Lakeside and Benidorm is.

I hate to be to sexist but from my experience many girls from many different countries are clueless about Geography.

Anyway I am sure there are more Aussies in Earls court than Australia.

[tomyumchai]

i asked my thai gf to enter directions to ayutthaya in to my gps while we were heading down the 32 and she came up with germany!

.......oddly enough tho there is an ayutthaya in germany.

[Happy Grumpy]

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/821600-light-does-not-travel-faster-than-sound-in-thailand-apparently/

Light doesn't travel faster than sound. Thai university graduate.

Edited February 8, 2016 by Happy Grumpy