Very Good News For Thai

[mickmac]

Whats the difference between a ball of snot and a brussel sprout?

You cannot get your 5 year old son to eat his brussel sprouts!!!!

[Stephen Cleary]

It's all lies in a difference of mentality.

While picking your nose may be considered 'pretty gross' in the west, us farang also have a whole collection of habits which would be considered 'dirty' in Thailand.

Just last week, while in Kanchanaburi, i was a victim of a noisy, horrendously smelly gas explosion coming from the 'backside' of a European lady. While such 'letting loose of gas' in public by a lady in Europe may normal there - it is pretty unheard of here!

Talking about 'bottoms' - the usual Sukhivit farang tourist lurves nothing better than strolling along the road scratching his private parts. Something, the locals find rather 'vulgar'

Farangs just lurve a good burp in public even though their breath smells like a Bangkok canal. Such behaviour is also considered rather 'dirty' in Thailand.

While farangs don't like the site of someone's nostrils, it's perfectly all right to stick a toothpick in yer openwide mouth and show yer tonsils off to the disgust of the person sat opposite.

Jumping into bed with a darling of choice even though ye smell of sweaty armpits, booze and tobacco smoke without having the decency of taking a shower first - is also considered bad manners in Thailand!

All a bit of fun! Not to be taken too seriously!

[LivinLOS]

Sorry thats not an east west cultural thing.. Every one of those listed are considered pretty gross in the west too (possible exception on toothpicking but only mildly done)..

[elkangorito]

This topic is a bit like Masturbation..."Playboy Magazine interviewed 100 men & asked them if they masturbated. 95 of them said 'yes' & the other 5% are liars".

Nobody here has admitted that they eat their snot. This is obviously a 'guilt ridden' subject.

There is nothing better than picking big & chunky bit(s) from your shnoz. If it's the correct personal firmness, colour & size, the epitome of ecstacy is to chew & swallow it.

Allow me to be the first to admit that I 'pick & eat'. I, like most people, have been doing it since very early childhood...& I have no intention of stopping. I do prefer to do this in private though.

To all you guilt ridden "closet snot eaters" out there, nothing to worry about. "Dig deep" & enjoy. Don't let the thoughts of others control your life.

[Phano]

It is long since I had such a good laugh.

Post 13 by Taxeile has made my day.

Keep up the Dig.

[Noel]

I would say that the elite of the nose-pickers has to be the Thai female driving a car worth more than the village she comes from is worth.

Whilst the rear-view mirror is dedicated to make-up checking and general preening, the driver's-side wing mirror is most definitely dedicated to the art of 'stylish' nasal excavation.

This begs the question as to why the nearside mirror is there as far as such practitioners are concerned.

As it seems to serve no purpose for a solo Thai female driver, one can only presume it is there for a female front seat passenger's convenience when a stereo snot scraping session is the order of the day...

[h90]

I don't know from which part of Farangistan you come, but where I come from all these habits are an unthinkable no-no

(what does not mean that they don't exist but these habits also exist in Thailand).

It's all lies in a difference of mentality.

While picking your nose may be considered 'pretty gross' in the west, us farang also have a whole collection of habits which would be considered 'dirty' in Thailand.

Just last week, while in Kanchanaburi, i was a victim of a noisy, horrendously smelly gas explosion coming from the 'backside' of a European lady. While such 'letting loose of gas' in public by a lady in Europe may normal there - it is pretty unheard of here!

Talking about 'bottoms' - the usual Sukhivit farang tourist lurves nothing better than strolling along the road scratching his private parts. Something, the locals find rather 'vulgar'

Farangs just lurve a good burp in public even though their breath smells like a Bangkok canal. Such behaviour is also considered rather 'dirty' in Thailand.

While farangs don't like the site of someone's nostrils, it's perfectly all right to stick a toothpick in yer openwide mouth and show yer tonsils off to the disgust of the person sat opposite.

Jumping into bed with a darling of choice even though ye smell of sweaty armpits, booze and tobacco smoke without having the decency of taking a shower first - is also considered bad manners in Thailand!

All a bit of fun! Not to be taken too seriously!

[Tony Montana]

You could have a tree course meal if you had been walking around Bangkok all day!Bangkok really is bogie country.

[Scott]

As one gets older the rules of booger picking and chewing changes. Discreet picking and pretending there is an itch on the side of your nose can deflect peoples eyes while you get the choicest ones.

Secondly, hang on to that booger for about 1 minute, so it's a different crown who was looking from the ones who will see you eat it.

It's fun to be careful and cheeky.

[kayo]

Top doc backs picking your nose and eating it

Picking your nose and eating it is one of the best ways to stay healthy, according to a top Austrian ...................adults they have stopped under pressure from a society that has branded it disgusting and anti social.

He said: "I would recommend a new approach where children are encouraged to pick their nose. It is a completely natural response and medically a good idea as well."

And he pointed out that if anyone was really worried about what their neighbour was thinking, they could still enjoy picking their nose in private if they still wanted to get the benefits it offered.

most old threads, revived, get shut down. This is the BEST OLD THREAD REVIVAL...

EVER!

Was this the same Austrian Doctor who helped to invent Red Bull?

[elkangorito]

I'm disappointed...only one other real nose picker & chewer has the balls to admit it.

I'm SURE that there are many more. Closet pickers & chewers...they are the worst.

[Lacoste]

Just last week, while in Kanchanaburi, i was a victim of a noisy, horrendously smelly gas explosion coming from the 'backside' of a European lady. While such 'letting loose of gas' in public by a lady in Europe may normal there - it is pretty unheard of here!

In our modern, polite society, we've found many natural human traits to be social faux pas. Today, unlike days of old, almost no one accepts breaking wind as anything near acceptable social behavior. This in itself can be a problem as modern science has now shown that passing gas, or to use the common expression, farting, actually is good for people.

A Study of Flatulence has shown that people who break wind uninhibitedly show a significant decrease in tension and irritability. Even those who break wind in private, with no hesitation or embarassment get the benefit of relief, both physically and mentally.

Looking at our world's viewpoint on flatulence, people tend to laugh when not completely disgusted by the sound. The laughter adds a level of stress relief to those around the perpetrator of the wind breaking, while causing gales of laughter so that breathing is through the mouth instead of the nose, avoiding the olfactory receptors, those responsible for the sense of smell.

So the next time you're in a crowded public place and the urge overtakes you, feel free to pass gas, both loudly and proudly. It does a body good.

[elkangorito]

Just last week, while in Kanchanaburi, i was a victim of a noisy, horrendously smelly gas explosion coming from the 'backside' of a European lady. While such 'letting loose of gas' in public by a lady in Europe may normal there - it is pretty unheard of here!

In our modern, polite society, we've found many natural human traits to be social faux pas. Today, unlike days of old, almost no one accepts breaking wind as anything near acceptable social behavior. This in itself can be a problem as modern science has now shown that passing gas, or to use the common expression, farting, actually is good for people.

A Study of Flatulence has shown that people who break wind uninhibitedly show a significant decrease in tension and irritability. Even those who break wind in private, with no hesitation or embarassment get the benefit of relief, both physically and mentally.

Looking at our world's viewpoint on flatulence, people tend to laugh when not completely disgusted by the sound. The laughter adds a level of stress relief to those around the perpetrator of the wind breaking, while causing gales of laughter so that breathing is through the mouth instead of the nose, avoiding the olfactory receptors, those responsible for the sense of smell.

So the next time you're in a crowded public place and the urge overtakes you, feel free to pass gas, both loudly and proudly. It does a body good.

I can see what you're getting at but how does this relate to eating snot?

[Stephen Cleary]

I did my own poll this morning governing - what Thais view as more socially repulsive to view:

'Picking yer nose vs biting yer nails'

Out of the view of ten Thai people - 7 viewed biting ones nails as worse than picking yer nose!

So, the next time Thais have to watch England supporters at the World Cup, it is recommended that they pick their noses instead of biting their nails!! thus making viewership more user-friendly......

Steve Suphan

Edited July 1, 2006 by stevesuphan

[plachon]

I'm disappointed...only one other real nose picker & chewer has the balls to admit it.

I'm SURE that there are many more. Closet pickers & chewers...they are the worst.

Alright! Alright! I admit it! You've outed me you swine!

I can't deny it any longer! All these years spent silently thinking I was the only one that thought twice about whether to flick that blooter onto the floor or wipe it under the table, when really all I was doing was boosting my immunity as the urge became too strong to have a nibble and I had to surrepticiously scratch my nose and quickly devour that irresistable lump of antibodies!

But now, I can bask in the relief of knowing that there are others out there and it was a healthy and wholesome snack all along!

(Have to admit though, I still prefer to only consume the dry ones and wipe the wet and green ones)

[toptuan]

To my memory, I have never, NEVER, eaten my booger. Some of us would never stoop to that level of animal behaviour!

However, I do enjoy watching others indulging themselves in such twisted activities.

Does that make me a perverted voyeur?

[bungalowkingcurry]

so who does it more? males or females?

[November Rain]

Realise this thread is positively antediluvian, but it's hilarious! Best laugh I've had all day!

[alexth]

Realise this thread is positively antediluvian, but it's hilarious! Best laugh I've had all day!

Not for me, I just finished my dinner, don't know why I've opened this page in the first place...

[TAWP]

I'm gonna live until I'm 109.

[popshirt]

Sorry thats not an east west cultural thing.. Every one of those listed are considered pretty gross in the west too (possible exception on toothpicking but only mildly done)..

Well even though it is not something done in public view, most Thais I know are horrified that westerners just smear their bums with tissue paper rather than washing. After living in LOS for some time and having become a convert to the "bum gun" I sort of agree with them.