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  1. Why would you go to Hong Kong to meet a Thai girl?

     

    I don't wanna go off on too much of a tangent but hasn't this been done to death in the reverse?? Why would somebody go to Thailand to fuck a non-Thai girl? Go to the country of choice to fuck the girls of said country. Yes? Is that hard to understand?

    Well, I am flying my Indonesia sex whore over here (LOS), next week, for a 5 day sabatical (sic) as she is guaranteed to please and it's about the same price as a bar fine and LT from Tilac :beer:

  2. Yellow Submarine and Puff the Magic Dragon before I knew what it meant.

    Yes, mine to was Puff the Magic Dragon :beer:

     

    And it never meant puffing on a reefer, that's urban legend.

     

    The writer himself has been quoted as saying "The lyrics for "Puff, the Magic Dragon" were based on a 1959 poem by Leonard Lipton, a 19-year-old Cornell University student. Lipton was inspired by an Ogden Nash poem titled "Custard the Dragon", about a "realio, trulio little pet dragon.

     

    After the song's initial success, speculation arose that the song contained veiled references to smoking marijuana. For example, the word "paper" in the name of Puff's human friend (Jackie Paper) was said to be a reference to rolling papers, and the word "dragon" was interpreted as "draggin'," i.e. inhaling smoke; similarly, the name "Puff" was alleged to be a reference to taking a "puff" on a joint. The supposition was claimed to be common knowledge in a letter by a member of the public to The New York Times in 1984.

     

    The authors of the song have repeatedly rejected this urban legend and have strongly and consistently denied that they intended any references to drug use. Peter Yarrow has frequently explained that "Puff" is about the hardships of growing older and has no relationship to drug-taking. He has also said of the song that it "never had any meaning other than the obvious one" and is about the "loss of innocence".

     

    On one occasion, during a live performance, Yarrow mocked the drug-related interpretations by reciting his own tongue-in-cheek drug-related reinterpretation of "The Star-Spangled Banner", and ended by saying, "You can wreck anything with that kind of idiotic analysis

  3. Dinner for Schmucks ... a pleasant American comedy with the usual bag of comedians doing the rounds these days, coupled with some excellent British comedians.

     

    It starts of slow, seems to go nowhere but it comes together at the end. I would give it 3 stars (out of five).

     

    Hey KS, could we have a star and half star Smilies so posters can rate their movies, and we agree on a star system, either 5 stars or 10 stars :beer:

  4. Soi Zero - underneath the arches...

    Yes, that was an interesting area back then. I went down there for a beer in the middle of the day, stop at one bar when this hulk of an Englishman came in threatening the bar staff, which was just one small Thai girl. I could not believe that a westerner was putting the heavy on, for what appear to be, protection money.

     

    I thought it was best just to keep quiet, the Thai girl did as all Thai people do, said nothing, and just looked at him. He left after a few minutes, the girl looked at me, apologised for all the kerfuffle, and then asked if I would like to go for a drink elsewhere and she would close the bar, said she would take care of it later ... it ended up being a good night for me, she was thankful I took her away from the stress of the bar. I never did find out the basis of the rant by the farang :beer:

  5. Both Tin Star and man of the West are great films, I have them in my collection. Henry Fonda's acting in Tin Star was a very solid performance.

     

    Another great Henry Fonda western was "My Darling Clementine" directed by the legendary John Ford.

     

    If you want to watch another great western, look at "The Westerner" with Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan, here Brennan actually plays a bad man, which he does quite well, as opposed to his usually clumsy, fun-loving old fool type role.

  6. Clint Eastwood films are of a high order as well, I too have watched all those films you have mention many times myself :beer:

     

    I watched True Grit last night, the new version, it was quite good, sticks to the original plot buy varies in a few places. Matt Damon playing Glenn Cambell's role does not come off in places, but Jeff Bridges played a sight;y gruffer Rooster Cogburn and it seemed to work well.

  7. In the last week I have seen "True Grit" and "Green Hornet."

    Have you seen the original True Grit with the famous John Wayne? If so, I am interested how you compared John Wayne's credibility in the role as opposed to Jeff Bridges.

     

    Being a great John Wayne fan I am slightly opposed to give it my 10 cents :) However, I should watch it since I already have it lol

     

    I just watched the Town, it was quite a good film, very watchable and much better than I thought it would be.

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