YimSiam

You need to arrange for hourly tongue baths.

But sometimes in the armpit, too. Variety is the spice of life.

No, seriously, did they just say this?! Or is this more parody... it's getting so hard to tell... 'As always, we recommend tourists exercise financial generosity, common sense and courtesy, be considerate and spend good money for local culture and services when travelling in Thailand to ensure a problem free and rewarding holiday.’ In other words: Pay up and we won't kill you! YimSiam

I ain't too choosy anymore - I can tuck those up under MY arms, that'll give me some traction while I huff and puff away above her... (Sorry, Charly, I don't mean to be crude, it just happens accidentally!) YimSiam

Maybe he just wants to be like Thanom someday?

Damn liberals, they just refuse to accept the inescapable logic and efficacy of the Market...

As long as we're on technicalities - Year of the Goat etc doesn't start until the February lunar New Year...

Thought this was an interesting - and chilling - analysis of why planes can crash when everything suggests they shouldn't have a problem, it's about the Air France flight from Brazil that disappeared into the Atlantic: http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2014/10/air-france-flight-447-crash Overall, Indonesia and AirAsia seem to have handled this so much better than the Malaysia incidents were handled -- and taking into account that the Indonesian outward response to death is often merry giggling, it's that much more impressive that they have been able to play the public angle so well. Of course the context is different, but still - they've got their ducks, and coffins, all lined up... RIP, passengers. And man, that one dude, who lost seven members of his family and was giving matter-of-fact interviews about how he felt about it just a day or two later... YimSiam

Likes to receive presents like: House and car. Actually receives presents like: Hello Kitty doll and 500 baht tip. She wears those tits well, I will give her that - that's my gift, a compliment...

Sometimes the housemaids will tie the hands back when cleaning, to avoid disturbing the scene...

How polite customers have become in this new era - giving the young lady some private time to bathe!

AUA Pattaya? Is that like the farang version of Thaniya University? Open enrolment, but no one ever actually finally graduates...

Generally it would have the word "farang" in it - if not, it's Chinese...

Definitely - drug dealers to shoot, yaa baa to eradicate, beer bars to bulldoze, call the police! (Just don't call the Border Patrol Police, that's another story...)

And once the shooting started, there was a whole ripple or cascade effect, as the mafias cleaned out their own houses in fear, anticipation, or revenge -- those days, people were scared to ride moto-taxis in some areas, there were so many shootings going on, and the targets often just guys on motorbikes. An ugly time.

In world history, that's perhaps the most recurring theme of all...

I think the best idea would be to divide the police into 12 divisions, one to ensure each of the 12 national core values. And one extra division just to sing the happiness ballad. What's amazing is that all this politics can go on at such a bizarre, bumbling pace, and yet at the same time so many other real-world interests are implicated - regional security, Thai manufacturing and ports, livelihoods for the Thai people, and so on. Like Alice In Wonderland. Anyway, back to the Ballad.

HOME, girls I take HOME... not HOPE. Can only worry about the Freudian connotations there...

I haven't been sure of anything in Thailand since I first visited in 1995 - and my uncertainty grows every year! And no, I'm not sure they are ladies - but I'm so jaded there isn't a Thai lady out there that I don't kind of squint at and wonder - 'is she, or isn't she?' ...

So, he figures out how to get the door open on his first flight, without anyone having time to stop him? Seems odd. Anyway, they should punish him, just to put the fear of God and the Communist Party into flying Chinese... Kill the chicken to scare the monkey, or whatever. Harsh and swift, maybe a series of convictions will start to put some manners into Chinese travelers. Stand up before the plane reaches the gate? Death. Ignore the hostesses pleas to take your seat? Death. Shout to your friend across the row for five minutes? Death. Smoke in the toilet? Death. Jump the queue? Death. You get the picture - and so will they! "Strike Hard! Chinese misbehavior deeply hurts the national feelings of the Chinese people, and damages the image of the Chinese people and nation abroad, and must be met by ruthless justice. The cost of the single bullet must be born by the family of the executed," explained Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, seat in fully upright position...

Already been done! There are some good Tibetan traditions that involve lots of drinking, women and generally contrarian madness - The Divine Madman Drukpa Kunley from Bhutan, the in/famous Sixth Dalai Lama, Chogyam Trungpa... From the Sixth Dalai Lama's poems: This white bow in its cloth cover, On whom shall I bestow it? I will place it gently inside My lover’s tiger-skin quiver. To the east, between here and Gong, There is neither high nor low. When love has hold of your heart, You go, go like a stallion. This house has thin walls, The neighbors will interrupt us! You shameless girl, Your moans are much too loud! By mixing water and milk together, A magician can make a golden turtle. Possessing a lover’s body and spirit at the same time? No magician can perform that trick! And just imagine what kind of Buddhist culture produces the carvings and paintings found throughout Bhutan: https://www.google.com/search?q=bhutan+wooden+penis+house+corner&espv=2&biw=1228&bih=903&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ejKRVOb0Oo67Pd-qgPAM&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ YimSiam

Clearly a lunatic, who should have been detained given the vast number of charges against him - murder, sexual assault, whatever charge the hate letters gets... (The PM looks like an advertisement for the Hitler Youth, I might mention.) You can blame immigration policy, Islam, ISIS, mental illness, whatever, but by any measure this is a total and utter failure of the Australian law enforcement authorities to do their job. You cannot say they do not have the tools at their disposal to keep a guy like this detained - murder, 40 counts of sexual assault against 7 women - they can bitch and moan, but they fucked up.

Those ladies didn't hem their skirts too short, they just forgot to wear their pants... That must be a technique from the "Prevent Crime By Distraction" school of law enforcement... YimSiam

I would also guess that the Thai cop is thinking: "what the fuck is WRONG with you, man - you stay in a whorehouse for four goddamn hours and you don't even manage to do anything 'special'!? [sic - sa-pesh-un...] why were you even there? and now you come to me bragging about not getting laid in a whorehouse, like that's a good thing? fucking farang... should spend less time learning thai and more time getting laid..." YimSiam

Not so fast, this isn't the Dalai Lama or other mahayana or vajrayana buddist, this is run-of-the-mill Thai monk... Thai monks are not dedicated to making merit, they're dedicated to proceeding on the path towards nirvana, which is a good thing to do in general terms for the world, but there is very little in Thai Buddhism as broadly practiced that motivates monks to do good things for other people... The biggest "tham boon" that they do is RECEIVE food and gifts, and thereby provide an opportunity for lay people to earn merit - but hey, I'm glad to provide an opportunity for other people to do good by giving me gifts, and I wouldn't consider that particularly compassionate or generous on my part... Now, if he was a Zen monk or from some of the Tibetan traditions, this monk would have no problem explaining that the slap was not in anger or to harm the poorly-dressed farang, it was a technique for helping the farang gain better awareness and understanding, and help him proceed towards enlightenment...