Torneyboy Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Out Christmas shopping with my wife today (hate shopping at the best of times...add 40c heat and the hoard of Christmas shoppers and i am going to have a fun filled day as well we had our 12 month old niece to push around the hell hole shopping malls....have not pushed a child up onto an escalator for some time so this was good Walked past a shop that just sells knives ...pulled her away before we got to close.....then she told me if we buy a knife for someone *they* have to give us 1 Thb? Why is this..anyone know? Christmas i just love it ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Hi, "then she told me if we buy a knife for someone *they* have to give us 1 Thb?" Thai superstition. Giving a knife means you are severing ties, but if they give you 1 Baht in return 'they' are buying it. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgianBoy Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Not necessary Thai, same same in Poland and Russia. OR giving a purse or a handbad, needs to have a coin inside as cannot be empty. BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadaBing Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 BelgianBoy said:Not necessary Thai, same same in Poland and Russia. OR giving a purse or a handbad, needs to have a coin inside as cannot be empty. BB Haha , mayby same-same america , i remember getting a wallet some times as a gift , always had 1 USD in it , same as I got older , would always put one in it , never thought about why I got / gave ! , just followed tradition..... interesting Bada Bing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayjann Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 if everyone on the Board buys me a wallet and puts a $ in it then i promise to return to LOS and have a good time......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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