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Post by MrToad on Oct 16, 2017 11:26:19 GMT 7
Me and Smokie had a bit of a laugh yesterday on TVF Facebook, where one gentleman claimed that Thailand was the most peaceful country on the planet, to much mirth.
Of course, after this being disputed, he claimed that as it was The Kings funeral, it was disrespectful to discuss this at the current time, which was odd in itself.
The individual then claimed that he would show us the real Thailand, and not the tourist one, despite the plonker actually living in Wales - he looks like a fully paid up member of the Farang Wai Society, and wears his Watford kit on a Monday.
Why do some of these two week millionaires to be more Thai than Thai's?
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Post by Soutpeel on Oct 16, 2017 12:14:47 GMT 7
Me and Smokie had a bit of a laugh yesterday on TVF Facebook, where one gentleman claimed that Thailand was the most peaceful country on the planet, to much mirth. Of course, after this being disputed, he claimed that as it was The Kings funeral, it was disrespectful to discuss this at the current time, which was odd in itself. The individual then claimed that he would show us the real Thailand, and not the tourist one, despite the plonker actually living in Wales - he looks like a fully paid up member of the Farang Wai Society, and wears his Watford kit on a Monday. Why do some of these two week millionaires to be more Thai than Thai's? I think its a cry to be accepted...so insecure in their own lives, trying to reinvent themselves as something they are not Plonker lives a mundane life in grey Swansea, no one gives a fk about said plonker in the Sheep shagging country, He visits Thailand and because he flashes a bit of cash among the natives and gets a bit of attention, said plonker now thinks he is David fking Livingston or Lawrance of Arabia...loved by the natives, the white night in Shining armour I may have related this story before, but i had been in Thailand about 4 years, still renting places, decided to get a place closer the beach, talked to one of the Thai agents and me and Mrs S went off to see a place a farang was moving out of...arrived at the gaff and said farang proceeded to lecture me about the Thai custom of removing ones shoes before entering a dwelling in true Thaier than Thai fashion and then in true Thaier than Thai style enquired as to when i had arrived in Thailand, thus trying to show his superior knowlege of all things Thai compared with a percieved "newbie" ....seems he had only been in country about a year, so the look on his face was priceless when i said 4 years...even the thai agent had a smirk on her face |
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Post by MrToad on Oct 16, 2017 13:46:01 GMT 7
That's funny Soutie, our Thaier than Thai expert yesterday said that I needed to see the real Thailand, he wasn't able to understand that I had lived in The South, The East, The North and central of Thailand and been here 13 years. I assume he may well have been to a temple in Nakhon Nowhere, and had probably bought village dinner and drinks, and is now an expert in his resplendent yellow shirt, and practicing his Wai
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Post by smokie36 on Oct 16, 2017 14:36:29 GMT 7
That's funny Soutie, our Thaier than Thai expert yesterday said that I needed to see the real Thailand, he wasn't able to understand that I had lived in The South, The East, The North and central of Thailand and been here 13 years. I assume he may well have been to a temple in Nakhon Nowhere, and had probably bought village dinner and drinks, and is now an expert in his resplendent yellow shirt, and practicing his Wai He'll have perfected that wai at the bars in Nong Khai I'm sure. |
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Post by MrToad on Oct 16, 2017 14:41:55 GMT 7
That's funny Soutie, our Thaier than Thai expert yesterday said that I needed to see the real Thailand, he wasn't able to understand that I had lived in The South, The East, The North and central of Thailand and been here 13 years. I assume he may well have been to a temple in Nakhon Nowhere, and had probably bought village dinner and drinks, and is now an expert in his resplendent yellow shirt, and practicing his Wai He'll have perfected that wai at the bars in Nong Khai I'm sure. Did you confirm that it was a Nong Khai temple? |
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Post by chiangmai on Oct 16, 2017 14:50:25 GMT 7
I see them around Chiang Mai from time to time, the farangs who wai as though they are a movie extra on Naurusen (sp), forearms at 90 degrees to the palms - look at me everybody, I'm wai'ing in the old style, this is how they used to do it 600 years ago, fruckin nut jobs if ever there were some.
Another, an ex-mate, only ex because he went nut job big time: he learned Thai very well and became fluent, he then perfected speaking and listening at the same time, so any conversation with him in Thai involved two people speaking at the same time, he thought it was clever, he thought he was native, the natives thought he was odd and I thought he was stupid, oh well.
Finally, there's the BA baggage handler many years ago, met him in Don Muang waiting for a flight back West. "Me, yeah well, I live in Thailand, lived here for years", was his starting point. Ten minutes later, having determined he didn't know any Thai apart from a few Thai bar girl words plus he'd never been anywhere in Thailand apart from Pattaya four times a year, I learn he's going bag to his job at Heathrow, got to be back at work on Tuesday!
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Post by buhi on Oct 16, 2017 14:57:06 GMT 7
You will never be Thaier than a Thai.
Unless you are Thai.
Guess my son is less Thai than a Thai.
Strange how all the girls of his age love him.
The ubiquitous Thai Thainess, that all farangs are rich.
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Post by MrToad on Oct 16, 2017 15:52:10 GMT 7
I see them around Chiang Mai from time to time, the farangs who wai as though they are a movie extra on Naurusen (sp), forearms at 90 degrees to the palms - look at me everybody, I'm wai'ing in the old style, this is how they used to do it 600 years ago, fruckin nut jobs if ever there were some. Another, an ex-mate, only ex because he went nut job big time: he learned Thai very well and became fluent, he then perfected speaking and listening at the same time, so any conversation with him in Thai involved two people speaking at the same time, he thought it was clever, he thought he was native, the natives thought he was odd and I thought he was stupid, oh well. Finally, there's the BA baggage handler many years ago, met him in Don Muang waiting for a flight back West. "Me, yeah well, I live in Thailand, lived here for years", was his starting point. Ten minutes later, having determined he didn't know any Thai apart from a few Thai bar girl words plus he'd never been anywhere in Thailand apart from Pattaya four times a year, I learn he's going bag to his job at Heathrow, got to be back at work on Tuesday! It always reminds me when taking about Wai'ing , years and years back I was having a beer in Gullivers Soi 5 (so probably 12 or 13 years ago), there is a little spirit house out side the 7/11 and this Numb Nut tourist actually Waied the spirit house, talk about taking it to a new level of idiocy. I think Mr Thai yesterday had one of those Wai poses that you mention |
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Post by MrToad on Oct 16, 2017 15:52:52 GMT 7
You will never be Thaier than a Thai. Unless you are Thai. Guess my son is less Thai than a Thai. Strange how all the girls of his age love him. The ubiquitous Thai Thainess, that all farangs are rich. Umm, well that's the point, Thaier than Thai is a p**s take. |
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Post by rgs2001uk on Oct 16, 2017 16:40:34 GMT 7
The Thais actually have an expression for it, "dont Thai me"
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Post by rgs2001uk on Oct 16, 2017 16:50:05 GMT 7
Me and Smokie had a bit of a laugh yesterday on TVF Facebook, where one gentleman claimed that Thailand was the most peaceful country on the planet, to much mirth. Of course, after this being disputed, he claimed that as it was The Kings funeral, it was disrespectful to discuss this at the current time, which was odd in itself. The individual then claimed that he would show us the real Thailand, and not the tourist one, despite the plonker actually living in Wales - he looks like a fully paid up member of the Farang Wai Society, and wears his Watford kit on a Monday. Why do some of these two week millionaires to be more Thai than Thai's? Plonker lives a mundane life in grey Swansea, no one gives a fk about said plonker in the Sheep shagging country, He visits Thailand and because he flashes a bit of cash among the natives and gets a bit of attention, said plonker now thinks he is David fking Livingston or Lawrance of Arabia...loved by the natives, the white night in Shining armour I may have related this story before, but i had been in Thailand about 4 years, still renting places, decided to get a place closer the beach, talked to one of the Thai agents and me and Mrs S went off to see a place a farang was moving out of...arrived at the gaff and said farang proceeded to lecture me about the Thai custom of removing ones shoes before entering a dwelling in true Thaier than Thai fashion and then in true Thaier than Thai style enquired as to when i had arrived in Thailand, thus trying to show his superior knowlege of all things Thai compared with a percieved "newbie" ....seems he had only been in country about a year, so the look on his face was priceless when i said 4 years...even the thai agent had a smirk on her face Funnily enough, the same can be said of these bargirls trying to reinvent themselves as soon as they marry some farang mug. They think they can gain face status and acceptance if they start throwing money around in some one buffalo town upcountry. Was in a bar in Pattaya a while back, some farang with his obvious bargirl wife in tow, she asks him to ring the bell to buy drinks all round, she didnt want the bargirls to think she had married a cheap chalee was his explanation, why would anyone worry what a bunch of strangers think? |
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Post by chiangmai on Oct 16, 2017 16:50:51 GMT 7
I see them around Chiang Mai from time to time, the farangs who wai as though they are a movie extra on Naurusen (sp), forearms at 90 degrees to the palms - look at me everybody, I'm wai'ing in the old style, this is how they used to do it 600 years ago, fruckin nut jobs if ever there were some. Another, an ex-mate, only ex because he went nut job big time: he learned Thai very well and became fluent, he then perfected speaking and listening at the same time, so any conversation with him in Thai involved two people speaking at the same time, he thought it was clever, he thought he was native, the natives thought he was odd and I thought he was stupid, oh well. Finally, there's the BA baggage handler many years ago, met him in Don Muang waiting for a flight back West. "Me, yeah well, I live in Thailand, lived here for years", was his starting point. Ten minutes later, having determined he didn't know any Thai apart from a few Thai bar girl words plus he'd never been anywhere in Thailand apart from Pattaya four times a year, I learn he's going bag to his job at Heathrow, got to be back at work on Tuesday! It always reminds me when taking about Wai'ing , years and years back I was having a beer in Gullivers Soi 5 (so probably 12 or 13 years ago), there is a little spirit house out side the 7/11 and this Numb Nut tourist actually Waied the spirit house, talk about taking it to a new level of idiocy. I think Mr Thai yesterday had one of those Wai poses that you mention I've seen the same, farangs wai'ing spirit houses, wot plonkers, arf arf. |
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Post by rgs2001uk on Oct 16, 2017 16:51:42 GMT 7
Me and Smokie had a bit of a laugh yesterday on TVF Facebook, where one gentleman claimed that Thailand was the most peaceful country on the planet, to much mirth. Of course, after this being disputed, he claimed that as it was The Kings funeral, it was disrespectful to discuss this at the current time, which was odd in itself. The individual then claimed that he would show us the real Thailand, and not the tourist one, despite the plonker actually living in Wales - he looks like a fully paid up member of the Farang Wai Society, and wears his Watford kit on a Monday.Why do some of these two week millionaires to be more Thai than Thai's? Hilarious. |
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Post by buhi on Oct 16, 2017 17:15:07 GMT 7
I think its a cry to be accepted...so insecure in their own lives, trying to reinvent themselves as something they are notPlonker lives a mundane life in grey Swansea, no one gives a fk about said plonker in the Sheep shagging country, He visits Thailand and because he flashes a bit of cash among the natives and gets a bit of attention, said plonker now thinks he is David fking Livingston or Lawrance of Arabia...loved by the natives, the white night in Shining armour I may have related this story before, but i had been in Thailand about 4 years, still renting places, decided to get a place closer the beach, talked to one of the Thai agents and me and Mrs S went off to see a place a farang was moving out of...arrived at the gaff and said farang proceeded to lecture me about the Thai custom of removing ones shoes before entering a dwelling in true Thaier than Thai fashion and then in true Thaier than Thai style enquired as to when i had arrived in Thailand, thus trying to show his superior knowlege of all things Thai compared with a percieved "newbie" ....seems he had only been in country about a year, so the look on his face was priceless when i said 4 years...even the thai agent had a smirk on her face Funnily enough, the same can be said of these bargirls trying to reinvent themselves as soon as they marry some farang mug. They think they can gain face status and acceptance if they start throwing money around in some one buffalo town upcountry. Was in a bar in Pattaya a while back, some farang with his obvious bargirl wife in tow, she asks him to ring the bell to buy drinks all round, she didnt want the bargirls to think she had married a cheap chalee was his explanation, why would anyone worry what a bunch of strangers think? Any thai seeing a thai woman with a farang, will assume she is an ex prostitute. No problem for me; my wife is an ex prostitute. And so thai have i become, i think the same when seeing the happy couple. Forget , she is a bank manager shit. Just look at a certain person who married a farang. I also know farang women who have married thai men. Different story. |
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Post by MrToad on Oct 16, 2017 17:23:55 GMT 7
Funnily enough, the same can be said of these bargirls trying to reinvent themselves as soon as they marry some farang mug. They think they can gain face status and acceptance if they start throwing money around in some one buffalo town upcountry. Was in a bar in Pattaya a while back, some farang with his obvious bargirl wife in tow, she asks him to ring the bell to buy drinks all round, she didnt want the bargirls to think she had married a cheap chalee was his explanation, why would anyone worry what a bunch of strangers think? No problem for me; my wife is an ex prostitute. And so thai have i become, i think the same when seeing the happy couple. Forget , she is a bank manager shit. Just look at a certain person who married a farang. I also know farang women who have married thai men. Different story. I really don't think that is the case, although at times it is so <duck>ing obvious that it's an ex-bg. I guess, I don't know, but really depends on the circles that one keeps in. Not that I am being judgmental. I personally couldn't give a shit where people come from, its about how they behave. |
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