It would be hard to deny that Thailand attracts some mighty strange teachers to its shores. So out of interest, what the craziest, most eccentric or just quirky teacher you have ever come across? My example: let’s just call him ‘The Giant’ cos he was bloody massive. The Giant comes to his interview in traditional Thai dress which raised a few eyebrows to say the least. Still, he was hired and it’s important not to judge a book be its cover,right? Turns out the guy was an utter fruit cake. The same day as arriving he demanded that we all go to HIS welcome party. A few of us decided to give him the benefit of the doubt and went along. I arrived and he was shouting in the road and it looked like it was about to get nasty. I asked the apartment owner what had gone on. The Giant had tried to barfine the local noodle vendor’s teenage daughter. I made a quiet exit. Saturday comes along and the news soon comes that The Giant is drunk on campus demanding a date with a Thai teacher. Obviously this is completely normal behaviour so it was something of a terrible shock when he got fired. You would have thought that was it and he would leave the area, but he hung around for weeks. In that time the following amusing and troubling events occurred: he fell in the khlong, got run over by a song taew, got in a few fights with the locals, tried to barfine more locals, threatened to murder a co-worker and slept by the side of the khlong. In the end the police where called and they drove him to Bangkok and dumped him at the embassy. Still wonder what happened to that nutter!