smart farangs

**DrAndy** · 01-07-2007, 07:36 PM

OK GoW, we can be friends even without talking

**frubster** · 02-07-2007, 09:52 PM

do you speak to Thai looking people if wandering abroad?

even if they are speaking Thai, my wife would not say hello

when me and my wife went to the uk she was the oppersite she welcomed the chance to speak with others from her country it helped her fit in while we were there this is the point i was making on the other post about ignorant farrangs

**DrAndy** · 02-07-2007, 10:16 PM

yes, my wife has made a few friends in UK, but she will not talk to total strangers in the street

**Whiteshiva** · 03-07-2007, 09:16 AM

Originally Posted by frubster

do you speak to Thai looking people if wandering abroad?

even if they are speaking Thai, my wife would not say hello

when me and my wife went to the uk she was the oppersite she welcomed the chance to speak with others from her country it helped her fit in while we were there this is the point i was making on the other post about ignorant farrangs

Interesting point - I guess as a newly arrived visitor you may find the whole place a bit overwhelming, and would welcome a chance to chat to a fellow countryman (or at least another foreigner) just to get your bearings. When you live here, on the other hand, this becomes "home" and the urge to interact with foreigners at any cost gradually fades. As a result one becomes much more selective in who one associates with, and hence wouldn't dream of stop to chat to complete strangers, or worse, anyone who looks like an Aussie or an English teacher.

**Roc** · 03-07-2007, 09:25 AM

Originally Posted by dirtydog

Even the Planet of the apes had intelligent monkeys.

^Does Pattaya have many intelligent farangs???

**Lily** · 03-07-2007, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by Whiteshiva

or worse, anyone who looks like an Aussie

I'll be sure to remember that if I ever see you on the street, WS.

**DrAndy** · 03-07-2007, 03:08 PM

from the posts above it would seem that the worst gratuitous offenders would be the tourist in shorts, white socks and sandals (and bumbag)

the rest are merely homesick and want to use you

**Eliminator** · 03-07-2007, 08:18 PM

I don't search people out to talk to them but I do like to help people and when I see someone that looks like they don't know where they are going, I will lend a helping hand. Unlike BH, I'm not a hermit and do like to see a farang as there's not too many of the buggers where I live. I do know a few that live in the area but don't see them much as they are mostly teachers and we don't keep the same type of schedules. Seems a few of you people here think that ALL farangs aren't worth talking to and I would might think the same of you but it never hurts to be friendly and you can always say that you have something else to do, so what the heck is the problem? I give a nod or say hello to MOST people and don't worry about the small stuff. I think some of the posters here are stuckup their own butts and think they are better than others and I say screwem. If you can't at least nod or say hello when I say hello, then you've got your head so far up your own butt, I don't need to know you.

I will say this though, I have been here for over five years and maybe I'm lucky, but I sure as hell hope I don't develope drandy's attitude.

**William** · 03-07-2007, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by robin

Originally Posted by slimboyfat

Originally Posted by meepho

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when in thailand or abroad i will engage in conversation with all most any one, you can soon tell if they are a knob head and if so just make a polite excuse and leave.

its making up a polite excuse that i have a problem with. especially if i am sitting next to them on a long haul flight.

This often happens to me on long haul flights.
I'm still working on how to tell them politely to fÜck off.
Any ideas?

That's why iPods were invented

**buad hai** · 03-07-2007, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by Eliminator

Unlike BH, I'm not a hermit and do like to see a farang as there's not too many of the buggers where I live.

In spite of the fact that I am a hermit I always try to make eye contact with every human I encounter, local, farang, whatever. If I'm successful I nod, smile or otherwise acknowledge the other person's existence. Most Thais seem to react favorably to this. My morning run has become a ritual of smiles, nods and other greetings to the dozens of people who have come to know me over the past couple of years.

Farang are a different story. I'd say that at least half that I encounter here in Korat simply do their best to avoid eye contact and seem to go out of their way to maintain the illusion that they are the only white guy in town.

I may be a hermit, but I am not unfriendly.

**DrAndy** · 03-07-2007, 08:33 PM

Originally Posted by Eliminator

I will say this though, I have been here for over five years and maybe I'm lucky, but I sure as hell hope I don't develope drandy's attitude.

hey, it was not developed but slowly refined

the best thing about avoiding farangs, like Eliminator, is that when you do talk to them, you find their sense of humour sadly lacking

in reality, I am the friendliest, most gregarious chap you could possibly come across. I help old ladies, pregnant women and stuttering foolish men; I give directions, pick up dropped parcels and generally behave like the boy scout I always wanted to be but was banned from participating. To make cruel generalisations based upon a few off-the-cuff humourous asides is a cruel and unusual form of nastiness

**babygirl** · 03-07-2007, 09:10 PM

^ suuuuure you are, doc. We believe you, really

**stroller** · 03-07-2007, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by buad hai

My morning run has become a ritual of smiles, nods and other greetings to the dozens of people who have come to know me over the past couple of years.

You're welcome to jog around whatever venue the next TD meet will be and nod and smile at everyone!

**mad_dog** · 03-07-2007, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by stroller

Originally Posted by buad hai

My morning run has become a ritual of smiles, nods and other greetings to the dozens of people who have come to know me over the past couple of years.

You're welcome to jog around whatever venue the next TD meet will be and nod and smile at everyone!

IM told me DD is rather shy and quiet in real life. I can hardly reconcile this with his online ur a **** gun toting persona....

**ceburat** · 03-07-2007, 10:42 PM

Dr Andy, Have you ever heard that strangers are friends that you have not yet met?

**stroller** · 03-07-2007, 10:58 PM

Originally Posted by mad_dog

IM told me DD is rather shy and quiet in real life.

Well, he didn't appear 'shy' in the girly bar crawl during the TD meet...

Originally Posted by ceburat

Dr Andy, Have you ever heard that strangers are friends that you have not yet met?

Ye never know, they might turn out to be non-believers and deny the truth of the bible!

**DrAndy** · 03-07-2007, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by ceburat

Dr Andy, Have you ever heard that strangers are friends that you have not yet met?

yes, if you like looking for a needle in a haystack

when I make friends, it is not usually a chance meeting in the street, by some farang asking me "do you speak English?"

it is more a meeting at mutual friends places, or in a bar, or even at parties

**ceburat** · 03-07-2007, 11:55 PM

Originally Posted by stroller

Originally Posted by mad_dog

IM told me DD is rather shy and quiet in real life.

Well, he didn't appear 'shy' in the girly bar crawl during the TD meet...

Originally Posted by ceburat

Dr Andy, Have you ever heard that strangers are friends that you have not yet met?

Ye never know, they might turn out to be non-believers and deny the truth of the bible!

Watch out sTROLLER - are you trying to get off topic and you a Mod to boot??????

**ceburat** · 03-07-2007, 11:58 PM

Originally Posted by DrAndy

Originally Posted by ceburat

Dr Andy, Have you ever heard that strangers are friends that you have not yet met?

yes, if you like looking for a needle in a haystack

when I make friends, it is not usually a chance meeting in the street, by some farang asking me "do you speak English?"

it is more a meeting at mutual friends places, or in a bar, or even at parties

Eliminator has it right - I too hope I never develope an attitude like yours. You know, the more I read you on here the more you sound like sTROLLER.

**stroller** · 04-07-2007, 12:01 AM

You never know who you might end up speaking to.
Dr.Andy is sensible, introducing new folks through friends, or, in your case, the Pentecostal minister, makes a lot of sense to avoid disappointment.

**dirtydog** · 04-07-2007, 12:29 AM

Originally Posted by ceburat

Watch out sTROLLER - are you trying to get off topic and you a Mod to boot

Only in issues so go and abuse him in there

**stroller** · 04-07-2007, 12:41 AM

Originally Posted by ceburat

Eliminator has it right - I too hope I never develope an attitude like yours.

Yep, Eliminator is an easy-going guy and has been an upstanding example of decency, forgiveness and reaching out to others in the vast majority of his posts - just like yourself.

**kingwilly** · 04-07-2007, 02:40 AM

Originally Posted by meepho

when in thailand or abroad i will engage in conversation with all most any one, you can soon tell if they are a knob head and if so just make a polite excuse and leave.

and dis is wot is wopt it comes down to innit?

some are knobs some are alright....

i get bored of talking to evey new backpacker or sex tourist in town - conversations are always repeats of the same old same od stuff....

other peeps can be ok, if thay not, then LEAVE!

**ceburat** · 04-07-2007, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by stroller

You never know who you might end up speaking to.
Dr.Andy is sensible, introducing new folks through friends, or, in your case, the Pentecostal minister, makes a lot of sense to avoid disappointment.

Meeting new friends thru old friends is indeed sensible as is making friends with strangers. You need to make friends with your eyes open in either case.

Tell me stroller, what has religion got to do with making friends? What has religion got to do with this thread?

I know the religion well that you were raised in so I can understand your hating and having no faith in religion.

**ceburat** · 04-07-2007, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by dirtydog

Originally Posted by ceburat

Watch out sTROLLER - are you trying to get off topic and you a Mod to boot

Only in issues so go and abuse him in there

Sorry DD. I am not abusing anyone. Only speaking plainly and honestly.

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