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Old 08-11-2009, 02:04 PM   #1 (permalink)
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The Thai Myth Buster Thread

Have you heard anything in Thailand that you wonder is it true or not?

If so, then this is the thread for you. Post what you have heard and then we can see if its a myth or a truth by what other posters have to say!!

A couple that I have heard recently -

1) A farang can't collect the winning if he has a winning Thai lottery ticket.

Is this true or is it a Thai girl ensuring that she will have to go and claim the 12 million baht?

True or false?

2) A Thai women that marries a farang can't buy property in her name if she assumes her husband's last name.

True or False?

Please add anything to this thread that you have heard that has left you scratching your head thinking - this must be a myth.
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Old 08-11-2009, 02:09 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Something in number 2 I think. A mate was gonna change his wifes id card and then didn't I think for a reason similar.
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2) False.

Husband just has to sign a disclaimer at the land office, that the money used to purchase the land (and hence the land) is not matrimonial property.
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Do some Thai villages create large wooden or otherwise sculptures of a dick and balls in order to protect the village or house from evil sex ghosts?
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A farang mate of mine won 50,000 (I think) on the lottery and had no problem gettin the cash !
Maybe it is different for the big one though .
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2) False.

Husband just has to sign a disclaimer at the land office, that the money used to purchase the land (and hence the land) is not matrimonial property.
That's not the myth. Myth says she can no longer buy land if she takes his name.
What you said is correct though.

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My wife has taken my name...she recently bought land...I signed something..probably this waiver thingy.
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My wife has taken my name...she recently bought land...I signed something..probably this waiver thingy.
Sorted that then.
Meat on bones might be nice here though. The version I heard of this situation came from a Thai.
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A taxi driver once told my wife that it was against the law for farangs to drive within the city limits of Bangkok.

False!!!!!
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#2 is false but I think it used to be true.
Law was changed a few years back
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A policeman told me that farangs were not allowed to drive in Thailand because they don't know where the roads go.
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My wife has taken my name...she recently bought land...I signed something..probably this waiver thingy.
Sorted that then.
Meat on bones might be nice here though. The version I heard of this situation came from a Thai.
Wife's a Thai mate...and she bought the land. Her Id. card has my family name as her last name. She's not here at the moment so that's all I can tell ya.
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yes, a Thai can buy land even if her name has changed to her husbands name
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If you go to a temple and bend right over so that your looking back through your legs and your head is upside down you can see ghosts. True or false?
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If you go to a temple and bend right over so that your looking back through your legs and your head is upside down you can see ghosts. True or false?
Please don't try that in Casanova, Obsessions etc. You're sure of a big supprise
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^Think you should give it a try

If he sees a gaseous form would it be a ghost or a beer fart?
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I have actually attempted to do it but I got shouted at by the wife for being an idiot because it was her grandads funeral so wasn't able to get a good look. Does anyone live near a temple and they could just pop down and give it a go?
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Oh forgot to say, its got to be at night.

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Never heard of them. What are they?
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