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    BObe do I need to bring up your posts in the links it will make you look very silly

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pragmatic View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by lom
    Its a simple matter of politeness together with "when in Rome".
    You okay with the French way of males meeting?
    It's ok if it is not overdone, ie anything less than 5 kisses.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chico View Post
    BObe do I need to bring up your posts in the links it will make you look very silly
    Eh. In the link I already posted? The one in TDs permanent link archive? jesus, there are sea anemones more intelligent than you. There are lichens more intelligent than you. You are by far the stupidest poster on here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BaitongBoy View Post
    Listening to Jim Stafford now...Wildwood Weed...Heh...
    Man I was a boy when that was released.

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    some classic BOb moments inthe link


    https://teakdoor.com/the-teakdoor-lou...nt-wai-me.html (Don't Wai Me)



    Quote Originally Posted by DrB0b View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Chico View Post
    BObe do I need to bring up your posts in the links it will make you look very silly
    Eh. In the link I already posted? The one in TDs permanent link archive? jesus, there are sea anemones more intelligent than you. There are lichens more intelligent than you. You are by far the stupidest poster on here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chico View Post
    .....wannabe Thai.

    What does this mean?

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    Leonardo DiCaprio and the Thai Wai

    1/2 way down the page - Leo (during the filming of the Beach) wais a monk like you would a child.

    PLUS, the caption reads: "he correctly bows his head, blah blah..."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nicethaiza View Post
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    I do wai when the wife tells me
    You do everything she tell you to do?
    When one's wife is walking over you wearing nothing but German jackboots and a spiked dog-collar you have to obey. Or severe disciplinary actions may follow.

    On Thursday nights the roles may be reversed.


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    Quote Originally Posted by lom View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by lom
    Its a simple matter of politeness together with "when in Rome".
    You okay with the French way of males meeting?
    It's ok if it is not overdone, ie anything less than 5 kisses.
    And tongues are a no-no.


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    Quote Originally Posted by DrB0b View Post
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    BObe do I need to bring up your posts in the links it will make you look very silly
    Eh. In the link I already posted? The one in TDs permanent link archive? jesus, there are sea anemones more intelligent than you. There are lichens more intelligent than you. You are by far the stupidest poster on here.
    Quote Originally Posted by Chico View Post
    As my posts combine accurate information with a refusal to suffer fools gladly I'd say you're right about them being classic Bob posts. 13 posts of mine on that thread of 400 posts, what point do YOU think you're making?
    The Above Post May Contain Strong Language, Flashing Lights, or Violent Scenes.

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    The point is Bob as usually you do a thread is posted for a bit of light hearted fun,and you come in as your usual obnoxious belligerent fucker you are.

    and start sounding like an old isaan yai, of before before before, get a grip of yourself and lighten up before you have stroke.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chico
    The point is Bob as usually you do a thread is posted for a bit of light hearted fun,and you come in as your usual obnoxious belligerent fucker you are.
    Quote Originally Posted by Chico
    some classic BOb moments inthe link


    https://teakdoor.com/living-in-thaila...nt-wai-me.html (Don't Wai Me)
    Throughout your 'Westmonster' thread it is very clear that you quote and link to things you do not understand, as I helped you demonstrate last week.

    Do you even read the things you quote and link to? Where is bob's 'obnoxious belligerence' on that thread?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Chico
    The point is Bob as usually you do a thread is posted for a bit of light hearted fun,and you come in as your usual obnoxious belligerent fucker you are.
    Quote Originally Posted by Chico
    some classic BOb moments inthe link


    https://teakdoor.com/living-in-thaila...nt-wai-me.html (Don't Wai Me)
    Throughout your 'Westmonster' thread it is very clear that you quote and link to things you do not understand, as I helped you demonstrate last week.

    Do you even read the things you quote and link to? Where is bob's 'obnoxious belligerence' on that thread?

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    always best to learn the wai from a Thai.


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    comphrensive is considered higher education for many

    and why you think you should argue with them ? do you like being on a hiding to nothing

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    Quote Originally Posted by baldrick View Post
    comphrensive is considered higher education for many

    and why you think you should argue with them ? do you like being on a hiding to nothing

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    Less we forget......the quick one-handed wai motion.
    [when one hand is otherwise occupied]

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    I know my street cred, if i have any, will diminish probably with this but, it is what it is ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Seekingasylum View Post
    I quite like it when I see clueless tourists wai-ing taxi drivers, bar staff and whores.
    Forgive them Lord for they know not what they do.
    And yes ... it does look quite silly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pragmatic View Post
    The stupidest of wais is when I receive a wai from some farang.
    Yep, that is dumb ... Westerners trying to be Thai.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Pragmatic View Post
    <snip>Thais do not stop when the national anthem is played.
    Every place is different. Most, if not all of Lumpini Park, in Bangkok comes to a halt.


    Most, if not all of the BTS stations stop. Not the trains, not the egressing of trains, but, if at the station, movement stops and conversations are paused.


    Central Bangkok isn't Isaan ... probably different up that neck of the woods.
    Do the Schools not observe it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by taxexile View Post
    A man will not
    pass under a clothes line, where women’s clothing is hung to dry.
    Woe to man’s “dignified splendour”, if his sacred head is touched
    by a woman’s clothing. All his sacred endowments and powers
    appertaining to magical arts will be weakened or gone.
    Something to bear in mind i suppose.
    That seems a bit wacky but, at our place, full of Thais, maybe a dozen or so at anyone time, no woman's knickers/bras etc are 'hung high to dry', nor is hiding the girl's knickers under her pillow allowed ... been in trouble for that on a few occasions.
    Apparently it's Ok for the men's stuff, but not the ladies ... go figure.

    None of the Thai's here wear those Amulets, so it's not a 'scared endowments and loss of powers bla bla' ... just that it's deemed inappropriate for an image of Buddha to (potentially) come in contact with knickers ... no matter how sweet smelling they are ...

    The niece hung her knickers high once and was chastised by her parents.

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    ME? ... I just do what the Thai's do ... and I can guarantee that I have zero aspiration to be Thai or aspire to Thainess ... Fuck that.


    Who do I wai?

    My gf's parents, once, when we first enter the Farm.

    A social peer or higher ... but I tend to pause a little there and wait to be waied first.

    Never children. Someone here wrote on this thread that he returns most/every wai, even from kids ... I don't. I acknowledge it, but not return.
    Every kid/young adult in our household wais me most times they they leave for / return from school/university.
    The Farm Father, the eldest Thai at the Farm, maybe 60ish at a guess is old School. He's ingrained it in them.

    I observe other Thais and see who they wai.

    My Cardiologist, I waied when I met him. Then he offered his handshake.
    Last trip, I had a DVT (deep vein thrombosis), was in serious medical trouble, one of the best cardiologists in our area, spoke excellent English.
    He was a lecturer most times at the Thai Navy hospital, but took time, once a week to treat patients in a provincial hospital.
    Jai Dee and all that.

    My fee to see him ... about BHT 150 from memory. He gave the same price as a Thai. Who knows why ... saved me thousands!


    As for waing the monks, we might go to a temple once a month, but the issue rarely arises, so I can't remember the last time I waied a Monk ... must be years.


    Not trying to influence you ... just recanting what is acceptable round these parts.
    Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago ...


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    Quote Originally Posted by thaimeme
    Less we forget......the quick one-handed wai motion.
    [when one hand is otherwise occupied]
    Indeed...What of the poor, one-armed people like the murderer in The Fugitive with Dr Richard Kimble, aka David Janssen?...

    Was there an episode in Thailand?...Heh...

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    Quote Originally Posted by thaimeme
    Less we forget......the quick one-handed wai motion.
    [when one hand is otherwise occupied]
    Yep, lets also not forget the head bob thing they do when doing something suicidal on a motorbike, like pulling out in front of you causing you to slam on your brakes and have a fucking panic attack.

    Just bob your head down & up again.

    It makes it ok.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thaimeme
    What does this mean?
    The extremely aggravating type of person that buys into everything Thailand. Defends everything horrible that happens here with something like "it happens everywhere, Thailand is no different" or "if you don't like it you should leave!!"

    White nights Thai people thinking they are 'saving' them.

    Totally & blindly believes he is gods/buddas gift to the Thai people and they love him for it.

    Questions nothing at all about Thailand or its people.

    Is totally convinced that he's fully accepted by Thai people on a personal level and they will come to his defence in any situation, even if it means ruin for themselves.

    Gives up/throws away/disowns his country of birth for his new homeland and family in Thailand.

    Wears a sarong and speaks Thai awkwardly.

    Etc...

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    Don't forget the amulets and Thai script tattoos. Oh and his pride and joy...the Buddha tattoo on the calf.

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    I wai an Indonesian colleague and she wais me once each day if we cross paths.

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    When I came to LOS I was really enthusiastic about practicing how to wai. But I found that since it's really not about saying hello, goodbye or thank you it hindered communication rather than enhanced it. Also, waiing seems to have a a religious connotation and promotes the differences between people as well. Since I'm not Buddhist I felt this aspect was intrusive. So I stopped waiing and now say 'Namaste' along with a bow like they do in India and Nepal. It looks very similar to a wai but I use it like I would in India, along with hello and goodbye and I don't differentiate who gets bowed to or not. I expected a lot of confusion with this behavior but instead I found even strangers pick up my meaning immediately and will say "Namaste!" back to me as often as not. It showed me how Thais are really very tolerant of other religions. In my case, it's Hinduism.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slick View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by thaimeme
    What does this mean?
    The extremely aggravating type of person that buys into everything Thailand. Defends everything horrible that happens here with something like "it happens everywhere, Thailand is no different" or "if you don't like it you should leave!!"

    White nights Thai people thinking they are 'saving' them.

    Totally & blindly believes he is gods/buddas gift to the Thai people and they love him for it.

    Questions nothing at all about Thailand or its people.

    Is totally convinced that he's fully accepted by Thai people on a personal level and they will come to his defence in any situation, even if it means ruin for themselves.

    Gives up/throws away/disowns his country of birth for his new homeland and family in Thailand.

    Wears a sarong and speaks Thai awkwardly.

    Etc...
    You on smack or what causes these moronic, delusional outpourings?

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