Thread: From Laos to Turkey - A Christmas story :)

Originally Posted by Simon43

I also hold somewhat old-fashioned views that a man should only wear shorts on the beach or in his home, and I avoid speaking to anyone who doesn't follow this line. So I naturally don't socialise with those who wear shorts in the shopping centre etc, (which is most foreigners lol). I'm very happy with my own thoughts and company.

Damn Simon where did you come up with that view living in the tropics?

Originally Posted by Simon43

Male knees are not something to scare the fairer sex with....

the knees and muscular tanned legs owned by the Aussie contingent don't scare the fairer sex , on the contrary the effect is quite the opposite

the pasty chicken legs and knobbly knees of the poms is quite a good reason to confine them to leg burkas

Tropical climes dictate a latitude in sartorial standards, but the rule of thumb is that in cities one should not wear shorts unless of course dressed by one's mother or is an American, or an Antipodean, or an oik. Resort towns, tropical islands and Wales...well, it's mostly up to you. Here in Pattaya I never wear long trousers unless dining out at night somewhere nice.

Censuring those who wear shorts in tropical tourist destinations is really little more than affectation. Simon is taking the piss.

Wearing denim jeans in this climate???!!!

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

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Wearing denim jeans in this climate???!!!

I enjoy wearing chinos, no problem. Like Prince Andrew (lol), I don't sweat much, certainly much less that some of the fat slobs in shorts.

One has to keep standards up, regardless of where you are. Maybe why I usually wear a button shirt with collar, perfect for the beach, and only removed for a swim.

Perhaps I'll get mistaken for Jacob Rees-Mogg ....

^ooh Jacob Rees-Mogg! Is he the poshest (most posh?) among current UK politicians?

Come to think of it, I've never seen Prince Charles (or William/ Harry) being photographed in shorts...

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Simon is taking the piss.

Wearing denim jeans in this climate???!!!

No he is not. He is full blown crazy.

Originally Posted by Simon43

Maybe why I usually wear a button shirt with collar, perfect for the beach, and only removed for a swim.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

I never wear long trousers unless dining out at night somewhere nice.

coz Pattaya

Originally Posted by katie23

^ooh Jacob Rees-Mogg! Is he the poshest (most posh?) among current UK politicians?

Come to think of it, I've never seen Prince Charles (or William/ Harry) being photographed in shorts...

Katie - Jacob Rees-Mogg is considered by some (many?) to be somewhat old-fashioned in his views and attire... I usually don't bother with the topper and tie on the beach

Rees-Moog is an oddity who affects the air of a gentleman classicist disdaining the modern world in favour of an imaginary time when toffs were admired for being toffs and respected because they were rich. He thinks as long as one has good manners and can conjugate in Latin then they are excused any number of transgressions irrespective of their immorality.

He inherited £60 million from his father's estate and married into a legacy of £200 million. Despite benefiting from the best of all educations, Eton, Oxford etc, he is in fact a near idiot whose wealth, Victorian pretensions and addiction to sesquipedalian speech ( he is referred to in parliament as the honourable member for the 19th Century ) have made him a shoo-in for the rightwing Tory party and as such was elected to represent a constituency in NE Somerset, an electorate not unacquainted with congenital imbecility.

Mogg has never actually worked successfully in a real job. After graduating from Oxford his father's cronies found him a position in an investment bank in the City but after a few months his employers realised he should never be let near a trade on the floor and as with all such rejects he was shipped off to Hong Kong as an adornment that they hoped would impress the Chinks into believing his affectations were synonymous with skill, class and reliability. His cadre of expats in th former colony were known as FILTH i.e. failed in London tried Hong Kong.

In the end he realised his true destiny was to represent the agricultural bourgeoisie and underclasses of Somerset in the Commons were he could endlessly pontificate in contrived interventions and crack jokes in Latin to his heart's content. it is notable that no PM, not even BoJo, has ever let the twit near a government department and his clodhopping utterances as he tried to relate to ordinary folk were so grievously bad that he was forbidden to speak publicly in the last General Election. I think Cummings let it be known he would cut Mogg's left testicle out if he opened his trap again.

Like most hypocrites of his ilk his riches are held in trust and he derives an income from investments in his fund Somerset Capital which exploits the third world population euphemistically referred to as emerging markets. He is an avowed Catholic against abortion and insists on services in Latin. One of his investments was the sale of a product used by catholics in the Philippines as an illicit abortion treatment and when his hypocrisy was wiped over his gormless mug he replied indifferently " the product's sale in that country was not illegal".

In short, Mogg is the quintessential Tory arshole who enjoys unlimited inherited wealth and is utterly divorced from any reality that might impinge on his delusions that he is a benign Victorian patrician and which might detract from the truth of his persona that he is fact nowt but an elongated streak of putrid, paralysed piss.

Needless to say, he is a fanatical Brexiteer as indeed are all such fuckups.

Originally Posted by Simon43

Katie - Jacob Rees-Mogg is considered by some (many?) to be somewhat old-fashioned in his views and attire... I usually don't bother with the topper and tie on the beach

Jacob Rees-Mogg always looks well considering he's about 250 years old.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Rees-Moog is ... fuckups.

So I gather that he is not top of your Christmas card list?

No flies on you, Simon, eh.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

He inherited £60 million from his father's estate and married into a legacy of £200 million.

Are there similar openings still available?

Dang Simon....

The last time I wore trousers of any kind was my last day of classroom teaching in Thailand, 2 years ago. I only wear tennis shoes when exercising, any other time it's sandals. However, I grew up in Florida, where that was the norm.

Originally Posted by Topper

Dang Simon....

The last time I wore trousers of any kind was my last day of classroom teaching in Thailand, 2 years ago. I only wear tennis shoes when exercising, any other time it's sandals. However, I grew up in Florida, where that was the norm.

You mean that you exercise stark naked except for tennis shoes?

I jog on the beach every morning, wearing swim shorts (if I plan to swim later), or jogging pants, and a t-shirt (and sports shoes). At any other time, it's a collared shirt and jeans. Yes, when I go to the shopping centre, every other expat is wearing shorts and seems to sport a bald head and bulging beer gut. Up to them as they say.

Originally Posted by Simon43

So I gather that he is not top of your Christmas card list?

This whole thread is an anathema to Sausages, its causing the poor chap to reflect further upon the situation he's pigeonholed himself into.

I agree with Simon, long sleeves and trousers for me too as it keeps the sun and mossies off

Originally Posted by Simon43

You mean that you exercise stark naked except for tennis shoes?

You don't?

Too many posters veering off topic on this thread.

Its about Simon and his adventure in a new country, steering clear of such precipitous nonsense, while retaining his own choice of style, standards and class.
As individuals we are all different, but this thread should not be an excuse to regurgitate personal hatred. Live and let live, or scroll on by. Leave your personal hobby horse out of it.

^right. It's about Simon and his life (and fashion) choices.

@simon - you should try wearing shorts + socks&sandals.

You could probably request to change the thread title: from Laos to Turkey to Mauritius.

Originally Posted by katie23

You could probably request to change the thread title: from Laos to Turkey to Mauritius.

Seconded.

Originally Posted by Switch

Too many posters veering off topic on this thread.

Its about Simon and his adventure in a new country, steering clear of such precipitous nonsense, while retaining his own choice of style, standards and class.
As individuals we are all different, but this thread should not be an excuse to regurgitate personal hatred. Live and let live, or scroll on by. Leave your personal hobby horse out of it.

Fuck off back to Thaivisa, you silly boring old fart. The segue was a natural development of an interesting thread not dictated by the dribbling of your tedious, tortured prose.