You know you've been in Thailand for too long but......

**Bogon** · 04-01-2011, 05:30 PM

you know the reason why.

Been meaning to do this thread for a while and never got round to doing it.
We've all yawned at the "You know you've been in Thailand too long" threads on all the other shitty forums but this one has a twist that gives it an edge.

Here are 3 examples to kick it off.

1 - The businessman with the sharp suit and 20 baht green flip-flops.

Businessmen do wear smart shoes to match their suits on the way to work but once at the plush office they have to obey Thai style and kick them off and wear slippers around the office. They can't be arsed to keep on taking their shoes on and off everytime they leave the office for lunch or a crafty ciggie so they opt to walk around outside using the array of communial flip-flops that are congregated at the entrance for ease.

2 - The youth with a 5 baht coin in his ear (on the bus).

The youth you smirk at with the 5 baht coin is not that silly! If you look closely he is wearing those ghastly multi-coloured 49 baht shorts purchased from the local pikey market. These shorts are so cheap that they do not contain any pockets, rendering the youth to either keep his 5 baht (probally the only cash he has) in his sweaty palm and leaving one hand clenched. Placing it in his ear where both hands are free now gives him the freedom to pick nostrils/ears and play with his unstylish wolverinish hair.

3 - The 3 million baht car parked in the 200,000 baht house living room.

This one is a no-brainer really. Due to Thai face. Nobody sees you drive your house around but everyone sees you drive your car, thus elevating you to some kind of status (until you get home).

Remember this is an original Bogon thread and am sure it's not been done before!

Anyhoo. Any of you guys got any more?

**BillyBobThai** · 05-01-2011, 06:06 PM

You have in Thailand too long when:

1. You no longer smell the shitty sewage in Pattaya.

2. You are glad that there is a 7-11 close by to get something GOOD to eat.

3. You are glad the boys in brown are as corrupt as they are, fines are much less.

**Bettyboo** · 05-01-2011, 06:09 PM

^ I don't think post #2 is right, but I'm trying to work out exactly what is right...

Can we have the rules again, please (I'm a slow learner).

**Bogon** · 05-01-2011, 06:26 PM

You know when you think you have a good idea but it goes tits up when on paper!

Basically you know you have been here too long when you see something blazingly wrong but you know the reason behind it.
Another example is when Met 107FM or Mcdonalds play an Emimen song at 4pm with all the swear words included. They (Thais) think it's just another cool song and don't pick up/are oblivious to the vulgarity of it all.

Fuck it.

MODS. PLEASE BIN THIS PIECE OF SHIT OF A THREAD A.S.A.P!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**sabang** · 05-01-2011, 06:37 PM

You know you've been in Thailand too long when you go to a neighbouring moo ban for a village celebration. But there is none. Maybe it was yesterday, tomorrow, later, earlier, or maybe it just wasn't.

You just shrug your shoulders. You've long since learnt the futility of asking 'why'. You find a local shop and have a beer there instead- and keep it to yourself you're quietly relieved. Same same when you show up to a party, and it's already finished. At ten in the morning.

**Bettyboo** · 05-01-2011, 06:41 PM

^^ wait, wait, good things sometimes take time to catch on!

Let's have a go.

: you know you've been in Thailand too long when you complain about the cheap shit short time batteries in everything, so you go out of your way to get search out some Duracell or Everready Plus, bring them home, put them in the remote, and they run out on half the time that the 2 baht batteries from mom and pop shop did... You know something's wrong, that they must be made in Thailand or Chinese copies or something, but you just let it go and buy a box of batteries from mom and pop store to keep in the drawer...

**noelbino** · 05-01-2011, 09:07 PM

You know when you have been in Thailand too long as I was this morning at my bus stop.
There was this well dressed 20 something Thai sheila in nice dark blue slacks with a matching dark blue blazer. this was comp;imented by an orange T-shirt with the following letters, FU ! KU. Iwas more concerned with her colour co-ordination than the wording on her shirt.

**benbaaa** · 05-01-2011, 09:52 PM

You know you've been in Thailand too long when you drive past a radio station in Chiang Mai called T.I.T.S. and you don't think anything of it.

Chiang Mai Citylife: The Rise of Great T.I.T.S - Chiang Mai's first English language radio station by T. B.

**DJ Pat** · 06-01-2011, 08:44 AM

You look at ajarn.com for a job then drunkenly abandon the cause after two ads.

You eat 7-11 15 Baht banana cakes to line the stomach and find it a drag.

You head to Spicy club at 4am and get home minus a flip flop but with a katoey.

**Gerbil** · 06-01-2011, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by Bogon

We've all yawned at the "You know you've been in Thailand too long" threads on all the other shitty forums

We've yawned at the same ones on this forum as well.

Do a search....

**DJ Pat** · 06-01-2011, 10:07 AM

Yawn....

O_O

**Bettyboo** · 06-01-2011, 11:07 AM

^ only cause you missed the point!!! It's not 'when', it's 'but'...

**Finney64** · 06-01-2011, 11:24 AM

you know you've been in Thailand too long when you actually start laughing at DJ Pat's posts for the reasons he intended

**Cujo** · 06-01-2011, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

^ only cause you missed the point!!! It's not 'when', it's 'but'...

I still don't get the 'twist' he was on about.
It's the same as all the other 'you've know you've been in Thailand' threads.

**Bettyboo** · 06-01-2011, 11:35 AM

^ it's a fine line, indeed...

**withnallstoke** · 06-01-2011, 11:39 AM

I think the bar was set to high, or all us jellybacks just limboed underneath it.

**somtamslap** · 06-01-2011, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by Bogon

You know you've been in Thailand for too long but......

..noshes remain remarkably cheap..

**Bogon** · 06-01-2011, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by Dug

I still don't get the 'twist' he was on about.

The "twist" was supposed to be about giving a reason to the fucked up things you see. I admit that this thread has gone a bit tits up (DJpats posting here for starters

).
We've all had the "Thailand too long" threads but what i wanted was the same stuff but to give a reason to why the Thais do the fucked up shit you see everyday.
There are 3 examples in the OP.
1- A businessman in an expensive suit wearing 20baht green flip-flops. What's the reason for the cheapo flip-flops?
2- Dude with 5 baht in his ear. What's the reason for putting money in his ear?
3- Thai national driving around in a 3mil baht car, but lives in a 200k shack. What's the reason for having a nice car worth 15X you abode?

The thread should read. "You know when you've been in Thailand too long but you know the reason why"
maybe Mods can change?

**DJ Pat** · 06-01-2011, 10:56 PM

Originally Posted by Finney64

you know you've been in Thailand too long when you actually start laughing at DJ Pat's posts for the reasons he intended

Wow..some attention!! Yipee!

**sabang** · 07-01-2011, 06:53 AM

You know you've been in Thailand too long when a villager comes up and helps themself to one of your smokes, and you just blame yourself- for not keeping them in your bloody pocket, like you know you should.

**DJ Pat** · 07-01-2011, 09:12 AM

When the 4am beer seller starts packing bottles of beer into a bag as you approach then just hands them over. All she used to ask was if I wanted a 5 Baht or a 10 baht bag of ice.

**DrB0b** · 07-01-2011, 09:23 AM

Originally Posted by Bogon

The "twist" was supposed to be about giving a reason to the fucked up things you see

It's much too complicated a concept for us.

We've all spent too long bareheaded under the tropical sun and the few brain cells we had before coming here have long since been beaten into submission by the local brews

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