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https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3235598/review-seeks-quality-tourists Are you a quality tourist? 😏

Why not be true to yourself and buy a Hawaiian muumuu instead this year? It's very flattering to the mature farang figure. 😉

Yup, there are lots of lonely people out there and having a working boy/girl listen to them blabber on for a paid amount of time is a win-win for both parties because half the time the working boy/girl doesn't understand what the customer is saying and they aren't really paying attention during the other half. They're the best kind of "therapist" money can buy: they listen, they don't disagree/challenge you and they're gone in an hour!

Brilliant observation @Keithambrose. Glad to see that Oxon and fifty years of legal experience haven't gone to waste. 😏 How are you? ☺️ Hope you're having fun Stateside.

Yes, that's if the bar allows them to have a choice. In some cases, they don't and the mama-san asks the guys directly what they'd like to drink, rudely by-passing the customer. I understand that the bar needs to make money too but the manner in which they do it counts.

They might not know the etiquette.

The yellow one is Bank of Ayudhya or commonly known as Krungsri Ayudhya. The green one is Kasikorn.

Weren't you in Pattaya recently? 🙄 I believe the new restaurant and guesthouse, Schatzi's, is located on the site of the former Cafe John and is expected to open in a few weeks' time. It is owned by Johan and Siggy Roth. Please refer to the mayor of Pattaya's office if you have any more questions, Olddaddy.

You mean because they were all at Big Boy?

I see Santa is bearing a different kind of gift down the chimney.

I believe one of them is Muhammad.

They still visit their relatives and conduct the powdering and water sprinkling rituals. The water splashing is an expansion of the old rituals and has been around for the last forty years at least and the water guns and massive partying and boozing perhaps the last twenty-five or so. I was just reading about it recently. Let me see if I can find the article. Here's a bit of Songkran trivia: the month of April traditionally sees the highest number of unwanted pregnancies in Thailand as a result of the rampant boozing, partying and unprotected casual sex.

"Getting"? What do you mean? 🤔

Rosehip seed oil might help with the "scarring".

As I understand it, Songkran in Pattaya doesn't really get going until the 17th or 18th and it's over in other cities by the 15th so Pattaya residents and residents of the other cities can easily do a swap and escape Songkran altogether.