Comments on: The Cultural Divide http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2007/01/25/the-cultural-divide/ drink and blog Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:27:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Bangkok Bad Boy http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2007/01/25/the-cultural-divide/#comment-133064 Bangkok Bad Boy Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:04:16 +0000 http://www.bigmangobar.com/the-cultural-divide.html#comment-133064 To be fair, there's been a grey-haired, ponytailed, moustachioed farang hanging around Nana recently in shiny blue skintight leggings. Puts even my fisherman's pants to shame... To be fair, there’s been a grey-haired, ponytailed, moustachioed farang hanging around Nana recently in shiny blue skintight leggings.

Puts even my fisherman’s pants to shame…

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]]> By: Pants Elk http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2007/01/25/the-cultural-divide/#comment-133063 Pants Elk Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:33:27 +0000 http://www.bigmangobar.com/the-cultural-divide.html#comment-133063 Having met BBB, I would say that spending as much as 60 baht on anything to do with improving his appearance is a rare, and possibly unique, event. His dreadlock extensions date back to "Exodus"-era Bob Marley, and the faded fisherman's pants even further. The pavements of Bangkok have, over the years, given him hobbit feet, rendering footwear unnecessary and probably impossible. Facial hair is not a problem, due to the creeping psoriasis that makes him not only bald but the object of pity and charity for even the lowliest of street beggars. I actually saw that guy who crawls Sukhumvit on his belly reach up to slip a twenty-baht note into BB's fraying cloth shoulderbag. So please, gentlemen, tread softly when you comment here, for you tread on an old man's dreams ... Having met BBB, I would say that spending as much as 60 baht on anything to do with improving his appearance is a rare, and possibly unique, event. His dreadlock extensions date back to “Exodus”-era Bob Marley, and the faded fisherman’s pants even further. The pavements of Bangkok have, over the years, given him hobbit feet, rendering footwear unnecessary and probably impossible. Facial hair is not a problem, due to the creeping psoriasis that makes him not only bald but the object of pity and charity for even the lowliest of street beggars. I actually saw that guy who crawls Sukhumvit on his belly reach up to slip a twenty-baht note into BB’s fraying cloth shoulderbag.
So please, gentlemen, tread softly when you comment here, for you tread on an old man’s dreams …

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]]> By: Ian http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2007/01/25/the-cultural-divide/#comment-133062 Ian Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:41:08 +0000 http://www.bigmangobar.com/the-cultural-divide.html#comment-133062 BBB You were lucky. At least you could tell straight away it was a guy. In Patong a few years ago, I slipped my sweetie 200 baht so she could go and pay the daily bar fine. I had given up doing this myself as she usually spend hours there chatting with her mates. Of course if I go with her it usually costs me a fortune in drinks for her buddies, and they are difficult to say no to. So anyway, off she went. Her bar was in Soi Eric I think. I sat down at a bar on Bangla Road to wait and get a beer. I was just about to start my first beer when I felt the tender caresses of a maiden's finger tips on the back of my neck. Gently she kneeded my vertebra, and then started massaging my head and face from behind, then my throat. This went on for about 15 minutes. I got my back and shoulders done too. I was really getting into it. Then it just stopped and the lady came around and sat in front of me. 50 bahts please she said. I was beginning to feel queasy. I fumbled in my pocket and got out the small change which I gave to her, as well as a big tip. She sure was a georgious lady boy. It must have cost here thousands to look like that. But I figured she was still saving up to get the huge adams apple fixed. BBB You were lucky. At least you could tell straight away it was a guy.

In Patong a few years ago, I slipped my sweetie 200 baht so she could go and pay the daily bar fine. I had given up doing this myself as she usually spend hours there chatting with her mates. Of course if I go with her it usually costs me a fortune in drinks for her buddies, and they are difficult to say no to.

So anyway, off she went. Her bar was in Soi Eric I think. I sat down at a bar on Bangla Road to wait and get a beer.

I was just about to start my first beer when I felt the tender caresses of a maiden’s finger tips on the back of my neck. Gently she kneeded my vertebra, and then started massaging my head and face from behind, then my throat. This went on for about 15 minutes. I got my back and shoulders done too. I was really getting into it. Then it just stopped and the lady came around and sat in front of me. 50 bahts please she said.

I was beginning to feel queasy. I fumbled in my pocket and got out the small change which I gave to her, as well as a big tip.

She sure was a georgious lady boy. It must have cost here thousands to look like that. But I figured she was still saving up to get the huge adams apple fixed.

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]]> By: Jim Anchower http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2007/01/25/the-cultural-divide/#comment-133061 Jim Anchower Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:16:09 +0000 http://www.bigmangobar.com/the-cultural-divide.html#comment-133061 I haven't been around Thailand too long, just over a year, but I too often wonder about the depth and the difficulty of bridging the cultural divide. I have what amounts to one male thai friend and about 3 or 4 acquaintances. Recently, I queried one of my acquaintances, a full thai who for a time lived in the US, about the composition of his group of friends here in BKK. Interestingly enough, he indicated that most, if not all, of his thai friends are either luk khrung with western influences or other thais who have spent time living abroad. I imagine that a large part of the issue is the language barrier. How can you be friends with someone when you can't communicate with them properly (not an issue with female thai 'friends' because attraction isn't always something that needs to be discussed in intimate detail :D )? I haven’t been around Thailand too long, just over a year, but I too often wonder about the depth and the difficulty of bridging the cultural divide. I have what amounts to one male thai friend and about 3 or 4 acquaintances. Recently, I queried one of my acquaintances, a full thai who for a time lived in the US, about the composition of his group of friends here in BKK. Interestingly enough, he indicated that most, if not all, of his thai friends are either luk khrung with western influences or other thais who have spent time living abroad.

I imagine that a large part of the issue is the language barrier. How can you be friends with someone when you can’t communicate with them properly (not an issue with female thai ‘friends’ because attraction isn’t always something that needs to be discussed in intimate detail :D )?

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]]> By: Combover http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2007/01/25/the-cultural-divide/#comment-133060 Combover Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:00:17 +0000 http://www.bigmangobar.com/the-cultural-divide.html#comment-133060 My vanity knows no bounds. My vanity knows no bounds.

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]]> By: Bangkok Bad Boy http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2007/01/25/the-cultural-divide/#comment-133059 Bangkok Bad Boy Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:17:37 +0000 http://www.bigmangobar.com/the-cultural-divide.html#comment-133059 The very concept of someone called "combover" bitching about haircuts just pegged my irony meter. ;) The very concept of someone called “combover” bitching about haircuts just pegged my irony meter. ;)

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]]> By: Combover http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2007/01/25/the-cultural-divide/#comment-133058 Combover Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:58:16 +0000 http://www.bigmangobar.com/the-cultural-divide.html#comment-133058 Never mind the guy's sexual proclivities, you should be worrying about a 60 baht haircut. But then I suppose anyone who pays 60 baht for a haircut is unlikely to be concerned about the results anyway. Never mind the guy’s sexual proclivities, you should be worrying about a 60 baht haircut. But then I suppose anyone who pays 60 baht for a haircut is unlikely to be concerned about the results anyway.

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]]> By: Prufrock http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2007/01/25/the-cultural-divide/#comment-133057 Prufrock Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:42:12 +0000 http://www.bigmangobar.com/the-cultural-divide.html#comment-133057 Dude Have I got a haircut joint for YOU ;-? Prufrock Dude
Have I got a haircut joint for YOU ;-?

Prufrock

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]]> By: Jimbo http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2007/01/25/the-cultural-divide/#comment-133056 Jimbo Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:41:34 +0000 http://www.bigmangobar.com/the-cultural-divide.html#comment-133056 60 baht? you cheap kunt! goto a proper hairdresser next time :p 60 baht? you cheap kunt!

goto a proper hairdresser next time :p

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]]> By: Mr. Anirut http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2007/01/25/the-cultural-divide/#comment-133055 Mr. Anirut Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:27:20 +0000 http://www.bigmangobar.com/the-cultural-divide.html#comment-133055 Maybe if you diddling white boys tried to make friends with more Thai guys they'd show you all the truly great places to shag Thai babes that you just don't know about. Get over the nana skank. It ain't all that. Maybe if you diddling white boys tried to make friends with more Thai guys they’d show you all the truly great places to shag Thai babes that you just don’t know about. Get over the nana skank. It ain’t all that.

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