Monthly Archives: May 2012

The Fatality of Infidelity in Thailand

May 18, 2012 – 12:56 pm

Several years ago my friend, Sam Royalle, suspected his girlfriend was seeing another man. “It wouldn’t bother me if he was farang, but I think he’s Thai.” “How do you know that?” I always have suspected that the reason Thai girls insist of showering after sex is to erase any evidence of sex, although the […]

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The Gift Of The Hitman

May 17, 2012 – 9:34 pm

Pattaya has a well-earned reputation for a refuge of scoundrels. The city fathers campaign ceaselessly to promote the city’s other attractions such as golf, food, shopping, and the beach, but a pig is a pig is a pig no matter what color the PR flaks paint the pig. Things have improved since the 90s, but […]

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Donna Summer RIP

May 17, 2012 – 2:28 pm

Music critics have argued over whether the first disco song was the Hues Corporation’s “Rock the Boat”, George McCrae’s “Rock Your Baby” or”Kung Fu Fighting” by Biddu and Carl Douglas, but incontestably the greatest hit of disco was LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY by Donna Summer. Sadly the Queen of Disco has passed from the […]

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Unwashing of Hands

May 17, 2012 – 1:33 pm
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Washing Of Hands

May 17, 2012 – 1:30 pm

Baseball season is in full swing. The Yankees and Mets are disappointing their fans and the Red Sox are going nowhere, but these teams’ mediocrity will not interfere with baseball’s greatest tradition of men never washing their hands after going to the toilets. A 2008 survey conducted at the Atlanta Braves stadium revealed that while […]

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