[Sweating the Bed]

Night sweats = HIV

[Former Australia cricket captain, commentator Benaud dies]

^Legend.

[Best 5 known Bangkok scams !]

^

That's the one. The fake boy scout just took 500 baht out of my mate's wallet. My mate did nothing.

[Best 5 known Bangkok scams !]

Connect 4, bar game where the bar girls are completely useless and you win every time playing for fun, until money is involved then all of a sudden they become professional

Never had that problem. The girls used to go professional on my ass from the outset.

[Best 5 known Bangkok scams !]

The boy scout scam.

[Man hit and killed by locomotive]

Excellent…….what a muppet. Got what he deserved.

[Suspect’s father begs forgiveness for son’s brutality]

Set the victim on fire! No mercy. Father, you have a monster evil son. End of story.

Yes, he has a monster son and the girl must also be a monster. But the part of this story that breaks my heart if true is this:

A passer-by alerted the rescue workers and police to put out the fire.

Are there no "Good Samaritans" left in the world. What difference might it have made had the passer-by tried to put out the fire. I guess the only positive thing is that he/she apparently didn't stop to make a video.

Maybe the passer-by didn't have a blanket or hose handy.

Could have whipped the old fella I suppose but what do you do if you don't need a piss?

[Fried chicken with basil leaves emits highest carbon footprint]

Main thing is it tastes good.

[Finally, a Thai woman I can tune into (rant or no rant) :)]

What a horrible "woman". Imagine being partnered with it. I'd have to go recheck the suicide threat to find out the best way to do it.

[Thai former PM Yingluck to face trial over rice scheme: court]

Death penalty…only fair way

[Seven-year old Thai boy rescued after he was beaten up and tied to a pole]

he steals a 6 Baht candy in a store (which...let's face it: we all have done!)

no DM, not all of us have not stolen.

thank you for an indication of your morals.

altho'some of your posts do indicate just "where you are coming from"

imho

I call BS on.

There are two kinds of people in this world.

People who stole a candy or treat as a kid ..

And people who lie about it.

What OB does not get, thes rest of us normal people with normal childhoods are sort of shaking our heads like "wow, your childhood sort of sucked."

I never stole a candy. Spent 20 minutes casing out a packet of morning glory seeds in a gardening shop when I was 18…..stole 'em and when i got home, discovered they were a display packet with no seeds inside.

[Threatened with death]

^{The OP shouldn't even have to ask someone to help him. He and his family are getting death threats and he is scared to death.}

^{He should help himself and get out of there along with his loved ones. If he doesn't, he is going to get killed. Even worse, his wife and child too.}

[No execution of foreigners in near future: Indonesian officials]

Sooner they execute them the better.

[Threatened with death]

Move or die by the sounds of it.

[American jumps to his death from flyover]

Adul said police suspected that the man might suffer from depression because he had chronic illness.

This is always what the police say, even before any autopsy.

More like he had no home to return to, was broke, and started "teaching" to put food on the table.

Sure would be nice if some organization could become a TV "sponsor," and make TV members aware of a number for a help line.

I, for one, would contribute to the cost of repatriating guys like this. The incidents are getting closer and closer.

Interesting concept: a 'help-line' for expats. I'd be willing to take calls. I was steady with a woman in California who took calls like that - relating to domestic abuse (mostly; wives getting beaten). She did a good job of it, and helped a lot of folks patch up their lives.

It's too bad there's not a Kavorkian type of option as a way out. Jumping from bridges or high places is painful and messy, and can traumatize others nearby - or even injure/kill others. Imagine a 180 lb body falling on you or your kid! There was a story of a farang who went out in a secluded spot near Mae Sai, put a plastic bag over his head, and died that way. He may have done something else (tied his hands?) to keep from tearing the bag off in reflex, I don't know. Sad, but at least it didn't screw up others in the process.

A young friend of mine in Hong Kong taped plastic over the window and aircon inlets and around the inside of the door of the smallest room in his flat, then got a burner that Chinese use for burning paper offerings (basically a metal bucket with ventilation in the bottom to help keep the fire going). He filled it with charcoal, then sat on the bed and drank a bottle of good scotch, once he was drunk enough he lit the charcoal and carried on drinking, eventually he passed out and the smoke from the burner finished him off. The coroner said it would have be totally painless. Its actually a very common way for people to end it in HK, despite all the tall buildings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charcoal-burning_suicide

Anyway, RIP to Mr Callahan.

Thanks mate. Always wondered how I'd do it. Sounds like the best way when the time comes.

[Missouri executes brain-damaged murderer]

Good job….keep it up America.

[How do you recharge your teaching motivation?]

I remember how much I'm earning and that keeps me going.

You can't eat money, nor can you have a chat with cash.

Thanks for that helpful contribution. I knew something wasn't right when I put some money on the sofa and it didn't respond to my banter. So...I ate the bastard.

[Body of Austrian expat found in rented Phuket house]

That thing in blue and the pig on the left look like they are laughing.

[How do you recharge your teaching motivation?]

I remember how much I'm earning and that keeps me going.

[Prices of lime skyrocket]

Here in HK, 4 Thai limes are the equivalent of 100 Baht at the supermarket.

[New Zealand confronts violent past, gives new hope to Maori]

New Zealand only has one Religion, and it is a code they obey, it's their God.

Rugby.

and just to emphasise that Kiwis are not white racist, they call their world-beating team " the All Blacks "

In which country would it be acceptable to call their international team " the All Whites " ?

Answer: New Zealand

[New Zealand confronts violent past, gives new hope to Maori]

"15% Maori"? Full blood or perhaps with as little as a "token" amount Maori blood in them?

1/16 Maori by blood gives you claim.

1/32 I think. My mum was 1/32 and she got a small amount of money every year.

I'm 1/64. Applied to be a Maori but was told 1/64 wasn't enough.

Damm. All I wanted was a monetary handout and some land.

[Polish Woman injured during fight with Ladyboy in South Pattaya]

Last time I was in Pattaya a ladyboy bit my chest as I was walking down a soi late at night. Painful. Had the bruise for weeks.

I smacked the ladyboy and then noticed a lot of people looking so sprinted off.

[Going to Indonesia advice]

Don't have any drugs in your bag.

[Online Jobs Throughly Unimpressive...Wait It Out.]

Beggars can't be choosers mate.

Stated like a man not in control of his destiny. It will be 25k for you sir.

You'd better multiply that by 8.