Patient skips ?town?

Post by **aznyron** » July 7, 2008, 9:18 am

Irish I would rather be called a expat then a falong I detest that label if my understanding is correct it comes from the locals calling the French that name since they tried to occupy and take control over S/E Asia namely Lao / Vietnam / maybe Cambodia

Post by **Guns482** » July 7, 2008, 9:43 am

back to the original post, heard that Paul ( he who skipped the hospital ) is under lock and key at the Immigration detention centre in BKK, but not confirmed only 3rd hand, anyone else any updates.
And that 'jesus' is returning as it was a mix up......um!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **Aardvark** » July 7, 2008, 11:08 am

Is this like a Prison or a Guest house ?

Post by **saint** » July 7, 2008, 2:19 pm

quote. [the sooner these streets are purged of the truly insane, the better] yep, that will reduce the farang population of udon alright.

Post by **Irish Alan** » July 7, 2008, 11:37 pm

aznyron wrote:Irish I would rather be called a expat then a falong I detest that label if my understanding is correct it comes from the locals calling the French that name since they tried to occupy and take control over S/E Asia namely Lao / Vietnam / maybe Cambodia

Ron I too hate the fahlang label... I have brought it up elsewhere and was blown out of the water ha ha ha. It is a big bone of contention. Just a little gripe I have.

This thread is over 2 years old but have a read: http://khonkaen.com/english/forum/forum ... p?TID=1329

Post by **Galee** » July 8, 2008, 8:32 am

IA, see you opened a can of worms on your link.

Light blue touch paper and stand back. Interesting topic that needs to be spoken about.

Post by **saint** » July 8, 2008, 9:03 am

im happy to be a farang, the less association i have with britain the better.

Post by **bigwavedave** » July 8, 2008, 9:12 am

i'm with you on that one saint!!!

Post by **Guns482** » July 8, 2008, 11:19 am

What is in a name, for the locals an indication that you are not a Thai person..OK
for us some see it as a slur, some do not care.for me as long as it is not derogatory I don't give a damn..............

Post by **cryptic** » July 8, 2008, 1:45 pm

With a couple of posters here. Farang to me is not derogatory and I do not care, just a name and I'm thin skinned. Now we hope the officials gather up the rest of the twats and no-gooders that are here on an extended free for all.

Post by **beer monkey** » July 8, 2008, 4:04 pm

Funny how most Thai's use the term really, its aimed at the fairer skin 'visitors' and not Asian ones, but they(mostly women) want to be fairer/whiter skin...just like a farang, because it is more Beautiful...lol

how about splitting the topic starting with Irish Alans post, been covered before but always good talking points.

Post by **panick** » July 8, 2008, 4:12 pm

Farang....... Thai for fair skinned vistor
Farang dum....Thai for dark skinned visitor
Baksidar...Laos for farang
Sidar.... Issan for farang

Personaly I like the term Sidar

Post by **Guns482** » August 13, 2008, 7:59 am

Just a note heard that paul, the chappie who did the runner, after being a guest of Thai Immigration as returned to the UK, under his own steam, not deproted so he may come back. OMG>

Post by **Nobby** » August 13, 2008, 3:43 pm

It will be a big mistake if he returns to Udon