Back from Ban Krut at The FARANG Speaks 2 Much (tfs2m)

Well folks. I must say - getting out of BKK for Songkran was the bomb. I hardly even noticed that people were playing with water. I will write up soon where I was and how I got there. Good stuff. Saw this training poster in a bathroom hours south of Bangkok. Good to see things are progressing around here:

A reader sent this in about Cambodia:

“Marijuana is no longer a problem in Cambodia,” he declared. “We are strengthening our monitoring throughout the country and its borders.”

Interesting. Anyone know about the shortages of Happy Pizza? I can say that some friends just got back from one of the coastal towns in Cambodia and said the party favors were flowing like candy. Maybe it is just the leafy variety that is getting dumped. Hmmmmm.

OKay. Need to catch up and dry off after my run down Silom.

laterz.

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1 Daywalker Apr 15th, 2008 at 9:33 pm

‘Training poster’? Erm…. that picture displays how the ‘locals’ where I am use the toilet.

They are constantly breaking the seats. - And pissing all over the place.
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2 smitty Apr 15th, 2008 at 9:43 pm

Well - print that photo off and start training them…
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3 limmy Apr 16th, 2008 at 4:04 am

haha, i seen a similar poster in malaysia. its posted in the rest stop toilets along the toll highways but way more instructions. i think there is even a pic telling them not to stick their foot into the bwl to try n push the shit thru. will get a pic of it when i get a chance. stupid malays!
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4 pmmp Apr 16th, 2008 at 10:28 am

That pic now explains why there are always footprints on the toilet seats at the Duke in Silom. I am not kidding either. I wish they would print a similar picture for using the squat toilet for us bowl users. Actually, a video would be better.
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5 Julian Apr 16th, 2008 at 11:08 am

This is just too funny. I just saw the same sign (better graphics though) in the hong naam of a five star hotel in Jakarta. Okay I understand the need for such signage out in the kampung, but right there in the epitome of Javanese sophistication?? I’ll upload the photo… BTW do you allow user-generated content? Might be interesting, I’m sure folks here have things to share.
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6 smitty Apr 16th, 2008 at 11:12 am

yo folks. send in the pics.funny shit.

see the about or reader submissions page for the email.

julian - this site is full of user generated content

http://www.tfs2m.com/reader-submissions/

send in your stuff - we just don’t let people post directly.

too dangerous

however these 2 sites allows user generated reviews aand ratings.

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7 Young Royal Apr 16th, 2008 at 12:57 pm

I had to fix a block toilet system when I worked in the Merchant Navy, I traced it to a cabin and asked the Nigerian what had happened. He told me he was washing his clothes in the bowl and pressed the button for more water when his clothes disappeared. Unreal
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8 smitty Apr 16th, 2008 at 1:18 pm

yr - u r killing me.
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9 Daywalker Apr 16th, 2008 at 2:32 pm

Having lived in North Africa for over 8 years, there is not a lot I don’t know about these toilet shenanigans.

Not wanting to cause an uproar….. but the people who use the water jugs (pre bum-gun) really should check that it IS water in the jug.

When you drink as much water as we have to in the desert, your pee tends to be very clear and could be mistaken for ‘water’

The things we do to amuse ourselves……

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10 Pants Elk Apr 16th, 2008 at 2:49 pm

You’re right that marijuana isn’t a problem in Cambodia. It’s all over the fucking place in Siem Reap. The Happy Shakes at Ecstatic Pizza put you out of action for 24 hours, and those 24 are devilishly slippery to follow. I’ve had conversations where I was responding to stuff I didn’t technically hear until the next day. And then there’s the Happy Pizza from the same establishmnet. No, that’s not oregano, nor is it a miniature miniature astroturf putting green - that’s out-of-your-fucking-box herb. And there are many fine gentlemen’s drinking establishments where the wrinkled white cigarettes are freely passed from one side of the bar to the other. Plus you can buy the stuff, if you haven’t yet had enough, from just about any tuk-tuk driver (and there are 3.7 million of these guys on Bar Street at last count) - this man is your new best friend, and he will also pimp his sister to you and take you to see the sunset at Angkor Wat and pimp his sister to you again.
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11 bo Apr 16th, 2008 at 6:23 pm

I saw on CNN a while ago where the US Army had setup ‘US Personel Only’ signs on the ’sit-down’ toilets. There was a big outcry from the states about the ‘racist policies’ they had.

Give me a break. I’ve spent 30 years in the Middle East and know what a mess can be made when there isn’t a ’squatter’ available.
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12 smitty Apr 16th, 2008 at 7:21 pm

pe - thx. I was beginning to worry. may have to come over soon and have a pizza or 2.

I think what we need in conjunction with the escalator video is a toilet training video. Screw youtube though. we will use dailymotion which allows HD and up to 20 minutes.
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13 The Asian Badger Apr 16th, 2008 at 10:36 pm

LMAO. You know you’ve been in Asia too long when the footprints on the toilet seat are your own.

I’m going to run off a few copies of the pic and put them in the airports we’re flying into. (Flying a ton of charters right now due to goofed up airlines.)
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14 limmy Apr 17th, 2008 at 9:15 am

u shld see the mess i leave when im worked on a squatter
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