I suppose, being Brits, the locals take a perverse delight in the city's unfortunate name.

I don't get why bargirls were singled out. :-k I suppose they're trying to monetize their appearance every day they're working. Presumably the punters who aren't fond of tatts are too polite to say "your tatts look awful". In farangland there must be more than a few employers who won't employ peopl...

Not enough.

Scunthorpe goes Tory blue fir the first time in decades upon decades .. https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/what-youre-saying-scunthorpe-general-3641771 Dm. What's Brexit expected to do for the steel works? I suppose it depends on any Brexit deal. Would a hard Brexit be the end of th...

It's mai bpen rai. I wish the tattooist had written kwai.

Some ex-pats also like classy tatts:

747man - congratulations on beating statts to posting the news. That will be your alcohol free lifestyle giving you the edge.

I read on Wiki that Bellamy as a child wanted to be a ballet dancer.

Ballet's loss was broadcasting's gain.

Johnson isn't well positioned to call anyone scruffy.

In some respects it looks like a replay of the Vietnam War.

Young people also have moral significance and their interests should be considered.

Johnson made a dick of himself in dealing with the boy resting or sleeping on the hospital floor. That should have been easy to deal with. Jacinda, in Johnson's shoes, would easily have whacked that one back over mid off for a six. Johnson was yorked.

People who want to call someone else a peddo also win. Well, in the US they do.

NZ has an immigration system similar to Australia's. It wouldn't surprise me if the UK will be "welcoming" a lot more immigrants if it adopts this kind of system.

I think pointing might be going out of fashion. I've seen some arrests where there are mug shots of the perps on some display specially prepared for the media. The perp doesn't even seem to be there. It's a bit disappointing for those of us who enjoy the finger pointing although the Dutchman here ha...

There's some Udon - Ubon confusion in this 4 minute video on Udonthani Hospital (Thai language with English subtitles):

https://youtu.be/dX_0HGQ_3e8

She's an Udon doctor.

Now, now. Perhaps we might try to say some positive things about Thailand or Udon. My extended family has received a lot of medical care in the Thai public health system this year. The care seems to have been pretty good.

If this is the only court decision on this spat, it's a dreadful outcome for Unsworth. He'll be regarded in some less well informed quarters as a suspected peddo (doubled to get around a software restriction). It will be interesting to see if he pursues it in another jurisdiction.

Here's a Dutchman's photo with the Thai Immigration cops:



https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... ui-phangan

A 3 month overstayer. Nice photo mate.

Are all their supporters vegan? Probably not.

Stickman finishes this week's column: "Sometimes I have a few column openers mapped out in advance, other times I am not sure what I will write about the following week. This happens to be one of those times when I do have the next few columns mapped out and clear in my mind about what I am going to...