I have to say that, although Thai soaps are fun, they grate on me a little (it's frustrating trying to follow plot when your Thai isn't up to it). Plus, for a people who are supposed to be emotionally 'suppressed', how comes every Thai on a Thai soap is always screaming at each other? Very loudly or very shrilly?
But Thai TV isn't bad. Like I say, the soaps are quite fun. There are also some great TV ads which are very funny.
This one from PTT featuring Godzilla is a good 'un, if a little weird (sorry to all those with slower connections).
An iced coffee for anybody who can spot anything unusual in these screenshots for the G-Net Mobile Phone ad campaign?
Is it that the model is in fact...a man!
Posted by: dannyboy | April 20, 2009 at 07:57 AM
At the "wrist" of being pedantic I'd say this girl has had one joint too many!
I'll collect the coffee later!
Posted by: The Old man | April 20, 2009 at 07:58 AM
Haha well done, Dannyboy was first past the post so he gets the coffee! I'm surprised you got it so quickly, was it obvious? It wasn't to me, I was having a letch at her/him on the telly when Sutiya pointed it out.. Aarrrrgh!
Posted by: Ben Shingleton | April 20, 2009 at 08:13 AM
Whaaaat???????????
What is your evidence that this gorgeous piece is a geezer? If it's the size of her/his mitts I have to point out these pics are obviously retouched. One of the areas where this has been done is clearly the hands. Some nine year old, no talent retoucher did a lousy job on the L/H opic and then compounded it on the R/H one. I am going to sue you for the coffee and report you to the Website & International Forums and Blogs under Mismanagement (WIFABUM). The lady is lovely & Sutiya is plainly incorrect. Give it up and make with the Coffee. Only a medical report will dissuade me! Look at that wrist, I've seem smaller forearms on a Giraffe.
Posted by: The Old man | April 20, 2009 at 08:36 AM
Firstly...Ahahahaha I win.
Secondly...Ben, you've been out there too long. Even 5000 miles away I can tell its a bloke. The Old Man can't coz he's blind.
Thirdly...the old man, those thais are incredibly flexible, just watch a boxing match or a thai traditional dance.
Fourthly...Ahahahaha I still win. Make mine too go :-p
Posted by: dannyboy | April 20, 2009 at 08:41 AM
Blimey, if that's a bloke I'm on the next plane from blighty - think what the women must be like! Sorry dannyboy you appear to be a cynical soul, just because you and the Pirate only were looking at the "lady's" assets, you have to admit, without proof of gender,the thing "wrong with....these screenshots" is that arm. Take a look at "her" right arm as well on the R/H photo. If it's really that size he/she must be working it overtime.Anyway even if it's a bloke that doesn't make the picture "wrong" does it? Admit it's my coffee or hear from my lawyers Sue, Grabbit & Runne (thanks Private Eye).
Posted by: The Old man | April 20, 2009 at 08:57 AM
Evidence you want is it?
http://ladeez-b.blogspot.com/2009/04/poyd-is-presenter-for-g-net-mobile.html
You can play the video and see 'Poyd' in full flow, but remember, 'Poyd' is a 'Boy' (BTW, 'Poyd' in Thai is pronounced 'Boy')
Posted by: Ben Shingleton | April 20, 2009 at 08:58 AM
Never said anything wrong. The question was 'whats unusual in these screenshots'. And the answer is that the model is in fact a 'ladyboy'. In fact by Thai standards that would not be considered 'unusual', but knowing the Pirate he freaked when he found he'd been perving at a bloke and put the shots in in the hope that no one else could tell, thus reassuring him in his manhood. Alas, it did not work. Ergo, TTP fancies men and you are a bad loser (and still blind). Mmmmmm...I can taste the caffeine already....
Posted by: dannyboy | April 20, 2009 at 09:13 AM
Point Proved.
Geezer dressed as Tart in Thai Advert = Normality.
Nought wrong there folks.
Bloke/Bird with extended arms unusual.
I win. No returns. Q.E.D.
(Oh. And who'se surprised the Pirate ogles blokes...)
Posted by: The Old man | April 20, 2009 at 11:07 AM
OK..go on then.......Coffee's in the post...
Posted by: The Thai Pirate | April 20, 2009 at 11:41 AM
I have to agree that the fact he/she has hands like ET (see RH photo) is more odd than a pretty man dressed as a woman. That index finger looks like she wants to tell us to phone home. Which would fit with the add.
Posted by: Justin | April 20, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Poyd does seem to have a remarkably large ET hand in screenshot 2 LOL, I didn't even notice that, so not the unusual thing I was referring to (I was thinking that no one would notice the 'lovely' Poyd is, in fact, a fella, which I'm sorry, despite living in Thailand, is still UNUSUAL, at least to all normal red blooded males.
And I would like to add that - this Pirate only ogles other men when he is being tricked by the outline and soft feminine features of an attractive lady. Promise.
Posted by: The Thai Pirate | April 20, 2009 at 12:37 PM
Yeah yeah yeah, that might work with sitiya but we all know you better. You always were a perve, and now you've proved it doesn't have to be just with the girls.
Posted by: dannyboy | April 20, 2009 at 01:03 PM
I dont know, old ladies one day, lady boys the next what is this site coming to
Posted by: Justin | April 20, 2009 at 02:53 PM
That comercial is so bad! LOL!
And as for the ladyboys, well, more than one man has come undone over them.
Posted by: Catherine | April 20, 2009 at 02:58 PM
Yes yes ha ha. Very funny.
Posted by: Ben Shingleton | April 20, 2009 at 03:20 PM
Now you are desperately trying to come up with your next blog to divert all our attention.
Posted by: dannyboy | April 20, 2009 at 03:27 PM
HA! You'll just have to wait and see won't you olddannyboy.
This site is home to the weird and wonderful of Thailand. and therefore it could literally be anything!
Posted by: Ben Shingleton | April 20, 2009 at 03:31 PM
Catherine! I hope you didn't mean undone literally. I still haven't seen proof positive that Poyd is a fella. If that's her voice on the Pirate's favourite ladyboy site she might just be on the biggest wind up of all time - girl plays boy playing girl. I mean who's going to check her credentials? (get back in line TP and credit my coffee account).
Posted by: The Old man | April 20, 2009 at 03:38 PM
The advert does clearly say "Enjoy TV mobile" so it should have been clear from the start, i just wonder what service is on offer.
Posted by: Justin | April 20, 2009 at 03:55 PM
The Old Man - You lost all your LA privileges
Posted by: Ben Shingleton | April 20, 2009 at 03:55 PM
Won't be the first time I've got to lose them over a woman - just the first time over a bloke dressed as a woman thank God.
Posted by: The Old man | April 20, 2009 at 05:08 PM
Ahhh...very good Justin. That deserves a proper Basil Brush 'Boom Boom'!
Posted by: dannyboy | April 20, 2009 at 08:44 PM
Yes, I meant undone, literally.
PJ (the Sultan's younger brother) would bring singing groups into the country to enliven things up.
On week we had the most beautiful ladyboys ever strutting around town.
And did they ever cause a stir with the guys... some were mighty sheepish after finding out the gals were guys.
I had the pleasure of enlightening one chap, and it was hilarious. Well, to me anyway.
You see, while we were playing bridge, he started telling this really sexy story about 4 scrumptious gals and him in an elevator.
With two guys listening (and me of course), stringing it out, he went into the fine details on how his heart got pumping... and, and...
... well, I won't go into it here.
If a face could fall to the floor, his did.
Posted by: Catherine | April 21, 2009 at 05:27 AM
Heh heh, goes to show Catherine, some of our ladyboy friends are extremely hard to spot (...and some not so hard). As one rugby friend told me, you know you've become a Bangkok native when you can spot a LB, in a nightclub, the other side of a darkened room, when your 3 sheets to the wind.
Posted by: The Thai Pirate | April 21, 2009 at 10:16 AM