The FARANG Speaks 2 Much

You just can’t seem to get away from it any more. From the gogo girls of Bangkok’s various fleshpots to the coyote girls of Ratchada, they spurn us. Wherever cute, pouting ladies of negotiable affection are to be found, hordes of Japanese punters seem to descend sooner or later, over-paying and over-tipping to the point where the girls seem to have no interest in we lowly farangs - regardless of how much we’ve got in our pants wallets.

Okay, it’s not quite an emergency situation yet - plenty to go around, and all that - but it’s interesting to look at how this happens. Most Thai girls I’ve spoken to have no particular interest in Japanese men - I suspect the ideal situation for most of them would be to have a regular Thai boyfriend with a farang sponsor in the background, but how many of them are candid enough to admit it? Still, the lure of five thousand baht for short-time converts just enough of the cuties to vex even the most patient of us.

I’ve got a few Japanese friends, who I’ve had some good laughs about this whole situation with. I gather that it’s largely the Japanese working ex-pats who want to flaunt their wealth who set the ludicrously high prices. Incidentally, they’ve ruined the scene here for regular Japanese tourists, who now have to pay the same prices - as do any other Asian-looking guys who the girls suspect of hailing from the Land of the Rising Sun. Americans/Europeans of Asian descent just confuse the hell out of them.

Nevertheless, the time has come for we paleskins to make a stand! Gentlemen, a revolution awaits! Tonight, we storm Soi Thaniya and pay ten thousand baht short-time! That’ll show ‘em, huh?

Who’s with me? Anyone? Hello?

The mysterious David, fellow Brit and webmaster of the hugely entertaining Mango Sauce, has decided to take a break from the site - at least for now.

Over the years, David’s brought us such classics as Bar Girl Treasure Hunt, Make a Tit Of Yourself in a Thai Gogo Bar, and his legion of sometimes insightful, often insane commenters have brought us some classic internet pissing-fights such as the legendary saga that sprouted from the relatively harmless Bangkok Newbie Gets Stuck In.

Mango Sauce has apparently dropped down Google’s search results recently, and the decrease in visitors (and ad revenue) has led to David’s decision to move on. Here’s hoping he returns - the Bangkok blogosphere will be a lot duller without him.

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