Blogs are tough beast. Let me tell you. One can never make their entire audience happy but overtime trends and communities emerge that allow the people running the blog to see who their audience is, try to appeal to their audience and continue to make the community a fun and hopefully vibrant stream of information. Comments are a huge part of any blog and the main tool for the community, the readers, to interact. Mangosauce was an amazing blog with posts that appealed to me but comments that drove me away. Yes - he had enviable traffic and at one point a nice revenue stream but I always felt the site would have been better had it policed the comments more.
Think of it as pruning a tree. I used to live in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range and my parents property was in and around a very old pear orchard. Most of the trees were neglected, there were just too many, but the few around the house that we pruned reliably produced some of the best pears each and every year. My opinion is the same is true of a blog. You have to prune it for the real fruit to bear over the long term.
I used to leave all the comments alone when I first started the blog. For a very simple reason. I was amazed we had any and wanted to preserve them. Over time the comments grew and it become another stream of information and a huge part of the reason why people read and interacted with the blog. As of today there are over 11,100 comments. Some useful - some not, but all a part of the character of the blog.
Sometimes people come on to the blog and write a nasty one and leave. Many of those type of comments you never see. I get rid of them. They serve no purpose.
Others may come across as negative or pithy but are pretty enjoyable and add to the overall feel of the blog. Take Jack Dawson:
Let me see. I’ve been to Suan Lum twice I think in the two+ years I’ve been in Bangkok. While I’ve been to Paragon probably fifty times.
Do the math.
It’s history. Can’t really stop progress can you. I hope they build a Chester’s Grill in the mall-to-be ’cause I really like that place.
Just TOO valuable with the MRT stop right underneath and all.
Sure was OK visiting/living in BKK in the wake of the 97 crash but those days are over.
90 story building though; that’s HUGE!
You can view all comments by JD and through the ups and downs he does stay amusing, interesting and beneficial to the feel of the blog.
You may have even followed our travails with Cheapolay or was it Creapolay or is it CheapCreep? Either way he does tell it like it is, tries to add value and even throws in a nod of appreciation from time to time.
Being a geek I try to stay in touch with the greater trends that happen in the tech space. I love sites like GigaOM, WebMonkey, and TechCrunch. Michael Arrington of TechCrunch combines wit, massive connections and great writing skills into a site that is fun to read and a huge money maker. I am a big fan of his deadpool - when he announces that a product, a company or a trend is dead.
I was always thinking about a deadpool for the blog. You could do out of business bars for example but that hits too close to home and I would rather not rub salt in the wounds since I know how it feels to try and run bars. So after a few of Anonzo’s comments yesterday it dawned on me what the deadpool would be.
The award we give to commenters that tend to tear down others, don’t add value and obviously just think way too much of themselves. Anonzo seems to fit the bill. His early stuff was okay and he showed some promise but lately he has tended to work hard to win an award that did not even exist until now.
The first one was this - seemingly innocent but screaming. Hi - I am better than you all:
my girlfriend is a Thammasat uni student. in fact she’s here now hanging up her uniform in my apartment ready for class tomorrow. just thought i’d mention it
Anonzo. I am used to my uni girl having to sort out in the morning which shirt and skirt are hers versus the friend she brought over for the 3some. Big deal.
Followed with:
i wish you all the best with this, but let’s face it.. no matter how much you dress it up or how many fancy ‘member’ cards you make, at the end of the day it will just be another hooker bar in an area already full of other hooker bars.
for me the whole nana area is a dump and an embarassment to walk around as a farang.
chok dee.
So you don’t like Nana. Great. Don’t go but you don’t get the model, you bashed the business and you tend to bash a lot of our customers in the process. Nice one.
Then we have Doctor Bond’s post from yesterday which I, and many others, thought was funny, well written and superbly captured the feel of this weird place we call Bangkok. Anonzo leads it all off with this:
..so basically another wide-eyed but blinkered tourist gets his dick wet in Bangkok and thinks he’s found some sort of magical neon neverland. Groundbreaking stuff.
Followed up with:
ok doctorbond, sorry i labelled you as a newbie tourist. your thai son, daughter-in-law and grandson must be very proud of you.
i guess my point was that reading stuff like this is just depressing because it reinforces the stereotypical image of foreigners in Thailand. a brush that i don’t want to be tarred with thanks very much.
So don’t read the blog. Don’t comment. Don’t judge us and don’t pretend you are somehow better than us. Dr. Bond knows many of us and was writing something that meant a lot to some readers and to him. You probably don’t know him but still you judged him, his friends and his family. Nice work.
I could go on. There are other examples but I think you all get the point. Anonzo - I give you our first deadpool award. I am sure, given your arrogance, you will love and cherish it. Given your perfection, I am sure you can place it symbolically next to the other awards you have received in your life
chok dee
Uh, I’m pretty sure anonzo isn’t serious. That dry British sense of humour, or something.
I missed it myself first time round yesterday when I had a pop at his logic in the comments on doctorbond’s welcome submission, but his response suggests that the bravado was firmly tongue-in-cheek.
Chiding him for boasting about his uni girl, then boasting about your own uni girl threesome in the same breath was funny though
Can’t we all just get along?
View all comments by Bangkok Bad Boy
Well - I think there are other examples. I did not list them all. But what are u complaining about - he got an award.
No banning, no editing. An award.
View all comments by smitty
Can we give Young Penfold an award.?
Any award. For anything. The dirty little perve deserves something.
View all comments by Day Walker
I’ve never commented on this blog before, but I’ve been reading for quite a while now and I’ve got to say I can’t do without my fix of mango blog everyday. Only been to LOS 4 times but coming back next month and the info I’ve got from here has been invaluable. Always amusing & well run. BTW. Tried to find the Mango at Nana for a few beers on my first trip to LOS but got accosted at the top of the elevator and then scurried off scared shitless. Will defintely drop in on this trip.
View all comments by Rootrat
You’ve got to know when ‘dry’ drifts into ‘offensive’ and Anonzo doesn’t - too young maybe and of course the tipping point for each individual is different. I tend to believe that I can be a bit ruder about people I have met than people I haven’t
View all comments by doctorbond
ummm, yeah, so the award is a great idea.
View all comments by Rootrat
dw - he should receive one for his “gay” gym bag.
rootrat - we will see at thee new bar unless you go the wrong way and get accosted by the “girls” at the guess bar. If you do go though and happen to see penfold - can u deliver his gym bag?
dr bond - I could not agree more - hence the award.
View all comments by smitty
Heh, not complaining, awards are cool.
Got me thinking though - I was chatting to a guy in the Mango the other night who reads the blogs but doesn’t comment. Part of the silent majority: often 90% or more of readers never comment.
I find it frustrating, because I’ll never know what 90% of the readers actually think about any given article - I used to rack my brains trying to think of way to encourage people to pop their comment cherry…
I would have thought that singling out commenters for criticism would discourage that majority even further, but here’s Rootrat proving me wrong with his first contributions.
So basically I don’t know what I’m talking about - ignore me
View all comments by Bangkok Bad Boy
bbb - I agree with you and also assume that getting people to comment is hard so in my mind encouraging negative commenting is not going to help get people off the fence.
View all comments by smitty
Smitty… are you referring to the ‘gay’ bag which YOU ALSO have? Well.. the old version anyway.
Or do you mean the pink one I have with flowers on it?
View all comments by Day Walker
Smitty - good point. I can say that it can be daunting to comment for many reasons. It’s pretty intimidating to post here when it’s obvious that a lot of you guys have probably forgotten more about BKK than I’ll ever learn. Hence leaving myself open to ridicule for my lack of original knowledge of LOS. I am a newbie and that’s that, but I always have a ball when I’m over (no, not one of the balls the heshe that accosted me was packin’)and this blog is the best way to relive that feeling when stuck over here in farangland.
View all comments by Rootrat
Smitty if you wanna borrow the bag its fine
He doth protest too much - i saw you drooling over it
Ill be along to collect it later tonight as i have a pilates for begginers class 2moro and have the thankless task of chizzling the jizzolm and shyte stains from the gusset of the leggins
View all comments by Young Penfold
Definitely agree with rootrat. This page is great and I’ve read it - probably - every day for two years. TOP source of info for the occasional visitor too. Cannot wait to visit new Mango.
View all comments by andyxyzb
@smitty: Good point
@rootrat: We were all newbies once, except a lot of us had to go through it without most of the websites… I think most “old hands” enjoy educating the new guys, we get to see that thrill of awe on eg. first trip to NEP that we wish we could live over again…
@YP: The Bard of Bangkok strikes again. Now with genuine Shakespearean spellinge.
View all comments by Bangkok Bad Boy
@rootrat - the ability to ridicule oneself, and to not take anything too seriously are key tools to carry in the Amazing Thailand toolbag.
… And even if you know ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING guys here will still pull your chain - that’s the point - I think (waiting for someone to comment that no the point is …)
enjoy the trip
View all comments by psi100th
So would I be right in suggesting that the award wouldn’t go to a newbie, who through his own ignorance, may post comments that wouldn’t possess a general affinity with the general vibe of the blog? Or should the award only go to someone who’s been around long enough to know that his humour wouldn’t be particularly appreciated? Or do I just need to get over to LOS and get pissed and laid?
View all comments by Rootrat
Rootrat - my first posting was roundly condemed by everyone that read it - frankly my proposition was rubbish and I was told so in no uncertain terms.
Big Baby Kenny has had a bit of a pasting recently too but I am always glad to see a new one from him because I know that it will be the start of an interesting discourse.
Go for it if you want to - if you are wrong, they’ll tell you, but they won’t be unkind.
Doc
View all comments by doctorbond
As I once said on Mangosauce, I only ever read my own comments anyway, so I couldn’t care less about what “anonzo” is or says. But I agree that Young Penfold should have an award, a nice big hard one, and I know where he’d like to put it. Unfortunately, only the “staff” at the Guess Bar would be able to tell that he’d got it. I only know this because BBB told me, okay?
View all comments by Pants Elk
In the great words of William Shatner, “Who hasn’t had a uni girl hang up their shirt in your apartment?”
That’s like bragging that a girl at soi cowboy gave you a kiss on the cheek. (I have actually heard someone brag about that surprisingly enough)
View all comments by bkk22
Re Anonzo - I get the impression Thailand can be the worst and the best place to be in your twenties.
A young ex-expat will soon find out about people’s preconceptions about Thailand when he tries applying for a job in Macclesfield, Mayberry, Munster, wherever the fuck he’s originally from.
Young guys living in Thailand trying to stick to the values they were raised with know this and may start to resent the sexpats they surrounded with.
But at the same time they benefit from the same permissive Thai air the mongers do; how they can go back to dancing alone in front of the mirror in a shit hometown nightclub when in Bangers they are hot property?
How can they go back to eight hour working days, big bills and no pussy? They have been both spoilt and spoiled by Thailand.
Re Rootrat,there are times when newbies, and what I like to think of the ‘virtual regulars’ of the Big Mango will get the e-version of what Dana of Thai Thoughts and Anecdotes fame calls the ‘ex-pat stare’, from those more in the know. Don’t let it put you off. Web debates on Thailand need wide-eyed enthusiasm and fresh perspectives just as much as they need in-depth insider wisdom and knowledge.
I think this blog distinguishes itself by the constant quality of the updates, submissions and reader comments. In fact if half of us could scribe as convincingly and consistently about anything else but sex in Thailand we would have writing careers. The fact that its an all male environment helps. I don’t mean that in a gay or misognystic way, but when you get ladies on a blog like this everybody stops being true to themselves and tries to impress them. Anyway I’m waxing lyrical. Best go back to work
View all comments by Milo
@Anonzo: “i guess my point was that reading stuff like this is just depressing because it reinforces the stereotypical image of foreigners in Thailand. a brush that i don’t want to be tarred with thanks very much.”
A brush that you don’t want to be tarred with?? You’re already waist deep in the barrel of tar!!
As a frequent reader of this blog and probably many others which detail the Bangkok nightlife, you already belong to the stereotypical image of foreigners in Thailand.
@smitty - i thought FS2M reached the same comment levels of mangosauce long ago.
View all comments by anon
How about that: I managed to turn a bar girl into a uni student (a wise way to spend the money from her sponsorS!). It only lasted 2 weeks or so, but long enough for me to have a uni girl hanging up her shirt in HER apartment (i don’t bring trouble at home).
Does that count for an award???
View all comments by Suk Psycho
Are you really that soft? When you post your thoughts and opinions to the world everyone is not going to agree with you. And, rather than tell people “So don’t read the blog. Don’t comment. Don’t judge us and don’t pretend you are somehow better than us.” you should encourage the disagreement. It’ll just make you stronger.
Don’t post opinions and personal conduct to the world and get all hissy if people disagree with you. Take a stand. Be a man. If you’re truly content with the way you conduct yourself, why do you care so much when people tell you that you conduct yourself like an ass? Is it because, deep down, you’re not happy with the way you conduct yourself?? Give it a thought.
A man doesn’t waste his time pissing and moaning every time someone disagrees. Get on with it. The only judges that matter are yourself and God. Keep writing tales of your exploits. Keep us updated on the bar scene. Let us know how the new bar is going. That’s why you’re successful. And, if you’ve personally got a problem with it, then maybe you should consider doing something else. Life’s not for sissies. If you want death, get an office job and a Prozac prescription. Your cubicle awaits . . .
View all comments by James
Hey James, I’m a bit fed up with the government at the moment so I think I’ll pop down to Downing Street and piss through the letterbox. I’m sure they’ll just see that I am exercising my right of freedom of expression and will no doubt come to thank me in time for making them stronger.
View all comments by doctorbond
What is so unusual about a 25 year old male having a uni-girl hang her uniform in his closet? I expect they’re all doing it. When your 40, 50 or 60 that is unusual and a proud day for most expats. However, back in the world your either f-in lucky or a major perv.
Here in the LOS I like to think that were all enlighten. We live in the land of sexual Taoism.
View all comments by MunchMouth
doctorbond: You completely missed the point. Re-read my original post and try again.
View all comments by James
“The only judges that matter are yourself and God.”
Utter bollox. What about Simon Cowell?
View all comments by Day Walker
I bet YP has a UNI girls uniform in his closet also.
- But that’s just what he likes to wear.
View all comments by Day Walker
I have done so: Now if you will do me the honour of doing the same you will see that we aren’t getting ‘hissy’ about dissent - bring it on. We are objecting to rude and unecessarily spiteful posting - if you are implying that anybody’s behaviour no matter how objectionable should be ignored - then with respect - I disagree with you completely.
View all comments by doctorbond
Who cares?
We are coming back to the LOS for the third time this year next month. Last time we all had at least one Uni girl, one bargirl, one FL and one go-go girl….
And they were all great.
Can’t wait to join the fun again! Let’s have more information, not wank! That’s the one thing that we can get someone else to do in BKK.
View all comments by 3amigos
‘I’ cared but the healing power of time and a stiff drink should get me over it….
… there… it’s behind me
Third time this year? - you lucky feckers - get stuck in and leave something for me
;
View all comments by doctorbond
James Statement of Authenticity: What preceded contained no implication, inference or conjecture. By way of resolution, it must be deduced by James that any implications drawn from his written words are done completely in the mind of the reader. James cannot be held responsible for what lurks in the psyche of “The FARANG Speaks 2 Much” readership, although he does comply with the fact that said readership may from time to time “lash out” (to use a parlance of the time) at James when disagreements materialize. James understands and would like to state that his feelings are not an issue. Any issues related to James feelings will be resolved between himself and the ones whom he loves and love him. James would like to thank all concerned.
View all comments by James
I like the way this guy thinks uni girls are ‘exclusive’
Not every uni girl is smoking hot, leggy stunner (apart from me Daywalker when i slip into my white shirt and tight black skirt)
I got on the MRT from Sukhumvit to Pohan Yothin earlier and there were more then a few ance riddled, chubby po-faced, 4eyed uni girls looking like 65kg of shit in a 45kg bag.
On a sidenote I got accosted by 3 stunningly hot femine ladyboy (oxymoron?) students in Central Ladprao the other day and i straight up bottled it. The elevators up to the cinema dont quite have the same vibe as the library at Rampkampheng
View all comments by Young Penfold
Thanks for the honorable mention.
This blog rulez.
Right after the Washington Post, NY Times, LA Times, Huffingtonpost, dailykos and ajarn, it’s the first (I guess 7th) cite I hit in the morning.
Always nice to see a new post upon visiting, even if it is by BBK.
It’s not so much “negative” and “pithy”, it’s more like the Holly Hunter character in “Broadcast News” when her boss says, “It must be nice to always believe you know better, to always think you’re the smartest person in the room” to which she responds, “No, its awful.”
Keep up the good work!
I keep wanting to write something for the cite but hey what do I know?
View all comments by jack dawson
Gosh, just got in and saw the title of this post. Like a choir boy, i am deeply touched.
2 things.
1) Bangkok Bad Boy was spot on. My ‘British’ sense of humour is largely responsible for most of my pearls of wisdom and stupidity. yes, i do find the stereotypical farang a bit depressing. do i think i am better than them? hell no, i’m here as well aren’t I? I probably shouldn’t have revealed that I am 25, but since I did, I would like to add that I was born in Thailand to English parents and raised in England. Not sure if that makes any difference but yea…
2) I just quit smoking and i might have taken it out a bit on Doctor Bond. Sorry about that. Nonetheless I stand by my right to judge people if I want, who cares what I think anyway, right? oh wait…
hehe… hugs n kisses.
View all comments by anonzo
grrr… can’t type fo shit today. that should say born in Thailand to English parents and raised in Thailand. So yea now u can label me a international school brat.
also, i can’t help feeling the owner(s) of this blog kinda take themselves a bit too seriously. so i made a throw-away comment a few months back about my girlfriend’s university uniform.. i didn’t think it would be taken down and recorded as ‘evidence’..
in keeping with the recurring theme of this site, all’s fair in peace, love and whores. cheers.
View all comments by anonzo
Too little, too late me finks?
I KNOW the tho owner(s) don’t take themselves too seriously.
- just look at their hair.
View all comments by Day Walker
IS PMMP away on ‘Love’ duty, or just harrassing 100 Baht from unsuspecting girls?
View all comments by AUK
BBB quote: “Part of the silent majority: often 90% or more of readers never comment. I find it frustrating, because I’ll never know what 90% of the readers actually think about any given article - I used to rack my brains trying to think of way to encourage people to pop their comment cherry…”
One reason for that could be that there’s quite a few regulars in here, who also seem to know each other in person, so sometimes, the discussions/comments between them on this blog seem like an old-boys club, and frankly, not always interesting or inviting to comment on, or intrude if you will, even if the original article deserves it. This happens to most blogs/online communities where a small number of regulars know each other IRL and reflect it in their discussions. Of course, anyone is free to comment, and I find on FS2M most regulars are welcoming newbies, and react on their contributions as well, as long long as they’re not obvious trollposts.
So, stay on-topic and keep your barstool drivel to, uhm, the new bar; cheers!
View all comments by dr. Teenkaas
@Rootrat - I remeber the first time I came to Bangkok. I asked my driver from the airport where to go for a drink. He said “Turn Left, Turn left”. I stood outside the Landmark Hotel, surveying the chaos in front of me. Turned left, turned left, onto Soi 4. The rest as they say…….
View all comments by AUK
Does banging two girls from Eden, wearing uni-clothes, count?
View all comments by hanuman
Having read this blog for 1yr+ without commenting one word I can say there are many reasons for staying on the sidelines. The main one is the post itself does not appeal to the reader. When I first found this blog it was a good source of info and a fun read, try to keep it that way. What I’m interested in(from a man who married a thai woman that I met here in the US) is how you gentlemen got to the LOS and what keeps you there, besides obvious or is it just the women? Lets go a little deeper. Later.
View all comments by burgerman
All’s fair in love, war and on blogsites. While I agree spiteful comment about people you do not know is plain ignorant, comments about what such people say can be enlightening (preferably if funny).
I for one, click on to this site because I enjoy reading about the nightlife in Bkk and other places. If I cannot be there myself, I expect, indeed, demand, gruesome stories about the exploits of Smitty, pmmp, Young Penfold, Daywalker, etc. Its spititual food between drinks. If I wanted other information on Thailand I would access another site.
That being said, everyone it entitled to their own opinion, but the arguement about such opinions is one of the less interesting chains on the blog.
By the way, good to be BBB back, under his old name. Does that make him TAFKATAFKABBB?
View all comments by Not in Paradise
nice award, congrats to anonzo. “newbies”, “tourists”, “hookers” etc… surely these words (and others) are quite relative and also tend to be rather judgemental, and therefore best used carefully. i say everyone please just chill out, be nice to each other, and be happy! (note: this off course excludes cheap shots at penfold, where i say go for it)
View all comments by Mr Carpet
rootrat - nice name. I think the award was pretty clearly outlined and had nothing to do with newbies or posts but how someone can use comments to tear down the poster, other people or our customers. All in good fun right? I think anonzo took it well.
anon - I get your point but the comment stream here and mangosauce not the same. We are always still going - MS is not.
james - pull you head out boy. It is clear I have never called out people constantly for disagreement. So either you don’t read the blog much or you were too quick on the keyboard. I even showed examples of other who disagree but do it politely and don’t attack readers and posters. Whether anonzo intended to - that is what he did.
So I am protecting the blog, the posters, the commenters and the readers by standing up a bit and enforcing the tone.
YOu should read it more to realize that is the case. Many companies work hard to not just keep the customers but weed out the ones who don’t fit. huge part of retailing.
have a chiller dude.
mm - nice term for thailand.
jd - if your list is true and complete and we come 7th - I am honored. Please write something up - even if only for me. thanks. all we ask is a can a week.
anonzo - u seem to be taking your award like a man. nice. I had a bad day when I wrote it, for no apparent reason at all, so I guess we are even.
anonzo - u should probably come to the bar once. meet some people and meet us. I think your view of the world and your quick comments might change. We take business and our customers seriously. the blog is an extension of that. If u saw me in person you would sort out pretty quick that I don’t take myself seriously. U attacked posters and customers and that is what I reacted to - Nothing about myself.
dr kissssomething - u have a point but one that does not quite hold up when the purpose of the site is to unit the social aspects of the world and people - the bar, with the online world - the blog. So it is a delicate beast but useful and interesting. Also not easy to keep it perfect.
burger - I think we have recounted our tale of getting here more than a few times on the blog. It is the women indeed but one has to make a living, progress and make more money for even more women. Think of it as the upward spiral.
not - I hear you. I think bbb is itching to come back and will decide the best way forward is a regular column here among people who understand him, love him and will offer him free beer in exchange for written words.
mr carpet - if u saw penfold’s bag you would know that he deserves it. So yes - we are trying to show the love. anonzo was the first example of a higher form of that.
View all comments by smitty
BBB is itching to come back? Great news if it’s true - he always managed to combine hilarity with insight. Thought he was working on a book though?
View all comments by go go groupie
I thought I *was* back.
Go on, gizza plug.
View all comments by Bangkok Bad Boy
look of confusion…
http://www.bangkokbadboy.com/
site asked for a password - is this the new paid strategy?
No column here so not sure what u mean
View all comments by smitty
Seems like a good time to jump in and say something just because I never do.
Smitty- perhaps bbb is talking about WW’s lair?
TAFKATAFKABBB- Well if I knew that seeing my comment cherry being popped turned you on so much, I would of commented on some of your work earlier. I’ll be watching for your latest on WW’s.
View all comments by X-tian
Forgive Smitty. He’s been working like an 8yr old in a Korean sneaker factory of late.
View all comments by Day Walker
Yeah what is it about the password on BBB’s site. And - where’s the home page so that you can actually acquire a password??
View all comments by andyxyzb
My own site is closed, has been for months, and will remain so - there’s nothing there even if you guessed the password.
I have, as X-tian said, been writing elsewhere recently, but I’ll say no more at the risk of getting into (more) trouble.
Veering wildly back on topic, Milo and JD are both spot on.
On the comments, it would be as dull as Didsbury if we all agreed with each other. The key is in framing your dissent within the debate, rather than just being offensive.
David had a pretty much anything-goes policy with the comments at Mango Sauce, and it made him a tidy income until Google killed his AdSense account. I believe he only ever banned one commenter. A lot of people actually went there specifically to bitch and argue. I guess it must have been kind of cathartic for them, but yes - it made for some rough reading sometimes.
The chaps here try to keep it a little more civil, and I think it reads a lot better for it. The various authors don’t write specifically for newbies, nor for expat know-it-alls. If a piece doesn’t appeal, leave it alone. Wait for the next one.
Complaints have a place if the piece is blatantly untrue or misleading, but it’s usually nothing more than a difference of opinion - these should be celebrated, not bickered over.
Conveying tone-of-voice in text is impossible - sometimes sarcasm or that famously dry British sense of humour will be taken at face value. Not much we can do about that without leaving voice recordings of our comments, which - although a wildly amusing thought - is hardly practical.
View all comments by Bangkok Bad Boy
Dull as Didsbury
BBB you just sent shivers down my spine (not in a gay way)
Can I have Kelsey Grammer’s voice - no, I mean James Earl Jones…or Stephen Hawking?
View all comments by Milo
thanks for the tip smitty - in future I will keep a lookout for any brightly coloured manbags before making the left turn into suk 4.
View all comments by Mr Carpet
@Milo: Only if I can have Joe Pasquale. I think he would lend gravitas to these ‘ere ethereal epistles.
View all comments by Bangkok Bad Boy
Not to move off topic here, but @ BBB- I understand the reasons for not being able to keep the site up, what I don’t understand is wiping out the blog entirely. I for one, am glad that I found it, and read it back to front before it went the way of dust. It would still be relevant, and a good read, for anyone who came across it. And with all the comments that fly around here, and at WW’s site about you and your writing, and the old blog, many people don’t know what they missed out on.
I would think it would be a good service to anyone wanting read some good tales about the LOS, to have the blog up, but “closed”, just readable.
Bang! There goes a comment cherry…..lol
I live in the eastern U.S., never been to Thailand, would like to get there one of these days, so of course, I don’t comment, because I don’t really have anything to say. But I have about 30 sites about the LOS in my bookmarks, and check and read them regularly.
And this time, after reading what Smitty said about the password prompt, and your comment that nothing would be there even if you guessed it, I felt the need to say SOMETHING…..lmao
Ciao fur now……
View all comments by Muffkat
I have to agree with muffkat, it would be nice to be able to give BBB’s old blog a read-through at least.
BBB- is this not possible?
Milo- wouldn’t Kelsey Grammer be reserved for Smitty? Can I have Matthew Perry though? It would be like that Simpson’s Halloween episode with the house. “could I BE anymore of a blog?”
View all comments by X-tian
@Muffkat, X-tian: Well, this is embarassing. What have I started? On the subject of the old blog, yes it’s all backed up and could potentially be restored. It’s more work than you might imagine though. In the short term, the answer’s no. In the medium-long term, the answer’s maybe.
But please, back on topic folks, before smitty and pmmp set about me with sharpened sticks, or confiscate my discount card, or make me buy an advert or something…
View all comments by Bangkok Bad Boy
Discount card?
Do I get a Discount Card?
View all comments by Day Walker
Well, I say discount card.
It’s actually a polaroid of the management caught in flagrante with the midget dude from outside Lollipop.
But it seems to work as a discount card.
View all comments by Bangkok Bad Boy
Oh.. in that case, it seems I have several of those. Some are even laminated for YP’s use.
View all comments by Day Walker
On the subject of Young Penfold - ever notice that he and Combover are never seen in the same room (or comment section)? Co-incidence, or cover-up? You be the judge.
And will someone post Werewolf’s url so I can read TKAFFKTBBATB’s think-pieces?
View all comments by Pants Elk
bbb - given u have let on now about your discount card of which I will never hear the end of it from DW I must take a harder line now. I don’t read the site that cannot be linked from here but you always welcome to post here and it would be great if your URL came back to life.
enuff said.
View all comments by smitty
For some reason I’m unable to open the “site that cannot be linked from here”! Maybe it’s blocked in China (surely not)? I used to be an avid reader of BBB’s blog (as I am this one), and would love to see it back in some shape or form. Hitting Thailand in 3 weeks time, and looking forward to a nice cold pint at the Mango
View all comments by Chris
Smitty,
- About this Discount Card…..
View all comments by Day Walker
For those interested, Young Penfold brags that he’s had the entire Bangkok Bad Boy blog archive tattooed on his flapjack, where, he assures us, it is “available for public inspection”.
I suggest hiring an electron microscope before taking him up on his offer.
View all comments by Pants Elk
Smitty you seem to have a hard-on for me and my gym satchel! What gives?
I’ll have you know that the boys at the Silom California WOW were in awe when i flaunted and emptied my big shiny red bag in the changing rooms - but thats a WHOLE other story - my 2nd submission to follow……
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For anyone who didn’t work it out from the comment string, I’ll take advantage of my friendly relationship with the Big Mango owners to put in a shameless plug for my own blog.
I am out of Bangkok for six weeks and mostly not-online, so Bangkok Bad Boy is writing the Werewolf’s Lair blog during my absence.
Anyone interested in a brief return to the glory days of BBBs brilliant writing can visit the Werewolf’s Lair blog until mid-July when it will return to it’s previous dull routine.go to:
http://bargirlsrpeople2.wordpress.com/
for Bangkok Bad Boy’s current ramblings.
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