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End Of The Week #116

30 Saturday Nov 2013

Posted by Bangkokbois in End of the Week

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And I just found something even better than Thanksgiving Day leftovers.

bangkok best gay bars Don’t know how I missed this article back in October, but here’s the Top 10 Gay Bars In Bangkok according to the boys at Coconuts Bangkok, or as they put it: 10 of Bangkok’s most fabulously queer bars and clubs

awkward boner You’ll have to hunt and peck, or I guess that’s hunt and pecker, for the good stuff, but Awkward Boners provides some good laughs of those little moments when your little friend uses his big head to make a surprise and not appropriate entrance. Most of the pix and videos are over the top, but are still something we can all relate to.

ronald thinks you are stupid While your body and mind are still feeling euphoric from all that turkey you’ve been gobbling, 7 Things McDonald’s Knows About Your Brain explains why you’re still craving a Big Mac.

pattaya pet I thought it was about a fad like Pet Rocks, but that’s not what the folks at Pet Condoms mean.

illegal stroking Right wing nutters are worried Obama wants to take their guns away and make practicing their religion illegal. Maybe they’d realize there are more important things to worry about if they knew about these Masturbation Laws Around The World. I’m never gonna play with myslf in Indonesia again.

darwin says Huh. Turns out Darwin was right. Let’s just hope those damn wood frogs that Hill Tribe ladies try to sell you are just as lucky.

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I Got Your Number

29 Friday Nov 2013

Posted by Bangkokbois in This Is Thailand . . .

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How lucky can you get?

How lucky can you get?

It shouldn’t come as any surprise that in a country where people actually born on a Wednesday believe their lucky days are Monday, where those actually born in August think December’s birthstone, Turquoise, will bring them luck, where you can buy a sticker to put on your brown car saying it is a lucky green colored car, and where lucky lottery numbers are not left to chance but instead are carefully selected by the toss of I-Ching sticks a the local wat, or determined by how many dead spiders you found in the corner of your kitchen, that just any old cell phone number would do. Certainly not when your entire future rides on having a phone number that is considered lucky. And if you are real fortunate, that cell phone will not only be the newest and most expensive model on the market, but one bought for you buy a customer who just fell in love with you.

Even as commonplace as they are today, cell phones in Thailand are still a status symbol. Years ago when just having one showed to one and all that you mattered, it was not unusual to see a bar boy with his cell phone prominently displayed hanging from his hip. Where it usually stayed because while he did have a cell phone, he didn’t have service. Form definitely mattered over function. By 2006 cell phones and other personal digital devices were big business and for the King’s 60th birthday celebration 9,999 commemorative gold colored iPods were produced. Today no self-respecting Thai bar boy would be caught dead without a cell phone. One that works. And it’d better be a model released within the last year or the shame he’ll feel . . . well, good thing there are lots of rich and lonely – not to mention generous – farang in the world.

But it’s not enough to own an iPhone 5s. When your fate is at stake, its SIM card had better be attached to a lucky phone number too. For awhile that wasn’t a big problem. Numbers starting with 08 were common. And 8 is a lucky number throughout Asia. But then awhile back those numbers began running out. No problemo. A new 09 prefix was made available. As luck would have it, 9 is a number many Thais believe will bring them good fortune. And in Thailand good fortune means lots of baht.

Thai guys get quite excited over landing a lucky phone number.

Thai guys get quite excited over landing a lucky phone number.

Nine in and of itself isn’t necessarily lucky. But how it sounds is. The number nine, or ‘gao’ in Thai, sounds similar to “step forward.” It also sounds a lot like the Thai word for rice, ‘khao’. And that’s gotta be lucky. And since 9 is the sum of 3 x 3, with 3 being considered a very auspicious number, well, you can’t get much better than that. So anything you can find with a nine on it is better than anything without. Banknotes, license plates, lottery tickets, gogo bar badges . . . the lucky Thai who scores any of those with a 9 in it is truly blessed. And if you are already blessed, then you can afford to ensure you have a 9 on your license plate or in your phone number. ‘Cuz this is Thailand. And everything, for the right price, is for sale.

If you are a Thai transport minister with all the tea money that accompanies such a position, you can drop $95,000 on what was seen to be a particularly auspicious license plate with the number 9999. Less pricey are phone numbers with a 9 in them. But that’s a mater of interpretation. Numerological experts are consulted, and their reading can mean big bucks. You’ll pay a premium for a phone number with just the 09 prefix; that’ll run you about 1,000 baht. Super-lucky phone numbers can cost up to 100,000 baht. Some dealers even phone owners of particularly auspicious phone numbers offering to buy their SIM card.

The more 9s, along with other compatible and lucky number in their own right, the more luck, love, and money is dialed in. Thai actress Yayaying Rhatha Phongam changed her phone number to a lucky one and snagged a staring role in Only God Forgives. Had she purchased an even luckier number, she probably could have laid Ryan Gosling too.

Looks like a 9 to me.

Looks like a 9 to me.

The good news is that while the 09 prefix numbers are getting scarce, Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission will soon release another set of phone numbers with an 099 prefix. So don’t be surprised if your boy du hour doesn’t just want a new cell phone, but a new and pricey phone number to go with it. And while you may think the hullabaloo over 9 is just a superstition, just consider how lucky you’d feel if you landed a bar boy packing 9 inches.

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It’s Black Friday!

29 Friday Nov 2013

Posted by Bangkokbois in It's A Gay World

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He looks naughty and nice.

He looks naughty and nice.

Today kicks off the Christmas Holiday Season, or at least it does if you are into shopping. Traditionally this is the day retail business’ celebrate finally getting into the black. But just like kids who can’t wait to open their presents on Xmas morning, retailers this year jumped the gun and moved their hot deals and steals back a few days. KMart opened early Thanksgiving morning and hasn’t closed since. Which I was surprised to hear ‘cuz I thought KMart had closed its doors years ago.

Almost every major retailer opened on Thanksgiving this year, which at least gives those who are still waiting for their turkey to thaw something to do. Kinda ruins the whole point of Black Friday though. But at least we will have major violence between shoppers all over the news tonight. ‘Cuz nothing says Christmas like a black eye from fighting over a $39 dvd player.

More importantly, Black Friday is my opportunity to kick off my version of celebrating the Christmas holiday season. Which means lots of holiday eye candy donned in its very finest of gay apparel.

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iPhone Friday #98

29 Friday Nov 2013

Posted by Bangkokbois in iPhone Fridays

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I’ll take #3 for Xmas . . . just in case you were wondering what to get me.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

28 Thursday Nov 2013

Posted by Bangkokbois in It's A Gay World

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The first step in properly stuffing a turkey is knowing which turkey to stuff.

The first step in properly stuffing a turkey is knowing which turkey to stuff.

Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S., the day we celebrate the first decent meal the pilgrims had after landing in America. A religious lot, not a lot of thought went into their decision to conquer a new land, preferring to leave their fate in the hands of their god instead. So come winter, many of them starved and died. Until the ultimate WTF Were We Thinking? moment when those whose lands were being conquered took pity on the poor pale-face and taught them how to plant crops that would actually grow in their new world. Disaster and death averted, the pilgrims offered up thanks for their salvation. To the god who’d ignored their plight. And then set about killing off those who’d actually saved them. Which might explain why even Indians aren’t big fans of green bean casserole with french fried onions on top.

Appropriately enough, this year Thanksgiving racks up several ‘first’ records while celebrating the first real dinner the pilgrims had some 400 years ago. Which must prove the U.S. is still #1. Even if no one else in the world is part of this particular competition. Nonetheless I’m sure they all still give us a big thumb’s up. Even if they are confused about which digit their thumb is:

Butterball, the country’s leading supplier of turkeys, finally recognized that occasionally men too cook and for the first time in the company’s history has hired men to, um, man their Thanksgiving hot line for those desperate souls who need help in cooking their holiday dinner. Like what to do with a frozen turkey when your guests are showing up in three hours (HINT: Turkey ice cream ain’t too bad with enough cranberry sauce on top).

This is the first Thanksgiving Paula Dean doesn’t have to be shy about demanding only white meat.

This is the first Thanksgiving that minimum wage retail employees will discover that under the new economy Thanksgiving is just another workday. A holiday tradition started by Walmart, this year all major retailers are open on the holiday that once was reserved for spending time with family and friends. Now you may think that makes Walmart an evil corporate empire, but the #1 retailer in the world is using the holiday to prove they have heart. Two Walmart stores in Ohio this year are holding a food drive for the hungy. Specifically the hungry working at their stores. Yup the Walmarts in Canton and Cleveland are asking customers to donate food for their employees who wages are too low to allow them to feed themselves.

This is the first Thanksgiving Alec Baldwin can sit at his family’s dinner table and trade homophobic insults with his homophobic brother without worrying about losing his job. Huh. And I thought angels were only associated with Christmas.

This is the first Thanksgiving the Jewish folk have been invited to the party. Okay, so it’s the first time since 1888 and not all around first time, but having Hanukkah and Thanksgiving Day celebrated a the same time is still fairly unusual. I just wish I’d been invited to dinner at the home of an evangelical family so I could spend the day wishing everyone a Happy Hanukkah!

This is the first Thanksgiving that every American can be covered by affordable health insurance. Oh, wait. April Fool’s Day is still a few months off. Never mind. Period.

This is the first Thanksgiving that many gay couples can spend with their family as legally married spouses. And after spending the entire day with said family, much like the Indians after the first Thanksgiving, they’ll be saying WTF Were We Thinking?

So to all my American readers: Happy Thanksgiving!
To all my Jewish readers: Happy Hanukkah!
And to everyone else: Happy Thursday!

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Eye Candy: Chiefly Bodies

28 Thursday Nov 2013

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Everyone has their own preferred manner in which to celebrate holidays. I like to honor mine with an appropriate eye candy post. That’s not an easy task for Thanksgiving; puritans are not known for posing for naked photos. But since there were Indians involved in our Thanksgiving tradition too I’ll go with that. Not that any of these hunks are actual Indians. But they are still hotter than fake puritans no doubt.

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Absolutely Thursday #98

28 Thursday Nov 2013

Posted by Bangkokbois in Absolutely Thursdays

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Nice abs, gorgeous body, but it’s those ears that hold so much promise.

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Bonus Shot: Going, Going, Gong

27 Wednesday Nov 2013

Posted by Bangkokbois in Bangkok

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Large gongs are not an unusual sight when visiting wats in Thailand. I take a lot of pictures of them. I don’t know why. This one is at Wat Pho, just outside of the building that houses the reclining Buddha. Its noisy existence helps remind me that that Buddha is called a reclining Buddha and not a sleeping Buddha. “Cuz with all the visitors smacking the hell out of the gong Buddha wouldn’t get much sleep.

You’d think as prominent as they are they’d have some deep spiritual significance in the Buddhist religion. But the best I can find is they’re used by worshipers to announce their presence to the gods. I’ll buy that since there is a lack of any better purpose from what I can find. But it seems to me if those gods are truly godlike they’d already know you are there. And might even get pissed at the insult of you thinking you need to make a loud noise to alert them to that fact. Silly humans. I think that ‘alert the gods to your presence’ thingy is just a simple and convenient excuse for giving a large gong a good whack. The truth is that everyone enjoys hitting a gong and hearing it reverberate across the courtyard. And that alone should be reason enough for their existence.

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