May 25 2004

Revenge of the Turds

Type "turd" into a Google image search and up pops a bloke called Khun Sitawat from Thailand's prestigious Rajabhat Institute. His photo appears on the personnel page of the Institute's Information Department website.

http://wap.chandra.ac.th/cmt/person/person.htm (now removed unfortunately)

Despite being billed as a computer expert, Khun Sitawat is currently unaware that someone in his own department has saved his photo as "turd.jpg". By coding in the wrong dimensions, his cheeky tormentor has also stretched the image - giving Khun Sitawat's head a turd-like appearance.

The other mug-shots on the page are saved as the person's nickname. There are plenty of Thais with unfortunate nicknames like Poo and Bum but I've never heard of anyone called Turd and neither has my Thai girlfriend. This picture has to be a cruel practical joke perpetrated by a disgruntled co-worker. It illustrates all too well that if you upset a Thai person they will always get their revenge.

My guess is that the culprit is the fella at the foot of the page. He's the computer room administrator and, according to his photo's file name, he calls himself Sugarman. He's got the cheeky smile of a troublemaker and is probably cleverer and more popular than his boss.

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Perhaps Khun Sitawat is out of his depth and has rubbed his co-workers up the wrong way. He does look a bit tight-arsed and it has to be said that any guy who struts around a civilian computer room wearing epaulettes probably deserves all he gets.

[Posted to Internet by David]

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Readers' comments

Combover says:

I'd say he looks the opposite of tight-arsed.

In fact he looks extremely camp, and subsequently loose-arsed enough to be straining to keep a turd out of his nappies.

I think you're right about the mischief maker too. I'll warrant that in that office it takes little more than a few sharp lines of code to get into the big nickers of those nerdy little IT honeys.

May 25, 2004 2:14 PM

TAI says:

It's amusing how some Thai names are gross when translated in English. I certainly know people named Turd but I'd rather spell it 'Terd'.

And would anyone want to know what your typical 'Door' mean in Thai?

May 25, 2004 5:10 PM

petenic says:

I think Turd in this case is a misspelt abbreviation of the even more embarrassing name TERDSAK

May 25, 2004 8:20 PM

Marmite says:

You must be bored if you're doing searches for 'turd'. You should try getting out more.

May 25, 2004 11:00 PM

Gurst says:

The only name funnier than Turd would be Somturd. You would think they would take a second picture after seeing Turd's tongue is sticking out of him mouth. Surely somebody there is having a good laugh.

This is a good follow up to yesterday's article. Check out the home page in english (http://wap.chandra.ac.th). Do they teach English at this school? I caught 4 mispellings. Calture, Libraly (my favorite), planing, and personal. Why doesn't somebody that speaks english proofread the site? I don't think it's face, because the Chinese do the same thing, and they could care less about face if it cost them more than 1 penny.

If anybody knows of a Chinese equivalent of this site, please let me know. There is much more to say about them. Ernesto Ortega - Do not get involved with a Thai Chinese girl no matter how big her boobs are. You will be sorry.

May 25, 2004 11:36 PM

Rick H. says:

A large breasted Thai/Chinese girl?? I'll take my chances!

May 26, 2004 3:11 AM

Anonymous says:

In a land not so far away, in a time not so long ago, lived a clean shaven, Armani-suited government minister who bestrode the world as a colossus, a mighty representative of his government. His voice was heard far and wide as he bespoke of the wonders of his country and the intrinsic value of investing there. Alas, his mission often came to nought, as his audiences struggled to contain their mirth when he introduced himself: Mr Terdpong Jay....

At about the same time, a colossus of provincial dimensions stood tall and valiant in his northern capital. Yet he too suffered the same fate when his name became known throughout the land. We shall not dwell on the subsequent misfortunes of Mr Ruang... Lik, for that is a story for another time.

But one day when this mystical land should deign to bestow on me the worthy reward of citizen, I shall change my name to Mr Terdpong Lik. And so shall another chapter be written in the books.

And in another land a bit further away and a bit more distant in time (in Moscow, and during WWII, to be exact), the new Turkish ambassador was to present his credentials to the powers-that-be. In a dignified ceremony, he entered the court of highest esteem to be welcomed by his peers of the diplomatic community. Resplendent in the finest Turkish regalia with gold trimming on his fez, and full of pomposity, he presented his formal papers to the government, only to be greeted by the same kind of bemusement as his latter day buffoons. Few who were there on that solemn occasion could ever forget the exquisite delight of welcoming His Excellency Mr Mustapha Kunt.*

These stories are written.

Dex.

* http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/Oddities/mustapha.html

June 15, 2004 1:49 AM

wilbur says:

On one of my first trips to Thailand I ran into a chaste-looking nymphet in a KFC (hey, gimme a break, I was with guys who were in Asia for the first time and unaccustomed to the local feed on offer) whose nameplate proudly proclaimed that she was "Superporn". Yes, I now know that this is a very nice name in Thai, but at the time it was something of an attention-getter to be sure!

June 15, 2004 10:24 PM

Flash Andy says:

I remember banging a 'sumporn' (sp?) a while back.

how i laughed at saying "i fancy some porn tonight"

hee hee

June 15, 2004 10:56 PM

isthisok says:

I remember a few years ago meeting a really sexy girl at Imperial World, Lad Phrao, who calmly introduced herself as "Kunt".

(I've also met a Shit.)

Does anyone know "Paradise"? Chunky little thing, used to be in an open bar on the corner of Asoke/Sukhumvit...

October 4, 2004 10:23 AM

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