My evil boss gets reincarnated

josef K says:

*tumbleweed drifts past*

Dana says:

This 'infant' picture is horrible. Please make it go away David.

AVID says:

Does this tasteless crap suggest that Mango Sauce is slowly deteriorating in quality and humour?

Comon, get back to basics!

Have you forgotten why we are "crazy about Bangkok"?

Dana says:

Speaking of why we are "crazy about Bangkok" how about finding a new logo lady for the front page. I am really tired of this woman's face. I've never cared for her and now I am sick of her. How about a face of the month or something.

liveonedge says:

David has thing's got this bad for Mango sauce or did you BUMP your head ?

TANAI KWAI says:

"This 'infant' picture is horrible. Please make it go away David."

Dana, as you know better than most, they can't all be gems. More to the point, David is skilled at giving the readership not what they want so much as what they need -- something to rail against, to make them feel alive. Can you imagine if your annual 4-day stay in Thailand were replete with uniformly pleasant experiences, warm feelings, met expectations, and fragrant odors? You'd run screaming to Bangladesh to get your fix of something to bitch about.

Same same situation situation here here.

It is pretty revolting though.

"...how about finding a new logo lady for the front page. I am really tired of this woman's face. I've never cared for her and now I am sick of her. How about a face of the month or something."

This would be a fun idea -- but a pain in the ass for David to get shots of suitable quality for masthead use. Also, while consistency may the the hobgoblin of small minds, the use of the same face is also the source of trademark significance, recognizability, and, in turn, the longterm viability of the site. That said, maybe the name and logo are sufficient.

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eurobserver says:

hmmmm, i think she's got something cute though... but haven't they all !!!!
by the way,congratulations with the contents of your site david, all those with (negative) comments about the lay-out : you all have now permission to leave !!! :))

Dana says:

Hello TK--Let me see if I understand your last pleading before the court--'trademark significance--long term viability, etc'--so in other words there will be no changes or improvements from now into perpetuity (attorney talk). Rediculous. And of course following the logic like a farang follows a bargirls ass--you will never change or improve either. What a bright future.

TANAI KWAI says:

Jesus-using-a-chainsaw, Dana, PLEASE learn how to spell r-I-diculous. (While we're at it, it is impossible to find any post by Greg where he doesn't spell "lose" as "loose.")

All I am saying is that building a brand is sometimes facilitated by consistency. Trademark significance is certainly best established by consistency. I liked your idea, but playing with the masthead may be a little dicier than you appreciate. This is why publications don't do it very often.

As for our respective futures -- I'll see you in hell, no doubt.

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Dana says:

". . . a little dicier than you appreciate."--this is so arrogant and unsocial for a minute I thought it was me talking. Let's not confuse our personas. You be the tedious all knowing dweeb--I'll be the arrogant nose-in-the air self-appointed godhead. Regarding 'Branding"--You are not mistaken but you are not complete either. Many companies have successfully changed logos, and even names. I'm sure you can think of more than me. In fact, this should trigger a tsunami wave of information, research, comment, and conclusions from you. Normally, you have the right line by choosing to do nothing when building brand. Ennui and repetition and lack of creativity yields success over the long term. However, that presupposes that the first decisions were good ones. I have never felt that the logo woman on the masthead represented what most of us think of when we think of a Thai woman. I think David could find a visage (TK word) more representative. Maybe he could throw out a lot of faces and make it a reader's choice.

Regarding my spelling of the word Rediculous (whatever)--I have already penned elsewhere on David's site in a confessional that this is one of the words that I am just not equal to. Get used to it or I will pen a post that uses the word 100 times just to hear the sound of your head exploding.

TANAI KWAI says:

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Farangutan says:

I saw this photo in saturday's paper too, and was immediately reminded of the line from David Lynch's Eraserhead - "we're not even sure if it IS a baby"

Greg says:

"I have already penned elsewhere on David's site in a confessional that this is one of the words that I am just not equal to."

And for me I can't spell lose. My ex corrected me on chat at least 40 times before I started to occasionally get it right when chatting with her. After loosing her, the likelyhood of seeing a post with the correct spelling is slim. Oh, and sometimes I call the ceiling the roof.

I hope biotech will be able to fix my brain one day. As it is I'm like an old dog who can't learn new tricks.

TANIA KWAI says:

You old dog you - we should call you a looser then - while you learn to pee with all your feet on the floor!

Prorogue says:

Going back to the origins of branding. we can see it involved the use of heated irons, slow reacting but unhappy cows and the waft of singed hair and attached moo-skins ostensibly to prevent the theft of a herd by identifiable means.

The cows will no doubt be chuffed that some Mango chutney readers are not in charge of rebranding at such an early stage given the effort it takes and and the scars they leave.

La La about Krung Theb?

(As an aside, I've hypothesised that the lady in mention is David's other 7/16. There's an old grin to nose ratio that reveals potentially tiny little hands, much like the little fella that started this )whole thread)

RubberSoul says:

Reminds me of a mate many years ago who got a tattoo that read "Born to lose but out to win" and the thickhead tattoist spelt it loose.....we got many many laughs out of that one.

Joe K says:

All this rediculous talk is getting on my gote. Cant we have more articles on lesbianity?

Greg says:

"pee with all your feet on the floor!"

Umm, that went over my head. You are suggesting I pee balanced on one foot?

Anda says:

Dana has been to Bangladesh?

David says:

Sorry to pop your bubble, AVID, but all of my articles are ìtasteless crap.î This week, my favourite piece was ìBar Girl Treasure Huntî but you thought it was ìdisrespectful garbage.î

You haven't made one interesting or amusing comment since you started posting here - just rudely-worded complaints. A man as discerning as yourself should, perhaps, be looking elsewhere for his Thai-related entertainment.

If you want to ìget back to basicsî then why not check out Stickman's website? There's plenty of nightlife news on offer and his opinion pieces are sometimes quite interesting. You won't be offended by any of it and you'll probably find his ìWhere is this pic?î competition highly amusing.

TANAI KWAI says:

Rubbersoul,

"Reminds me of a mate many years ago who got a tattoo that read "Born to lose but out to win" and the thickhead tattoist spelt it loose..."

Here in the Old South there is more than one son of the Confederacy with the following emblazoned on his bicep:

"SOUTHERN, BORN AND BREAD"

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Greg says:

I just downloaded the web browser Firefox from http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/0.9.3/FirefoxSetup-0.9.3.exe
and a spellchecker for it from http://www.exchangecode.com/spellbound. You can only install the spellchecker from within the firefox browser. Good browser.

It won't help me with spelling lose, so consider those mistakes character and charm.

Gimpy1 says:

Tania,

Once again I have to ask, Is your life so pathetic that you have to respond to every post, on every subject?

Still waiting for the gay bashing comments.

Tirak Ja says:

I have to agree the infant picture is ghastly. Really funny though and I thought the piece was great. That said it is still a really ghastly picture, is it retouched?

It does look like the mother may have used an eyebrow pencil on the poor creature. David, the part about your old boss was priceless. When I first saw the thing I thought you were going to say it was Minny Me.

As for your logo, please keep it. my friend Loknar really like her and she is a favorite topic of his at lunch. BTW do you know this woman or is she Tahi clip art?

Tirak Ja says:

Ooops sorry about the typos in my last post. Hard day here at the office and I am trying to get some work done while also responding to Mango Sauce...

nick adams says:

avid,

you are a silly cunt. go pick up a copy of the economist or build a model airplane or lick your stamp collection or something.

david,

prolly it's too much of a pain in the ass to get a girlie of the month thing going, but, as is said in "dazed and confused", it'd be a lot cooler if you did.

critics of mangosauce ought to take the oldest advice in the world: if you don't like it, make your own, and make it better. there's a gajillion (or thereabouts) thai-related sites that have all the usual shit on them. have a joyful time with them and let's hope david goes on doing his thing.

Tania Kwai says:

Gimpy,
Is your blog nick an anagram of the nick you use for your thingy?
Tania ;-)

Dean says:

Wow! I do love babies, in fact, I have taken to calling the hotel cat "Baby" but the picture of this baby has to be one of the uncutest babies that I have ever seen.

Maybe this baby is a reincarnation of Groucho Marx! re: Any club that would have me as a member, I don't want to join!

In fact, observing the usual luminaries, the stellar likes of combover, greg the gregness, Dana, Mr Peter, Pat Paulsen, etc. my favourite writer has got to be Mr. Tanai Kwai. The man is a fucking chameleon genius!

One week, some one is accusing him of being the next Alan Greenspan, the next week, through the way he writes, it is of a totally different genre.
I am glad that I encountered such an entity as you.

VIPvisabus.com has good deals to Poipet/Aranya Prathet. 2100 baht return which includes the Cambodian visa, buffet lunch, beer voucher, return trip on a comfortable bus with movies. What a deal! If I were slogging it out in Thailand sloughing off some of this old dead skin, then I would be going to this visa service.

Once I was in Bangkok, and I am sure inveterate long-timers living in the Khao San Road area might know of this: In August of the year 2000, I was at the 7-11 on KSR and there, lying horizontal on the floor was a gnarled blond middle aged man. He had long hair done up in braids or even a slight dreadlock. In the ten minutes that I was at 7-11, the man did not lose his horizontality even once.

And the next year that I went to Thailand, in 2001, he was still there! Although I did not ever see him again in 2003, the last time I was there. But I suppose to still expect to see him there after three years would be pushing my luck!

So if someone like that could live in Thailand without being rousted by the cops for so long, it is reasonable to expect that anyone could "sneak in" and be an illegal alien, as long as they keep their nose clean.

Being an illegal alien in Thailand: It is not about whether or not it could be done. It is not about whether or not it is a good idea. You don't want to get yourself in a position where the options are closed. Here in Canada, the door is wide open. Fuck up on your visa in Thailand, and there go your
"in - out priveleges", so to speak.

Well, last week, I did not go to Nanaimo B.C. I compromised and went to Surrey BC which is a middle ground between staying in my apartment and not leaving, and going all the way out to semi-far-flung Nanaimo. Hegelian dialectics - can you dig it?

When I was at Surrey, I was not even there for 30 minutes and already a blonde cashier smiled at me. Girls on the skytrain from Surrey were giving me more than an instant's glance.
Surrey girls: They are legendary.

What's the first thing a Surrey girl does when she gets up in the morning? -Puts on her clothes and goes home.

What happened at the Surrey girl's driving test?
The driving instructor said to her, "Hey, why don't you get up here from behind that back seat?"

Over the last few years the Vancouver massage parlours have held their price. The prices of Bangkok massage parlours have increased dramatically over this last decade.

Someone once said to me, "Thai girls are over-rated. Vancouver girls are under-rated." And I said, "What are you talking about?" Who the hell thinks like that?

Abu Ghraib prison is a reprehensible situation until you remember that here in Vancouver, there are heads that would pay money for that! Upscale S&M dungeons in Vancouver charge premium prices for that kind of histrionic decadent degradation.

You can type "free blog hosting" at google.ca and see literally thousands. I have not gotten around yet to getting my own blog.

Does pining to travel to Thailand, Cambodia and parts simularly far flung make me less of a Canadian. Is wanting to travel a component of the DP (displaced persons) syndrome? The DP syndrome.

Luv you all. Dean

Sandy says:

"Thai girls are over-rated. Vancouver girls are under-rated." And I said, "What are you talking about?"

Perhaps they were refering to the "Hong-couver" effect?

Sandy

nick adams says:

looks like someone needs a blog of their own. or something.