I think boygenyus may be pulling our legs sometimes and I'm not so sure being in Pattaya long time makes one bitter rather the reverse.

Of the many posters on here I've encountered including LMTU, TeePee, Monty etc they don't have a wicked bone in their bodies which also includes the only one brave enough, like moi, to use his own name John Botting.

I'm sure Fatman is a delightful fellow and someone called Aunty is bound to be a lovely chap ..( but then I was brought up by a maiden Aunt who was marvellous though barking mad and gave me creme de menthe and those Sobraine cocktail cigarettes at age 10 and ocassionally a loan of her hoop skirts..so I'm biased )

I almost always agree with Hedda although I'm not sure if I've met him..he is very mysterious.

Homitern can riposte with some very witty one-liners and isn't nearly as irascible as that frightful old ( The) Colonel who he reminds me of and who admitted himself he was a "bald fat old c**t".

Dame Sanitree Na Parkin could have become "bitter and twisted" due to my rivalling beauty but chose rather to flee Bangkok.

Edith is a bit twisted..( who wouldn't be after being kidnapped by Gypsies as a child and who upon realising their dreadful mistake..paid a childless couple to take the vile brat of their hands ) but she still remains fairly civil if not provoked.

Bucknaway remains alway cheerful (despite being the only person left in the US who is a G.Bush supporter) but then he doesn't visit often and can't be dragged out of the steambaths in Bangkok when he does but always files a positive report.

There are many others far too many to mention who reside in Pattaya are happy and gay all the time ,although I think our esteemed moverator Smiles has become slightly irritable lately because he isn't in Pattaya and should come here on holiday immediately.

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Same same here Trongpai : "I went to my 20 year high school reunion and discovered that those who were assholes when they were 10 years old became assholes as adults." and I found all the ones I fancied turned out to be either fags or flight attendants.