The other evening a farang friend and I were sitting outside Sun bar in Jomtien Complex. A Thai went slowly past carrying a tray of pills, powders and gels with the familiar brand names which we all associate with the miraculous prolonging of the sex lives of randy but erection-challenged older adults. There were no takers among the customers (who, if they are anything like me, prefer to make such purchases MUCH more surreptitiously). But, to the amusement of my friend and I, there were suddenly about seven or eight boys clustered round the vendor, examining the products eagerly as they chattered away. Purchases were made. From the boys' reactions we deduced that several motivations were at work. One or two of the more gullible boys seemed to be under the impression that the miraculous qualities of these products included the permanent increase in size of their appendages. Others seemed to be anticipating an enhancement of their sexual pleasure with desired bedfellows. And perhaps the most realistic group were merely hoping to be able to perform with any kind of conviction with some of the, ahem, less than desirable customers that chance sent their way. It was not clear to my friend and I whether the purchases were one-offs with novelty value or, in the case of some of the boys, regular occurrences. Anyway, I shan't pop my little blue pill in future with quite such a sense of being age-defined.