What!!! No. I'm of fine English stock. I went to Australia once.Terrible place. Man eating sharks in the sea and some of the rivers, 6 meter long crocodiles in the lakes and rivers, venomous snakes everywhere and murderous spiders hiding in your shoes and a bird that can disembowel you with it's foot.. Lucky to get out alive.
We like to live dangerously!Originally Posted by arsenal
Not knowing if you will live to see tomorrow is quite stimulating and adds excitement to our sometimes dull lives.
On a serious note, I live across the road from the beach and wouldn't dream of going for a swim. Shark attacks are a regular occurrence not far from where I live.
As for getting arrested in Thailand, there's a tv show here about how our embassy in Bangkok tries to help Australians who get into trouble in Thailand and end up in prison. The scary thing is how easy it is to find yourself in trouble. Although far from paranoid, I am very careful about what I do.
For example I'm aware that bars have CCTV so any "fun activities" with the guys are always carried out behind cushions (like in Eros) or we sit in a dark corner. At Golden Cock the door was always locked. And if there were any policemen enjoying a coffee in the lobby of the Tarntawan Hotel, we always waited until they left before going upstairs.
Better to be safe than sorry.
Last edited by a447; November 15th, 2021 at 12:57.
Dodger (November 15th, 2021), Ruthrieston (November 16th, 2021)
When I first read this, I was not sure who eats whom. If you put man in plural, you get "men eating sharks in the sea", which completely changes the meaning. The standard form is man-eating, which avoids confusion of who eats whom.
Brad the Impala (November 16th, 2021)
When you're in the water with the shark, there's no confusion I can assure you!
Dodger (November 17th, 2021)
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