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By: Dorami

Dorami — Mon, 25 May 2009 02:59:57 +0000

Another nice example: a Thai friend of mine who owns a guesthouse has a huge fan in the bar, but if you touch it you’ll get electrified. After a few of the guests asked him to fix it, he took a can of pink paint and wrote on the fan: Do not touch!

By: Pete - FrogBlogger

Pete - FrogBlogger — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:56:58 +0000

Ingenious post about Thai ingenuity! Glad I read your answer about the plastic bag first. I immediately had this image of Thai workers being caught short while doing some building work higher up, and using this contraption to ensure passers-by didn’t get an unwelcome shower.

Shows how my mind works

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By: Talen

Talen — Sat, 23 May 2009 08:20:39 +0000

I think the water was brown because nobody was there to swap out bags anymore.

Some good guesses and confusion….exactly how I felt when I was looking at the funnel in person.

Answer posted above.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 23 May 2009 06:53:34 +0000

‘Unfortunately it didn’t save the business it served but I bet it helped out a great deal on rainy days’

As the water is slightly brown, it couldn’t be for drinking water, could it?

When I lived on Borneo, the Thais at the only decent Thai restaurant there would collect rain water.

They would then boil the rain water with pandang leaves to mask the taste and kill any bugs lurking.

The first time I tasted pandang water I wasn’t too sure. After, I requested it over bottled water.

The taste is quite distinct and very pleasant once you get used to it.

Yet another Thai fix…

By: iWalk

iWalk — Sat, 23 May 2009 06:06:27 +0000

Oh, yeah, Interesting post! I never notice so many interesting cases! I can't image what use of the last one but I think it's not use for catching rainwater. iWalks last blog post..Requiem For WenChuan Earthquake Anniversary

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 22 May 2009 23:29:18 +0000

Great post. I cannot figure out what that last one is for. I hope not drinking water... Erics last blog post..All Teared Up

By: Arun

Arun — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:05:47 +0000

he he.. The plant under the water really had me.

It is a tough guess to make.. Some thing to catch rainwater? But can’t reason it out really. Can’t think of anything else.

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By: Martyn

Martyn — Fri, 22 May 2009 04:01:51 +0000

I think the ingenuity really does go cap in hand with the lack of satang. Most of us could probably fix or make better broken items rather than replace them and Thai's are masters at this. Your posing question has got me stabbing in the dark but I'm gonna go for and be completely wrong....a carwash. Martyns last blog post..Meet The Boys

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:49:47 +0000

Interesting post and so true. I don't know about you, but i have started to do similar things. Before living here I would have probably replaced an item, now I try and come up with a fix that is not always conventional. BTW can't figure out the last one! Mikes last blog post..Thailand Time.