Comments on: Dying to Leave Thailand http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/2009/06/05/dying-to-leave-thailand/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:46:19 +0700 hourly 1 By: Catherine http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/2009/06/05/dying-to-leave-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-7238 Catherine Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:06:32 +0000 http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/?p=1906#comment-7238 'Just imagine if he would have met you and fell in love instead of rope/string.' He never came across to me as the marrying type / one gal type of man. And at the time my crush was in full heat (my early teens) my lustful thoughts consisted of staring into his eyes with deep, soulful looks, and saving the world, one episode at a time. Not exactly conducive for a relationship in the adult world. <abbr><em>Catherines last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/womenlearnthai/PKcd/~3/q-oUl3ewcoc/" rel="nofollow">Interviewing Myke Hawke: Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast</a></abbr></em> ‘Just imagine if he would have met you and fell in love instead of rope/string.’

He never came across to me as the marrying type / one gal type of man.

And at the time my crush was in full heat (my early teens) my lustful thoughts consisted of staring into his eyes with deep, soulful looks, and saving the world, one episode at a time.

Not exactly conducive for a relationship in the adult world.

Catherines last blog post..Interviewing Myke Hawke: Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast

]]> By: Catherine http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/2009/06/05/dying-to-leave-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-7237 Catherine Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:51:28 +0000 http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/?p=1906#comment-7237 Talen, it's terrible, the first thing I thought of was 'giving a man enough rope to...' Quite a few Western women die in Thailand too. Those two girls who died hours apart (poison? fumes?). Then the beach deaths, those are quite popular for women. But it is the men who have the majority of the misadventures in Thailand. Men take more risks, go to places women tend to avoid, and there just might be more of them percentage-wise. <abbr><em>Catherines last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/womenlearnthai/PKcd/~3/q-oUl3ewcoc/" rel="nofollow">Interviewing Myke Hawke: Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast</a></abbr></em> Talen, it’s terrible, the first thing I thought of was ‘giving a man enough rope to…’

Quite a few Western women die in Thailand too. Those two girls who died hours apart (poison? fumes?). Then the beach deaths, those are quite popular for women.

But it is the men who have the majority of the misadventures in Thailand.

Men take more risks, go to places women tend to avoid, and there just might be more of them percentage-wise.

Catherines last blog post..Interviewing Myke Hawke: Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast

]]> By: Talen http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/2009/06/05/dying-to-leave-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-7236 Talen Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:12:52 +0000 http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/?p=1906#comment-7236 David Carradine was great in Kung Fu but his career was quite lackluster since then. Even he said in an interview he had hoped to become more with his acting but he wouldn't complain about being a d list actor. Pete: I think you're dead on that many men take risks they normally wouldn't...and for many they find out that Thailand can be an unforgiving mistress. Martin: Escping is the perfect word...it could be anywhere but many men escape each year to some destination like Thailand without a clue of how bad it can get if they screw up. Martyn: I couldn't pass up the stiff joke and it's quite true. Now I have tainted love stuck in my head...Thanks! Fitting though...Maybe they will do a movie about Carradine's life and times. They could call it: A Man and His Rope-Tainted Love the David Carradine story. Cat: I bet a lot of women had a crush on him he was definitely one women fell for. Just imagine if he would have met you and fell in love instead of rope/string. David Carradine was great in Kung Fu but his career was quite lackluster since then. Even he said in an interview he had hoped to become more with his acting but he wouldn’t complain about being a d list actor.

Pete: I think you’re dead on that many men take risks they normally wouldn’t…and for many they find out that Thailand can be an unforgiving mistress.

Martin: Escping is the perfect word…it could be anywhere but many men escape each year to some destination like Thailand without a clue of how bad it can get if they screw up.

Martyn: I couldn’t pass up the stiff joke and it’s quite true. Now I have tainted love stuck in my head…Thanks! Fitting though…Maybe they will do a movie about Carradine’s life and times. They could call it: A Man and His Rope-Tainted Love the David Carradine story.

Cat: I bet a lot of women had a crush on him he was definitely one women fell for. Just imagine if he would have met you and fell in love instead of rope/string.

]]> By: Martyn http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/2009/06/05/dying-to-leave-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-7235 Martyn Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:13:41 +0000 http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/?p=1906#comment-7235 Just how stiff viagra can make you....wonderful line and unashamedly I'll admit the sort of creative writing that really draws me into a post. David Carridine yeah sure I absolutely loved his Kung Fu series but like so many before him and I dare say so many after he's turned out to be a little like that Soft Cell song " Tainted Love." Maybe he should have stayed in the temple a whole while longer. <abbr><em>Martyns last blog post..<a href="http://www.thaisabai.org/?p=6006" rel="nofollow">Thailand Blogs - May 09 Review</a></abbr></em> Just how stiff viagra can make you….wonderful line and unashamedly I’ll admit the sort of creative writing that really draws me into a post. David Carridine yeah sure I absolutely loved his Kung Fu series but like so many before him and I dare say so many after he’s turned out to be a little like that Soft Cell song ” Tainted Love.” Maybe he should have stayed in the temple a whole while longer.

Martyns last blog post..Thailand Blogs – May 09 Review

]]> By: Martin In Bulgaria http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/2009/06/05/dying-to-leave-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-7234 Martin In Bulgaria Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:49:58 +0000 http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/?p=1906#comment-7234 Hi Talen, Like Mike Grasshopper is the memory I have of this man. Escaping into something you think it is Eden then discovering it is another dead end leads exactly that. Memories of his acting live on even if the actor doesn't. <abbr><em>Martin In Bulgarias last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bulgarianslivatree/bWvr/~3/nFK-vyuzjnY/bulgarian-marrows-tikvichki-but-not-as.html" rel="nofollow">Bulgarian Marrows (Tikvichki) But Not As You Know Them</a></abbr></em> Hi Talen,
Like Mike Grasshopper is the memory I have of this man. Escaping into something you think it is Eden then discovering it is another dead end leads exactly that. Memories of his acting live on even if the actor doesn’t.

Martin In Bulgarias last blog post..Bulgarian Marrows (Tikvichki) But Not As You Know Them

]]> By: Catherine http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/2009/06/05/dying-to-leave-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-7232 Catherine Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:47:22 +0000 http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/?p=1906#comment-7232 I was shocked too. First, there was an announcement of a famous Hollywood Star committing suicide in Bangkok. A half hour later, they said who it was. The 'Hollywood star' part threw me off as I usually equate expat male + suicide = total BS. So it took me awhile. A bit after I made the connection, the shoestring article came out. The whole thing is like a bad movie script: David Carradine dies in the former Bangkok Hilton under circumstances that involve shoestrings. I used to have a crush on David Carradine. It is all so very sad. <abbr><em>Catherines last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/womenlearnthai/PKcd/~3/q-oUl3ewcoc/" rel="nofollow">Interviewing Myke Hawke: Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast</a></abbr></em> I was shocked too.

First, there was an announcement of a famous Hollywood Star committing suicide in Bangkok.

A half hour later, they said who it was.

The ‘Hollywood star’ part threw me off as I usually equate expat male + suicide = total BS.

So it took me awhile.

A bit after I made the connection, the shoestring article came out.

The whole thing is like a bad movie script:

David Carradine dies in the former Bangkok Hilton under circumstances that involve shoestrings.

I used to have a crush on David Carradine. It is all so very sad.

Catherines last blog post..Interviewing Myke Hawke: Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast

]]> By: Western Observer http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/2009/06/05/dying-to-leave-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-7231 Western Observer Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:30:01 +0000 http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/?p=1906#comment-7231 I enjoyed Kung Fu. My favourite bit was when Grasshopper took his instructions from an an old fella with eyes like ping-pong balls. I wonder what happened to him? <abbr><em>Western Observers last blog post..<a href="http://www.westernobserver.com/satellite-tv-in-thailand-dump-truevisions-for-astro-or-multichoice/" rel="nofollow">Satellite TV in Thailand: Dump TrueVisions for Astro or Multichoice</a></abbr></em> I enjoyed Kung Fu. My favourite bit was when Grasshopper took his instructions from an an old fella with eyes like ping-pong balls. I wonder what happened to him?

Western Observers last blog post..Satellite TV in Thailand: Dump TrueVisions for Astro or Multichoice

]]> By: Pete, FrogBlogger http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/2009/06/05/dying-to-leave-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-7230 Pete, FrogBlogger Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:55:21 +0000 http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/?p=1906#comment-7230 Grasshoppers often meet untimely ends, especially in Isaan (grilled, fried). Seriously though the circumstances seem odd, or though as you suggest, perhaps not so odd for Thailand. So many come to LOS to let off steam, to rebuild lives, to explore the exotic. It's perhaps not surprising that a fair proportion, especially of the male visitors, let their guard down and take risks they wouldn't dream of taking back home. <abbr><em>Pete, FrogBloggers last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Frogblog-Thaidings/~3/yKy1QlGGg14/brash-bangkok-culture-hound-chiang-mai.html" rel="nofollow">Brash Bangkok, culture-hound Chiang Mai, pornographic Pattaya, innocent Isaan - which one is your Thailand?</a></abbr></em> Grasshoppers often meet untimely ends, especially in Isaan (grilled, fried). Seriously though the circumstances seem odd, or though as you suggest, perhaps not so odd for Thailand. So many come to LOS to let off steam, to rebuild lives, to explore the exotic. It’s perhaps not surprising that a fair proportion, especially of the male visitors, let their guard down and take risks they wouldn’t dream of taking back home.

Pete, FrogBloggers last blog post..Brash Bangkok, culture-hound Chiang Mai, pornographic Pattaya, innocent Isaan – which one is your Thailand?

]]> By: Windmill http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/2009/06/05/dying-to-leave-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-7229 Windmill Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:00:05 +0000 http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/?p=1906#comment-7229 Oh dear Talen, Shocking news this is on a Saturday here. David Carradine, the Actor? WOW! that's really sad. Cool Actor in the roles that I watched him. <abbr><em>Windmills last blog post..<a href="http://dfoolonthehill.com/?p=3441" rel="nofollow">My message to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini - change your mindset!</a></abbr></em> Oh dear Talen,

Shocking news this is on a Saturday here.

David Carradine, the Actor? WOW! that’s really sad.

Cool Actor in the roles that I watched him.

Windmills last blog post..My message to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini – change your mindset!

]]> By: Mike http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/2009/06/05/dying-to-leave-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-7227 Mike Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:01:10 +0000 http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/?p=1906#comment-7227 Talen I remember David Carradine for the TV cult programme (in UK) called Kung Fu. I enjoyed his other film work too, but for me he will always be remembered as Grasshopper. Sad to see him go, given the circumstances, I guess it was just a tragic accident. <abbr><em>Mikes last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheTeflDon/~3/T7VYJHqMTb0/my-thai-top-ten.html" rel="nofollow">My Thai Top Ten</a></abbr></em> Talen I remember David Carradine for the TV cult programme (in UK) called Kung Fu.

I enjoyed his other film work too, but for me he will always be remembered as Grasshopper.

Sad to see him go, given the circumstances, I guess it was just a tragic accident.

Mikes last blog post..My Thai Top Ten

]]> By: *lynne* http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/2009/06/05/dying-to-leave-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-7226 *lynne* Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:58:46 +0000 http://thailandlandofsmiles.com/?p=1906#comment-7226 I wonder about the circumstances of his death. It was shocking for me to see the headline yesterday - I don't know what about is that continues to disconcert me so. Bottom line: if there was foul play, I hope they get to the bottom of it. May the not-so-young-anymore Grasshopper rest in peace. <abbr><em>*lynne*s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LifeAfterWork/~3/V2Gd5xj2hO4/beyond-rim-david-carradine.html" rel="nofollow">Beyond the Rim: David Carradine</a></abbr></em> I wonder about the circumstances of his death. It was shocking for me to see the headline yesterday – I don’t know what about is that continues to disconcert me so. Bottom line: if there was foul play, I hope they get to the bottom of it. May the not-so-young-anymore Grasshopper rest in peace.

*lynne*s last blog post..Beyond the Rim: David Carradine

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