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Those wonderful signs of the times
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 22/05/2022
» For many months there had been a large green road sign near the entrance to my local mall in eastern Bangkok which read "Entrace", the second "n" having gone missing in action. It was a minor thing and I was resigned to seeing it for years to come. However, I am pleased to report the rogue "n" has surprisingly been located and now the mall has a proper "Entrance" again. Congratulations to the eagle-eyed official who spotted the missing "n".
Rodents are simply a master of taste
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/08/2018
» There was a news report last week about the arrest on the Cambodian border of a gentleman smuggling 800kgs of dead rats. Imagine that. There are plenty of ways to make money through smuggling, but bootlegging deceased rodents is not one that immediately springs to mind.
Pet piggies destined for the dinner plate
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 02/07/2017
» A recent article in the Bangkok Post concerned Thai citizens getting more than they bargained for after buying pet pigs. Some might say that anyone who buys a pig as a pet deserves everything that follows.
Sure and steadfast, pity about the silly hat
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 30/11/2014
» I have been a bit left out of conversations lately in Bangkok as everybody seems to have been talking about when they performed the three-finger salute while in the Boy Scouts.
What do you call someone from 'Auld Reekie'?
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 28/09/2014
» Following the Scottish referendum, PostScript received an inquiry from a Thai reader asking what you call a person from Edinburgh. I admit that it had me stumped. A Scottish friend thought it might be Edinburgher, but being a Glaswegian he was more familiar with less polite terms. He was probably right with Edinburgher, although it does sounds a little bit like something you get in McDonald's.
'The quick brown fox' lives
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 14/10/2012
» Last Monday, the Bangkok Post business section carried an interesting article by Nanchanok Wongsamuth about one of the last shops in Bangkok selling or repairing typewriters _ remember them? Business at the Khlong Thom shop is definitely not brisk, but owner Suttiporn Chatviriyatam still manages to sell one typewriter a week, which is pretty good considering ''typewriter'' is almost an obsolete word these days.