The humble baked bean has a lot to answer for! I'm really enjoying this thread - some really good posts. Shakin' Boxcar Joe's 'Baked Bean Nightmare' could be my favourite ever! Nice one Joe!
Some other observations:
Dr Dave wrote:WHY WHY Why what is the point you are in Thailand eat Thai food
This is the civilised view of an enlightened and liberal thinking Westerner. I used to have the same point of view until I realised that it doesn't work the other way round. Most Thais in the UK subsist almost entirely on Blah Lah at silly quid a jar, durian at 15 quid a kilo and Khao Niew at the same price per 5 kilo bag from the nearest Chinese supermarket, never once having earnestly sampled the delights of British fayre - sorry, fare!
Guess wrote:By the way beans make you fart and Thai people don't do that.
Well, this may be true until you are married to them. Then they fart like the rest of us. Blah Lah, Kapi and Nam Bpoo generate the foulest, fishiest guffs on the planet.
Dr Dave wrote:Generally speaking, a fair is 'a gathering of stalls and amusements for public entertainment', whereas fare is 'a range of food' (Concise Oxford Dictionary, 1999). However, the archaic (15th to 17th century) spelling fayre is confusingly used for both words by those who think it lends 'an historic flavour'.surely you are not that old mike, Maybe its different in Wales
Actually, in Wales the correct spelling is Fffare and, what is more, Baked Beans should be written: Llwychwrffinogion! I look forward to seeing it on the first Welsh menu in Hua Hin!
Hope that clears the linguistics up!
Keep on posting!
Jaime