This is a small test paper containing questions and answers people living here in the LOS or considering coming here should pass
You are driving your motorcike along a soi when a street dog rushes at you and tries to bite your ankle do you
1. speed up and drive away
2. throw your leg out and try to kick it
3. come to a halt remembering your driving test in pranburi(neutral stand switch of and remove crash hat)and chase after the dog to do it some mischief
4. slam the brakes on sod the driving test reach into your basket and retrieve the 3 bricks you carry for occasions such as this and fetch the bluddy thing 3 lumps on the back of its head
The correct answer is 4 (the 3 bricks in the basket saves time pissing around looking for ammo and the dog will still be in range.)
The question is not, can they reason? Nor, can they talk? But, can they suffer?" - Jeremy Bentham, philosopher, 1748-1832
One should ask can they remember
You are driving your motorcike along the same soi the next day
1. does the street dog recognize you (maybe)
2. does it recognize your motorcike (possibly)
3. does it recognize you reaching for your 3 bricks (definitely)
Answer 3 is however subject to how quick and how accurate your aim was yesterday
now come on dawn you didn’t get the first one correct did you
You are walking down Bintabaht and a voice calls from behind Hello welcome whats your name where you come from aaansoomme man
Do you
1. preen up and think she fancies you
2. reach for your wallet to see if you have enough cash or have to go to the ATM
3. reach for your wallet and reset the time delay lock on it for tommorrow
All 3 are correct it just depends how long you have been here
A politician comes to your soi and offers your good lady 300 baht for her vote
Do you
1. Get upset and say so angrily to him and your good lady
2. report him and her to the police
3. report them both to the election commission
4. let your good lady decide and then split the 300 so you have some extra beer money
The answer is 4 the first 3 will bring you severe grief from both of them and maybe compulsory relocation they also show all your neighbours you have no street smarts cos you have just binned 4 big bottles of chang
How did you get on with that one buksi
