Dear Hillary,
A propos the legions of farang who get themselves into so much trouble with bar girls, I have an idea, but you (you dear old sage, you) must help. You see, my idea is that an agent be appointed to man every arrival gate in the country, where he/she will hand out free copies of your column’s archives, with sincere urgings to read same and be armed! Thirty years ago I was one of the new arrivals, and I painfully recall how much I didn’t know, and just how good so many of those girls are at parting a farang and his $$$, thus how helpful a good dose of “Hillary” may have helped. I avoided the problems, thankfully, and my Thai wife and I have been together for most of those 30 years (with 3 kids as evidence), but I had some luck with it all. Thousands of farang aren’t so fortunate, poor sods.
Jimbo
Dear Jimbo,
You have the makings of a wonderful idea there, but the execution of it is flawed. An agent at every arrival gate is a great idea, but they would need to be paid for their time, my Petal. I suggest B. 100 per person. Now, the next problem comes in “where he/she will hand out free copies of your column’s archives.” Jimbo, my pearls of wisdom cannot be handed out free, like a brochure for a condominium. I would need at least B. 500 (see, I’m not greedy) for each one. This then makes it an extra B. 600 for every farang entering the Kingdom, and is a cheap investment. But will they pay? Farang are known to leave common sense behind as the bar girls line up at the arrivals gate to tempt them. Think it through a bit more and get back to me, Jimbo! We can make money out of this, and help newbies at the same time. A win-win situation!
