Dumb shit expats have said

Kung-fu Hillbilly · Post by **Kung-fu Hillbilly** » Thu Jul 21, 2022 1:10 pm

Spigzy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:58 pm I was staying in a hotel down near Sepang once upon a time, the call to prayer was delivered simply by the muezzin up his little minaret & he had a decent voice that wasn't intrusive at all. Top marks. Once it gets distorted through a PA system & put to volume 11 like Khmer weddings, grr.. Nothing traditional about that, it is like an audio version of Instagram "model" looking for attention at any cost.

I really enjoy the atmosphere created in some places by the calls to prayer when the singer and volumes are reasonable, and I find you get used to the 4.30 morning calls eventually to sleep straight through. Don't get me started on when they let the kids run amok each day on microphones with that squealing nonsense.

Post by **Freightdog** » Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:24 pm

Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 1:10 pm
Spigzy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:58 pm I was staying in a hotel down near Sepang once upon a time, the call to prayer was delivered simply by the muezzin up his little minaret & he had a decent voice that wasn't intrusive at all. Top marks. Once it gets distorted through a PA system & put to volume 11 like Khmer weddings, grr.. Nothing traditional about that, it is like an audio version of Instagram "model" looking for attention at any cost.
I really enjoy the atmosphere created in some places by the calls to prayer when the singer and volumes are reasonable, and I find you get used to the 4.30 morning calls eventually to sleep straight through. Don't get me started on when they let the kids run amok each day on microphones with that squealing nonsense.

When it’s natural, it feels genuine. When it’s cranked up to defeat the neighbouring imam, it loses all legitimacy. What I used to call the 5am Karoake. Fleeting thought- what a service I could provide with just a pair of wire cutters.

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:45 pm

Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 1:10 pm
Spigzy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:58 pm I was staying in a hotel down near Sepang once upon a time, the call to prayer was delivered simply by the muezzin up his little minaret & he had a decent voice that wasn't intrusive at all. Top marks. Once it gets distorted through a PA system & put to volume 11 like Khmer weddings, grr.. Nothing traditional about that, it is like an audio version of Instagram "model" looking for attention at any cost.
I really enjoy the atmosphere created in some places by the calls to prayer when the singer and volumes are reasonable, and I find you get used to the 4.30 morning calls eventually to sleep straight through. Don't get me started on when they let the kids run amok each day on microphones with that squealing nonsense.

i lived in a moslem village in Phuket for over 22 years, the first call told me i had 90 more minutes of sleep

I'll take the call to prayer over drunks singing karaoke here in Kep anyday

yong · Post by **yong** » Thu Jul 21, 2022 3:15 pm

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:45 pm
Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 1:10 pm
Spigzy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:58 pm I was staying in a hotel down near Sepang once upon a time, the call to prayer was delivered simply by the muezzin up his little minaret & he had a decent voice that wasn't intrusive at all. Top marks. Once it gets distorted through a PA system & put to volume 11 like Khmer weddings, grr.. Nothing traditional about that, it is like an audio version of Instagram "model" looking for attention at any cost.
I really enjoy the atmosphere created in some places by the calls to prayer when the singer and volumes are reasonable, and I find you get used to the 4.30 morning calls eventually to sleep straight through. Don't get me started on when they let the kids run amok each day on microphones with that squealing nonsense.
i lived in a moslem village in Phuket for over 22 years, the first call told me i had 90 more minutes of sleep
I'll take the call to prayer over drunks singing karaoke here in Kep anyday

Once I brought one of my Thai dinner companions to Jakarta each time she heard the loud speakers over the city she’ll giggle and say the city dogs are hungry again.

Post by **Freightdog** » Thu Jul 21, 2022 3:24 pm

Like listening to evangelists, and all the others who seem to conclude that devotion is directly proportionate to volume.

truffledog · Post by **truffledog** » Thu Jul 21, 2022 3:38 pm

Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:30 pm Here's an example of dumb shit expats do.

Another one:

I remember a drunk swiss guy spray-painting big roadside pictures of the late King of Thailand in Bangkok. He was pardoned after a short term in jail and left the country alive.

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/29/worl ... 71428.html

Post by **Username Taken** » Thu Jul 21, 2022 4:14 pm

Freightdog wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:24 pm
Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 1:10 pm
Spigzy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:58 pm I was staying in a hotel down near Sepang once upon a time, the call to prayer was delivered simply by the muezzin up his little minaret & he had a decent voice that wasn't intrusive at all. Top marks. Once it gets distorted through a PA system & put to volume 11 like Khmer weddings, grr.. Nothing traditional about that, it is like an audio version of Instagram "model" looking for attention at any cost.
I really enjoy the atmosphere created in some places by the calls to prayer when the singer and volumes are reasonable, and I find you get used to the 4.30 morning calls eventually to sleep straight through. Don't get me started on when they let the kids run amok each day on microphones with that squealing nonsense.
When it’s natural, it feels genuine. When it’s cranked up to defeat the neighbouring imam, it loses all legitimacy. What I used to call the 5am Karoake. Fleeting thought- what a service I could provide with just a pair of wire cutters.

Just like in Phnom Penh in the past. The nam pang lady would do her morning rounds calling out "nam pang, nam pang". Now they use a recording played through a loud speaker. They think it's progress, but to me it's lost its old world charm.

mossie · Post by **mossie** » Thu Jul 21, 2022 8:42 pm

It's going to be OK.

Bluenose · Post by **Bluenose** » Fri Jul 22, 2022 7:56 am

Kung-fu Hillbilly wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 1:10 pm
Spigzy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:58 pm I was staying in a hotel down near Sepang once upon a time, the call to prayer was delivered simply by the muezzin up his little minaret & he had a decent voice that wasn't intrusive at all. Top marks. Once it gets distorted through a PA system & put to volume 11 like Khmer weddings, grr.. Nothing traditional about that, it is like an audio version of Instagram "model" looking for attention at any cost.
I really enjoy the atmosphere created in some places by the calls to prayer when the singer and volumes are reasonable, and I find you get used to the 4.30 morning calls eventually to sleep straight through. Don't get me started on when they let the kids run amok each day on microphones with that squealing nonsense.

I always liked how in Istanbul the bars would turn down the music while the call to payer was on but everyone carried on serving/drinking beer

Pseudonomdeplume · Post by **Pseudonomdeplume** » Fri Jul 22, 2022 9:07 am

"i'll take the call to prayer over drunks singing karaoke here in Kep anyday "

"...always liked how in Istanbul the bars would turn down the music while the call to payer "

And anything else related to supporting mentally weak adults talking to invisible ghost and fairy tales.

Biggest con in the world makes Madoff look like a milk bottle money thief, comparing the amount stolen and of destruction to society.

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