Are you sure about that?
Where I come from, if you’re that much of a gormless twat, they put you out on an ice floe on your 12th birthday.
That’s why Chewy’s folks sneaked him out of the country when he was young.
Steer clear of “Black in Taiwan”. It’s one of the most atrocious pieces of writing ever committed to paper. Absolute rubbish.
Plain Tales of the Raj is really good. Spike Milligan’s account of growing up in India at the tail end of the Raj.
The Sex Lives of Cannibals is an interesting one too – modern-day expats in Kiribati.
How can we trust you? You’re shitfaced at 1043 in the morning!
Lucky bastard.
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell. Eccentric Brit family living on Corfu in the mid-30s.
Driving Over Lemons by Chris Stewart. Genesis’ very first drummer buys a run-down farm in the poorest part of Spain and lives there with his family.
I forkin’ LOVED that book!
Ahh, it all makes sense now. That’s why all them engrish “specialist” keep washing up on shore 
Ahh, it all makes sense now. That’s why all them engrish “specialist” keep washing up on shore [/quote]
You getting cold??
Seriously, anyone know what this special little boy does for a living? He can’t be a brain surgeon … Does the government employ waiguo rocket scientists?
Ministry of Knobular Affairs??
Ministry of Knobular Affairs??[/quote]
Bell-boy?
Ministry of Knobular Affairs??[/quote]
Dumb twat who failed in Taiwan and scurried off back to Canookislovakia, where he periodically comes back to the flob to bitch at the stronger men and women who made a go of it. The sour grapes are mouth-puckering.
Ministry of Knobular Affairs??[/quote]
Bell-boy?[/quote]
Keep moi lip buttoned down
Carry dis baggage out
The Chewmeister is a quality poster, one of my favourites on forumosa. I’m not saying that scientists should clone him or that the female posters should start saving up to buy his sperm, but he is entertaining and gives a different take on things. He also brings specialist knowledge to the flob and is one of the very few non-PC posters.
Speaking of Chewy, got a few messages coming in but there’s a lot of static: …my university… green swine… bone her… sanchez… Okay, retuning to Netherworld FM. “If he was able to travel overseas at 12, it was good because his family paid taxes, which helped put the Northern lumpenproletariat such as yourself through technical high schools. Without that, you never would have been able to venture to Khao san Road to find valuable papyrus documents.”
Ministry of Knobular Affairs??[/quote]
Dumb twat who failed in Taiwan and scurried off back to Canookislovakia, where he periodically comes back to the flob to bitch at the stronger men and women who made a go of it. The sour grapes are mouth-puckering.[/quote]
Chewy conquered Taiwan…left with letters of reference from two billionaires and a foreign minister…he ain’t working for a state media news outlet…now that’s success!!!
[quote=“almas john”]
Chewy conquered Taiwan…left with letters of reference from two billionaires and a foreign minister…he ain’t working for a state media news outlet…now that’s success!!![/quote]
Uhh, dude?
Kind of embarrassing yourself here, don’t you think?
Unless, of course, you’re being facetious, in which case, it’s pretty funny. :bravo:
Further, to make things worse, I don’t think the above was directed at him anyway.
Just in case, though, Mohammed’s Radio over there transmits both ways, you might want to mention that anyone who comes from Calgary disparaging the quality of education elsewhere is like…well, Taipei taxi drivers directing traffic…
And, for the 1000th time, I’m not from Edmonton.
[quote=“almas john”]
Chewy conquered Taiwan…left with letters of reference from two billionaires and a foreign minister…he ain’t working for a state media news outlet…now that’s success!!![/quote]
Maybe. I wasn’t talking about him though. Sure, he doesn’t seem to like Engrish teachers much, but at least he’s less of a twat about it.
And as for you? HA! You can only DREAM about being an arse-ridden cubicle hack spending his working days in a sick building with fucked air conditioning. :raspberry:
[quote=“the chief”][quote=“almas john”]
Chewy conquered Taiwan…left with letters of reference from two billionaires and a foreign minister…he ain’t working for a state media news outlet…now that’s success!!![/quote]
Uhh, dude?
Kind of embarrassing yourself here, don’t you think?
Unless, of course, you’re being facetious, in which case, it’s pretty funny. :bravo:
Further, to make things worse, I don’t think the above was directed at him anyway.
Just in case, though, Mohammed’s Radio over there transmits both ways, you might want to mention that anyone who comes from Calgary disparaging the quality of education elsewhere is like…well, Taipei taxi drivers directing traffic…
And, for the 1000th time, I’m not from Edmonton.[/quote]
I know not what I write – I am merely a vessel for the great one. You may be thinking, is Almas a fakir? Some kind of Sadhu? No, I am merely a trance medium for Chewy, one of his simple disciples. Chewy is known in the cult as The Great Guru Manboob. BTW, unlike all those other loser gurus, Guru Manboob graduated from the top ranking Ashram Swammi.
You damn nose-breathing elitist!!
I know where you can get some onguent
(I need ONGUENT!!!
)
for that…
[quote=“almas john”]I’m not saying that scientists should clone him or that the female posters should start saving up to buy his sperm, …
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May I clarify? Is there likely to be a world shortage any time soon? I mean, I’m trying to think of a substance less likely to be in short supply, (worldwide, not just this chap). I’m drawing a blank, even if all but the last ten men on earth are firing blanks. And is a knowledge of Taiwanese politick really communicable via one’s best swimmers? And is that, like, worth getting the turkey baster out for?
What are you lot on about, to cut a long story short?