Did That Just Happen? A Few Stories from Bangkok [Season 4, Episode 6]

In a lighter episode after a few weeks of serious guests
and topics, Greg and Ed trade 'hard to believe that happened'
stories about living in Thailand. Ed begins with a call of nature
nightmare that required an impromptu stop at Lumpini Police
Station that ended with a terrified woman and a very relieved Ed
in the female toilet.


Greg follows with a cultural 'no-no' in one of the least
expected places - a go-go bar - where he innocently used his foot
to get the attention of one of the girls. After sitting in
silence while the woman mercilessly tore strips off of him for
what seemed like an eternity, Greg used the experience as a
lesson for the tourists he was shepherding through the red light
district.


Ed next recounts an utterly bizarre experience that
occurred when the Thai government had to verify his marriage
during his residency application process. Two government officers
came to Ed's house on the weekend and interviewed him and his
wife, which ended up with the couple posing in their bedroom for
the overly-demanding officers. Thankfully, they remained fully
clothed. Yes, that really happened.


Not to be outdone, Greg concludes with a hilarious story of
an audition for a commercial, only to be asked to wrestle bare
chested with a strange guy while someone filmed and yelled out
instructions. Numerous strange contortions were followed by an
impromptu Thai lesson for good measure. And to top it off, he
didn't even get the gig!




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