Category Archives: animals

Bad Opie

barking, biting, dogs, thailand

Thai dogs like to bark. They bark all night and no one says a word. The little chow across the street once yapped for 17 hours non-stop, until its voice gave out like a raspy 50 year-old Gitane smoker. Thai dog’ favorite targets are those unfortunate rubbish divers eking out a living in search of […]

Ear Nest For Insects

Earwigs exist in almost every part of the world and the myth of their laying eggs in a human ear has survived all explanations to the contrary, although my most recent ear infection had my Thai neighbors telling stories about up-country relatives going to the hospital to discover a nest of insects gnawing at their […]

Chinatown’s Dancing Chicken

Back in the 70s one of Chinatown’s greatest attractions was the dancing chicken at the Chinatown Fair Video Arcade. The chicken or chickens didn’t really dance the insipid tune, but shifted their feet to avoid the shock from the electrified plate. They also played tic-tac-toe and strangely won most, if not all the games they […]

Sick Buffalo Email

“Dear Xxxx I love you and I miss you too much. my friend bar say you old man look same same monkey but I know you hansum man I have problem I write you before that buffalo me sick Now it die Fall down and dead in middle rice field. Bad fortune when it fall […]