John Galt Presents: Stickman On The Decline

I read Stickman's column every week and I make comments about it as I see fit. I began to do this several weeks ago because Stick has been letting us foreigners down. He is off-the-mark and wavering and selling out to adverting. I have now come to see that he is running out of things to say.... Perhaps he not experiencing enough during his everyday life to have new material every week. I'm not sure.

This week he wrote an article called "It's Time to Throw Her Out". The article was well written. Just what was your inspiration for that piece Stick? What made you think of that story this week? Was there some current event that gave you the inspiration? How did you come up with the idea of writing that story THIS WEEK?

I think it well represents a story that should be told, however as I was reading through it I had a memory flash back and realized that I already knew this story.

I took a stroll around the Stick archives and found the original story called Moving Her In Is Easy, Try Moving Her Out! (See, Galt doesn't lie about being a long time reader of the Stick)

Perhaps going to through the motions of "throwing her out" a second time will be more fun? Yeah?

I thought to myself, (chin scratch) what is happening here. Is Stick recounting the old story and pushing it further? No, he didn't didn't mention having written it before in this week's column. Did he just plain forget that he wrote this story once already, Is Stick running of out new material? Were there any new conclusions? What was the point? Ok, I admit he dug down deeper in this week's version and he tells us more about the surrounding story, but other than the extra fill-ins, it's just a rehash with the same ending and same conclusions.

Ok, so I think he made a mistake and just forgot that he told this story already (OOPS). Stick with Alzheimer's? If only the Coup had happened a few days earlier. Damn! (Luckily he'll have no shortage of material for next week)

But, I'm also disappointed that he really has made the wrong conclusion. He makes the same wrong conclusion in both articles that have been written nearly 4 years apart. Doesn't he have Thailand figured out YET? Where are you in the learning process Stick? Come on Stick, you're killing me.

The correct conclusions will be alluded to with the following true story that happened to me about 2 years ago.....

I run a successful business and rent a building on a main thoroughfare in my home town in an upper country place here in Thailand. About twice a year, festivals are close by and vendors roll up to my front door and expect to camp out and sell goods adjacent to my building. This is a common occurrence during times of festival all over the country. There are very little local controls to where they setup and if unguided, they would simply take squatters rights to your front door. Therefore, during these times of the year, the Galt charges a fee to these vendors that in my mind "allows them to block access to my building" and I also provide them electricity so they can run their light at night.

About 2 years ago, I made a deal with an enterprising young lady (she was about 26 yrs old) to rent out about 10 meter in front of my building to sell beer and some food for 3 days. I charged her 200 baht a day and she paid in advance. I informed her that I would provide her "protection" from others who would try to encroach upon my building in this area. She seemed pleased with the deal we had made and I considered our transaction done.

A short time later third party male friend of hers informed her that I didn't own the sidewalk and that she shouldn't have had to pay me anything! She and her friend came knocking on my door for the money back. (Thais will vigorously pursue a wealthier individual in a situation where the plaintiff thinks they have a case).

I called on my oldest senior staff member. He is 55 and a pillar in the community. He is fluent in several languages and I use him to sort out problems like this (and do some of my tax work). This guy is mild mannered, vegetarian, and soft spoken. He is religious at being kind to the earth, recycles everything, and always rides his bicycle around town because he thinks it's wrong to burn gasoline when not required. He is the salt of the earth and one of the most gentle and honest men that I know.

After explaining this situation to him, he walked over to the guy and gal and began speaking with the other male party (friend of the girl's). The girl went to interrupt, my guy turned to her and said, just a minute in Thai and resumed conversation with the other male. She interrupted in again and again, and then I saw him rise up like a lion, claw extended as he pointed at her and told her to "shut up". Each time she asserted herself, he rebuked her again, each time raising the threat level against her until she "got the message" and relented.

I was wide eyed and shocked because I had never seen him handle anything like that before. I didn't know he had it in him. (I had known the guy for 3 years up to that point).

In the end, I kept and money and she got her space just as agreed. And the lesson here is, that the man has to take control of the situation. This the Thai way. This is Thai Style. The men dominates but respectfully and fairly. If you don't stand firm, the women will dominate you.

Stickman's final advice was "if you don't move them in in the first place then you'll never have these problems!"

Duh, well yea, but let's expand on that idea to "Don't take a girl to dinner because she might get out of line with the waiter", or "Avoid having sex with a girl because she might bitch about the money". I can even extend that to "Don't marry a Thai girl because it is only going to lead to trouble". Now, do I have correct answer? Do I? NO.

The answer is stand up strong. Handle your affairs with a firm and fair grip. Make agreements and stand by them and hold a girl to her end of the bargain. Thai women respect this.

Slap yourself with some Aqua Velva and take control of the situation. (But in agreement with Stick -- don't strike her - never). You may have to get a grip on her arm and put her outside, but don't hit her. And IF she yells, you yell louder until she is under control. Sorry, but this is the way. Confidence is important. You better have your balls strapped on tight.

Suggestion #1 for you guys who are taking girls to live with you (both bar girl and otherwise). Make a "buy-out" arrangement with them. When they depart under ANY circumstance, provide them a pocket of cash as a separation gift. Have her agree to a number at the beginning and hold her to it at the end. You'll also find that in the end they are less likely to rock the boat when the loss of that money is on the line. I believe you'll find it will help out immensely when the end comes -- and 99% of the time, it will come. Be prepared and put the money aside.

Suggestion #2 Thailand is a practical society. If you put her out, it must also be for a practical reason and you'll use this for your argument. I once put a girl out and the reason was very clear. After living with me for about 7 months, I told her that if she'd called one of her ex-boyfriends in England or Demark one more time that I was shipping her back to Pattaya. When that transgression occurred, I made my move and she knew exactly where she stood. She was on the bus the next day and it was very hard thing to do, but I did it. (she left here with the buy-out money too). This is a story that I may write about in the future.

When you come to Pattaya, you can get a really nice 2 hour deep full body massage. They are quite a treat. Not expensive either. One 2 hour Traditional Thai massage will only set you back about 500 baht and a half dozen cucumbers. Most massage parlors will clearly post signs "No Sex" just to make it clear that they are only offering the basic massage.

Stick should have given you a full report about this but he has just been the slacker lately.

PS. For those of you who want to know, Yes, I did get the elephant's permission to place her photo on the web.

One of local web sites is belly aching about me taking his words and publishing them without his permission. Ok, I'm ready to make it right with you. Bend over and I'll do my little kissy kissy thing. Ok, all better now? (I'm giving you the Jack Nicholson smart ass smile and giggle from here)

The Galt doesn't necessarily believe the Stick is an authority on "whoredom" reporting. I think Stick may be out of circulation. I don't think the misses lets him stay over night without her. (Or is it that Stick has a running tab at the pump station?).

Plagiarism is the greatest compliment, so I am very unhappy nobody has done this to me but my fellow commentator; he on all things social and immoral, me on just the immoral bits, has. Stickman has attracted so many readers to become almost a cult in his own bathtime and now to prove that he is truly that cult figure along comes Notstickman ( notstickmanbangkok.com ). Little gentle piss taking it may be but in the end it is the greatest compliment!

Mr BaronBonk I read your column. You thought that the Goat story was funny??? (Did I miss something?) But, I do think "Wacky Tacky" is an excellent pet name for the PM. Where did you come up with that phrase - very clever.

I've been publishing for 4 weeks and up until this week, I have only received mainly complimentary emails. Finally, I receive one very critical email. Why are all my detractors waiting so long to stand up and defend the great Stick???

I bet the room you sit in is nice and dark and warm so you can toss yourself
off while writing your drivel.

Tis an easy thing to knock another persons efforts. Rightly or wrongly at
least Stickmans' ( and no doubt the rest of the people you will begin to
denegrate or your delusions of grandure grow) articles are the product of
original thought and effort.

Yours' is just the product of someone with too much time on their hands and
a huge chip on their shoulder. But it has always been like that hasnt it ?
Always someones elses fault that you didnt achieve, that you didnt succeed,
that things didnt work out for you. As you watched others get ahead and you
stood still, it wasnt your fault, it was always " if only..." and " I had
the chance to do that too but turned it down...". Oh sure you will strut
your achievements and crow your successes to others, and there have been
many "others" in your life over the years but none that have lasted the full
term of your life as friends, but when all the bluster and bluff is taken
away you are just another "would be if the world would let me".

Do yourself a favour and come clean with yourself. You only have one shot at
this life and the last thing you want is to be going out with the final
thought in your head being " if only things had been different" .Admit to
your self that you have been a tosser up until this point but that from this
day onwards you will become a productive and self determining member of the
human race. Learn to love others and let them love you for being you and
accept that your place in the pecking order doesnt make you a better or
worse person.

Better to die trying to do something original and productive than to spend
your life expending energy and effort denegrating and knocking others. You
are already a fairly bitter and twisted individual who may be beyond hope
but maybe there is still a chance for you.

Does anyone out there understand what this guys is saying I should do? Does this guy want me to take a shower or just write my Mother an apology letter? No, I am a bitter and twisted individual. That's why I'm here in Thailand, I'm with all the rest of the bitter and twisted individuals. LOL

If I still have "a chance", I sure hopes it's with this one fine beauty that I passed at a beer bar in Pattaya last weekend. Whoo Waaaa.

Please help me. I've been boinking my ex-bar girl Thip for about 2 months now. Recently, she's been inviting her friend Ao (still whoring at a gogo bar) to join us in the sack. While alternating back and forth between their asses, they ask me to say to them "Who's your daddy?" This only happens when I'm sodomizing them. How should I interpret this Mrs. Not-Stick? Does taking it up the (###) remind them of their father's back up in Isaan out on the rice paddy? Does the butt banging make them homesick? Please help me. Signed, Confused but very happy falang.

(Mr NOT-Stick going to have to answer this because frankly I don't have a misses - you guys with any common sense know that marriages in Thailand are very problematic and foolish to enter into so I don't go there)

The word "daddy" is very western in origin. They didn't learn that in the fields. From what I have seen and heard, I would have to believe that incest between father/daughter is not that prevalent in this country. The reason is fairly simple. Why sleep with your own daughter and invoke the wrath of family and friends when you can secretly take up with a young girl from a another family with impunity. Minor wives are fairly easy to find and so there little need for strange things at home. Congratulations, Thip has evidently bumped into a former Eden Club girl with superior English skills. If you really need help, I would suggest you call in one of your farang friends to help reduce your work load.

(The Galt made a slight edit in the question to remove specific phrases from the sight of possible search engines - sorry)

Galt's numbers are on the rise. The lower numbers are of unique visitors and the higher number are the number of pages they are looking at. There are a couple of very powerful things showing here (Stick, take note). With only 4 weeks under my belt 4 WEEKS only, we see a very solid trend of visitors arriving on Thursday/Friday. This would only happen if I had a lot of returning readers. I'll estimate a solid 700 returning readers this week. That might seem like a drop in the bucket when compared to thousands of Stick weekly column readers, but I've only been here 4 weeks! That's a splash.

Also notice the number of people who type my address directly. That percentage is high.

If you are in still in the west, don't just take my word for it. I could be wrong about some of this. So, make your way out here to Thailand for a look see. It will be very much worth your time. Besides, how often do you see tanks up close and personal?