John Galt Presents: The Stickman Ghost Writer

Upon my first read, I was very impressed with Stickman's opening piece this week. It was correct in most every way. Wow, was I impressed. I wasn't exactly sure why I like it so much, but I did. It's spoke to me and I knew this was an accurate piece. Outside of Thailand, you would have no way to know of its accuracy because there are no story examples that support the claims. This column has to be taken at face values in a lot of ways. However, I The Great Galt, will vouch for the column and say that it is indeed accurate because I have experienced much of what was described.

So, Ok, wow. Really nothing for me to correct this week. Hum.... Man, I could have a short week of it and just kick back and relax. Right? But, then something began to bother me, I shouldn't like it quite this much - what's going on?

Normally Stickman comes off a little wimpy. Sorry, but this is true. Whoever wrote this article is confident, sharp, and sophisticated.

Stickman knows a bunch about the naughty night life and he knows a lot about being married in Thailand... But Stickman doesn't know jack about dating a lot of normal single non-bar girls. He just didn't stay in that mode for very long before getting married. So, how did Stickman nail this article down so well? Why did it seem so "current"?

Then I noticed a change in his position. This week Stick's writes, "Of course you can meet decent Thai ladies in a whole host of places, but I’d recommend against the usual haunts of internet chat sites, department stores and hotel and restaurant employees."

Hey, wait a minute! Just five weeks ago he was saying this: "Now the internet *is* a great way for Western men to meet Thai women. If you're sick of the bargirl thing there is no better, nor easier, way to meet Thai women."

Why the abrupt change in position about the Internet with no explanation??? Why the conflict?

Upon further examination I start to see words that Americans use. I know -- because I am an American.

We don't say things like "Noseying around", "Shagging", "Obligatory", "spot on", or "Dodgy" that much. These are common Stickman terms. However, we do say phrases that we see in this week's article: "Biggy" and "epileptic fit", "Floodgates open", and "Jump her", "world's oldest profession", and "whole host of places".

"Biggy" is an abbreviation for "Big Deal". "Jump her" is short for "Jump her bones" - ie. have sex. We sometimes also say "knock boots" and a host of other colorful phrases.

If you search through all of the Stickman's weekly columns you'll see that he has never used these words before:

But these were a large portion of the key words in this week's opening piece. Also, Stickman has never previously referred to farang women as "western sisters". Where did he come up with that?

Stick says that ladies standing waiting for the sky train won't repel your approach. "Repel your approach"? You've never used those words before either. (Sorry I don't see Stick just openly approaching girls at the train station either)

I searched through 250 articles posted over the past 5 years, and none of these key words or phrases have been used in his columns. So, how did he come up with all these in just one week? Makes any sense to you?

Also, the author in the article says he's in his mid 30's. Stick's in his late 30's based on what I remember from other columns.

Don't forget, I busted his chops last week because he completely forgot and re-wrote a story on "It's Time to Throw her out". Perhaps he didn't forget at all. Perhaps another person who knew that story better, wrote it for the first time while Stick was away on business? After all, what was written last week had amazing detail. More detail than what was written 4 years earlier!

I smell a rat. Stick are you screwing with us? Is being a full-time English teacher, writing the weekly column, conducting bar girls investigations, making trips to Pattaya, and being a full-time husband just too much to handle?

You have ghost writers doing the work for you now, don't you? Not willing to be honest with us? People contribute to the rest of your column. I know this for a fact. This is how you know about all the bar closings and the board crossings, and the rumors of managers moving to other bars, etc. Do you now have someone writing your weekly column opening pieces now too?

Is that going to be the new key to your success - fraud? Well, I should say, that fits you right into Thailand nicely. Did Mrs Stick suggest this? Or was this your own idea? Have you strayed so far from that "all important honesty" that you had a number of years earlier? Don't believe that honesty can make the money you need? Maybe you learned this working at the English school? (if you can't beat them join them?). I normally ply my powers of discernment to Thai situations, but now do I have to watch out for our fellow farangs on the Internet too? I'm disappointed but not surprised. I had an inkling that something was getting goofy a few months back.

I mailed Stick & asked why he doesn't acknowledge your website & criticism, he denied ever reading your site, his response, (this guy clearly has to much time on his hands) I've been reading Stick for a couple of years, I am now more cautious if his columns are truthful & objective, as a future retiree to LOS, that's what I try to seek out to better prepare myself, enjoy your site very much & hope you don't run out of interesting information. From the U.S. thanks.

When I read this email I had a big laugh. Stick was told by one of his friends about the site about 4 days after I published the first piece 6 weeks ago.

Does anyone out there in the world believe that Stickman has not come here to read my site?? Anyone?? Anyone at all??? How would Stick know anything about the "too much time on my hands"?

Stick is claiming that he has not read my site because if he hasn't read it, then he doesn't have to answer your questions in email. Make sense? It's an easy way for him to cop out and claim ignorance rather than answer you. You can't put his feet to the fire otherwise. He thinks this is slick but we know otherwise.

To the reader in the US above. Sir, if you are coming here to retire, scrutinize everything you hear and read. Even question what I write on the web site too. Thailand is an amazing place because deception and lack of understanding will make you feel "amazed". When you do understand what is happening here, much of the amazement goes away. I hope when you arrive your "bull-shit" filters are in place and working very well. The only amazement you'll want to experience (mostly) is the amazement in your friends' voice when you tell them how well you're doing here during your retirement.

I received 5 thumbs up and 3 thumbs down. This poll is very very small and certainly is not a true indicator as a whole. That's ok. I didn't expect to hear from that many people. I did expect to see a higher rate of thumbs down than would likely be statically accurate.

The one reader that really had a bad time of it went there late on a Saturday night. He paid up front because Marc was going home before the final closing time and would not be there to collect the money. The customer had a smaller group of girls to pick from, so clearly there would have been less 1st stringers and more 2nd stringers to choose from. Over all, the customer felt like he only received 50% of value for his money. Under the circumstances I feel that his claim is an honest one.

To avoid this type of experience, my suggestion is get there early for the best selection of girls. Don't be in a rush. Choose as carefully as you can before you go upstairs and don't pay until you play.

My friend Mr. X goes there and takes mutual friends there several times a year. They have not had any problems EXCEPT for one guy who accidentally fell down coming out of the shower and cracked a couple of his ribs. How often does something like that happen? And this, of course, was just an unfortunate accident.

Marc in the column last week said that some of his girls have been there 3, 4, 5, and 6 years. That is a bit strange to me because many many girls here sour very quickly and become unattractive soon after their prime. They are blooms that fade very quickly. I've been here only 5 years and I personally have seen this happen to girls who I know. So, if he really has girls there for that long, are they still looking good?

My guess is that with girls in the typical bars asking for more (and getting it), that Marc may be having more difficultly keeping the most attractive girls. I have not been in there yet to look the place over. I plan to poke my head in there next month and give you a better account.

For many guys it is hard to understand why much of Thai society is confused at the average Westerner's taste in Thai women. More often than not, Western guys are seen walking hand in hand with smaller framed, darker Thai women. These women are not viewed as being attractive by the average Thai and are perhaps the considered the least desirable of Thailand's lovely maidens. But for the average Western guy, this is really hard to get into our heads.

Stick (or his surrogate) described the quandary but he makes no effort to answer the question. Why not?

I understand exactly why Thai society is confused. It's not hard to understand at all. They are confused because they do not understand western culture. For the most part they are not allowed out of the country and they don't deeply study history of foreign countries. Again, from an American perspective: about 50 to 70 years ago, we were not too different from the Thai culture in many ways. The poor were farmers and worked outside. Those people were exposed to the sun. The rich aristocrats spent much of their time indoor and wore longer (down the arm and leg) expensive clothing and therefore stayed white. Over the years we have seen a working class environmental reversal. The white collar working class are now working long hours indoors. They don't have time to relax. But, the rich and well to due are at the beach more or taking vacations that involve outdoor activities. The wealthy who have free time, sun bath. People in the west without free time, don't have time to get out in the sun. The rich pretty people are now the ones with darker skins. I have explained this to a number of Thais in the past several years. I think they comprehend it just fine. I'm glad I wasn't born in the day of the European renaissance. The desirable girls back then were white and chubby, yuck!

For those of you inside the Kingdom; notice how the tall girls see to have no ass? I'll take the smaller proportionate girl any day (little be busty is nice too). To me, its like have a playmate but just in half scale.

Oh, by the way. If any of you are hunting down a really tall, big, great looking bar girl -- try looking inside Electric Blue at Patpong. There is girl in there who must be about 6 foot. She is in nice shape and has a great ass. I've been there several times and each time she laid claim to me (among the other girls) and wanted to go with me. I declined. I've never had a girl that tall before. I think I felt intimidated. LOL, The Galt Intimidated?!? I might have to go back there and "run to that roar" just to get the matter clear - No woman intimidates The Galt!

Short update: Some of you have asked about this girl. No, this is not a lady boy. It's confirmed by the club owner and other sources. She has no natural signs of being a male. Not one. She is just a big girl and she looks great. Very oriental and just tall. Not skinny either; very proportional.

I asked my top 2 employees today (Oct 3rd) about what they would think if I wore a yellow shirt commemorating the kings reign. First, they were very clear to say that as long as I took care of the shirt and wore it properly (neat and tidy, etc), that they would find it very acceptable.

Personally, I feel that I would not want to participate because I look at the wearing of the shirt as their birth-right of celebration. I feel that wearing the shirt infringes on their culture. I am visitor in a foreign country and it is very gracious of the Thai people to openly invite me to join them in honoring the king, but I'll abstain for now because I feel that I'm offering more respect to the Thai people by not participating.

It is NOT Club Boesche that has anything to do with the misbehaving of Silver Star a go go. If you weren't reading closely you might confuse Club Boesche with a club that is committing fraud again their customers (seems like a lot of that is going on nowadays)

Stick likes to sling a little mud at Club Boesche on a frequent basis because he is chummy with one of the x-business partners of the investment group who hold ownership of Boesche, Living Dolls Showcase and a couple of other places. The partnership break up story is likely quite interesting as it involves counterfeit money, jail time in a foreign country, legal maneuvering, and a forcible buyout of the ejected partner. This is a story that I would like to tell someday except that it would severely anger the ejected partner. This guy can be a little bit of a nut case. It would also kick up dirt for the other owners who are just doing their thing. So, this begs the question, is the intrinsic entertainment value of the story worth possibly shaking up a hornets nest?

I want to point out -- this guy does on occasionally look for co-investors for on-going go-go club business activity. SO, if you are coming here to invest, you have been warned. This is why it so very important to spend enough time here meeting the people and finding out who is on the up and up and who is not. You can NOT figure this out is less than a few months.

Anyhow, my point is that Stickman has some loose association with this ejected partner and thus the instinct on Stick's part to heave a little do-do at Club Boesche.

I make it a point not get too chummy with people of influence, be it club owners, police officers, or prime ministers. Here, guilt is often dished out by association. People judge you by the company you keep. When one person in a circle is arrested and incarcerated, the other associates can come under heavy scrutiny.

We are up solidly this week. MangoSauce.com added several hundred hits for the week. Several weeks ago, were only seeing a hundred people a day. Now we are seeing a solid 300 to 400 people a day. This is encouraging. I most defiantly see an upswing in readership inside the kingdom.

In the first couple of day of this month, we see a number of visits from Riyadh, Saudi A

rabia. Welcome boys. So, how are camels coming along for the upcoming racing season? Let me show you a picture of my #1 girl. Hot isn't she?

(I had the wrong picture in there for a few days, many thanks to a reader for pointing this out to me)

Mrs Stickman's "Answers to Readers Questions" quality has been solidly up in recent weeks. She is receiving more interesting questions and the responses have had more value. She hasn't been trying her hand at western humor, but nevertheless, her contributions have been more thoughtful. By the way people. Mrs. Stick doesn't just write and post these responses. Her English is not this good. Very few Thais would instinctively know how to write sentences with good parallel sentence structure as you see in this week's #1 answer. Her grammar is perfect in the column. Believe me, in real life, it is not. I have spoken to many many Thais from all different places. None of them are this awesome in English. Even for native English speakers such our ourselves, we know, it takes 20 or 30 years sometimes to really have a really good grip on the grammar. All of Mrs. Stick's responses are edited for correct English - believe it.

Ok, campers. That is all the time we have for this column today. Now what have I been telling you? Don't trust me. Don't trust Stickman. Don't trust anyone here in Thailand just because we say its so. The only way to filter down to the truth is by gaining insight from several directions. Come to Thailand to see it, hear it, and in some cases, taste it for yourself. Read between the lines because that is where I believe you find the most correct answers.