When your new favorite Thai place tells you that their ‘hot’ level really means ‘hot’, you need to take them seriously.
Unless they say “Thai hot” they are still white-spicing you. 
I went out to a Thai place with a group of friends. We were each asked, “1-5, how hot?”.
I ordered a 2 or 3, as did most of the table. One guy said 5. The waiter asked if he was sure and he said he was. Turns out for some reason he thought 1 was very spicy, 5 was bland, and he cannot handle heat.
Our meals came and we all started eating. The guy who ordered 5 realized he fucked up, but he ate every last bite. He looked absolutely miserable though.
At many Thai places in the past I still got white-spiced even when I said ‘Thai hot’. So I thought I knew spice. But when we first ordered at our current favorite local place, the waitress said “are you sure you want Thai spicy? We take the spice levels very seriously here.” I was like 'uh, yeah, I think I know what I’m doing, thank you. Thai spicy for me". And I was like the guy in kayaker’s story who ordered the 5.
Now, I’m embarrassed to admit, I order my red curry dishes ‘medium plus’ these days. And it’s not just the serious heat level of our favorite Thai place, I think my aging digestive system just can’t handle the heat like it used to (talk about a burning ring of fire!)
I bet no one from U2 scaled any city walls and probably never climbed any of the eight thousanders.
That’s why they still haven’t found what they’re looking for.
After walking 500 miles, I think you might look for a cab to take you the next 500.
Ah but they never claimed to have walked 500 miles and then 500 more. They just said they would do it. That The Proclaimers made that claim in order to get into someone’s pants, is completely believable even if them actually following through and walking to Southern Europe (through the channel tunnel I guess?) is more dubious.
Yeah, well, I bet Eminem was in a movie, and that Mekhi Phifer was right there!