# Why can't Siam Sam accept correction? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 15, 2012, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779 "2012-09-15T09:45:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779/21 "2012-09-15T15:48:04Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > According to the law of sociolinguistic homeopathy, my week in Thailand in the mid-90’s trumps all of you. Now unless we get another poster who had a brief layover at the Bangkok airport or who recently tried Pad Thai for the first time… My sister sent me an email from there, once. Do I win? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779/22 "2012-09-15T16:08:31Z")
30x dilution: I generally tie my shoes. Doot, doot! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779/23 "2012-09-15T16:09:31Z")
Obviously, that was an entry for the “Make the post that makes the least sense taken out of context” contest. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779/24 "2012-09-15T16:18:15Z")
I knew the board’s new zombie-thread policy would have unintended consequences. Here they are: zombie _pittings_! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779/25 "2012-09-15T17:29:53Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > According to the law of sociolinguistic homeopathy, my week in Thailand in the mid-90’s trumps all of you. Now unless we get another poster who had a brief layover at the Bangkok airport or who recently tried Pad Thai for the first time… > [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > My sister sent me an email from there, once. Do I win? > [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > 30x dilution: I generally tie my shoes. Doot, doot! I thought I was going to win with, “I think I have some frozen Thai food in my freezer,” but I think you took the crown. {Bows to **LHOD** } ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779/26 "2012-09-15T18:14:34Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > You need to look at the thread about “We Have Pigeon Eggs”. It went on for 20 years. And I don’t want to search for it in case it is still going… I don’t want to search for it, either, I just found the Ongoing Online Dating Advice Thread and would have to quit my job just to catch up there.(not saying that’s a deal breaker) lacking any clearer visual I am going to assume “trying to hatch” because the thought of doing this competitively amuses me. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779/27 "2012-09-15T19:12:55Z")
I’m sure **Sam** will be along doot sweet to clear things up. I had Thai food on Wednesday this week, so if you have any questions about Thai culture, I’ll be happy to oblige. Perhaps I’ll start an IMHO thread: _Ask the guy who ate Thai food last Wednesday._ ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779/28 "2012-09-15T20:01:34Z")
I heard One Night in Bancock on the radio sometime last month. ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779/29 "2012-09-15T20:31:19Z")
You’re both pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779/30 "2012-09-15T20:33:02Z")
Guys! This battle of _American Thai Expats_ is tearing the board apart! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779/31 "2012-09-15T20:56:13Z")
Yes, you should both focus instead on the Thais that bind… and not just the “Western” ones in places like Pattaya! ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779/32 "2012-09-15T20:59:29Z")
I think we all can agree that in the race to determine the most loved American in Thailand, you both crossed the finish line… in a _tie_. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779/33 "2012-09-15T21:30:53Z")
Perhaps we can induct the OP in to the sacred Siamese cult of Tah-nah. Repeat after me: O-wah Tah-nah Siam! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779/34 "2012-09-15T21:36:06Z")
By the way, as to the question of the thread title: “Why can’t Siam Sam accept correction?”, it’s obviously because you haven’t settled on a safeword. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779/35 "2012-09-15T21:39:10Z")
I don’t care much about Thailand or either poster, but the response to **septimus** here seems harsh. His claim (yet to be substatiated with links) is that Siam Sam frequently corrects him, incorrectly, regarding Thailand. If true, that would really be annoying. If untrue, it’s sort of a bizarre thing to start a pit thread about. Awaiting more evidence. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779/36 "2012-09-16T01:13:14Z")
We used to have a Siamese cat when I was growing up. Trump _that_, beaches! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779/37 "2012-09-16T01:24:29Z")
> [@Beastly\_Rotter](#): > > You’re both pretty. You amuse me. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779/38 "2012-09-16T01:47:18Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > I don’t care much about Thailand or either poster, but the response to **septimus** here seems harsh. His claim (yet to be substatiated with links) is that Siam Sam frequently corrects him, incorrectly, regarding Thailand. If true, that would really be annoying. If untrue, it’s sort of a bizarre thing to start a pit thread about. > > Awaiting more evidence. Awaiting more evidence? I think perhaps if septimus had bothered to provide \*any \*evidence in the OP people would be less harsh with him. If the basis of your pit thread is that some guy is stalking you, then just maybe you should give a few fucking examples. Otherwise you just end up looking like a pratt. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779/39 "2012-09-16T02:06:59Z")
I always spelled that “pradt”. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779/40 "2012-09-16T02:39:28Z")
I really don’t know why the OP is such a hysterical person, but this isn’t the first instance of it I’ve seen in him. There is a common type in Thailand that I’m more familiar with than I would like to be, and that is the “overly opinionated, loud-mouthed farang (Westerner) with a chip on his shoulder.” That looks to be the case with the OP, who often seems to have some real anger issues. Thailand mellows some people, but conversely, and oddly, it provokes others, and I think I can tell which one of those applies to the OP. I’ve not met this person, nor would I like to. I’ve even put him on Ignore in the past due to his angry, nonsensical ravings, then relented, then regretted relenting and put him back on Ignore. It’s sad to have to put someone on Ignore who comes from your own country and lives in close proximity to you, but I’m doing it again now. I’ve not bothered to waste my time looking through this entire thread, nor will I be returning to it. But I have seen some suggestion that I may be “stalking” this oddball, which believe me I have better things to do with my time. Since he’s now on Ignore (again), everyone can rest assured there will be no temptation for me to do any stalking. The OP will hopefully obtain some sense of safety and try to live a normal life (assuming that’s possible). So knock yourselves out, everyone. I’m out of this thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-siam-sam-accept-correction/634779.md?page=3)