I’m greatly looking forward to travelling to Thailand at the end of the month for the XY Crew Jamboree in Pattaya, widely known as “Sin City”, although that will be of no interest to MRAs, obviously. My thanks again to the generous supporters who helped me on my way with their donations to my crowdfunder. I thought the following extract from the Wiki page on Pattaya might amuse this blog’s followers:

“An article in the British tabloid the Daily Mirror described Pattaya as ‘the world’s sex capital’, a ‘modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah’. This provoked anger from government officials as high up as Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

Pol Col Apichai Krobpetch, the Pattaya police superintendent, denied that Pattaya is a sex trade paradise. Upset about the British media’s stories, he insisted they were fabricated. “There is no such thing as prostitution in Pattaya,” said Col Apichai. “Where did they get the figure of 27,000 sex workers in Pattaya? Anyone can make up this information….Thai ladies having sex with foreigners is their personal issue. If they like each other, I don’t see anything wrong with what they do behind closed doors.” [J4MB emphasis. Good points, well made, we think. Julie Bindel might possibly disagree.]

In response, Pattaya social worker Surang Janyam, the director of Service Workers IN Group Foundation, said that the estimated number of Pattaya prostitutes published in the Daily Mirror is inaccurate: “27,000 sex workers in Pattaya is way too low. We have a lot more sex workers than that.” [J4MB emphasis.]

As evidence of the government’s commitment to clean up Pattaya, on 26 February 2017 at 20:00, [J4MB emphasis: Good to know the date, and time. You can’t be too careful with these things.] 60 police officers and soldiers raided Pattaya’s notorious Soi 6 to check for violations of the law. When the checks were completed, police announced that all licenses were in order and there was no law breaking of any kind, including prostitution, taking place there. In June 2019, over twenty high ranking Police, Army and Local government officers toured Pattaya and reported the central streets safe and free from illegal activities.”

Clearly the place is as respectable as Bognor Regis, or the XY Crew Jamboree wouldn’t be held there. From the Wiki page on Bognor Regis:

“Following his stay, [J4MB: The section refers to King George V.] the Bognor Urban District Council petitioned the king to bestow the suffix “Regis” (“of the King”) on the town. The petition was presented to Lord Stamfordham, the king’s private secretary, who in turn delivered it to the king. King George supposedly replied, “Oh, bugger Bognor.” [J4MB emphasis.] Lord Stamfordham then went back to the petitioners and told them, “the King has been graciously pleased to grant your request.” The change of name from Bognor to Bognor Regis formally took effect on 26 July 1929.”

I have a habit of seeking to do things well before necessary – I frequently take trains and planes before the ones I’ve booked – and so it was that I visited yesterday one of the foreign exchange places in my throbbing home town of Bedford, Bedfordshire, to enquire about obtaining some Thai bahts for the Jamboree. To my surprise, the snarling 200+kg young lady mountain with blue hair and a nose ring informed me that they didn’t stock the currency, but agreed with my contention that this was remarkable given that Thailand has long been a popular holiday destination. We then had the following exchange, after she handed me a sheet of paper:

She: “This is our list of the 30 countries for which we hold currency in stock, or can order currencies to be delivered within two working days.”

Me: “Thank you, Miss.” She winced. “Would it help you if, in future, I limit my choice of holiday destinations to those countries for which you can provide currencies?”

She (cheerfully): “Yes, that would be a good idea, I think.”

It’s not right that some people have the vote. I have a hunch she won’t be voting for Reform UK at the next general election.

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