News Forum - Thais poke fun at TAT’s “fly the kite” event, the phrase has another meaning in Thailand

[Thaiger]

Thais are having a laugh over the headline for a kite festival promoted by the Tourism Authority of Thailand in the Isaan province Buriram. In Thai, the phrase “flying a kite” can mean two different things… One is literally flying a kite, while the other means male masturbation. TAT Buriram is promoting the event with the headline “ชักว่าว เคาน์ดาวน์ ปีใหม่ 2565” which translates to “Let’s fly a kite to for the 2022 New Year countdown.” Thais poked fun on the play on words, making comments on the official Facebook post. One person wrote “I actually do it every countdown” and […]

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[Stonker]

Hard to believe they didn't know ... maybe whoever wrote it's got a sense of humour

[Graham]

Well it did come from TAT. 555

[Jason]

Gold.....just....GOLD! Of course, in English telling someone to "go fly a kite" has another meaning too! Is it time for TAT to "go fly a kite"

[AlexPTY]

"go fishing" 

[DiJoDavO]

Look out where your kite goes! Sht, now our kites are tangled up

[palooka]

3 hours ago, DiJoDavO said:

Look out where your kite goes! Sht, now our kites are tangled up

It's OK as long as you remember 99,100 change hands and synchronise or there will be a mess.

[Bluesofa]

Is there a buffet available for this event - will there be any tossed salad?

[PapayaBokBok]

1 hour ago, Bluesofa said:

Is there a buffet available for this event - will there be any tossed salad?

nope  just frank n beans again