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Friday , December 28 , 2007
Why are Thai girls cuter than farang girls?
Posted by Poomjai , Reader : 6480 , 22:48:54  
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I got the train to London yesterday and noticed some Asian girls on the platform.  Pretty as a picture they were.  Smartly dressed and wrapped up against the cold.  Seeing them warmed my morning before my long day of work.

But it made me ask myself.  Why do I find Thai and Asian girls much cuter than farang girls?  I can’t be the only farang man who feels this way.  I know from many of my friends that single farang women professionals in Bangkok often struggle to find a decent guy who is interested in dating them.  And I have been home now for a week and I have barely seen a single farang girl who I find attractive.  Everything is down to personal taste I suppose and this is just my opinion. 

Some men will always find attractiveness in otherness of course.  The glossy black hair, almond eyes and sweet smiles of Thai girls are certainly very appealing.  But at a very basic level it must also be an issue of size.  Thai and Asian girls generally are more petite in stature when compared to their farang counterparts.  For example, my 18 year old niece is a pretty girl for sure.  But she is by any definition overweight.  And like so many English girls she dresses in such a way which accentuates her size, rather than softens it to the eye.

 

So many English girls dress in a manner which doesn’t suit the weather either.  On the train yesterday was another chubby girl wearing very short shorts and no stockings to warm her legs. Other girls like to display the rolls of their midriff.   It isn’t a pretty sight. Although deep down I sense that these girls might be trying to dress in a way which appears sexy, albeit failing.  Don’t get me wrong.  Not all English girls are fat.  But a very large proportion seem to be from my straw sample of seven days in country.

But it isn’t just about size though surely?  As hinted above, manner of dress is also important.  On the front page of yesterday’s Telegraph was a photograph of a young Asian girl out shopping in London.  She wasn’t exceptionally beautiful.  But she was dressed in such a nice smart way, with a pretty red coat on and knee length boots that I found her quite adorable to look at.  So many of the girls I see in Bangkok have a manner of dress which is both modest and attractive.  Pretty print skirts which are not overly revealing, bright colours and neatly made up accessorized hair.  OK, to some extent the manner of dress must be driven by the tropical weather in Thailand. But the desire for a level of modesty in dress is also important too.  And for me at least, a girl who doesn’t try too hard to appear sexy is far more sexy and attractive than one who does.

What else is it about Thai girls?  Is it because their manners are more riab roi?  It is perhaps less common to happen across a group of Thai girls in Bangkok acting in a raucous way flinging around bawdy badinage than it would be to find English girls acting in said way in the centre of Southampton.  Go to an English pub or night-spot and many of the girls will be chugging as much alcohol and smoking as many cigarettes as the men.   They will in many cases also be the instigators of intimate one night encounters, the boundaries on sexual relations still being more loosely cast in the west than they are in the East (as a general rule).

Or could it be that the advance of the women’s liberation movement in Thailand and the Orient is still far behind that of the west and farang men enjoy the greater feeling of being in control in relationships with Thai and Asian girls?

As I said at the top, everyone has different tastes.  Some men may like well padded women, who can drink them under the table and out smut them before carrying them to bed.   But I think that a large number of men, at heart, find sweet looking, well manner girls with nice clothes and figures, quite adorable.  I certainly do.  And that is why for me Thai girls are far cuter than farangs. 

 

 

 


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comment 57
ChristySweet date : 13/07/2008 time : 14.36
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why aren't you referring to men as Boys?? Mena are men but women are...girls. Things, objects to be have sex...IN!!
I swear we are going backwards ....
comment 56
ChristySweet date : 13/07/2008 time : 14.34
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Girls??m Why are you referring to fully grown women as "girls"
Notice how women are almost never called that .. Ladies if they are too old to want to have sex with , girls if they are sexually attractive. It's like there is such a fear of the term woman, like scary to men. Likle equaslity is not a concept that is acceptable..
Girl.....
comment 55
naive date : 14/05/2008 time : 20.44
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Narrow and wide by "Naive" point of view. ...................................*v*....................................................................For Thai reader visit http://www.oknation.net/blog/wickedgirl

All you just simply say "Thai girl still behave more feminine? "
comment 54
Ian date : 11/01/2008 time : 21.29
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Everyone enjoys reading compliments about themselves. So I guess there are a lot of female Thai readers.
comment 53
Boracic date : 11/01/2008 time : 17.31
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Anyone have any idea why this blog has 3,400 more views than its nearest rival?

Its a phenomenal lead and obviously a topic that interests many (an understatement) people.

If it were an album (CD) it would have broken all records by now.
comment 52
Ian date : 07/01/2008 time : 19.18
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Narc, unfortunately Scandinavian girls are 99% too tall for me:-) Welcome back.
comment 51
narcisuss date : 07/01/2008 time : 19.07
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I  come in peace :)

I just came back from my holiday, sorry I missed this blog.
But regarding comment 47: Yes, the girls in scandinavia are still up to standards, but maybe not so much the Finnish ones.
comment 50
Ian date : 05/01/2008 time : 20.38
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This blog has been stuck on 49 for a while, as I like nice round numbers, but not round girls, here's another comment:-)
comment 49
Pondering date : 05/01/2008 time : 09.23
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CORRECTION on the second line.....REGARDLESS
comment 48
Pondering date : 05/01/2008 time : 09.22
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PJ:...I have been thinking; if I were to be born as a man, I don't think I would like quiet, krengjai type of girls at all regarding what nationality she is. I think they are annoying and very very bland. She can be so pretty, sexy, exotic or whatever, but with a bland personality, it's boring. She won't even be fun to spend time with.

There are some Thai girls who aren't like that (though I don't think they are those you are talking about, aren't you?). There are some that speak out and outgoing and all, but Thai men don't prefer this type...well....most Thai men (see, I'm avoiding generalization....lol) because they are hard to be dominated. Not so sure about farang men. But men are men.....I can understand why men prefer girlie girls even though I disagree with and believe they are bad choices.
comment 47
Ian_the_younger date : 03/01/2008 time : 15.44
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Hair,

Firstly, yes you are right. My blog should probably be called 'Why are Thai girls cuter than English girls'?

There are certainly beautiful girls in eastern Europe, Scandinavia, south America etc and I won't gainsay that.

But you will also see that my blog is not just about physical beauty but also about manners, deportment and personality. And I think that Thai girls are quite adorable when you consider all factors together.

On the subject of Scandinavian girls, I once had a very good Swedish friend in Bangkok who was a stunner. Dead ringer for Agnetha from Abba. But she left Thailand early because she couldn't find a boyfriend. Go figure. Maybe this should be the subject of a different blog. Why can't farang girls in Thailand get boyfriends?

Nong Lalida,

Good suggestion na. Although I don't think that I can write a blog about farang girls being cuter than Thais because I just don't believe it! Maybe Hair can write a blog on this subject?
comment 46
Lalida date : 03/01/2008 time : 14.29
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Hair,

Like to share the "real inspiration" with us. I'll be interested....

Sorry PJ, not leading it off the track, jsut a few word with another teach...
comment 45
Hair date : 03/01/2008 time : 14.16
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Still is his mind -  Inclusive his heart - Compassionate his actions - And free is his soul.  Ooooohhhh, I got such a long way to go.

Hi Lalida,

Happy new year to you too! You are very perceptive, Lalida. The tone is indeed different. You are right. Perhaps a bit more provocative, a bit spicy. Some of my early comments when I first joined the Nation blog were also a bit spicy and provocative, perhaps even confrontational (apologies for that). Then there was a period of more reflective comments. Now my comments seem to be of the early type again. But, thanks, I am fine. Got back from Hua Hin and Udon a couple of days ago. Had a very nice stay at a quiet and peaceful family restort 30 km south of Hua Hin with some friends (Farang friends who have lived in Thailand and Lao for a long time). We had some great conversations about Buddhism and spirituality, a real inspiration.

comment 44
Lalida date : 03/01/2008 time : 13.23
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Hi Hair,

Happy New year. I've read a few comment of your's in different just now and I felt you have change your tone completely, You sound very
calm and relax in your previous writings, this time you seem to be somewhat different. I don't know how different but different. I hope everything's fine with you.

I won't say anything about your comment rather I leave that to PJ since it's his blog, but I think he uses Falang as a grouping to all westerners
comment 43
Lalida date : 03/01/2008 time : 13.14
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Some theory you got there PJ, either you're getting bored back home or you ate too much minced pie I think. You'll be the last person on earth I expect to come up with such theory.

One thing you're right though which I agree is most of these reader are Thai or asian rather then Falang and if I'm not wrong they're also Uni students, I'm not sure but I guess I'm at least 60% correct. I base this theory on the activities on the title list.

If you put up "'Why are farangs girls cuter than Thai girls' ". I can gtd the readers will probably shoot up faster then this one and a lot more comments. Why? Too much has been said about Thai or asians, If the majority of readers are asian or Thai, they will be interested to know how westerners look at their own "Western ladies" ? You think so?
comment 42
Hair date : 03/01/2008 time : 04.29
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Still is his mind -  Inclusive his heart - Compassionate his actions - And free is his soul.  Ooooohhhh, I got such a long way to go.

Wow, so many viewers of this blog!! Amazing. But it surely has one of the lowest ratios of comments to viewers. So I will help to increase the ratio…hehe.

First of all I find it very disappointing that Farang girls and English girls are used interchangeably in this blog and in several of the comments. Guys and gals, seriously, is Falang=English??? Surely not. If you allow me, I would like to include for instance eastern European girls. Sitting at a roadside café in most eastern European cities a warm summer day is surely a delight to the eye, be that in the Baltic states, Russia, Ukraine, you name it. Gorgeous, slim, well endowed, smartly dressed, tall beauties are in abundance. They are some of the most gracious, beautiful women in the world. Where have you guys been hiding in the last 15 years, not to have alerted the blog community to this reality in this blog (hehe)???

Secondly, my experience is that where ever I am in this world, I see beauty everywhere, be it in Africa, South America, Europe, North America, or other places in Asia. Not only “doll-like” beauty, but character and individuality. What about the beauty of the golden blonde hair in Scandinavia? Have you forgotten them? I am not talking about dirty blondes or colored blondes. I am talking about that pure and light hair that is (almost) every woman’s dream. And what about a Brazilian woman…full of sensuality, femininity, beauty, alluring, well dressed, and dangerously seductive. Never crossed your path? Last but not least, I find generalizations about male preference for petite girls very inaccurate. In the middle East and in much of Africa, guys die for a good, solid butt.

Having said this, I should also say I find Thai girls (women) very attractive and cute. Not that they are all so beautiful (I often find Vietnamese women physically more beautiful), but the Thais got such a wonderfully charming and heartwarming personality. They melt all my stress and worries!

comment 41
Ian_the_younger date : 03/01/2008 time : 00.25
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Lalida,

Honestly, I don't know why so many people have clicked on this particular blog.

However, one thing that I feel is that Thai people, like most people, like to hear compliments about themselves. So my theory is that if my blog has a complimentary title about Thai people (i.e. that Thai girls are cuter) then more Thais will be inclined to read it. And I think that the majority of people who read the Nation (and thus who read this site) are Thais and not farangs.

Flipping the coin over, if the title of my blog was 'Why are farangs girls cuter than Thai girls' I don't think nearly so many people will have read it.

However, this is just my theory and I may well be wrong.

What do you think?
comment 40
Lalida date : 02/01/2008 time : 23.30
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PJ, I have a question. Do you see alogical reason of this topic jump to 2734 clicks in just 5 days. From last night until now there's 674 clicks, let say 2 clicks each, still leaves 337 viewers out there readings this topic....what in it? Got any idea? Is it about Thai women or just about the difference of women?
comment 39
Lalida date : 02/01/2008 time : 12.05
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You know what PJ ! I've made a mistake and I think no one notice it.....it should be 2551 and not 2051 ha ha ha, so I still have a chance.... been in fights far too long....got my brain upside down...
comment 38
Ian_the_younger date : 02/01/2008 time : 01.58
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Thank you very much na Lalida.

I think I have been very lucky to have so many views on this particular blog as it has been on the front page of the web-site for three days! So my thanks to the Nation Web-Editor for being so kind me to me.
comment 37
Lalida date : 02/01/2008 time : 01.19
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PJ : would you believe I clicked at 2050 to 2051 ? I've got 2 reply from the Nation staff today 01.01.51 but miss your 2050 to 51, just went out for a little snack and came back with 2059 already , but congratulation of being the 1st blog to pass 2051 of the 1st day of 2051......... Just hope the smiley have the clapping ones.....but clap clap, clap and clap anyway.
comment 36
Ian_the_younger date : 01/01/2008 time : 21.37
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Noo ja,

Khob khun mak mak na ja.
comment 35
Ian_the_younger date : 01/01/2008 time : 21.35
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Ian,

Yes you are right. A cute personable girl will be so irrespective of her nationality. And yes, my intention was to express the opinion that Thai girls are on average cuter, in terms of their physical and personal attractiveness, than farang girls.
comment 34
Lalida date : 01/01/2008 time : 21.15
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76 and counting, I'll be the last one on 2051...
comment 33
Ian date : 01/01/2008 time : 21.02
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Natee and ITY, I think you have both strayed a bit, although it is Ian's blog so he can choose to do so
I think you have strayed in this way, a cute, attractive, personable girl, will be so whatever her nationality or colour.
What I think was ITY'S original meaning was that the average Thai girl is cuter than the average English girl. Am I correct Ian?
comment 32
Ian_the_younger date : 01/01/2008 time : 17.08
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Natee,

A girl with a great body, drop dead looks and a dazzling personality - every man's dream!

But actually I agree with you. A good personality matters a lot. Actually, in many ways it is more important than a woman's looks. A girl who can captivate you with wit and conversation has a more enduring appeal than a girl who is but attractive on the surface but has little personality.
comment 31
natee date : 01/01/2008 time : 00.25
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Something I'd like to see more in Thai girls is personality, conversational skills, and confidence. In England, I actually applaud the mid-riff roll display, especially if the girl can carry it with her head held high. I can remember how much I've been enchanted by some of these slightly overweight English girls and bored to death by conversing with much more physically attractive Thai women. To be blunt, if you're going to be fat, at least be interesting.
comment 30
Ian_the_younger date : 31/12/2007 time : 14.51
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Khob khun mak khrap Lalida,

Sawasdee bpee mai chen diaw gan na ja. Khor hai mee khwaan suk, khwaam samret le sukaphap dee talord pai na ja.
comment 29
Lalida date : 31/12/2007 time : 14.04
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P J : Mai dee lork ! mai yaak hai Blog ben Tangkayaak. Sawasdee bpii mai na, kor hai chok dee dtalotbpii le dtalotbpai na ja

Have you noticed your Blog (This one) have pass the "get together" Blog in such a short period. 1366 viewers, wonder if it will shoot up to 2051 "MEN "
comment 28
Ian_the_younger date : 31/12/2007 time : 05.54
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Easy,

It's just my opinion. And if you re-read the blog (slowly while mouthing the words to yourself) you might see that I do in fact like Thai girls, and hence my reason for writing.
comment 27
Easy date : 31/12/2007 time : 04.31
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I think HK women are getting uglier by the day, so do the HK men.
comment 26
Easy date : 31/12/2007 time : 04.28
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PJ: I think you have acted a bit chauvinistic. Why compare Thai girls to the others? Why not just talk about the kind of girls that you like instead?
comment 25
GGrass date : 31/12/2007 time : 02.58
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PJ: i'm only saying this as an answer to your question. I might be right, probably i'll be wrong. so don't take this in bad way, ok?

may i guess why?
comment 24
Ian date : 30/12/2007 time : 22.03
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ITY, yes as you rightly said proportions is what counts. Equally fitness is important. Actually I feel this applies to both sexes, if for example you had a car that was scratched and covered in dirt you would not give a good impression of the owner. The same for a human being, if the owner of the body neglects it, lets it get fat and generally out of shape, then they have no respect for themselves and give a bad impression.
comment 23
Ian_the_younger date : 30/12/2007 time : 21.44
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Ian,

No I got it and thought it rather amusing. My only point was that 'small' really depends on the proportions of the person concerned.

So for example, my ex was a member of her school rowing team. She had a fine physique but, at 70 kgs, her B cups seemed disproportionately small. Those same B cups on a 50 kg girl might, in different circumstances, be jus' perfick!
comment 22
Ian date : 30/12/2007 time : 21.32
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ITY, I guess no one realised my theory was rather tongue in cheek, I guess the " :-) " was not a big enough hint
comment 21
FelixQui date : 30/12/2007 time : 21.02
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Personally, I prefer short, dark and handsome. Handsome means firm bodied, with a pleasing V shaped torso on strong legs, and a tolerably symmetrical face with sharp rather than rounded features. And a nicely shaped bottom. But those are just the things we notice first in a quick encounter. For a more enduring relationship, things like intelligence, wit, personality and the mysterious compatability factor assume greater importance. Still, it's the first impression that often leads to the more enduring possibilities, which is why we preen and dress up for job interviews, even when appearance is completely irrelevant to doing the job.
For now, though this seems to be changing all too quickly, more Thai bodies meet the sexiness or attractiveness criteria than do the ever more obese and not attractive fat white bodies back home. But again, people in high positions tend to be better looking, and make an effort to be so, than the average person. Being attractive is worth something substantial in the labour market.
There is an interesting article on this in the current issue of the Economist: https://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10311266
comment 20
Ian_the_younger date : 30/12/2007 time : 18.39
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Hi Lalida,

I am pretty much in agreement with a lot of what you say in your comment 19, thanks. As for your comment 19, well I guess this is the sort of blog that more men will comment on as it relates to men's perceptions about the attractiveness of different kinds of women. Maybe you should write a blog about whether farang or Asian men are more attractive? Dee mai ja?

Ian,

Interesting theory! Personally I prefer not to label small or large, preferring proportionate or disproportionate.
comment 19
Lalida date : 30/12/2007 time : 12.36
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PJ here's a theory that both I and my husband agreed on when we first got married. I've asked him why he choose me instead of all the beautiful women in US and HKG. This is his theory:

Western women : The real ones are not what you've seen on TV or mgazines, or high class district. The majority of size of the women are what most of you have mentioned. They are over practical, every dollar and cents counts. Their beauty don't last as long as the asians perhaps the weather or the food they eat cause the effect. The best time of their age usually between 16 - 22 or a bit more where as asians tends to stayed the same even over 35, some lucky enough to still have the charm at 40. Almost all western women are well educated and don't usually tolerate men to be more superior over them. They will only accept equal status in a family.

HK Women : Getting worst everyday, Too status oriented, many of them educated overseas and falls for the western Idea. Totally lost their original heritage. They became more and more arrogant. They've lost the femine a woman should have. They are now part of the men status, some even over the men simply they earnd more then men in HK. Beauty they have, lasting beaty they have. Orient heritage, totally lost. No money no talk babe, or you don't have a status in the society, don't even go near them.

Here's the Good Part "Thais" : To him we're more gentle, more easy to compromise with, might not be as educated as the west or womens in HK but definitely more easy to get along with. (HE ONLY) consider Thai women are more beautiful then the west and the ones in HK. Most of us have the natural look and even without make-up our beauty remains. Bodywise, Asian size, If you're not looking for big boops. should be fine. "He got a slap on the face" ha ha ha. The only problems we have we're kind of "lazy in our country" compare to the west and HK, but overall we will normally be the 1st priority to most men. ha, ha ha ha ha. How do you like that? A kick and a kiss.......
comment 18
Lalida date : 30/12/2007 time : 11.26
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What a theory?

PJ, I see your topice seems to be leading to women body again instead of the difference between the Asians and the West. I have once mentioned in one of my Blogs I've deleted that times when topics such as your, you see comments rushing in and viewers in hundres, yet when you talk about mentality of men or even
"Sexy" tiltle of men once pond put up. There's hardly any response. It seems to be a very interesting in reaction to human behavior and to my theory, the majority of readers are men rather then women. So far, I have only seen one lady "Pond" that make a response to the subject.

PJ , wouldn't it be a interesting subject to discuss in your next Blog?
comment 17
Ian date : 30/12/2007 time : 10.22
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I have an interesting theory about female breasts:-) Because large well shaped female breasts are seen as desirable, women are increasingly going in for breast enhancement surgery. When they do so, in order to get value for money, they don't want just good breasts, they want superlative breasts. So the originally small breasted but now superlatively breasted female wins out in the reproductive competition.
However, genetically she is small breasted, so in fact the genetic tendency for small breasts is being increased, whilst the desire for large breasts is on the increase.
In summary, if you are a student seeking a lucrative future career, then choose cosmetic surgery, the demand must surely rise
comment 16
Boracic date : 30/12/2007 time : 01.20
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I'll have a word with Parsley the Lion, Dil the Dog, Lady Rosemary and Bayleaf the gardner to see what they can come up with.
I of course have my own recipe
comment 15
Ian_the_younger date : 30/12/2007 time : 00.30
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Don't forget the stuffing.
comment 14
Boracic date : 30/12/2007 time : 00.09
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Oops! I must have been thinking of the Christmas bird
comment 13
Ian_the_younger date : 29/12/2007 time : 23.39