Ten Most Better Hidden Gems Street Food Scam Bar Girl Pick Up Lines I Wasn't Expecting: PFTB
In which Steve Rosse tells a story about dumb luck.
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FAQ:
1) "What's the name of that theme song?" It's called "Whatever," performed by Trevor Fisher and The Special Ones.
2) "Why are there so many lighters on the beach?" Ninety percent of the plastic trash in the oceans comes from city streets. A dog knocks over a trash can, the trash goes in the gutter, the gutter goes to a sewer, the sewer goes to a river, the river goes to the sea. The sea grinds most of it up into microparticles, but lighters are made to hold compressed gas; they are enormously strong and durable. They'll float around for years and never even lose their bright colors. Most of the lighters I find were probably used by street food vendors in Yangon to light their charcoal braziers.
3) "Aren't you afraid of tsunamis?" There has never been a tsunami on Turtle Beach and there never will be one. Tsunamis are only dangerous in shallow water; it's very, very deep right offshore here. That's one reason the turtles like it here.
4) "What if Turtle Beach becomes overdeveloped?" Very little chance of that, and if it happens it will because they finally build the international airport in Phang Nga. But even then, the geology of the place is against development. Even if they some day revoke the protected status of the national park, it will still be too deep to anchor a boat here, so no yachts, no speed boats, no long-tail boats. No jet skis or parasailing. Also, we are not in a bay, protected by headlands, like any tourist beach you can name. Six months out of every year the wind comes off the sea like a freight train. In two years I've paid twice to have the front doors repaired; they were literally blown off their hinges.
5) "Steve, you're a narcissist." Yeah, I say as much in almost every video. I was diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder when I was seventeen years old. It manifests itself in many ways, including a variety of facial tics and a compulsion to touch my face and hair when I'm excited. You can see me do that in every video. Between 2003 and 2007 I was housebound with social anxiety disorder. I suffer from insomnia and stress-related vertigo. I am an only child of a single parent, so narcissism is page one in the DSM. That's why you won't ever see anybody else on this channel. No meet-ups with other vloggers, no interviews, no walk-n-talks on crowded streets or in markets. It's always just Steve, alone in some deserted place, so that the focus always remains on Steve. But thanks for that facile and ill-informed diagnosis, Doctor Obvious. Are you going to send me a bill for all that insight?
6) "Steve, sometimes you react aggressively to comments." No shit, Sherlock?
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Ä horse walks into a bar. Barman says "Why the long face?"
@TimK2646
4 ай бұрын
A horse walks into a bar... The bartender says, "Hey". The horse replies, "Sure". A turtle walks into a bar and orders some water. The bartender gives that turtle a glass of water and the turtle slowly walks away with it. The next day, the turtle comes again with the same order. This repeats for four days, but on day 5 the bartender decides to ask the turtle: Man, why do you just order water. Wouldn’t you like to try some cocktails or something? The turtle replies: Not now, man, my house is on fire!
@user-ce2yc4no1f
4 ай бұрын
@@TimK2646 You are a riot! You're invited to my next party. Bring the "A" game!
The most soft spoken video you have ever done, what a pleasant sound. Good job on the driving license Steve! 💛
Steve, my week was good. This has also become my favourite time of the week. I finish work, go to the Aussie country pub, have a beer, a chat, and try my luck at the meat raffle. I come home crack another beer and watch your show. I may forget to feed the dogs, but it is all about me right. 😄 Thanks for taking the time, cheers.
Pee Wee Herman told that joke on Letterman back in 1982, with “his face rings a bell” as the big ending. Pee Wee literally fell on the floor laughing at his own joke.
@pepelemoko01
4 ай бұрын
Would that joke work in Pattaya girlie bar?
@AE-yt4lx
4 ай бұрын
I don’t get it.
The Notre Dame finally will re-open in 2024!! Love the jokes
@erf1971
4 ай бұрын
Beautiful place. Macron will find a way to ruin it though.
Really glad you are enjoying your 'holiday' Steve. You are looking very chilled so it must be doing you good 🤣. Good luck with with the driving test 😉
Grumpy Old Man checking in from Phu Wiang, Thailand!
Thanks for the enjoyment vlog Steve!
OMG!!! Driving back and forth from El Paso to Las Cruces…I did that drive every month for 5 years in the mid-90s…Oh how I loved the aroma of the dairy farm at the 1/2 way point…🤮. There was a great Mexican Restaurant in Las Cruces where I tried flan for the first time. I became a regular there. Thanks for the memory.
@steverosse
4 ай бұрын
Ha! The cattle yards at Vado. Thanks for that memory.
Outstanding! Steve and more Steve. Honesty, Humor, Interest. No reading stories to me that you wrote 35 years ago. Godspeed!
Those steps behind you near the cave was like watching a "cat walk" exhibiting various tourist fashion / wardrobe. I think the dog won for best outfit.
@steverosse
4 ай бұрын
Most of those women have shawls wrapped around them because they came to the temple inappropriately dressed. So they had to buy a shawl.
@anonymous12726
4 ай бұрын
The cavemen and women wore shawls all the time, so are human beings reverting to their primitive nature? I hope so...lol
Great bell ringer joke! 2 jokes in 1!
Hi Steve I have now started a tradition with you videos, I pour a shot of rice whiskey which I drink with orange juice & lemon 🍋
@user-bz9mr4sj4o
4 ай бұрын
I do this as if find your vlogs a relaxing part of my day & it's then I can allow myself a rice whiskey with orange juice & 🍋
I'd heard the first part of the bell ringer joke but not the secind. Loved it.
We just spent a week between Krabi and Khao Lak. We went for a boat tour of the islands in Phang Nga Bay. Yep it was hot!
@WilliamFluery
4 ай бұрын
Best two week vacation was in Khao Lak back when I had the disposable income stay at the JW Marriott. Oh how I miss that place.
@philipbonner2218
4 ай бұрын
@WilliamFluery About 24 years ago I spent 5 nights at the JW Marriot in Bkk, attending a seminar there. It was very, very nice. A far cry from my regular Bkk Federal Hotel or the Wandee Inn at Pattaya - both long gone!
Hi Steve I too just turned on my air con after a yearlong absence Koh Samui is about 84f at night now I found if I set the Air con on 30c It’s perfect for a cool sleep and I don’t get any sore throat Love your show Alaska Moe P.S. I realise 30c is equal to 86f But, my air con must make it cooler than 86f set at 30c I would guess it’s around 78f which is quite comfortable for me
Enjoy your company Steve for sure, and thanks for your kind words, I'm humbled, should of dropped in for coffee
Buy a Humidifier 600/700 baht,stops the air drying out in your place when using the AC
Heard the joke coming and said ugh I know that one. But the second part is the one that got me. 😂 Awesome clickbait title! Great video as always.
8 or 9 years ago I had Thai driver's licences that I stupidly let expire. Now, at 76, the local office seems to want to make reissue more difficult. Since we are fortunate enough to be able to return to the US periodically I just go to the AAA every year and give them $20 for a new International licence. We also visit Europe periodically. It's getting more difficult to find car rentals there if you are over 70. I drive motorcycles in our rural area and to the village, but anything more than that and it's the car or truck. Driving in Thailand CAN be a challenge. The nearby city of Prachinburi has 2 traffic lights. If you don't learn to "drive same-same Thai" you can grow old and die trying to make a right turn at an uncontrolled intersection. Stopping to allow a pedestrian cross the street only causes confusion and puts them at greater risk. 😅
very enjoyable offering this week, sir:) LOVE that joke! Good luck on the license and have fun on your excursion!
Knockout Steve another Friday Gem Thank you GT
Steve you are incredibly talented I write screenplay on “Fade In” I learned a lot from your vocabulary
Nice video steve .
Aside from your insightful commentary, which is the highlight of my retired boredom, that damn theme song always "shaves my sheep and bakes my flan". #loveyourchannel
You're a really great presenter. You even made the concrete floor in a toilet entertaining.
Stay safe, be careful, enjoy!!! Like the softer voice. Have a great week😉😀
Great job Steve, you,are so talented
Hey Steve 👋 hope all is well and about that joke 🤦🏼♂️ 🤣 always good to see your videos 👍🏻
Alway a pleasure to see your videos pop up.😊
I completely understand your views, Steve. I live in a village as others do. However, my father taught people how to print. The primary colour talk is never-ending. But of course, he needed to mark their work. He drove me nuts and made me hate punctuation. Funny thing is now, for me, I reflect on how hard he was. He was a c&$t 😂
Nice one Steve.. I’ve just got to Phnom Penh for another visa run 😮.. yeah I saw his video was great, I’m getting my drivers license soon in surin and the course is amazing 🤩 little bridges and everything , it’s like a big version of a matchbox track haha.. cheers Steve 🎉
@Davrosss
4 ай бұрын
Ohh and the heat out here is crazy ATM, evenings and afternoons are just still, not a breeze 😢❤.. still bloody amazing being here but ❤
Cool FAQs, Steve. I think you've got it covered! I get blown away by some comments on the GOM vlogs. People who claim to watch that program regularly sometimes still don't get what the deal is with how you two interact there. Some people never learn. It is like every day they wake up, they are a newborn and have to relearn things. I imagine that might plague them in everyday life as well. Always a great watch both here and on GOM. Yours is amongst 7 or 8 different YT vlogs that convinced me to visit Thailand from The States last year to see if it was a viable retirement spot. I get the 'old school/traditional' Thailand piece from people like yourself, and the touristy etc stuff from some others. I have lived here for 2 months now and have enjoyed every single day. I hope to live here many, many years. Side note - Chris Parker's YT work made my traveling here so much easier, especially my 1st trip. His videos are fantastic and professional - and he seems genuine in his desire to help others have a smooth transition to Thailand.
@steverosse
4 ай бұрын
I think he's genuine in his desire to make money, and there's nothing wrong with that. It was his job back in the world so it's his job here.
@ScooterOnHisWay2024
4 ай бұрын
@@steverosseIt seems he is good at both.
Awesome bud🎉love ya Steve!
It's true - I don't have a Styrofoam turtle of my own! Love the title🤣 it's almost too accurate
Such a talented guy!
Thanks, bring on next weeks show
Oh that title . . you baited and I clicked. 😅 Video popped up in my feed 2 days ago "The ULTIMATE guide to Chiang Mai." First scene this young woman states "We have been in Chiang Mai for almost one month and . ." that's all I heard as I turned it off at that point. Thx for the laughs steve.
@steverosse
4 ай бұрын
There are people filming themselves literally as they step off the plane. And the headline is always "We show you the REAL Thailand!"
Did you ever see anything unusual in the sky during your work commutes?
@steverosse
4 ай бұрын
No. But since I was traveling to and from an Army base where they teach eighteen-year-olds how to fire Patriot missiles, I would not consider anything I saw to be "unusual."
Long time since I heard that joke, still made me laugh though 😂
Another great video. Your bestest clever title yet. Good luck with the driving test.
Great Joke!
You’re getting you DL so that must mean you’re going to buy a car. You’re rich.
@steverosse
3 ай бұрын
I got a motorcycle license. I rent my motorcycle. I live on my social security, 50,000 baht per month. No other property or investments or savings. But I live like a king on Turtle Beach.
i always wake up with sore throat in thai hotel rooms with air con. always moldy probably never had a filter change.
After listening in previous weeks about everybody giving up newspapers, I hope you at least asked if you could take them for your projects...
Quality jokes today! Enjoy your 'vacation.'
Dogs are wonderful creatures!
Just started watching your videos and im already looking forward to friday for the next one. I will say that you make turtle beach sound very inviting. Be careful. It will get discovered by the masses and you’ll wish you kept it a secret.
@steverosse
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching. Please refer to #4 in the FAQ.
@TheBackWoodsWay
4 ай бұрын
@@steverosse I cannot find the faq’s. Help
@steverosse
4 ай бұрын
@@TheBackWoodsWay In the description of every recent video.
You forgot the Thairish guy and the mushroom guy.
@steverosse
4 ай бұрын
Yup. And JD Strange.
@bscottc1
4 ай бұрын
Yeah, I thought about that after i posted but then thought someone will correct me and sure enough you did -- cheers! @@steverosse
It's nice to see someone at the beginning of their tooth-losing journey ....... I got 3 left and 2 of those are ready to wiggle out!
@steverosse
4 ай бұрын
I've had half of mine, all the molars, extracted over the past twenty years. This is just the first one you can see is missing.
I read the title, and wondered if you had stumbled upon some testors glue, and started sniffing? "most better"? I know Steve Rosse to be exceptionally intelligent. Anyway old man, I love you like my brother, and best friend. I just had to "fling that shrimp from my plate to yours". Watch out for that wonderful green chili sauce! (My besti, makes the most wonderful green sauce... those chilis are amazing, and so are Thai women!). I love you my brother. (I'm right behind you in age). Thank you for posting!!!
@Roof_Pizza
4 ай бұрын
I'm still waiting for the Pink Floyd tribute band that he touts every week.
@user-ce2yc4no1f
4 ай бұрын
@@Roof_Pizza I would book tickets from Chicago, to family in Khoen Khan and rent a van to get there. I love Pink Floyd. I studied high level engineering 40 + years ago listening to Floyd, followed up with Jean Sheppard's Mystery Theater. I lived in "books" for the better part of 30 years. Funny thing, I can "learn a skill in a day or two". Two days ago I got a sewing machine, yesterday, I mastered it. Autodidact, God made me a freak. I'm having fun watching shit. (I've promised my Thai wife I will "give back". I'm thinking about it. I love the Thais, (absolutely wonderful folks). I may do it! By the way, I love Pizza!)
@user-ce2yc4no1f
4 ай бұрын
A beautiful Thai woman said to me in perfect English, "you are very handsome". After careful consideration, I purchased a sewing machine so I could alter my shorts to "show more leg". A few things. Yes, I'm motivated by "sex". I am a male. I am married, but that doesn't mean the Ferrari, can't get a wax job. I wanted to customise my "shorts", because I have pretty good legs. The sole motivation is "to be sexy". I'm 63. My brain say's "make chicks crazy about you". I like being liked, especially when they are really beautiful women. What can I say? I'm a Ferrari, in a Lotus body. I'm low maintenance, but would love women to invite me to dinner, and wine and dine me. I'm fun, promise.
What about on the Road with Grumpy old men ???...........go find him Tim ........🤣
Nice joke. Thanks for the belly roll 🔔 🐢
Thanks for the reminder Steve. Just checked. Both my Thai cage driver & motorcycle rider expire ; it just so happens, the same day as my dreaded 64th birth date. I remember a while back, there was talk about licence/engine capacity restrictions. Anything indicating cc restrictions on your new licence ?
@steverosse
4 ай бұрын
I won't have the license until next week, and it will only be a motorcycle license.
@gruntmax43
4 ай бұрын
@@steverosse So they obviously didn't point out any rider / cc restrictions during the recent extensive course you just did. Maybe you should buy yourself a Kawasaki H2R so you can drop the clutch n burn rubber right outside Tim's house early in the morning so he gets the news out on time as he's always notoriously late.
@steverosse
4 ай бұрын
@@gruntmax43 The training was in Thai. I caught maybe one word in ten.
I'm guessing the aircon must have dried out your sinuses, in winter I have a harsh dry cough, but when I put on the heated air conditioning it goes away. The cold air irritates my throat.
My comment was deleted thanks Steve
Great jokes :)))
Wow I really thought Steve had discovered the green screen at first. Apparently not.
And..... I plan to come up to you and video a thai meuang with you Steve, you are a wealth of knowledge that I would like to tap into for your turtle beach, will be in touch to just this, and as I said when your in phangnga town let me know please, I can return the coffee, and thanks for the shout out of my channel. stay safe
Congratulations on your first joke to get a pass mark.
@steverosse
4 ай бұрын
Thank God. I can stop now.
@davidstephens4570
4 ай бұрын
@@steverosse 😊
@tingtong5898
4 ай бұрын
You must have missed the joke about Uncle Jack & the horse.
Someone else said this too - Your voice is softer in the temple… or is it the cleared eustachian tubes giving sound / volume feedback resulting in the timbre of your voice changing? Or is it the morning sore throat? I gotta know Steve 🤣.
@steverosse
4 ай бұрын
Temple, I think. But as I don't remember speaking to anybody much that morning before I recorded this, I can't be sure.
@narellec
4 ай бұрын
@@steverosse have a lovely weekend Steve.
You’re even famous with gals at the DMV, or at least your house on Thai Mueang beach is!! Where is that hot spring near you? Ronnie in Texas
Rabbi t T =truth There is always a space let open . "The truth will set you free" Good things take time . And time is mine. ..or something like that who really knows 😂 On a sight note I made my declaration today 5 April you see I have been a story inside a poem walking around here and there looking out on the world From inside the poem "If" And today is the day I stepped out to declare I am ~ish. Shabbat shalom from "The green house " I was born on a Thursday the third day so my colour is 🧡
Moving out of comfort area Steve you seem fine.555
@steverosse
4 ай бұрын
I'm actually very comfortable in temples. New cities freak me out, though. But thanks.
Here in Vietnam there’s a written driving license test that’s naturally all in Vietnamese, which makes it practically impossible to pass unless your Vietnamese is good enough. The actual driving part might not depend on language skills as much. I wonder if Thailand accommodates for people who don’t read Thai. Probably not, I guess.
@steverosse
4 ай бұрын
Sure they do. I will be taking my training and tests in English. The application was in English and Thai. The signs in the DLT were (mostly) in English and Thai. There were three other farang in the waiting room. It's the Boonies; it's not the moon.
@saigonbill
4 ай бұрын
@@steverosse I guess Vietnam is still the moon. ☹️
I have a Thai D/L. All I had to do was to show my valid US D/L and take 2 eye tests. So why did they refuse you?
@steverosse
4 ай бұрын
As I said in this video, and as I've said a dozen times in this thread, my US license expired a year ago. I had to go through the same process any Thai sixteen-year-old goes through.
@bigdaddysamui3914
4 ай бұрын
Depends also on the Province as they all have their own rules… I have a valid US and International, and Koh Samui made me go through the entire process (2 Theory test and driving tests for Motorcycle and Auto) Cheers
I always trust my gut, when meeting someone new, The time I met my wife, 37 years ago I new she was special, And the time I walked up to my friends front door a guy was there, I was instantly terrified, turned out He was the Serial killer the Police where looking for, cut off that circle of friends,
Euthanasian tubes are legal in Thailand ?
The Bells the Bells they made me deaf
@steverosse
4 ай бұрын
I remember the line as, "Big Maria! She made me deaf!"
What a cool cave! I am not attracted to bar girls thank god!
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Thairish Times.
That steak looked good. That steak is a tough son of a bitch he is
@steverosse
4 ай бұрын
Turned out it was awful. Overcooked to the point that I could pound on the table with it. Meanwhile the veggies were barely cooked at all. It was like eating a crudité platter.
Drawing parallels. I went back to school it was a driving school, at Xmas, in Surin City. Went with my daughter did them together. Guess who crashed first. 5555555555555
I have been driving for 63 years. I am now 79 years old and went to have my license renewed. I was told that I am too old and now have no valid license. Getting old stinks.
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Sitting in a coffee shop one day with two gold rabbi t's in my pocket and in walked a man with a beard I said hey How old is your beard ? He laughed we say and talked and laughed I recited the one poem I wrote "A masterpiece " I humbly admit. He wroth Tell me a story In this century ,and moment Of mania Tell me a story Make it a story of of great distances And starlight The name of the story will be time But you must not pronounce it's name Tell me a story of deep delight Robert Penn warren Matt Moro from Canada I gave him a gold rabbi t He thanked me and said his rabbi t just died I said I turn up in the right place at the right time with the right thing He said he just made a move about fishing boat slave who in the captions cabin found a big bad of ice and used it to give him strength and power when he jumped overboard to swim to shore Got to go I'm calling for diaper duty. Shabbat shalom ~rabbi t.
@josephsonoftheuniverse5541
4 ай бұрын
No need to correct my spelling it's something weird thing I see it one way if I read back things can be back to front or sideways it's all go d I mean all good. That space keeps opening Divine dimension I imagine. 🦆
A lovely cafe. Was it recommended or happened upon? One of the most under-appreciated features of Thailand are the unexpected little places blessed with delightful ambience and hospitality and good food. My guesstimate is 99% of visitors come, swirl around in the tourist spots and leave none the wiser.
@steverosse
4 ай бұрын
It was the closest restaurant to my hotel. Just walked past it.
@jeffbeck8993
4 ай бұрын
Markelliott6105 - Nice try. When you try to appeal to Dr. Jeckle the sophisticated, creative coastal liberal, you may wind up with the pragmatic Mr. Hyde from Iowa. Me Hungry. Me Stop Walking. Me Have Food. 😄
Sahdu. Sahdu. Sahdu.