gringo up and left for Asia. Go figure. Here, he's called farang, essentially the Thai version of gringo. I think there are jokes to be made centering on this, but really, that's not the purpose of this blog.
The purpose is, as the title suggests, to find us some Panda-Gator. Now on the surface, indeed, this Panda-Gator notion is a joke, a strange and inspiring mix breed of Asia's ever-loved Panda and its ever-feared Alligator. This creature was thought up and illustrated by this blog's co-author, TinMan AKA Spatsy. He'll be coming at you soon enough, I would suppose.
So, you may ask, "How are you two ever going to find a creature you know in your hearts you made up? Do you really expect your fictitious creature to be roaming the wild lands of Thailand? You do realize that Pandas are from China, right?"
The truthful answer to all of these questions is, we don't care. Panda-Gator is a mythical beast, and we understand that. It represents the mysticism, the wonder that enchants a land we have yet to explore. The odds of us stumbling across the Panda-Gator (especially in this, its mating season) are slim to none, but the odds of us coming across another, equally wondrous (but tangible) are extraordinarily high. That is our mission and the adventure has just begun.
P.S. Future posts will be less douchey.
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I hear farang comes from the Thai pronunciation of the word French.
ReplyDeleteRelated query, where the hell does the word Gringo come from?
I hear that all cultures have a story about people turning into some sort of were-beast, like our werewolf, the native american's windigo, and the African were-hippo. Do you suppose Thai's have a were-something or other?