Of Rice and Men
My friend John recited something very funny to me today, a quote from around the 15th century from a Thai person describing the then-strange sight of white European explorers. We laughed a lot because, despite being written about half a millennium ago, it’s still an amazingly succinct and strangely accurate description. I imagine that it still sums up your average Thai person’s view of us whities.
It says: “They are exceedingly tall, hairy and evil-smelling. They school their children long and devote their lives to amassing wealth. Their women, though large and round, are beautiful. They do not grow rice.” Awesome.
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