Found this funny Thai advert.
When you live in Thailand, you will often see these small agile little lizards, commonly known as jing joks. They end up just about anywhere, running across ceilings and walls and inside shoes (also a favourite with frogs). Once I drove to town and as I was buying some food at a petrol garage counter I felt something inside my shoe. I ended up shaking a big frog out of it. Don't think the cashier was too happy that I was littering frogs all over his shop floor.
That's pretty tame compared to this other story, one morning I boiled the kettle to enjoy my first morning cuppa, and when pouring, a poor little melted jing jok ended up plopping out into my teacup.
Cover up your kettle holes people. Jing jok tea is not a nice cuppa.
(... the guys in the advert all shout 'Don't jump,' and then the younger guy accuses the other guy of using rubbish roof material)
Have found remains of them in the wierdest places, in the freezer or crushed in a closed window.
Thier eggs are also everywhere.
Posted by: Camille | June 16, 2009 at 01:27 AM
A classic commercial, the jing joks look real cute. The Thai's must be one of the world leaders when it comes to humour and adverts, such a shame they can't do the same with their normal TV shows.
Posted by: Martyn | June 16, 2009 at 05:30 AM
Agreed, their adverts are far funnier than their soaps, which I am forced to watch on a regular. Forget water boarding, the wailing and screaming on the average Thai soap can be pretty torturous.....
Posted by: The Thai Pirate | June 16, 2009 at 05:10 PM
I love that commercial (and have it tagged to go at a later date).
Apparently (and maybe someone can find out?), some Thais are superstitious about causing the death of chit chats... or something like that.
And that's why those other guys are so mad... bad luck coming their way... stretching here...
Posted by: Catherine | June 18, 2009 at 02:23 PM
I reckon that sounds very Thai-like to me Catherine.
Posted by: The Thai Pirate | June 18, 2009 at 03:02 PM
Yes, I read it on a website last year and forgot to bookmark the page, and it is driving me crazy not knowing!
Sigh, you know me, I just gotta know...
Posted by: Catherine | June 18, 2009 at 03:08 PM