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PussyLover 69
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Report from The Nation dated Friday 19 January 2007 -
Isaan folk rush to change names to ward off bad luck
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District offices in the Northeast face a shortage of forms for people to change their names because hundreds have sought new first names - to avoid bad luck in the Chinese Year of the Pig, which begins next month.
Astrologers have warned that individuals with names that start with the Thai letters "Sor sua" or "Por pla" would have bad luck in the Year of the Pig.
Muang Nakhon Ratchasima district chief Thongsuk Parithamma said yesterday his office and nearby districts ran out of Chor 3 forms a week ago, as 100-200 people had applied to change their names every day over recent weeks.
The phenomenon was due to some people's belief that if they change their names in the Year of Pig, their lives would improve, Thongsuk said - especially those who had first names with the initial letters "Sor sua" and "Por pla" - or they would face problems.
About 60 per cent of applicants had the letters "Sor sua" and "Por pla", he said.
One Nakhon Ratchasima city resident, Surapong Pipatthanakornkul, 62, said he and his son came to change their names but were told the district office had run out of the required forms.
Surapong said he was told by a senior monk their first names and last name were now unlucky, but if they changed them, their lives would improve.
Similar scenes have occurred in Ubon Ratchathani, where over 200 people have changed their first name - and 11 altered family names - since December. The most popular initial for new names was "Tor tung".
In Khon Kaen, people have also been changing their names to avoid bad luck. At Muang district alone, 159 people had applied to change their name. Many claimed their old names brought them problems, the district chief said.
Police are unconcerned, though. A spokesman said an individual's details and criminal record could still be checked via computer as they had not changed ID-card numbers.
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 9:29 pm on Jan. 18, 2007
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DaffyDuck
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Quote: from PussyLover 69 on 11:53 am on Jan. 19, 2007
Many claimed their old names brought them problems
Seems to a common occurence on BTF as well, as I recall...?
Maybe we should have a rush to have members change their names as well, to align them more with the year of the pig..?
About what's going on in Thailand -- Geez, must be really nice to be so simpleminded -- sorry, I have close to zero tolerance for superstition.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 11:49 pm on Jan. 18, 2007
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Broken Leg
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Quote: from DaffyDuck on 2:13 pm on Jan. 19, 2007
sorry, I have close to zero tolerance for superstition.
me too thats why I steer clear of the us.
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 12:01 am on Jan. 19, 2007
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Yurune
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Name changing is very common in thailand, where I work I can think of 6 people who have changed their names in the last year. None of them were from Isaan.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 4:51 pm on Jan. 19, 2007
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LocalYokul
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what a load of shit
don't those f***ers know what a photocopy machine is ?
easy enough to make more forms 
and the shit people will go thru because some monk told them, LOL
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 5:58 pm on Jan. 19, 2007
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DaffyDuck
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There we go - just be a monk, and you got it made, right?
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 8:34 pm on Jan. 19, 2007
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