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Thai Bargirl Lek describes the book of Genesis: Just when you thought you knew your Bible

Veteran Bangkok novelist Dean Barrett recently quizzed bargirl Lek on the beginning of the world. It turns out that this college-educated beauty had the whole thing sussed out. We here at WoWasis are printing her explanation, which we assume will soon be a major element in every Thail university’s science curriculum. And you get to […]

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Bachelor in Bangkok: Khun Lee on rude Western women and weak Western men

I just returned from my twice a year pilgrimage to the gates of hell (United States) and the jet lag lingers on and on.  It’s amazing that I lived my first 43 years in the USA and I still feel like an outsider when I return to visit.  Let me tell you that those poor […]

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“Big girl” brothel busted in Tokyo: WoWasis asks why?

We needed to put “big girl” in quotes (rather than putting “big girl brothel” in the title), because word has come from Tokyo that the Makkasu Bodi (Max Body) brothel-to-go has been busted by Japanese police. The business catered to gentlemen that like their women big, or “like explosive boobs and asses,” said a police […]

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Gaining weight leads to bigger penis size, Thai Health Department suggests

Leave it to the Thais to finally find a natural solution to what men have been seeking for millennia: bigger cocks! According to a front page story in the July 13, 2013 Bangkok Post, the Thai government is now buying larger condoms to dole out to men under the age of 30. The Post quotes […]

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Korea’s Jeju Love Land: the Sexiest museum in Asia?

South Korea’s wild museum of sex is full of art, humor, and is politically incorrect to the extreme

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New Bangkok 5-star hotel to be razed in building dispute?

One of our favorite topics here at WoWasis is building scams in Thailand, so we just couldn’t resist what we think may be the juiciest story this week: the plush, new Aetas Bankok Hotel and Conference Center has been ordered to be demolished, because it’s in violation of a municipal code. Here’s the story: In […]

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Why WoWasis considers visiting Australia

Here at WoWasis, we’ve met tons of friendly Aussies the world over. We love their cynical sense of humor, and this questionnaire ended up in our mailbox, and we don’t know the source. So take a look at the map, read the questions and answers, and book your flight!  Q: Does it ever get windy in […]

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WoWasis book review: ‘Formosa in Fiction,’ by Rolf-Peter Wille

Rolf-Peter Wille is a German writer that has lived in Taiwan since 1978, which makes 33 years as of this writing. He is also a pianist who has performed all over the world both as soloist as well as in a piano duo with his wife, Lina Yeh, who also serves as one of the […]

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WoWasis travel gear review: a suppository escape kit you can’t be without

There are suppository escape kits and suppository escape kits. Here at the WoWasis Spycraft store, we’ve sold out of our complete supply of this item, and are looking for new suppliers (see below). Our little escape gizmo is essentially a “get out of jail free” card that was perfected by the French resistance during World War […]

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Western body odor takes Asia by storm, threatens the right to peaceably assemble

Your WoWasis research team has discovered that Good-smelling SE Asians are increasingly discussing ways to remove Westerners with foul armpit odor from their midst, including throwing them in jail without the benefit of habeas corpus legal protection. And surprisingly, they don’t want Westerners to be able to bribe their way out of it. One nation […]

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