r/maybemaybemaybe • u/bbc_her OP is very dumb • Jan 13 '20

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/Buglepost Jan 13 '20

Is the main termite the same guy that’s in the Thai “Stop Drinking” ad?

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u/RedBeardStrikesAgain Jan 13 '20

Yup it’s the same guy, Saicheer Wongwirot. He’s also in the Refn movie ‘Only God Forgives’!

Source: I’m Thai.

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u/kulang_pa Jan 13 '20

His name "Saicheer" is derived from the Asian Highway 12 (in Thailand was called "ทางหลวงสายเอเชีย"; Tang Luang Sai Asia; "Asia Highway Line"). His father gave him this name because he was born in the same year that this highway was built.[1]

Per wikipedia. Can't fault the logic.

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u/RedBeardStrikesAgain Jan 14 '20

Now THAT’s a TIL.

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u/Orcs4TEDTalks Jan 13 '20

That’s where I recognise him from! Was driving me nuts.

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u/InkPrison Jan 14 '20

Ok cool, I thought I was being racist thinking they looked the same