This is a classic Thai Phrase that Anyone Bargaining with a Thai Vendor has heard...

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It is such a funny phrase because when on hears it, on its face, it seems to represent a contradiction. When one understands how it is applied I think they are really trying to express the fact that whatever it is they are referencing is "similar."

This is a fun way to make your friends and associates think twice....lol.

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