This Jack Corbett Russian Pole Dancing Competition was to be a pole dancing competition but the Russians tipped Jack instead of competing. I confess that I am performing a secret mission as a freelance secret agent. Which is to make you, my fellow Americans like Russians. Which makes me an enemy of the American State for allowing myself to fall into enemy hands.
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And I am using Social Media to do it. Yeah, I know, I know.
According to the New York Times I’m going to go down as an unwitting dupe of the Russians. And I’m thankful for that.
So here’s how we pulled off that Jack Corbett Russian Pole Dancing Competition. It all started at TG Bar here in Pattaya just off Naklua Soi 18. There’s a troupe of young Thai guys break dancing only a few meters away. And those boys are pretty good. Then out of nowhere a white guy joins them. He’s around forty or so. He’s not nearly so good as the young Thai experts but this guy’s got some balls. And his performance isn’t half bad.
I watch the falang join his table of loyal supporters. Then I go up to the group to congratulate the man for being so game as to take on a group of young men half his ages.
Turns out the group are Russians. There’s two women and four or five men, all drinking together and having a grand ole time.
They all smile at me when I tell them I’m American. So I tell them all, that I’ll take on their best pole dancer. After they agree, I give my cell phone to the bar owner (she’s a Thai woman married to a German). I’ve known both of them for 12 years. The lady tells me to wait a bit because she’s going to have some special music played for me.
But no one takes me on in in this Jack Corbett Russian Pole Dancing Competition. But several of the Russian men are tipping me.
Playing a long with my little gig. Hey, I mean when I do these pole dances the Germans cheer me on. So they are good sports. But the Japanese and Koreans look away as it this is all not very cool. But the Russians? They go all the way. In fact the best pole dancer I’ve seen for quite a while was a young Russian guy who pole danced at the Crazy House Go Go bar. The guy was just a much younger version of my self years ago.
Well let me tell you, these Russians are great sports. I soon join them at their table where they pour me some wine.
Now I hate to tell all you Americans who want to think the worse of Russians. But this little group of men and women are showing a lot of affection to each other.
And I don’t mean this in a bad way. Obviously these are all close friends and they genuinely like each other. Their behavior towards each other is incredibly warm.
And so it is in my condo building where I’m chairman of the committee that runs the place. My condo’s on the 2nd floor but Anatoly’s on the 3rd floor. Yesterday he just got back to Pattaya from Russia. So now I must confess to my taking a bribe.