A man is vacationing in Thailand...

...and is currently staying in Bangkok. Wanting to have a different experience than most tourists, he decides to go off the beaten trail and explore the culture. During his exploring he manages to find an odd looking building. *This looks interesting,* he thinks, so he enters. There he is suddenly approached by an old man, who asks what he's doing here?

"Oh?" says the man. "I just want to know what this poky little place is for."

"Actually," says the old man, "you've come at a good time. This is a commune holding a small religious community and we're looking to grow our numbers."

"I'm afraid I'm not interested."

"Well, perhaps you can stay until night and see what it's like," the old man suggests."

Now the tourists is suspicious that this old man might have criminal purposes, and considers leaving. But as soon as the thought enters his mind, he remembers his commitment to truly experience Southeast Asian culture, off the beaten path, more immersed than other tourists. *I'm not afraid of a little risk,* the tourist thinks to himself.

"I think I will stay for a while," the tourist says, to the old man's happiness. The old man, after saying some words of thanks, leads the tourist to a table.

"Let me tell you about our little commune," says the old man. "You see, we that originally had our roots in America. We're taking it upon ourselves to bring Jesus' millennial kingdom ourselves. Other Christians are all deluded. You see, Jesus really returned during..."

And the old man continues on like this, and the tourist begins to grow bored. Sensing this, the old man suddenly changes topic.

"Young man," he says, "let me tell you something special about our religious commune. We don't believe in marriage. We're freer than that. We let men and women sleep with whomever they please."

"Some sort of prostitution thing?"

"Oh heavens no, we don't believe in money. Everything is a free choice."

"Oh really?" asks the tourist, who is starting to think that his risk-taking will pay dividends. "Can I see some of the others, then?"

"Of course!" says the old man, and he calls out some names. In a short while three beautiful women appear at the end of the room.

"Oh my," says the tourist.

"Indeed," says the old man, "we don't believe in marriage. Ladies, please escort this young man to the guest room."

And the women, giggling, surround the tourist and take him upstairs toward a large room with a bed in the middle. Hardly believing his luck, the tourist quickly strips down. But then the women start to laugh.

"Oh, wait, you don't understand!" cries the tourist. "It's just cold in here!" But the women are laughing harder now.

"Whatever!" cries the tourist, "you probably all have nasty STDs anyway!" He quickly pulls his pants back up over his incredibly embarrassing erection. Tears appear in his eyes. The women are in hysterics. Humiliated, the tourist runs out of the room, downstairs, past the old man, and out the door, harshly regretting his decision to go off the beaten path.

"Well," chuckles the old man to himself. "Looks like Oneida Bangkok makes a hard man humble."