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Did I not read on here a while ago that some committee was investigating Thailand's outdated booze laws? Or are they still "sitting" (on the fence)?

Well done on being the first one to pose that question!

"Why are they speaking Chinese in the attached video of this sinking?" "Aboard were 33 Chinese tourists, two tour guides, and three crew members." 'Nuff said? Doh!

Say that it's a disgrace that people should have to live this way?

"Vaping has also been banned in Thailand since 2014, although such products are still widely available for purchase." Says it all about the laws of this country!

There's more chance of a snowball freezing in hell than her serving out her sentence!

Good news!

Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more "having died as a result of having the neck squeezed or constricted." "The refusal angered the foreign man, who then strangled Arthit’s friend." Can't see anything in the post about anybody dying?

Take it up with Wikipedia - not me!

Actually it is:- Kathoey or katoey (Khmer: ខ្ទើយ, khtəəy; Lao: ກະເທີຍ, ka thœ̄i; Thai: กะเทย; RTGS: kathoei, Thai pronunciation: [kàtʰɤːj]), commonly translated as ladyboy in English,..........

What is happening here recently? Phuket trying to take Pattaya's "Family Friendly Resort" title? 🙂 For a few days now we have been reading of unsavoury happenings in Phuket, while nothing untoward seems to be happening in Patts?

"FREEDOM"!!!

Nah - that's PATTAYA!!!

"Elephants are wild animals and can not be domesticated,...." You could say the same about dogs as they originally came from the wild (Wolves) and cats (Tigers etc). Some elephants are domesticated, but one should never underestimate the power of these creatures - what to an elephant may be a playful swipe with its trunk can have a devastating effect on a fragile human body.

".........It serves as a reminder of the unpredictability of wildlife behaviour..... Correct, and many people who have had encounters with Pit Bulls/X Bully dogs can bear testimony to that fact. Unfortunately some of them can't, because as in this case the enconters proved fatal.

"This is not the first time such incidents have been reported in Phuket, particularly in high-traffic tourist areas like Patong Beach in Kathu District." Sounds like the new "mooning" or "streaking", but for multiple participants!

"Originally U.S." - that explains it! 😆

You presume wrong - English from Cumbria, Grammar School where we were taught to use the Queen's English! 😁

😉 I presume you are American:- 😉 GOBBLEDEGOOK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary Cambridge Dictionary https://dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › gobbled... language, especially used in official letters, forms, and statements, that seems difficult or to mean nothing because you do not understand it:.

??? I thought this was an English language forum - not "Gobbledegook"?

Another misinformed p**t - or an attempt at sarcasm!

"You wanted 'em - now you got 'em" - I blame TAT!

I'm pretty sure that my friend (as you say) interptreted the situation correctly. I also know of at least 2 other incidents where the Police tried to pin the blame on the foreigner when the Thai was at fault. If I was being cynical, I would think that the Police were trying to get a backhander from the foreigner, as I have been told that Thais on motorbikes don't have any money! 🙂 P.S. I am not saying that the foreigner will ALWAYS be blamed - only that it does happen, and that in 3 instances that I know of - certainly not "bar stool bull*hit"!

"It might be that the moto-rider was simply trying it on" "...your friend put two and two together and made five" Same, same but different?