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Try saying that to Cassius Clay! ????

I don't read Chinese (Or Thai for that matter) but I do get the picture!

There are other parts of Thailand apart from Pattaya where many elderly retired gents (and ladies) are happily spending the autumn of their years without having to worry about extortionate utility bills (making the likes of BP vast profits) or wondering if they can afford fish 'n chips on a Friday!!!

One for the Mods:- Why am I being called a "Rookie Member" when I have 7105 posts to my credit?

I think they need to overhaul the staff they've got! "The Royal Thai Police (RTP) is the national police force of Thailand. The RTP employs between 210,700 and 230,000 officers" Compared to the UK, a country(ies) with a similar size of population:- "In 2022 there were approximately 164,000 police officers in the United Kingdom"

Of course these lowlifes actually bring a pot of cash INTO Thailand e.g:- "Ma had been part of a gang running a car rental and purchase business. After advertising online he simply disappeared with 100 million baht's worth of money and sought refuge in Thailand." And no Oscars for guessing if he brought some of it with him!

How do you define minor? You have to set an age limit somewhere - whether it be 16 or 15 and a half! And obvious typo but what is "French laugh"? Laughing at you for getting caught?

"There is a different age for having sex between people of the same age,....." You should be writing constitutions!!!

Have you got it framed above your mantlepiece?

"He had a swig of water then fell to his death, said the management." Not being insensitive, but maybe he should have stuck with the alcohol! Seriously, as another poster has pointed out, there's something missing here.

I do like the the way some people can make a non spectacular event into a drama:- "Police SCURRY to make arrest", and :- "...immigration and tech cops SWUNG INTO ACTION..." And what on earth have "tech cops" got to do with it? So we have a lady getting her kit off with a monk in the background, and we have ordinary police, tech police, immigration cops, and religious affairs officials all getting "involved in the action"? Ah, got it - hoping for a "reconstruction" of the event!!!

And "police should encourage members of the public to report any police officers who appear to have psychiatric disorders." Can you imagine the reaction at any police station if you walked in there and said "I've just been interviewed by one of your officers regarding ????? and I think he's off his rocker"!

"I hereby appeal on the grounds of the envelope that I have just given you, Officer!"

Also ""He is away with his girlfriend but had been out with some of the lads for a drink and told her he wouldn't be long until he was back." So, if we are to be cynical about it - he was riding a motor bike with no helmet, and had been on the phone moments before the crash, and had previously been having "a drink" with the lads (which was probably more than "a drink") Or to be non cynical, he was riding a bike, had been on the phone before setting off, which he had inadvertently left switched on and was in his pocket, had previously had one drink with the lads, and was later ploughed into by a truck. Take your pick!

That's got to be a "Marriage" extension! Is there a photo of the roof of your house there?

"A Norwegian manman was found dead with a slit throat at a rented room in the middle of Pattaya City Wednesday night." What on earth is a "manman"? I have heard of "ladyboy", "transgender" and "tomboy" etc but is this some new kind of gender spawned by the permissive society?

At least that is spelt "rite"! ????

How about starting a scheme to teach them how to drive properly in the first place? The driving "Test" in Thailand is a farce - I know personally of many people who pass their "test" never having driven on a main road, let alone a "motorway" or "freeway" whatever you care to call it! I like to brag that my Thai wife passed her test first time at the age of 50 something (!) - but now she is learning how to drive! Why don't they initiate a system like they have/had in Ireland whereby when you are learning how to drive you display red "L" (Learner) plates on your car, and for the first year after passing your test, you have "L" plates of a different colour to signify that although you have passed your driving test, you are a newly qualified driver? Probably too difficult for the Ministry of Transport to instal (I see the boss of that particular department has just been "relieved of his duties"), or for the Traffic Police to implement.

But apparently the incident "has not affected his positive feelings towards Thailand." Yeah, right!

TIT!

"Every picture tells a story" Just look at the faces on these 2 pics - they speak volumes!

Who's he trying to impress with this "young look"? Oh, sorry I asked - I'll get my coat!!!

Thank you, Where does it say that he "stabbed or cleaved himself in the chest? According to the OP:- "A chopping knife was found on his chest" Note: Not IN his chest!

Ahem - BONKING! BRITISH have sex with (someone). "I don't think that bonking the boss is a wise career strategy"

Lots of places give free water, and if it was just sitting on a table, rather than behind the bar, one can understand how the "dodgy farang" misunderstood. But it looks like his attempt to explain his mistake fell on deaf ears, and it seems that the "legalised thugs" that are a blight on the bar scene once again show how macho they are - slapped face, handcuffs - for a bottle of water? Too many of these hoodlums making trouble when there is no need. P.S. Kudos to the management of the club for not only apologising, and trying to locate the tourist to compensate him, but also for sacking the individual concerned, and reporting the matter to the police.