Jonathan Swift

13 hours ago, bbko said:

What's up with the drunk Germans these days?  I was out with my wife the other night 2 days ago and as we are walking to the restaurant, there's a crowd of Thais and I see they are checking on a unconscious 70 y/o ish farang on the sidewalk.  I see he's a foreigner, and I'm a ex-paramedic so I stop and see if I can help. The Thais call for an ambulance and as we're waiting, I try to determine why he's laying on the sidewalk. A few minutes of "Mister, are you ok?" and he rolls over and throws up, he starts to come around just as the medics arrive and he's a mix of belligerent and giddy. Turned out he was a drunk German, he declined the ambulance ride to the hospital and kept asking me if I'd go drink with him. 555, I tell him he's had enough to drink and it's better to go home, problem is he can't walk, the medics call for the police and I continue on with my night.

I wasn't aware that it was only Germans that get drunk and misbehave

Bet he was drunk

44 minutes ago, keith101 said:

I would have a guess that he is Chinese and believes he can do whatever he wants without any repercussions for his actions which is a very Kevin and typical attitude  

 The accent sounded Japanese to me

8 hours ago, circa02 said:

Nightmare, I think many of us with a bike have been guilty of nipping the shops without a helmet especially if you've adopted Thainess and will take the bike 350metres rather than just walk, becoming more conscious of it recently with the amount of attention local accidents are getting on social media.

It helps if you can avoid oncoming traffic. 

9 hours ago, KannikaP said:

pissed?

More likely just an inexperienced rider. Riding a motorbike requires 360º awareness at all times, but who knows why he veered off. Mishandling of the controls? 

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

"Him, Him fight me."

"Him, Him push me to ground."

"My shoe come off."

"I give Him 2000 baht."

 

NO WAY will this guy be able to attend Oxford until he receives grammar lessons from a Language Institute in Thailand.

 

Also, there is NO WAY this guy is from the UK.

Even Americans speak more grammatically correct English than HIM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

American here - Americans in the US speak fluent gibberish. "Aks me a question" and "I could of" etc. But your'e right, the few Americans I run into in Thailand are quite understandable. 

14 hours ago, bob smith said:

Total overreaction to the situation by the Thai bouncers.

They could have killed the Brit who was helpless on the floor.

 

These unhinged Thai males need locking up before they do some serious damage to another patron.

 

Bouncers should be trained to use 'reasonable force' when dealing with violent altercations, not beating someone to a pulp who is already on the floor helpless. 

 

Shocking behavior from the Thais once again!

 

Yeah, no one buys your whiny poor helpless Brit victim version. They brought it on themselves. When you're directed to leave a bar, duh, you leave. The few times I was ever asked to leave a bar I said nothing other than to clarify the reason if possible. Never threw a punch in the process. Wonder why they were thrown out? Bad behavior? Ya think? And how stupid to you have to be to provoke Thai bouncers? I don't think it's right to beat someone to a pulp, but they could have easily avoided it. 

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14 hours ago, Gknrd said:

10-1 it will be increased. My guess 2 million, criminal check. The only question is how it will be implemented. Again just a guess, but same as last time .  One year extension on old rules then your next extension will have to comply or out you go. My guess is the agents will have to be pretty well tied into immigration to help, and the fees will double or triple.

Wonder of existing expats will be allowed to keep their present limits grandfathered in, I think they did that with earlier retirees

16 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

Unfortunately, this is racist.

 

It's the behavior of anyone who breaks traffic laws that should be controlled.

Yes laws should be fairly and equally applied. But I suggest you buy a dictionary. Arabs are not a "race". They're an identifiable ethnic group from a particular region who speak Arabic. The middle east has many culturally diverse Arabic speaking peoples who are not "Arabs". If any Arab tourists exhibit a pattern of bad behavior as a group or groups, calling attention to themselves along with complaints, then it's fair to place that group under scrutiny. Foreigners should respect the country in which they are only a guest. Thailand is entitled to subject foreigners to higher scrutiny for many obvious reasons. In this case bad behavior of one group of foreigners can effect the overall tourist industry and reputation of a region.  There is nothing in this story that suggests that any innocent people are being targeted. Have any "Arabs" complained of mistreatment? What about the biker gangs? Outaws, Hell's Angels. Are they a "race" and are they being unfairly targeted? There is nothing wrong with keeping an eye on those whose misbehavior attracts negative attention and going after any lawbreakers. You must be one of those who cries racism any time a farang is prosecuted.

7 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Right back at you. 

What, specifically, did I post that was wrong in the context of prostitution in Thailand?

Pretty much everything. You're completely out of touch. If you kept up with news and current events you'd have seen countless statements by law enforcement and political leaders as to the illegality of prostitution, and just because it's tolerated doesn't mean it's still not  illegal on the books. This is a debate that is nearly constant amongst authorities. Go back to your beer, leave the intellectual heavy lifting to those who are qualified. 

9 hours ago, Marco51 said:

Gesundheit !

have you noticed that Thais do not bless sneezes, nor do they know what you mean when you say that? Because the blessing of sneezes came from the European mythology of demons entering you when you sneezed, or something like that. 

11 hours ago, 2baht said:

Katoey!

that is a noun. You missed the point of the joke

2 hours ago, bignok said:

Be 1000 a day but they dont all make news

Thailand's version of "Florida man . . . "

4 hours ago, bignok said:

Whats the problem? Why do people have to wear clothes?

Umm, because there are laws that say so?