jaywalker

How long before one of our fruitloop TV naysayers manages to pin this on the Thai bloke for parking his boat on the beach?

I'm still holding out for the blame being laid on the railing heights of Thai balconies or that someone didn't pay tea money or that Hitler's picture was displayed on the boat. I'm pretty sure those three things alone are to blame for 90% of the bad things that happen here to otherwise blameless farangs according to the resident gurus.

This is just an example of the sort of inane and biased comment that the readership have come to expect from you. The only reason that this gets a mention in what masquerades as the Press here is that a farang is involved. If you can bear to emerge from the nationalistic cloud that you live in, I think that you will find that the majority of posters have scant sympathy for this young brain dead idiot and are of the opinion that he brought the mishap upon himself.

It seems to me that you delude yourself into thinking that all things Thai are quite perfect and the natives are superior in intelligence and intellect to the majority of farangs. My take on this Incident is that the idiot farang was behaving just like a Thai does when riding a motorbike and was a disaster waiting to happen. Perhaps he thought that, as so many young people of any nationality, do, that they will live for ever. My experience of over 70 decades is that life is a battle for survival.

Maybe you should give some thought about the number of Thais on bikes who kill or maim themselves outside of tourist areas and the reason for them doing so, before making snide comments about the appalling number of farangs involved in tragedies and the following cover ups to shift blame, all in the name of a juvenile practice called 'face' or to prevent further damage to Thailand's dodgy reputation. .

1st, I ain't making judgments,, but I do recall a few years ago a Thai motorcycle driver came speeding off Pattaya Klang, ran the light, smashed into a car & killed himself.

It made sensational headlines, because rescue workers discovered he was wearing a condom at the time of the accident.

True story - I couldn't make that up if I tried... It MUST be true, it was in the paper.

When my wife, who is Thai, arrived in the USA, I told her that if she ever had any problem, she should find a police officer and ask for help. I told her that she could trust them completely. I had a hard time convincing her that she of that. I finally had my brother, who is a cop, take her on a tour of his precinct and introduce her to other officers. She told me that the police culture is very different than Thailand. In Thailand, it is accepted that if you needed help on an issue, it is best to "grease the wheels" to get attention. It is just an accepted fact to her.

My nephew is a deputy Sheriff.in Florida.

I threatened him with strangulation if he ever abused his badge.

He's terrified of me & his Dad is dead,

Good guy....I can just picture that kid (he's 30) at Nana Plaza!

"There's fire and ice on all sides of the spectrum, i love the fact that i can get caught speeding here and pay 200 baht for my misdemeanor, i can do this over and over, back home i would have lost my license by now plus a few grand. Like." You are the same as those that we who still can summon up some moral outrage deplore. Your (relative) wealth grants you immunity, so you seem to lack a basic understanding that perhaps laws against speeding are there for public safety, and not there to make your life uncomfortable. You have the same attitude as the son of Red Bull who most of us despise. You should lose your license if you can't follow the rules. No brainer.

I just quit driving.

Can't believe I used to try it over here........Taxi's & buses everywhere you look. Been shook down by the cops so many times it ain't even funny.

Some prick with no driver's license on a scooter nailed my wife in the driver's door of my Toyota..

Guess who had to pay?

Cops clipped me for 10,000 baht because she had a farang name on her license. They actually said that to her. You have farang name. You have big money.

Working with the Army & Air Force over here right now. Also the Marine Corps at times. Got 5 local guys & I'm the TOP technician.

Cannot, for the life of me, get them to listen to reason.

I get mad as a hornet

They say "Jai yen yen!"

I say, "you have the pittman arm tied on with a fan belt! a rod (no bolt or bushing) in the upper control arm & a parking brake rotor on the left rear caliper".

Ain't no hope for them.

Got my honey bunny Thai wife & an 8 year old baby here, so I put up with them...........barely.

Only thing I will drive here is military trucks. Cops are terrified to pull me over.

Just never let the Army get full control.............It would only get worse.

I love 3rd world countries/developing nations.

Headed to Chile next.

I suppose some countries just ain't ready for democracy.........Some need dictators.

My wife is a red shirt..........because her friend said she should be.

Utterly clueless. I still love her though.

I have no political views, as they seem to be useless & just the thugs get the power anyhow.

I should be more of a thug. Put money in my pocket.

PLEASE, quit it guys.......nah.......keep it going! There can be no end to the jokes & puns on this one!

I'm in tears laughing!

"Does he work in a China shop?" is the best one I've seen.

Tons of close 2nd's to that one though!

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About 12 years ago I had a Pattaya Mail paper & the headline was "Elephants and Prostitutes Cleared From Beach Road".

I scanned it but Lord only knows where it is now. It was a TOTAL CLASSIC though! PURE Thai journalism......

I understand this article is from Coconuts & good on him/them for digging this one up!

The cover up of this cover up is more amusing to me than the anticheating cover up.

At least the university found a way to stop people looking at their neighbours paper.

My solution number the desk

print randomly ordered papers.

record which desk marked which paper and then process normally.

Good to see them trying to do something about cheating though. That is something the University should be commended for. The cover up..well this is Thailand.

Surely you jest??? (OK I'll stop calling you Shirley :=)

THAT, my friend would require thought and planning.

DO NOT expect that to happen anytime soon here.

Is she having sex with it ?.

Not yet, but she's expecting him to get more horny by the day

I see from another source that these ignorant of technology peasants have a facebook page.

Ah well I suppose some posters have had their laugh, now could be time for an apology.

Yep.they do. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Amphoe-Muang-Phrae-Phrae-Thailand/113546315324095?ref=br_tf

There's actually quite a few results on FB for Phrae, Thailand.

http://youtu.be/20v_0Af-Nd8

Suk is jammed. Was a mess around Klang yesterday afternoon, and as you head out of town...near Ban Amphur. Completely stopped there. A parking lot.

Took me 15 minutes to get from Tai to Klang, heading north on suk , yesterday around 2pm.

The beach down here in packed with Thai families. Neat to see them out having fun. Great morning as the tide is way out.

I'm staying home today, yesterday driving was a nightmare.

At 3pm it took me 30 minutes to get from the level 4 parking in Central Festival to the ground floor. Another 40 minutes to get from there to Phratamnak via Sai Soong, Klang, and Sai Saam. I'd expect it to be as bad today if not worse than yesterday.

The only possible chance for traffic to flow is if the BIB decide to spend the day gathering cash contributions rather than trying to control the traffic lights. I had lunch one day at the café on the corner of Klang and Sai Saam. Traffic jammed for 45 minutes.

Then the cop at the controller scored 6 Indians with no helmets on 3 bikes. As he stopped them he flicked it to auto and hey presto - in less than 10 minutes the traffic was flowing in all directions. He got his cash contribution from the Indians and returned to the controller - in less than 5 minutes, traffic jammed in every direction. Go figure.

HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm working with some Thai's right now. They hired me as a consultant.

They absolutely ignore everything I say & I speak half decent Thai. Never going to change them.

I just try to go with the flow & smile a lot.

I stayed in last holiday weekend..

My wife was trying to get me to go to Surin........"No thanks. You go have fun up there honey."

The parents, if this is true, should face summary execution on general principle.

I have a 7 year old daughter. It would be a cold day in hell before I ever turned my back on her for an instant, anywhere in Pattaya or anywhere else......PERMISSION to break the window?????

If I had seen that baby I'd have head-butted my way in there to help the kid.

I just smelled something yesterday & whatever it was, smelled like freshly sliced Jalapenos & had my mouth watering, hence my search online & found this thread.

Has anybody ever seen them at the Villa in Pattaya? I'd love to get some seeds.

This is the Phuket forum ...

Okay.

It's also the only Jalapeno thread.

There is a Villa in Pattaya.

Just thought I'd ask. Usually people will say "Yes" or "No".

What's the harm in that?

Best,

Jay

I just smelled something yesterday & whatever it was, smelled like freshly sliced Jalapenos & had my mouth watering, hence my search online & found this thread.

Has anybody ever seen them at the Villa in Pattaya? I'd love to get some seeds.

I can go the eBay route, but am dying for them NOW!

Thanks,

Jay

PS.....Don't know what it is about Thai peppers.......They are fine going down. It's the un-controllable exit (you never know when). You just know IT'S RIGHT NOW & you have about 5 nanoseconds to find a toilet.

No fore-warning with Thai peppers.

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I've been Googling to no avail. The best site I found so far is http://www.thaifootball.com/index_e.shtml but alas, no schedule.

Thanks!!!

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Just like prostitution is banned in Thailand right? And not wearing a helmet on a motorbike is banned, not stopping at a red light is banned, bars open past 2am is banned, Pornograpghy is banned, yaba is banned, talking on your cell phone while driving is banned.... I could go on all day...

Laws banning stuff mean nothing if there is no enforcement... Remember when the drunk kids stabbed and killed someone at Kao Yie and they "Banned" liquor at all of the national parks? Has anything changed at the national parks since then? Anyone who believes this "Law" will have the slightest effect on drinking in factories or on busses is a fool.

Here, here! Well said my friend!

A law is only as good as it is enforced. The only reason prostitution is illegal here is because the the Puritanical West said it should be.

Cowering politicians made it a 'Law", so the West was happy and gives them loads of favorable trade agreements, treaties, military aid etc.

Would that American hookers were as sweet & nice as they (generally) are in LOS.

I am from Florida & had the mis-fortune of spending 4 days & 3 nights at a seedy hotel near the Jacksonville airport in 2008.

Good-God!!!!! The place had girls (crack addicts or maybe meth addicts) all over the place. It made the Thermae at 0400 hrs look like a Miss Universe pageant. Where were the cops when I needed them? They should have been arrested for publicly littering with their looks.

The more I think of this, the better the ideas get.....

Use those confiscated dildos as rubber bumpers around street poles...same could be said for the blow-up dolls.....fill them full of water and place them there instead of those giant rubber trash cans full of water on the expressways.

Hub of recycling!!!

OTOP my @ss!

OT2D = One truck 20 dildos hanging off the back is the way to promote life, liberty & the next jug of Mekong!

They could pad the pavement around Pattaya hotels with these shock-absorbers & cut the jumper death rate in half as well.

Chinese Police confirm fewer road accidents if sex toys are used properly.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4477913/Chinese-woman-buys-a-sex-doll-to-slow-down-traffic.html

Perhaps the cops in LOS can make good use of all those EVIL sex toys they confiscated a week or so ago. Tie a dildo on the back of every truck and phone pole. I bet the moto-dips would quit running into them.

Are those tools allowed here? Just found it under our bed. Or should I report my wife to the cops?

Gives the word "screwing" a completely different meaning,..........

Please!!!!!!! Quit making me laugh!!!

I love the picture!!!

I need to go for a walk & get away from this thread. My ribs hurt.

Wonder what does the head on the left do ?

I was wondering the same thing.

I do not recall the last time I have laughed this hard.

Looking closely at the photo...is that one of the undercover policeman on the far right?

That's the only honest policeman in Thailand.

I can't quit reading this thread........tears running down my cheeks laughing at this newsworthy event.

Oh dear yet again shows that Thailand authorities have a lot of growing up to do,,, Why oh why are these goods illegal. They are legal in most civilise countries throughout the world. Whether you need them or not is besides the point as absolutely no adult reason why they should EVER be illegal. What a bloody stupid waste of Police time leaving so many unsolved crimes remaining unsolved.

I wondered why there was no Ann Summers shops in Pattaya or Bangkok. So how the hell do you buy your girlfriend a vibrator here then, as most Thai ladies who I know have tried them tend to love them and wan't one of their own ?? Total crap stupid repressive prohibition law once again. This is such a nice country which could be a lot lot better without all these stupid unnecessary prohibition laws that just encourage crime and suppress fun and pleasure for the Thai people as well as visitors and guests !!!.

Well said my Friend!!!!

My neighbor's wife has a lesbian cousin. She wanted a strap-on dildo. The neighbor had a couple shipped to his son that is the US military in Japan, who is a doctor there.

He had his kid re-wrap them and got them shipped to his Dad in Pattaya.

They spoke on the phone about it. His boy said "This is really weird Dad".

I managed to get a simple dildo for the wifey in that shipment. She does love it......She threw it at me & whacked me upside my head last week.

Can't make this up if you tried.

This has to be the funniest thread on TV I've ever seen.

My buddy was working in Syria back in the '90s.

He had a Kiwi pal with a birthday coming up, so he bought a blow-up sheep for him in Canada as a joke.

Syrian customs pulled it out of his suitcase......"What is this Sir?"

Hilarious!!!!!!!!!.........as is this thread.

I just saw the tv reports of this one, if they're to be believed there was at least one passenger who tried to reason with the (speeding) driver and was told to shut up or get off.

I have noticed the past few trips on the bus rides between Pattaya and Bangkok return that the bus drivers drive noticeably slower than in the past. So slow in fact that I almost thought the bus had some kind of engine trouble and we would shortly be coming to a stop. In any case, this has new "slow-speed" driving policy has been in force on each trip I've taken for the past several months. I surmise that possibly the buses have been fitted with GPS tracking devices and the central office can now monitor the speed of the buses.

I do feel safer now and it has not added any time to the trip at 2 hours (but it's no longer sometimes 1.5 hours).

I did a few trips Pattaya - Mo Chit recently & I was wondering if the bus was going to make it. The engine sounded horribly restricted. I just figured it was a typical piece of junk, but maybe they have actually put governors on the engines????

It took a little longer than the normal 2 hours (maybe Eckamai is still 2 hrs), but it was a safe, slow ride.

Being a former trainer in commercial driving. Living here and having a habit of looking at commercial vehicles on the road along with their driving habit obviously there are no rules for daily inspection if so no enforcement as usual.

When it comes to a commericial bus or large vehicle transport it is standard practice to fill out a daily log that is kept on the vehicle for inspection if the vehicle is stop for inspection. This log would require the driver to do a " walkaround " checking off specific items which in this case would have been the tire. A trained driver would have noticed the wore tire or tires and required them to be change and a simple hard wack of the tired with a tire iron would cause the tire to burst resulting in wore and overinflated tires.

Of course none of this makes a different if people believe it isn't necessary or just don't give a rat ass! Vip or not Vip!

I have to agree with you Mate!

I worked a LOT in maintenance and commercial + military driver training over the last 25+ years.

My Dad was a Timber contractor in Florida......His crew cut the trees & hauled them to the sawmill.

I recall being on the job with him in the early 1970's and seeing his truck drivers walking around the trucks, inspecting the tires every time they left with a load.

Just common sense, but then again, that tends to be the most uncommon kind.

I visited Phangan once in 2005....Had a grand time with my wife & we conceived a very pretty (she's almost 7 now) daughter there.

We bought tickets from Samui to Phangan on a "High-Speed Modern Catamaran"........Nope. Typical thugs loaded 50 of us into a giant mono-hull. We made it OK, but at night I could see boat lights RACING back & forth from Phangan to Samui. Quit dramatic to watch as our room was on a hill side.

One of the boats had his steering cable break at 35 or 40 knots & killed 6 people while we were there. The boat was rated for 2 engines & had installed a 3rd one.

Basically 3 each 200 hp engines clipping along full throttle........OK as long as you are going in a straight line.

The steering cable broke & the boat capsized.

Why the Thai press differentiates between foreigners & Thai's when people die is beyond me. They were all HUMAN, right????

From the looks of that bus, he must have been doing 160 kph or better to do that much damage.

Sad story for sure.