jaywalker

Just now, mikebell said:

On the positive side it will put a stop to the Bandits-in-Brown road blocks that snarl up traffic - the police will be patrolling the beach looking for more than the usual 200 baht 'fine'. 

You're a glass "Half Full" kind of guy Mike! Good on ya!

17 hours ago, connda said:

That's pulp news that the public just sucks up to no end.

Thailand, the origin of Pulp Fiction, where the most vorific writer is the Government.

They put Edgar Rice Burroughs (Tarzan writer), and H. Rider Haggard (King Solomon's Mines, SHE etc)... to shame.

10 hours ago, Thian said:

What about keeping a lighter under the tail?? 

Should work. I did it many times as a prank in high school w/ metal folding chairs. Stick a lighter under it from behind.

Hilarious! Thanks for the memory from 30+ years ago!

7 hours ago, Damrongsak said:

Start the car and let it idle.

Errr....Fan belt might not turn w/ 30 lbs of snake in it???

42 minutes ago, Juan B Tong said:

MEMO:  To Cambodian migrant workers.

 

 

Or this 

On 10/9/2017 at 9:03 PM, NCC1701A said:

I still say there is something in Thai DNA where they secretly love this type of carnage.

 

Thailand. The Bevis and Butthead of SEA.

 

 

That was my wife when I got her started driving at age 27. Made her take lessons for a month on a manual transmission. She still can't work one.

Ran over a few cones on her license test in Surin. No prob. 600 baht later she had her license.

She's a good driver now though. Only bangs into small things every once in a while.

On 10/9/2017 at 9:07 PM, mark01 said:

Not carnage then was it?

 

Definition:

car·nage

noun: carnage

1. the killing of a large number of people.

He killed a large number of motorbikes...same same, but different.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Four pick-ups, 8 cars and 26 motorcycles were damaged with some completely destroyed.

Insane. Asleep at the wheel mayhaps, along with brake failure?

8 hours ago, webfact said:

He replied: "It's a tough question to answer. You see, it's their livelihood. But it is our job to keep checking up on the situation. So we keep coming.

Bwahahaha!

Just now, stanleycoin said:

Normal expectable behavior of Thai men in Thai society.

Its all a result of great parenting.

Good job mum's and Dad's of Thailand 

Errr....Mom's and Duds.

6 minutes ago, over it said:

A quick hit on the gas peddle, and then a sharp jab on the brakes and she could have knocked this stupid worthless piece of <deleted> off the roof, RUN HIS JUE GUNG ASS OVER, flipped him the bird again, asked 'how do you like me now?' and called the police! next... 

The Liberal members here will be silent.

She was OF their culture, and not a "GUEST" in Thailand, so while I agree with you, I'll be one of the few (with some sense) that likes what you said.

1 hour ago, wakeupplease said:

Was this P out on a night out with his mate P-

No fan of Soi Dogs, but this one seems a bit "iffy".

She keeps nodding as she tells her story, kinda like she's trying to make herself believe what she's saying is true.

35 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Remind me of a  safari park i have visited where the monkeys jump

all over the car but not out of malice unlike this dumb-ass....

I recall visiting a zoo. I spit towards a monkey. Bad idea.

14 minutes ago, tryasimight said:

Was his wife amenable to the suggestion?

Yeah she got me back to the hotel in one piece.

I was flabbergasted at the Pahonyothin & Lad Prao intersection (rather new to BKK). We somehow made it thru unscathed though.

14 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Do we really want Thailand to have the strict rules of our home countries?

Although I'm totally against drunk driving, one small can of beer doesn't make one drunk.

 

Personally, I love the freedom here and say have small can of beer, and <deleted> to the UK, who fine you for eating a sandwich while driving or Oz, who fined me for facing the wrong way while parked on a quiet residential street for 5  min.

 

Many of these guys are alcoholics and although wrong, they would be unsafe to drive unless having that morning beer. 

 

On a side note, I failed my first driving test in the  UK. I passed my second one after 2 strong beers and a packet of extra strong mints. I was an alcoholic then.

I got smashed with an American guy, at his house off Pahonyothin Road in 2001. I was staying at the Sofitel near Mo Chit. He'd been living there 30+ years. I was new.

Towards 1100:PM I mentioned getting his sober wife to take me home, as we'd wiped out half a bottle of Jack Daniels.

He said. "Oh, in Thailand, sometimes it HELPS if you get a bit tossed prior to driving."

Same thing is in the Samui news, only it was a foreign tourist, so the headline says he was "negligent".

9 minutes ago, Dave67 said:

Safety helmet and sandals ?

And the guy on the right has no hard hat. I guess he probably has an amulet instead.

15 hours ago, rkidlad said:

Vibrations from a concrete mixer? Dear Lord above us that's amateur construction. 

Now I know why they like to mix concrete by hand.

On 10/4/2017 at 12:54 AM, trogers said:

Does the ability to turn on a notebook or smartphone count as knowledge in Science?

Only when you graduate to the level of driving with 3 - 4 people on the back of your motorbike.

12 hours ago, Psimbo said:

Always amazed how wound up people get about this- it's no hardship whatsoever to get around it. Consumption is NOT illegal.

Tourists from the USA, UK, France, Russia, Germany, etc...They do not know.

They rent a villa in Phuket etc for a week.

OOPS! Thailand has a bazillion tourists, but they kinda have a bit of a party pooper that week. 

Genius!

Expats see it coming. Tourists do not. Tourists do not know how to find the Mom & Pop shops.

Laying off the sauce is no biggie, unless it gets PROHIBITED.

Then I'll find booze just to spite the powers that be.

7 minutes ago, Happy enough said:

not at all. a friend of mine frequents these types of places and also the large thai style saunas . very rare to see foreigners in these places and he has never been charged more than the standard thai rate. approx 1k. and he tells me the girls are usually alot younger and hotter than what you find in the general gogo scene. it's just what he tells me. you'd have to take a look yourself of course

SHHHH!

What is that Fem-Dom looking thing w/ the mask wearing half a straight jacket in the background?

Nice legs in the pic BTW...

On 10/3/2017 at 9:40 PM, impulse said:

 

Speaking of Thai nicknames, I just cannot get myself to call a guy "Boy".

 

Back home, that would likely result in a slap in the face, and (back in my school days during desegregation) a trip to the principal's office.

I never get tired of meeting cute girls named Toy.

1 hour ago, Cadbury said:

It's not the fault of the Pattaya City Council. The story clearly points out that it was the fault of the rain. In Thailand any problem is always the fault of something or someone else. And PM Prayut is a master of passing the buck so maybe the Council has been learning from him.

 

I suspect the 19 million has long disappeared into various pockets.

The word "maintenance" is not in the Thai language.

The 'M' in Thailand stands for Maintenance.

Same like the 'J' that stands for civil "servants" doing their jobs.