New crackdown sees darts BANNED in Pattaya

[lmaxv]

Tiddlywinks is still legal, at least for now...

 

[catman20]

3 hours ago, stravers said:

#Metoo

i have to say i see where your both coming from i dont feel quite that desperate yet but i understand why people are moving on and its also got expensive here now.

[catman20]

15 hours ago, Lingba said:

Dart board license!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????????.....oh this has gone to far...what a bunch of thieves

i like the way they said where can we apply for this darts licnece and the reply was there is not one . the whole place is made up of twisting words to fxxx you. pathetic 

[masuk]

15 hours ago, Darcula said:

What's next? Ping Pong balls?

What's next?   Arresting pensioners for playing Bridge of course.   You don't expect logic, do you?

I can think of a few other "illegal" entertainment activities in that area, and it's not darts.

[catman20]

how can they enforce a regulation that doesn't exist yet ???

 

who is the "mastermind" that thinks up this kind of nonsensical regulations and raids?

 

A 5 year old Thai child ??????????

[Lupatria]

15 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Will someone in authority here, please grow a bloody brain?

Cannot! Government agencies already ran out of non existing never the less mandatory licences for brain growing a long time ago. But license-lovers can buy a temporary one month license (renewable) for driving without a driver license, to run unlicensed hotels, bars, massage parlors, tour operators and speed boat operation at a police station near you.

[OmarZaid]

Utter Nonsense

[DoctorG]

First they came for the walk-on girls, and I said nothing.

Next they came for the dart boards, and I said nothing.

Then they...

[rodney earl]

Well why not. They have banned just about everything else.

[malcoml]

This clearly shows the Thai culture and why I cringe every time I get on a plane with a Thai pilot.

 

Not one of the officers on being given this order put their hand up to question the logic in it given the license doesn’t exist.

[jesimps]

16 hours ago, petermik said:

Unbloodybelieveable......whatever next....lunatics are now running the asylum here......

How're the fanboys going to explain this one? No doubt they'll think of something to justify the action of their idols. Don't blame the coppers either, the buck stops with the junta.

[GAZZPA]

15 hours ago, NanLaew said:

First the bridge players, then the darts players...

 

Pool players! You are on notice!!

A comment about pool I guess you made in jest, however I was told by a bar owner on Sunday that a darts AND pool license will be required shortly, He took his dartboard down already and will remove his pool table as soon as he hears about enforcement and yes although enforced he is unable to buy such a licence. He was told by police darts and pool are both providing forms of entertainment for customers and for providing entertainment you need a license.

 

I guess snooker will also be on the agenda soon as well. That will of course effect a lot of local clubs as snooker is very popular with Thai people.

 

Its utterly ridiculous and very obviously just another way of fleecing money out of people. 

[outsider]

I am really interested to know the reason for this ban although I suspect it will be something seriously and properly stupid and brainless.

[Colborn]

Ypu'll need a license to have an <deleted> soon the way things are going

[mark01]

Playing darts is just a stepping stone to more serious crimes in the future (like vaping).

[Adeeos]

The fact that they claimed they needed a license,, and ALSO told them that such a license doesn't even exist,, speaks VOLUMES about them simply making things up as they go along, and basically saying,, "You will do as we say, and pay".... just nuts,,, 

 

Edited February 6, 2018 by Adeeos

[Dukeleto]

16 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

C'mon, be reasonable!

 

Darts are clearly weapons of war that could be used to overthrow the government.

 

Of course they are banned...

 

Using your logic, they have unsurprisingly missed their intended target then. In fact by removing the dartboards (the primary intended target of a dart as the name strongly suggests) they have unwittingly (incredibly common occurrence) left the darts free to find other targets. I am pretty sure the owners would be most happy to line the streets in the next government parade and vent their frustration by giving them what they forgot to take with the boards...ONEHUNDREDANDEIGHTTTTTTTTTTTTY!!!!

[maccastime]

Keep going thailand and you will have no expats and tourists spending ??? You are supposed to be attracting people to los, strange way of showing this. What next licence to play pool? Bars will end up with a wall filled with licences.absolute joke.obviously aimed at deep pockets. Why not enforce all thais have a vehicle or bike licence. Has first of April arrived early?

[Crossy]

Anybody remember Fun Boy Three?

 

 

 

[Phaser]

Truly absurd - what special interest are they protecting now? OK Electronic Cigarettes -> Tobacco Monopoly - I get that. But dartboards and darts? Police need more money?? Notice how most of this silliness happens in Pattaya :)

[RichardColeman]

15 hours ago, NanLaew said:

First the bridge players, then the darts players...

 

Pool players! You are on notice!!

It's only the pool table that gets most of the bar girls off of their phones !

[marquis22]

16 hours ago, Kaoboi Bebobp said:

I'm not a player but I know a few who love this pastime and it has a very active tournament circuit. But a dartboard licence?!?!?! A ban? OMG, what next? A ban on any vessel made of glass designed to hold alcohol? Removal of knives from the kitchen? 

 

TV Editors, keep "Thailand a laughing stock" headline ready.

Just been announced: Chopsticks banned in all restaurants as too many falung spilling noodles on tables and floor.

[sammieuk1]

Is Domino's pizza now nervous ?

[thailand49]

I learned this a few years ago when a friend had a snooker place I was drinking outside.

A vehicle pull up in front, but no one got out it just sat there a minute later the owner lady came out walked to the vehicle and the window roll down after a minute the window roll back up. I was told the guy was making his round for his tea money.

This was the reason why my magnet dart board give weren't put up for the kids to play.  Reasoning the more popular the place gets the more money it makes therefore translate to more Tea money being asked.  It was basically keep it low profile?

No license just want more money!

[Toshiba66]

Crazy stuff.

 

How long will it be before they confiscate Pool Tables and Televisions as they are other forms of entertainment?

 

The country is really starting to go mad.

[Blackheart1916]

More ludicrous by the day. Don't expect an election any time soon, if at all.

[nausea]

Here we go down the rabbit hole, again.

[JCauto]

16 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Does it include the darts fired in go go bars ? Although they fire them at balloons, not a dartboard !

Those are licensed professionals. Just ask to see their papers...

[hansnl]

It is quite simple, actually.

The TAT has chosen to flood the country with Chinese hordes.

Chinese don't like gwailoos, barbarians, known in Thailand as farang.

So be gone, farang.

[crazykopite]

Two years ago we had pensioners being arrested for playing bridge now we have the latest crazy bit of news for a moment I thought April Fools day was here ! So now the dartboards are under arrest , no smoking on the beaches , electric vapours being banned ,pensioners unable to play bridge nect it will be the pool tables being confiscated no wonder the country is better known as “ Amazing Thailand “ the police should be spending there time in cleaning up the brothels and the illegal betting syndicates that the Thais spend all there money on.