AlQaholic Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Ok, what is this crap about "traditional costume"? What the <deleted> is "traditional costume"? In my country, the "traditional costume" doesn't exist and has never existed. We have something called national costume or local folk costume, both which nobody in their right mind would be seen in if it was not for an exhibition or costume event or any other organized theater event. And those costumes go back several 100 years. So if that is the case, Thais should be wearing simple unstitched loin clothes and be bare-chested, like they did several 100 years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlQaholic Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 17 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said: But..but..that does look like a traditional military coup uniform,doesn't it? And a traditional military greeting..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katipo Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 3 hours ago, sirineou said: If 80% of the people wanted revelers to wear traditional costumes, 80% of the revelers which I assume are people would be wearing traditional costumes. so what's stopping them? It's the old and deeply embedded tradition of what 'we say vs. what we do'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinBoy2 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 I'm not sure why these 'polls' even get reported as news. Everyone in their right mind knows they are as fake as Hell, jeez, another day another Nida poll telling us how 95% of the populous agree with whatever today's junta proclamation happens to be Maybe time will prove me wrong. But with the exception of the specially staged photoshoots for the nightly fantasy news, I predict in your average Songkran water fest in a town/village near you, the percentage actually dolled up will be close to 0% 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextStationBangkok Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Some don't like to wear anything. That is the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jenny2017 Posted April 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2018 A new O-net Test Question: Over 84 percent of people want revelers to wear traditional costumes during Songkran. What will the other 50% wear? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboon Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 3 hours ago, Odysseus123 said: Like my stepson.. Pair of shorts,thongs and a T shirt with 'MEGADEATH' on the front. A MegaDEATH T shirt? Boy, did the printer screw up... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny49r Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 4 hours ago, webfact said: Over 84 percent of people want revelers to wear traditional costumes during Songkran What if 84% of the revelers didn't drink and drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retiredandhappyhere Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 I hope they will publish the results of another survey of exactly what percentage of revellers at Songkran were actually wearing their traditional costumes. Certainly not 86% and almost certainly not even 14%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 29 minutes ago, NextStationBangkok said: Some don't like to wear anything. That is the problem. That's a 'problem'? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHTel Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 1,250 respondents out of how many? No mention of the number that didn't respond! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 25 minutes ago, jenny2017 said: A new O-net Test Question: Over 84 percent of people want revelers to wear traditional costumes during Songkran. What will the other 50% wear? Ah ha, you clearly understand Thai maths. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinBoy2 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Well if the various lakorns are to believe, the good general should be true to his word, and wear traditional clothes. All that Western camo stuff....not good I await with bated breath to watch next Friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEFLKrabi Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 I wonder what the poll question was... would you like to see people wearing traditional dress? Or Would you wear traditional dress? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Surely those 2 foot long fingernails make firing a pump action water gun difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxcorrigan Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 18 minutes ago, lvr181 said: That's a 'problem'? Yes in some cases, if it were me, for example it would not be a pretty sight wet or not 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 3 hours ago, heybuz said: Poll revealed 14percent of Thais have common sense I won't disagree with that, when you take everything in to consideration, driving and riding ability etc, that should be about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 2 hours ago, captspectre said: what about the falang tourist idiots who wear tank tops, and shorts, and walk around like a bunch of drunken fools throwing water on everyone? what about the drunk females who wear next to nothing yet take offense when someone grabs their butt? It does not matter what the girls are wearing, or almost wearing, Songcran or not, you do not touch them. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 1 hour ago, NextStationBangkok said: Some don't like to wear anything. That is the problem. What problem? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyman58 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 All songkran is a week of boozing and for thais not to work. Half would not even know what songkran means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerkinsCuthbert Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 (edited) Well, so what? Has there ever been a more pointless poll - unless General Happiness and his deputy, General KeepTime, are planning to make it compulsory? Edited April 9, 2018 by PerkinsCuthbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronaldo0 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 45 minutes ago, TEFLKrabi said: I wonder what the poll question was... would you like to see people wearing traditional dress? Or Would you wear traditional dress? Probably " Do you like som tam !! " 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, ronaldo0 said: Probably " Do you like som tam !! " Ha ha! Couldn't have been, only 84% said yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiWai Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Where do we get all these traditional celebratory garb and gear? Where did this girl find this ancient "cock" bow for example? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob12345 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 3 hours ago, merlin2002 said: These polls are a joke. they claim to have asked respondents across the country and only had 1,000 plus replies. For a country that has a population of 70 million it's a pretty meaningless poll... Let me guess, you skipped all your statistics classes in high school as you clearly have no clue how sampling works. Hint: you don't need to ask everybody to find out, with a certain degree of certainty, what "everybody" thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDfella Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Yes I agree with many posters here that wearing Thai traditional clothing while getting soaked is an expensive, and wasteful, idea. If they aren't anywhere near the water games, fine and nice ti see. In fact, I have just been to Tesco and at a guess I'd say 30-40% of the Thai shoppers were dressed traditionally...children too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PEE TEE Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 The 84 percent ??? most of that total must be taylors . a lot of colors from food dye go into the water thrown . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrblue Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 84.96% of thais want to wear traditional costumes and the remaining 93.74% answered they will dress as they did in the past years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 56 minutes ago, bluesofa said: Ha ha! Couldn't have been, only 84% said yes. I think Nida, AKA The PM, has downplayed the percentages. He asked three members of his staff, all of whom said yes, NIDA Poll published but to be believable percentage figure reduced. And no magic or ghosts involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Media1 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 They completed this survey at Pension House. 14 out 17 agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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