Auspicious holidays brings two-day alcohol ban

By The Phuket News

 

Buddhist holidays will see a ban on alcohol sales across the country, including Phuket, next Friday and Saturday (July 27-28).
 

PHUKET: The series of major public holidays next weekend will bring a ban on the sale of alcohol for two consecutive days and see all major government offices close for a four-day weekend.

 

The auspicious Buddhist holidays Asarnha Bucha Day and Khao Phansa (Buddhist Lent), also called “Vassa”, will be observed next Friday and Saturday (July 27-28), respectively.

 

As both are major religious holidays, the sale of alcohol is banned across the nation on both days.

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4 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Auspicious holidays brings two-day alcohol ban

auspicious definition: suggesting a positive and successful future.

Not auspicious if your future involves drinking alcohol.

 

Surely 'religious' would be a more appropriate word.

religious synonym: gullible.

 

Its the was candle festival...ruined by sobriety

3 minutes ago, The manic said:

Its the was candle festival...ruined by sobriety

True, I remember hearing the mother superior shouting: Right girls, candles out.

 

45 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Not auspicious if your future involves drinking alcohol.

There's no ban on drinking, just buying. I will consume as I do on most days, with my lady in front of the telly.

probably more effective to ban bad monks

Very true Crossy, how perceptive of you!

My turn: why does your lady need to be in front of the telly when you're drinking?

 

1 minute ago, from the home of CC said:

probably more effective to ban bad monks

It'll never catch on.

A bit like trying to push string uphill.

 

9 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

My turn: why does your lady need to be in front of the telly when you're drinking?

Argh, we have such a wonderful language. Let's try again.

 

I will consume as I do on most days, with my lady, in front of the telly.

 

EDIT I class this as "on-topic" as word games could be on the cards for those who failed to stock up. Just be happy we're not in India (specifically Bengaluru) where the hotels actually empty the mini-bars on no-alcohol days.

7 minutes ago, from the home of CC said:

probably more effective to ban bad monks

Do you have any specific group in mind,- the drug and potion dealers, sellers of lottery numbers, rapists, child molester, fraudster with unusual wealth, mercedes, rifle and gun collectors, or just the low life criminals hiding in temples as part time monks due to ongoing investigations? 

8 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Argh, we have such a wonderful language. Let's try again.

 

I will consume as I do on most days, with my lady, in front of the telly.

 

EDIT I class this as "on-topic" as word games could be on the cards for those who failed to stock up. Just be happy we're not in India (specifically Bengaluru) where the hotels actually empty the mini-bars on no-alcohol days.

Ready for a little giggle? In Europe 'little people' started a campaign to ban the term "mini bar" as they consider it as discriminating.

7 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Argh, we have such a wonderful language. Let's try again.

 

I will consume as I do on most days, with my lady, in front of the telly.

No probs, just genital gentle fun.

Engrish is wonderful with missing commas: Let's eat grandpa.

 

A teacher wrote "A woman without her man is nothing.” on the board and asked the students to punctuate it correctly.

All the males in the class wrote: “A woman , without her man , is nothing.”

All the females in the class wrote: “A woman : without her , man is nothing.”

 

4 minutes ago, Lupatria said:

Ready for a little giggle? In Europe 'little people' started a campaign to ban the term "mini bar" as they consider it as discriminating.

So what about the actor Warwick Davis, where does he stand on this I wonder?

What about : The pen is in her mouth......?

5 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

What about : The pen is in her mouth......?

That's after we've drunk the beer and the telly is finished.

 

She writes her diary of course.

7 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

What about : The pen is in her mouth......?

I'd see that as too much space...

 

can atheists buy alcohol................and if  not isnt  that disrespecting my lack of religion

1 minute ago, kannot said:

can atheists buy alcohol................and if  not isnt  that disrespecting my lack of religion

They're just disrespecting your lack of alcohol.

 

18 minutes ago, Lupatria said:

Ready for a little giggle? In Europe 'little people' started a campaign to ban the term "mini bar" as they consider it as discriminating.

Were they not barred for raising their hopes (and other things) too high or did the big "powers that be" think the whole thing was below them and their level of dignity!

What, 18 posts in and 17 TV members haven't whined that this will be the straw that breaks the camel's back as far as the tourism industry is concerned ?

Or maybe they've all finally learned how to buy 2 bottles of Chang from the 7-11 the day before instead of the usual 1 ?

10 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

So what about the actor Warwick Davis, where does he stand on this I wonder?

At the same time they opened up a 'mini bar' at a music festival and sold "Kurze" the German word for short ones (engl. shots)

What, 18 posts in and 17 TV members haven't whined that this will be the straw that breaks the camel's back as far as the tourism industry is concerned ?

Or maybe they've all finally learned how to buy 2 bottles of Chang from the 7-11 the day before instead of the usual 1 ?

The 7-11?
Very rarely go there to buy my booze. With mom & pop shops galore who cares about a ban anyway? Business as usual.

There is nothing auspicious about an alcohol ban.

1 hour ago, bluesofa said:

auspicious definition: suggesting a positive and successful future.

Not auspicious if your future involves drinking alcohol.

 

Surely 'religious' would be a more appropriate word.

religious synonym: gullible.

 

I wonder why no mention that the Kings birthday is July 28th, it is after all, the reason I assume that they have used the word auspicious.

Edited July 21, 20187 yr by pornprong

Just now, BobBKK said:

There is nothing auspicious about an alcohol ban.

It's a misprit. It should say suspicious.

 

 

6 minutes ago, pornprong said:

I wonder why no mention that the Kings birthday is July 28th, it is after all, the reason I assume that they have used the word auspicious.

If you look at the table it tells you the King's birthday is 30th. That's another public holiday, but you can keep drinking then.

27th& 28th are for those "religious" reasons.

 

So on the 30 we can say "Prost"!?

No such thing as Buddhist Lent

Never sure whether these bans are intended to impact the sale, or the consumption, of alcohol, but given one can purchase drinks beforehand and then consume at home, they are a pointless exercise.