Plan to ban alcohol on Thai New Year

[overherebc]

39 minutes ago, CanuckThai said:

Ahhh yes.  Condoms are next....to curb prostitution and casual sex.  You know, because banning condoms will help in the prevention of unwanted pregnancy and STD's..............????

Had a load of vodka tonight, can I think about that and get back to you.

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[kickstart]

It will never work 7-11, etc, will not sell alcohol but all the shops at the back of villages and down the end of Soi's will carry on selling alcohol, the 2 shops down our Soi will sell alcohol, especially to the locals, strangers might struggle to buy some.

Never seen the police down our Soi, so no need to worry.

[smedly]

5 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Alcohol Control Committee

are these people paid from public coffers ?

[ozmeldo]

Only idiots stay in country or not locked down in their domiciles when the annual scouser, pleb shitfest occurs.

 

Buy a bottle of scotch prior or better yet GTFO.

[ozmeldo]

4 hours ago, LucysDad said:

 

 

That is true....... but at least Pattaya has 6 more days of Songkran in which to recover.

Yes, the nation's toilet has the orgy of idiocy running better part of two weeks. This is one day. Zero impact.

 

They'll just add two more days on at the end. Why not, it already has absolutely nothing to do with Buddhist tradition.

 

I bet everyone drawn to that dump a second time during the holiday period has an IQ below 90. It's so absolutely stupid.

[chickenslegs]

3 hours ago, overherebc said:

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Well at least in some cases you'll get a wee sip of wine.

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My family are Wesleyan Methodists - the communion wine was Ribena - Bastards!

 

 

Edited February 15, 2019 by chickenslegs
Ribena is a blackberry concentrate drink.

[metempsychotic]

Like this doesn't come up every year

[bdenner]

7 hours ago, Rally123 said:

Anyone with a brain will buy a box o'beer, or 3, before the cut off date. Are they completely dumb? Not that it matters anyhow as some outlet won't abide by the rules.

Not some but most up here in the rice paddies including bars. Not that it matters, wouldn't it be better to BAN motor cycles on these so called 'dangerous' days with something like 70% of deaths are associated with these things?

[Rally123]

2 hours ago, bdenner said:

Not some but most up here in the rice paddies including bars. Not that it matters, wouldn't it be better to BAN motor cycles on these so called 'dangerous' days with something like 70% of deaths are associated with these things?

I too live up in the 'rice paddies' and a motorcycle 'BAN' would be really hard to enforce. The police can't enforce the laws of the highways as it is without taxing them even more.

[LucysDad]

7 hours ago, ozmeldo said:

Yes, the nation's toilet has the orgy of idiocy running better part of two weeks. This is one day. Zero impact.

 

They'll just add two more days on at the end. Why not, it already has absolutely nothing to do with Buddhist tradition.

 

I bet everyone drawn to that dump a second time during the holiday period has an IQ below 90. It's so absolutely stupid.

 

 

Not a fan then......

[tukadadoll]

13 hours ago, KhaoYai said:

Watch this space......... they've gone just about as far as they can get away with on smoking - drinking is next. Same in the UK - you'll all be going to church on Sundays again soon ????.

 

12 hours ago, ThomasThBKK said:

I hope this comes into effect. 

A perfect way none of the youth will vote for the current guys in the election... 

 

Tourists will for sure love it, coming here to see songkran and not beeing able to get a drink. 

 

Must be a TAT approved plan. 

Whats wrong with goinig to Church?

 

[dinsdale]

Just another well thought through policy from the complete and utter imbiciles that run this country. Songkran is four days this year. The 13th being the 1st day. So what about the other three days? In reality (a relm non-existent in the tiny, vacuous brains of these morons) every day here is just about as bad as the other throghout the year. If I didn't know better I'd clasify this article as a troll.????

[Chassa]

9 minutes ago, tukadadoll said:

Whats wrong with goinig to Church?

No bar!

 

[Chassa]

11 hours ago, kickstart said:

It will never work 7-11, etc, will not sell alcohol but all the shops at the back of villages and down the end of Soi's will carry on selling alcohol, the 2 shops down our Soi will sell alcohol, especially to the locals, strangers might struggle to buy some.

Never had a problem in my village - 24 hour service. banned days etc.

[Destiny1990]

This is devastating.

So no drunk ladyboys will surrounding me and smearing colorful paint kinda substances over my face?

All folks will be sober in Soi Bukaw?

[bluesofa]

13 hours ago, emptypockets said:

This thread should run for 30 pages once the alkies see it.

Shurely shome mishtake?

[Lupatria]

I think at the office entrance of the Alcohol Control Committee (ACC) they have a dream catcher as large as the tropic of an aircraft carrier

[ebean001]

give them a chance. ban it for 1 holiday and measure the results. drinking at home or at a friend might be a lot safer.

[bluesofa]

13 hours ago, Moti24 said:

Banning alcohol and banning the sale of alcohol are 2 different things.  If the ACC thinks it's going to make a difference, then somebody in ACC has seriously lost the plot.

Bunch of idiots!  Casualties are high on every ****in day of the year!  What they need to ban is the Songkran water festival, and make everybody go to the temple on the 13th to pay respect to their elders, instead of touring the roads and causing mayhem to the law-abiding citizens; I'm sure there must be some law-abiding citizens somewhere.

Yes, I've seen both of them.

[overherebc]

2 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Shurely shome mishtake?

Ha. You're not as thunk as drinkle peep you are.

[overherebc]

1 minute ago, bluesofa said:

Yes, I've seen both of them.

Maybe, but not in one place.

[transam]

All it will do is hit bars and restaurants...The rest will just stock up.....????

[poohy]

Its a  a well known proven fact drunk drivers cause 25% of accidents

It only goes to prove 75% are caused by sober ones drivers we need to drink more for our own safety

[bluesofa]

12 hours ago, overherebc said:

13 hours ago, KhaoYai said:

Watch this space......... they've gone just about as far as they can get away with on smoking - drinking is next. Same in the UK - you'll all be going to church on Sundays again soon ????.

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Well at least in some cases you'll get a wee sip of wine.

Gives the impression the priest must have been refilling the wine after imbibing in the vestry.

[overherebc]

2 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Gives the impression the priest must have been refilling the wine after imbibing in the vestry.

All the wine has to be sampled by the big boss in Rome.

Why do you think they have to carry him around in that big chair. He is 'velcro'd' in at the back.

[AhFarangJa]

12 hours ago, 3MagicBeers said:

Instead of banning alcohol outright, why can't the BiB do their job and have a heavy concerted effort nationwide on Songkran to check, stop and ban drunk drivers? 

Because most of them are drunk too...........

[hansnl]

14 hours ago, Samuel Smith said:

Can Thais plan that far ahead?

Alcohol?

Yes!

[iroc4life]

How about enforce DUI laws with checks and actual penalties for offenders?!!? One day sales stop will only make money for the shops the day before. Plus no ban stops sales, just 7/11 and Lotus won’t sell on that day, everywhere else is good to go 555

[cyril sneer]

just means people will stock up before, drink more than they usually would, more likely to start the next day earlier, which means more likely to drink-drive

[Blue bruce]

Where do these people get these ideas from.????

It's mind boggeling the way they think. Unbelievable!!!!!