"I'm giving up lao khao for good!" - man's lifetime pledge after Loy Krathong shame

 

Thai caption: The shame of it...

 

A 44 year old Thai man told the police in north east Thailand that he was giving up spirits for life after he was fined for fighting with a neighbor atop some speakers at a Loy Krathong cultural event on Monday. 

 

Uthit said he felt great shame and embarrassment after fighting in front of all the people at the Nong Waeng municipal show.

 

That was the end of his "Lao Khao" (rice whisky) days, he told Somdej deputy chief Pol Lt-Col Bunjan who fined him and another man called Khwanmuang, 39, 500 baht each. 

 

Uthit had been filmed and posted on Facebook. A local official confirmed that he climbed the scaffolding by the stage during a music performance and got up on the speakers to dance. 

 

Incensed by this and unable to get him down Khwanmuang climbed up and the boogie turned to bashing. 

 

Both were carted off to the police station to calm down, fined, then after a handshake allowed to go home. 

 

Source: Daily News

 

 

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15 minutes ago, webfact said:

That was the end of his "Lao Khao" (rice whisky) days, he told Somdej deputy chief Pol Lt-Col Bunjan who fined him and another man called Khwanmuang, 39, 500 baht each. 

I'm guessing the real reason is he can no longer afford it. 39,000 baht buys a awful lot of Lao Kao.

14 minutes ago, Dmaxdan said:

I'm guessing the real reason is he can no longer afford it. 39,000 baht buys a awful lot of Lao Kao.

I think you'll find the 39 is the other fella's' age, and the fine was 500 baht each !

2 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said:

I think you'll find the 39 is the other fella's' age, and the fine as 500 baht each !

Yes, on re-reading I think you're correct. I thought it sounded a lot!

2 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

Yes, on re-reading I think you're correct. I thought it sounded a lot!

Duh

3 hours ago, webfact said:

A 44 year old Thai man told the police in north east Thailand that he was giving up spirits for life

At least it's legal (don't know why). Had he used other drugs, he'd been jailed.

Lao khao is dangerous stuff. This morning the usual suspects were sitting outside the village shop polishing off a large bottle. It seems to be the cause of many problems around here.

I would never drink the stuff but I blend it with soap and essential oils and it makes a good shampoo.

Its rather nice if mixed with sugar free coke .... saying that i knocked that one on the head about 5 years ago ermmm if my "memory" serves me right ????

He can swear all he wants, once you are on that stuff it's hard to get off it, my father-in-law has ruined his liver and damaged his nervous system with that stuff, the doctor told him he'll be dead in a year if he doesn't stop drinking it, that scared him enough to stop for three weeks, now he is back on it.

21 minutes ago, anterian said:

I would never drink the stuff but I blend it with soap and essential oils and it makes a good shampoo.

or a paint stripper

Must have been the only thing worth seeing this Loy Krathong????

One down,,,,,,, millions to go.

Dangerous cheap plonk that should be banned

Many of the locals here will drink it in preference to Sang Som and Hong Thong (not great alternatives I know) when the latter are offered for free. But they also prefer bbq rat to bbq chicken so what do I know.

This appears to be the Thai version of the US Red Neck, here hold my beer an watch this....

Those have a habit of unraveling as well....

3 hours ago, anterian said:

I would never drink the stuff but I blend it with soap and essential oils and it makes a good shampoo.

It would make all your hair fall out instantly !

53 minutes ago, GreasyFingers said:

Many of the locals here will drink it in preference to Sang Som and Hong Thong (not great alternatives I know) when the latter are offered for free. But they also prefer bbq rat to bbq chicken so what do I know.

Lao khao is not whisky and they dont prefer it to Sang Som or Hong Thong. They just drink it from dawn to dusk because it is cheap and gets them rat arsed. They are not  drinking to enjoy fine whiskies or anything other than getting <deleted>.

The sights I have seen , people trashed on that stuff in our village.

8 hours ago, webfact said:

That was the end of his "Lao Khao" (rice whisky) days

I tried it once just to see what it was all about.... once was enough!

4 hours ago, SteveK said:

Lao khao is dangerous stuff. This morning the usual suspects were sitting outside the village shop polishing off a large bottle. It seems to be the cause of many problems around here.

and your point is sherlock 

17 hours ago, SteveK said:

Lao khao is dangerous stuff. This morning the usual suspects were sitting outside the village shop polishing off a large bottle. It seems to be the cause of many problems around here.

And here too.

From now on he's going to have to dig deep in his pockets to get rat ars#ed on beer .

Were they playing Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky"??