The Tear-it-up Tourist

[helicoptor]

The other night I ventured into Pattaya walking street and picked a spot for a cold one and commenced with my hobby of people observation, one guy (late thirties/forties) was dancing as if his feet were on fire, no shirt on and had his head shaved in a union jack style.

At one point he put one of those cool you down tissues over his face and continued to manically dance, he then blindly bumped into a post and was temporarily stunned, Som nam na I thought, however alcohol is a great anaestetic and he was soon acting up again.

I enjoy sanook as much as anyone, but this guy was a complete nob, and I was embarrased that this was representing english farang tourist on holiday,

Its no wonder the locals think we are all 'ting tong' when they witness this kind of thing and try to scam us.

Anyone else like to share their thoughts / similar experiences?

[Maigo6]

C'mon Helicopter................you can see that behaviour in any Town in England on a Friday night.

[PhilHarries]

When I lived in Thailand I'd go down walking street about once every three months and nowadays one evening each visit is spent at one of the open air bars, doing just as you do, people watching. There's a seemingly never ending stream of complete jerks providing free, but often cringingly embarassing, entertainment. I used to find a three month cycle was just enough to entertain and remind me why I avoid walking street.

I do sometimes miss these little soirees here in KL as it's just a little too expensive for the nob heads.

[helicoptor]

C'mon Helicopter................you can see that behaviour in any Town in England on a Friday night.

I know I know, I am a whiney old git.

This is indeed evident in England. (thanks for reminding me why i am here) however, wherever I have gone on holiday i have taken the effort to research the place. Assuming this guy can read, he might have also wanted to find out that, apart from the obvious reasons why he has come here, maybe research thai culture somewhat, I know this is lacking around walking street but even so, acting the way he was it didnt matter what country he was in.

If this guy was 18 I could understand - but he wasnt; I made a mental note of 'Asian Benidorm' whilst watching him

Ok im done - I promise no more moaning, its put up or shut up from now on, I know there is no solution to this - apart from authorities demand they carry 'Idiot card - banned from leaving country of origin'

[Mighty Mouse]

......one guy (late thirties/forties) was dancing as if his feet were on fire, no shirt on and had his head shaved in a union jack style.....

A few sips of warm lager and all the Poms act like that.

[helicoptor]

I was thinking watching him, he is soo pissed lets hope that, not only will his head represent the union jack but his ass will represent the japanese flag when he wakes up in the morning - lying next to one of Jenny's front row contestants...

[Mighty Mouse]

I was thinking watching him, he is soo pissed lets hope that, not only will his head represent the union jack but his ass will represent the japanese flag when he wakes up in the morning - lying next to one of Jenny's front row contestants...

If he was pissed outside Jenny's, it won't be the flags he needs to worry about.....the big danger will be an oversized flag pole.

[Jeffery Stanthorpe]

The other night I ventured into Pattaya walking street and picked a spot for a cold one and commenced with my hobby of people observation, one guy (late thirties/forties) was dancing as if his feet were on fire, no shirt on and had his head shaved in a union jack style.

At one point he put one of those cool you down tissues over his face and continued to manically dance, he then blindly bumped into a post and was temporarily stunned, Som nam na I thought, however alcohol is a great anaestetic and he was soon acting up again.

I enjoy sanook as much as anyone, but this guy was a complete nob, and I was embarrased that this was representing english farang tourist on holiday,

Its no wonder the locals think we are all 'ting tong' when they witness this kind of thing and try to scam us.

Anyone else like to share their thoughts / similar experiences?

Wheww !!! for a minute i thought u were talking about me as i had a wild nite down in walking street recently but luckily i am american so do not have union jack on my head.

think i made a specatcle of myself as i also like to dance, was a mess the next day though.

i usually lay low from walking street for about month and then have another blowout

Party on

[helicoptor]

The other night I ventured into Pattaya walking street and picked a spot for a cold one and commenced with my hobby of people observation, one guy (late thirties/forties) was dancing as if his feet were on fire, no shirt on and had his head shaved in a union jack style.

At one point he put one of those cool you down tissues over his face and continued to manically dance, he then blindly bumped into a post and was temporarily stunned, Som nam na I thought, however alcohol is a great anaestetic and he was soon acting up again.

I enjoy sanook as much as anyone, but this guy was a complete nob, and I was embarrased that this was representing english farang tourist on holiday,

Its no wonder the locals think we are all 'ting tong' when they witness this kind of thing and try to scam us.

Anyone else like to share their thoughts / similar experiences?

Wheww !!! for a minute i thought u were talking about me as i had a wild nite down in walking street recently but luckily i am american so do not have union jack on my head.

think i made a specatcle of myself as i also like to dance, was a mess the next day though.

i usually lay low from walking street for about month and then have another blowout

Party on

Dont get me wrong I like to dance as well, choosing a dance floor in a club/disco, this goon was jumping around in a bar just off walking street and also ON walking street, people were having to quickly re-direct their walking to avoid having him fall into them

every now and then in between acting like a complete pillock he stopped to give one of his buddies a high five, I did not find out his origin but isnt that a typically American trait?

I couldnt really work out whether he was completely pissed or just a complete spanner... when he whacked his head maybe he carried on to demonstrate to his mates he was ok..(loosely speaking that is)

[Chang_paarp]

Helicopter

It is a common sight any place where there is way too much alcohol. Although Europeans escaping the cold seem to excell at this form of entertaining everyone. Not sure what excuse the Ausies and seppos have.

Go to Bali and see the same behaivour just different nationalities. It is the Aussies acting like idiots there, followed by the rest of the world. I'm sure you can think of a few other places in the sun that has the same symptoms.

Put it down to the repressed need to draw attention to themselves, in Pattaya it is encouraged by being convinced they are in fact a hansum man.

[helicoptor]

Cheers

Like I said im not ranting, complaining is pointless as nothing can be done, just an observation of a situation that made me cringe

He certainly was a hansum man, what with that hairdo, inverted chest and sunburnt arms/shoulders (maybe wore a chang vest and fell asleep on the beach that day) the girls were falling at his feet

Am I doing this to make me feel better about myself? why yes!

[Robski]

Aussies and Yanks being English speaking tend to give the English tourists a bad name.

[britmaveric]

It's entertaining as watching a train wreck - we still watch don't we? Anyways not really bother in the biog scheme of things as long as he's behaving himself. I've watched far worse from farang ladies in Patters recently.

[Ulysses G.]

Aussies and Yanks being English speaking tend to give the English tourists a bad name.

English tourists don't need any help!

[Kerryd]

It's entertaining as watching a train wreck - we still watch don't we? Anyways not really bother in the biog scheme of things as long as he's behaving himself. I've watched far worse from farang ladies in Patters recently.

I had to laugh. Was sitting in the Lucky Stars Bar (across from the Marine Bar), people watching one night. Right at the little barricade where soi Lucky meets Walking Street.

Farang woman arguing with her husband. Their 3 kids (boys, looked about 13/15/17) watching. She storms off, returns, argues some more with her husband, tries to kick him in the nuts and storms off again.

Husband watches her go for a couple of seconds, then dashes off to try and catch her. Meanwhile the 3 kids are standing there, not sure what to do. Large crowds of people going up and down the street, easy to lose track of where you are (if you are a wide-eyed newbie, let alone a couple of kids).

I left about 5 minutes later. Kids were still standing there waiting for their parents to come back. Not sure what the argument was about. Maybe pops had been caught ogling the merchandise a little too closely ?

Thing is, his wife was a pretty good looking woman (for a farang)

Ah well. Nothing like travelling half-way around the world to make a fool of yourself, regardless of nationality !

Speaking of which, Hey Britmaveric !

Got any pics of you molesting the chrome poles at Jenny's ?

No ?

Want some ?

[Globeliner]

......one guy (late thirties/forties) was dancing as if his feet were on fire, no shirt on and had his head shaved in a union jack style.....

A few sips of warm lager and all the Poms act like that.

"POMS" being spelt wrong, infact it is "POME" which quite literally means "PRISONERS OF MOTHER ENGLAND" the reason for that is all the convicts carved "POME" into the decks and masts of the ships as they were being re-located to Australia.

Jesus do they have a chip on the shoulder or what!

[larvidchr]

Resently I was doing the people watching just across the road from a Norwegian bar, this big very drunk fellow having a loud argument with the Thai girlfriend, the big mooron gave her a slap in the face after wich she in turn craked a beerbottle on top of his head.

5 min. later they where walking arm in arm down the road after she gently had draped a tshirt over his shoulders

It is entertaining, but yes you do cringe now and again.

Regards.

[bangkokrick]

......one guy (late thirties/forties) was dancing as if his feet were on fire, no shirt on and had his head shaved in a union jack style.....

A few sips of warm lager and all the Poms act like that.

"POMS" being spelt wrong, infact it is "POME" which quite literally means "PRISONERS OF MOTHER ENGLAND" the reason for that is all the convicts carved "POME" into the decks and masts of the ships as they were being re-located to Australia.

Jesus do they have a chip on the shoulder or what!

As an Englishman i agree with you translation of POME, but what i never understand is why you call the English POMS because it is obviously the Aussies that are POMS from their origin?

[Mighty Mouse]

Your explanation of POME is quite correct but the spelling, POM, is now the accepted form in all publications.

The Aussie generation may have started from English convict stock, but that stock developed into a race of people far superior to those from whence they came.

We built a strong (sporting) nation from your convicts whilst you POMS continue to flounder with your toffee-nosed aristocrats.

[rak sa_ngop]

Your explanation of POME is quite correct but the spelling, POM, is now the accepted form in all publications.

The Aussie generation may have started from English convict stock, but that stock developed into a race of people far superior to those from whence they came.

We built a strong (sporting) nation from your convicts whilst you POMS continue to flounder with your toffee-nosed aristocrats.

I thought that the original spelling was POHm; Prisoner of His/Her majesty. So speaks the Urban Dictionary.

[helicoptor]

lay off highjacking my thread and run along an throw another shrimp on the baarrrrbie...

[PanzerJohn]

Don't feed the Troll. Must be close to to Songkran. Next week it will be, "bloody drunk English with water cannons, I hate it, stay indoors for the week,as do my Thai friends, as I am nearly Thai myself.Don't know why I live in Patters,I could live anywhere and moan, all the drunks and prostitutes. But then I couldn't sneak down Soi 6 after golf on Sunday."

Edited April 10, 2007 by PanzerJohn

[helicoptor]

Nope I'll be going out for Songkhran, and joining in throwing water, getting soaked. I will however refrain from adding Ice, flour etc, using high-powered equipment and targeting moving vehicles

[mamanoodle]

What would be the attraction of people watching without all those tosspots of every nationalty. Not much entertainment(cringe factor or not) in watching perfectly behaved people out and about.

[helicoptor]

What would be the attraction of people watching without all those tosspots of every nationalty. Not much entertainment(cringe factor or not) in watching perfectly behaved people out and about.

I would not define it as entertainment mama, Entertainment for me comes in the form of a good band playing, people dancing and tapping along to it. Not po-going like your off your head as if you were on LSD at a Sex Pistols concert

[glenbat]

I've watched far worse from farang ladies in Patters recently.

not the large pale skinned ones squeezed into a 'kini 4 sizes tooooooooo small for them?

[helicoptor]

careful glenbat or you will get the female mods offering you a holiday

[suiging]

But hopefully the holiday will not be with the afore mentioned female mods in their Toooooooooooooooo small "kinis"

Everything in Patters fair game in " Mod-eration"

Edited April 10, 2007 by suiging

[Globeliner]

Your explanation of POME is quite correct but the spelling, POM, is now the accepted form in all publications.

The Aussie generation may have started from English convict stock, but that stock developed into a race of people far superior to those from whence they came.

We built a strong (sporting) nation from your convicts whilst you POMS continue to flounder with your toffee-nosed aristocrats.

So you aussies are the 'POMS' then right?

[naka]

People watchers need to get a life of their own.

Naka.