Pattaya: Man steals 200,000 baht from a temple - then goes on bargirl spending spree!

[faraday]

45 minutes ago, geronimo said:

When asked what motivated him to commit the crime, poor old Somchai cited Thai culture, which had spoiled him rotten since birth, plus the education system that left him short on the critical thinking skills, and he can't wait to be released, so he can do it all again .....

C'mon G'mo, let's have a poem!

 

????

[fangless]

1 hour ago, tomazbodner said:

Too difficult to read OP?

 

I did read the OP.
The cash may or may not have been for “tilling” but it does not negate the question; What was the cash doing in their quarters?

[geronimo]

5 minutes ago, faraday said:

C'mon G'mo, let's have a poem!

 

????

OK This is relevant ....

 

Money

 

Money is something

You can’t be without

It’s absolutely necessary

Of that there’s no doubt

 

We work all month

From six till ten

Then it’s all gone

And we start again

 

Slaves to the dollar

They yen and the franc

You’re never really you

Cos you’re owned by the bank

 

You work all your life

To get ahead of the game

But in the end

Your position is the same

 

Spending or saving

It doesn’t really matter

The poor stay poor

And the fat get fatter

 

Credit or Debit

It’s all the same to me

Living in the red

You’ll never be free

 

So how can we escape

This never ending pain

Of chasing after money

It’ll drive you insane

 

Atm’s are convenient

Punch in your pin

Count your cash

And throw the slip in the bin

 

Banks are the places

Where all the money’s stored

A little bit of interest

Is the saver’s reward

 

But when you want to borrow

The rates you pay are high

Banks will take good care of you

And pigs will fly!

 

Bankers are a scroogy bunch

Greedy is the word

They rank alongside Lawyers

Just above a turd

 

You get to see him

When you want a loan

Prove that you don’t need it

And he’ll do it on the phone

 

Money is a must have

We need it all the time

If you don’t fancy working

There’s always crime

 

One thing in our society

I think it’s rather odd

If you’ve got lots of money

You’re treated like a God!

 

Some people like to steal it

By fraud or other means

Holding up the teller

Or ATM machines

 

 

 

 

[ChipButty]

3 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

You couldn't make this up...

They do

[ChipButty]

So he had his night on the Tiles 

[bbi1]

3 hours ago, fangless said:

What were Monks doing with that amount of cash in their quarters?

Why is the monk in the left smiling at the suspect? Are they sharing a special moment together when their eyes met or what? 

[Don Mega]

1 hour ago, fangless said:

I did read the OP.
The cash may or may not have been for “tilling” but it does not negate the question; What was the cash doing in their quarters?

Ive read somewhere it was for tiling.

 

200k is hardly a huge amount to have sitting readily at hand.

[johnnybangkok]

The guy spent 30k on a necklace for a bargirl and 170,000 on hookers, drink and drugs.

 

The rest he wasted.

[trainman34014]

Put this Turd back in the gutter and wash him down the nearest drain !

[rott]

2 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

Too difficult to read OP?

 

No, too difficult to believe. 

[bluesofa]

24 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

1 hour ago, fangless said:

I did read the OP.
The cash may or may not have been for “tilling” but it does not negate the question; What was the cash doing in their quarters?

Ive read somewhere it was for tiling.

200k is hardly a huge amount to have sitting readily at hand.

We don't know how large the land is they were tilling.

Some of those land tilling machines don't come cheap according to Alibaba:

https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/land-tilling-machine.html

[CorpusChristie]

10 minutes ago, johnnybangkok said:

The guy spent 30k on a necklace for a bargirl and 170,000 on hookers, drink and drugs.

 

The rest he wasted.

I do know that it was just a joke , but the reality is that he wasted 200 000 Baht

He could have gone back to his village and lived on that for two years , now he will probably spend that amount of time in jail .

[fangless]

31 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

200k is hardly a huge amount to have sitting readily at hand.

It is for a Monk!

[fangless]

12 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

We don't know how large the land is they were tilling.

Some of those land tilling machines don't come cheap according to Alibaba:

https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/land-tilling-machine.html

I think they were talking about "roof tiles" not ploughing the land as the OP states "It was cash for tiling repairs to a pavilion".

[Don Mega]

16 minutes ago, fangless said:

It is for a Monk!

chump change for many of them.

 

[fangless]

1 minute ago, Don Mega said:

chump change for many of them.

 

That is as may be but it is not as it is meant to be!

[Don Mega]

2 minutes ago, fangless said:

That is as may be but it is not as it is meant to be!

are they not meant to cash on hand for building maintenance and repairs ?

[RubbaJohnny]

12 minutes ago, fangless said:

I think they were talking about "roof tiles" not ploughing the land as the OP states "It was cash for tiling repairs to a pavilion".

I'm glad no one suggested this generosity was  Ling Thai 

[Litlos]

Just around the corner from me. Apparently the monks had emptied the donation safe to get some repairs done to the buildings. This guy has apparently been wandering around the area for a few weeks and the neighbor has seen him several times to quote "looking like he is searching for something to steal". Well he has form for stealing already. Probably did not come past us as we are in a side Soi with some really good Soi guard dogs. Anyway wife is happy this guy will not be wandering the streets for a while.

 

Cheers

[bluesofa]

21 minutes ago, fangless said:

34 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

We don't know how large the land is they were tilling.

Some of those land tilling machines don't come cheap according to Alibaba:

https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/land-tilling-machine.html

I think they were talking about "roof tiles" not ploughing the land as the OP states "It was cash for tiling repairs to a pavilion".

Oh, OK. I think even if they had bought one, it would need adjusting, in case 'some fell on stony ground'

[Rookiescot]

4 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Don't ask awkward questions

Now thats the kind of monk I could go for a beer with.

[RJRS1301]

4 hours ago, Grumpy one said:

If the bar girls are true Buddhists they will return all that Somchai gave to them ????

Perhaps not everything he "gave" them

[sanuk711]

Spent most of it on Bar girls..................the rest he wasted............

[rumak]

Now that's my way of making merit !

[Orton Rd]

4 hours ago, pookondee said:

And just reading comments on another thread about how Thai guys dont pay..

its only old farangs that give money to BGs

they reckon.

Thai men just give money to giks, mia nois and 'massage' girls

[upena]

Monks aren't supposed to touch money

[Bender Rodriguez]

1) serial thief, why not in jail

 

2) at least he did something useful with the money  ????   kidding

 

3) monks need money ?  

[Matzzon]

That´s a real Somchai

[Rimmer]

Some off topic troll posts and replies removed

[potless]

3 hours ago, geronimo said:

We work all month

From six till ten

Then it’s all gone

And we start again

200k for booze and play                                                                                                                          He's spent his piggy bank                                                                                                                      Nothing for a rainy day                                                                                                                          He should have had a w***