Ubon: Drunk foreigner, 66, spits at passersby outside his ex-wife's house - makes national news

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Image: Screenshot

 

The antics of a drunk foreign pensioner aged 66 made the Channel 7 national news.

 

Yoi Kham Yai police in Muang district of Ubon Ratchathani in Thailand's north eastern region were called to a house on the Kham Yai to Hua Kham Road.

 

The foreigner was drunk and dressed in shorts and a shirt, but with no shoes.

 

He was on a marble bench outside his ex-wife's house. He had been spitting at people passing and had climbed into a property adjacent to this house that belonged to relatives of his ex.

 

He said that he had lived in Thailand for more than 10 years and been married and had two children but both he and his first wife had new families after that.

 

The house where he went belonged to his second wife with whom he had also split up a year ago. 

 

He came back on April 21st (the day before the incident).

 

Police tried to calm the situation but the foreigner would not go quietly and was cuffed and taken to the police station.

 

Channel 7 reported that the neighbours feared Covid with the spitting. 

 

He was charged with being drunk and disorderly.

 

The media said that the foreigner's second wife had found a new man after two months of separation and was currently away on a trip in Udon and had shut up the house. 

 

She was aware of what happened and was planning on coming back at the end of the month. 

 

 

 

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[bdenner]

That's all we need from an idiot Farang! My feeling that a booze ban is coming has just been accelerated!

[Excel]

Can not condone this idiot but given the proclivity to Thais spitting anywhere and everywhere I guess this only made the xenophobic Thai news headlines because it was a foreign person.

[Poet]

I wish Germans were able to adapt a little better to Thai culture.

[Brierley]

One farang gets drunk and the probability of a nationwide booze ban increases....seriously? seriously?

 

I hope no farang gets caught paying for sex!

[FritsSikkink]

2 minutes ago, Excel said:

Can not condone this idiot but given the proclivity to Thais spitting anywhere and everywhere I guess this only made the xenophobic Thai news headlines because it was a foreign person.

He was spitting at people, something completely different.

[Excel]

16 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

He was spitting at people, something completely different.

So spittle only contains the covid virus when it is directed at a person does it ? Clearly you think that spitting is a socialy acceptabe  activity and that is is ok to to undertake what much of the world considers a disgusting habit. I hope I do not have the misfortunate to be anywhere near you if you condone such an unhealthy habit.

 

To educate you please read:- https://www.timesnownews.com/health/article/does-spit-transmit-covid-19-heres-what-you-should-do-after-contact-with-someone-elses-saliva/561221

Edited April 24, 2021 by Excel

[smedly]

47 minutes ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

He said that he had lived in Thailand for more than 10 years and been married and had two children but both he and his first wife had new families after that.

 

The house where he went belonged to his second wife with whom he had also split up a year ago. 

sounds like real gem

 

wonder where this idiot is from

[Sticky Rice Balls]

49 minutes ago, Poet said:

I wish Germans were able to adapt a little better to Thai culture.

He seemingly is.....by spitting...a nod to the chinese as well.....I esp like when thais shoot snot from their noses with the finger cannon.....

Edited April 24, 2021 by Sticky Rice Balls

[Poet]

7 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

He seeming is.....by spitting...a nod to the chinese as well.....I esp like when thais shoot snot from their noses with the finger cannon.....

I was thinking more of his catastrophic inability to manage Thai women.

If he had been able to summon up just enough charm to keep one of them onboard, his odd behaviour would be safely confined to a well-kept home, not relegated to the street and national news notoriety.

 

Edited April 24, 2021 by Poet

[BritManToo]

51 minutes ago, bdenner said:

That's all we need from an idiot Farang! My feeling that a booze ban is coming has just been accelerated!

If he had been Thai there would be a lot of dead women.

I really don't understand white folk that want to accept shared responsibility for all members of their race.

I have nothing in common with most white people, often not even my language.

Edited April 24, 2021 by BritManToo

[Sticky Rice Balls]

6 minutes ago, Poet said:

I was thinking more of his catastrophic inability to manage Thai women.

If he had been able to summon up just enough charm to keep one of them onboard, his odd behaviour would be safely confined to a well-kept home, not relegated to the street and national news notoriety.

 

Im still trying to crack the code on the ability to manage thai women---aka an enigma wrapped in a riddle..thrown into the matrix....

[BritManToo]

34 minutes ago, Excel said:

Clearly you think that spitting is a socialy acceptabe  activity and that is is ok to to undertake what much of the world considers a disgusting habit.

I'm betting most of the world don't consider spitting to be dirty.

The west is not 'much of the world', it's just a little bit.

 

Is being 'drunk and disorderly' a crime in Thailand, I've never seen a Thai drunk bothered by the police, let alone arrested for it.

Edited April 24, 2021 by BritManToo

[WineOh]

Just for the record, I was at home with the wife last night ????

[PatOngo]

17 minutes ago, smedly said:

wonder where this idiot is from

He's a foreigner, is'nt that enough? ????

[PatOngo]

6 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I have nothing in common with most white people,

Yes you do, you're NOT Thai!

[Bkk Brian]

What a dick. His behaviour has no excuse

[BritManToo]

Just now, PatOngo said:

Yes you do, you're NOT Thai!

There's a lot of Chinese and Burmese that aren't Thai either.

Most of whom spit quite a bit.

Edited April 24, 2021 by BritManToo

[PatOngo]

9 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

There's a lot of Chinese and Burmese that aren't Thai either.

 Yes, in a nutshell, there's Keks, Jeks, Farang and Khon Thai! That's it! ????

 

 

Edited April 24, 2021 by PatOngo

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, Excel said:

Can not condone this idiot but given the proclivity to Thais spitting anywhere and everywhere I guess this only made the xenophobic Thai news headlines because it was a foreign person.

There's a massive difference between deliberately spitting at people, something that Thais do not have a proclivity to do, and spitting on the ground, as disgusting as that is.

Edited April 24, 2021 by Liverpool Lou

[Excel]

Just now, Liverpool Lou said:

There's a massive difference between spittingpeople, something that Thais do not have a proclivity to do, and spitting on the ground, as disgusting as that is.

That opinion has already been discussed and dealt with earlier in this thread.

[digibum]

1 hour ago, Excel said:

So spittle only contains the covid virus when it is directed at a person does it ? Clearly you think that spitting is a socialy acceptabe  activity and that is is ok to to undertake what much of the world considers a disgusting habit. I hope I do not have the misfortunate to be anywhere near you if you condone such an unhealthy habit.

 

To educate you please read:- https://www.timesnownews.com/health/article/does-spit-transmit-covid-19-heres-what-you-should-do-after-contact-with-someone-elses-saliva/561221

 

I know that it's easy to see everything through the lens of covid at the moment, but in many countries spitting on another person is considered criminal assault.  We don't need to educate ourselves on spittle and covid because what he did was simply wrong. 

[Liverpool Lou]

7 minutes ago, Excel said:

That opinion has already been discussed and dealt with earlier in this thread.

So what?  Does that mean that all other comments are not allowed?

Edited April 24, 2021 by Liverpool Lou

[Excel]

6 minutes ago, digibum said:

 

I know that it's easy to see everything through the lens of covid at the moment, but in many countries spitting on another person is considered criminal assault.  We don't need to educate ourselves on spittle and covid because what he did was simply wrong. 

Whilst I agree with you in principle I dispute your first part of the your last sentence  given the responses shown by others on this forum.

[RobMuir]

2 hours ago, smedly said:

sounds like real gem

 

wonder where this idiot is from

France

 

Name is reported as Mr Yves Coquard on the Ubon Police Facebook page along with some uncensored photos of the drunken pig.

 

Overweight, elderly, balding, alcohol issues, no manners with a much younger Issan wife who appears not to like him much.

Would I be wrong in thinking he came to Thailand as a sex tourist?  

I doubt it was to visit the temples.

[jvs]

Lots of army camps,send the soldiers on a field trip and you will have plenty of spare beds!

What about all of the empty hotels?

Whatever action they decide to take,it is too late!!!!

So far Thailand has been lucky,just lucky.

[richard_smith237]

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I'm betting most of the world don't consider spitting to be dirty.

The west is not 'much of the world', it's just a little bit.

 

Is being 'drunk and disorderly' a crime in Thailand, I've never seen a Thai drunk bothered by the police, let alone arrested for it.

 

Its reported often enough in Thai press. 

 

If a Thai sits outside a house and starts spitting a passers by I imagine he’d receive very much the same treatment, especially if he doesn’t calm down.

[richard_smith237]

This guy needed to be arrested because of his antisocial behaviour. 

 

In combination with the addition risks under pandemic conditions his behaviour is dangerous, its assault.

 

Spitting ‘should’ be banned full stop, there is no reason to spit on the floor or anywhere else, but while spitting on the floor is disgusting and also elevates the risk of Covid-19 spread and other disease, actually targeting that spit at innocent passers by takes elevates the issue to another level. 

 

IF someone were to spit at at any of us or a member of our family under normal conditions I think many of us would find it difficult to restrain ourselves. With the additional risks under pandemic conditions I think it fair to assume any elevated reaction would be viewed as justifiable by many. 

 

 

[roo860]

32 minutes ago, RobMuir said:

France

 

Name is reported as Mr Yves Coquard on the Ubon Police Facebook page along with some uncensored photos of the drunken pig.

 

Overweight, elderly, balding, alcohol issues, no manners with a much younger Issan wife who appears not to like him much.

Would I be wrong in thinking he came to Thailand as a sex tourist?  

I doubt it was to visit the temples.

Was he charged with not having a shower as Well?????

[tifino]

the neighbours should know by now, from past experience; to not encircle and prod at an angry entrapped snake...