What were your fun times in Thailand?

I was speeding, on an unregistered motorbike, without a licence, drinking a beer, on the wrong side of the road... And the police arrested me.... for wearing my wife's silly hat.

Few people would believe those things which happened here decades ago...

Like if you paid for the bar it was normal that the girl stays overnight, including fun in the morning.

No stress, just fun. 

Everyday is fun

3 hours ago, sipi said:

What were your fun times in Thailand?

I was speeding, on an unregistered motorbike, without a licence, drinking a beer, on the wrong side of the road... And the police arrested me.... for wearing my wife's silly hat.

 

They're not police!😄😄

9 hours ago, roo860 said:

 

They're not police!😄😄

Correct. They're my bother in law's.

10 hours ago, roo860 said:

 

They're not police!😄😄

In the smaller villages a handful of men get deputised during songkran, new years and other special occasions to keep the peace. I believe they have the power to arrest during those times. Which is a bit unusual, because they're normally the ones to get the most drunk. And most of the villages are related anyway.

15 hours ago, sipi said:

In the smaller villages a handful of men get deputised during songkran, new years and other special occasions to keep the peace. I believe they have the power to arrest during those times. Which is a bit unusual, because they're normally the ones to get the most drunk. And most of the villages are related anyway.

That sounds like an excellent scheme; the head deputises, so that he’s not on duty and can take a drink.  He deputises the older piss-heads, so they won’t arrest themselves, but old enough that they’re not hooligans, even when they’re drunk, and the hooligans will not argue, because they’ve got so many nephews and son-in-law’s.  No-one gets arrested, and it’s the village with the lowest crime rate in Isaan.  They’re still on the same arrest-book since the police station burnt down in 1978 during the fart-lighting contest.

Thing I loved about Thailand, at least 20 years ago, was that I could basically do anything ( short of hurting other people ), and no one hassled me about it, unless it went wrong, in which case it was all over.

So as long as I didn't hurt anyone I could speed as fast as I liked on the road, not wear a helmet on a m'bike if I didn't want to, behave naughtily in a gogo, look at cute girls without being scowled at, etc etc etc.

I liked that Thailand doesn't make everyone else suffer to protect stupid  people eg don't have to fence a swimming pool to stop other people's sprogs drowning in it. In LOS we are responsible for ourselves, not everyone else, and if we mess up, it is our fault and not societies fault. Health and safety- what's that?

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Thing I loved about Thailand, at least 20 years ago, was that I could basically do anything ( short of hurting other people ), and no one hassled me about it, unless it went wrong, in which case it was all over.

So as long as I didn't hurt anyone I could speed as fast as I liked on the road, not wear a helmet on a m'bike if I didn't want to, behave naughtily in a gogo, look at cute girls without being scowled at, etc etc etc.

I liked that Thailand doesn't make everyone else suffer to protect stupid  people eg don't have to fence a swimming pool to stop other people's sprogs drowning in it. In LOS we are responsible for ourselves, not everyone else, and if we mess up, it is our fault and not societies fault. Health and safety- what's that?

And the older you get, the more fun it gets. Yes, Thais do have a great sense of humour, and  great sense of appreciation.