Songkran Water Splashing Causes Viral Fight in Phuket

[spidermike007]

Phuket now seems to be the place that attracts the lowest of the low, the absolute gutter trash of foreigners.

 

If you don't want to be squirted, if you don't want to be sprayed, if you don't want to get soaked you just don't go out on Songkran. You stay home. This idiot went out, he got squirted and then he got upset. Sounds like a numskull just looking to pick a fight.

 

This is a perfect excuse to not renew his visa, you make problems here, you create havoc, you are sent home. Goodbye, see you. 

[richard_smith237]

3 hours ago, Mike Lister said:

At least 50% of foreign visitors to Songkran don't get it, there are legitimate targets and there are targets that are off limits. Anyone clearly not participating but needing to be in the area for other reasons, anyone on their way to work, anyone not dressed for a soaking, are NOT fair game.

 

Exactly this....   

 

A few years back we were at a friends house and positioned ourselves on the side of the street....  A 'dry' uniformed office worker passed on her motorcycle and my friend threw water at her....   I asked him why he did that... his answer "Its Songkran"....    Too many idiots just don't get it...   this was not in a centre of 'water play' (or whatever its called) it was on the outskirts where people who want to get involved are obvious.... usually the 'Songkran shirt' is a dead giveaway that they are 'ready for a soaking' and the motorcyclists will slow to engage.... 

 

 

Formal / smart dress on the other hand is also a giveaway that the person does not want to get involved and that is commonly honoured by all but a few idiots. 

 

There are those who state... "don't want to get wet, don't go out on Songkran" but thats impossible for a lot of people due to work commitments. 

 

 

A few years back we went to Soi 11 (Bangkok) with Wife, Son and friends... All was good fun until a 'witching hour' of around 6pm where the water spraying took on a somewhat of a more aggressive engagement.... we left before things would get a little too hardcore for a 7 year old... 

 

 

 

[SiSePuede419]

At 4:20 PM, on April 13th, 2024, someone couldn't afford 100B for a preroll?

What kind of civilization is this? 😄

[Bangkok Barry]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

According to his account, the shirtless man was not the initial target of the water gun. Instead, the water was sprayed on the motorbike taxi rider.

 

Oh, that's okay then. He was only wanting to possibly blind a motorcycle driver. All good harmless fun, unless the driver crashed or drives into people.

[charleskerins]

6 hours ago, Ben Zioner said:

This water spraying fetish, reveals the intellectual level of the country, and of course, of the foreigners who contribute to the idiocy.

As you sit on your throne far from the maddening crown won't you indulge us peasants in a little fun?

[charleskerins]

41 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Exactly this....   

 

A few years back we were at a friends house and positioned ourselves on the side of the street....  A 'dry' uniformed office worker passed on her motorcycle and my friend threw water at her....   I asked him why he did that... his answer "Its Songkran"....    Too many idiots just don't get it...   this was not in a centre of 'water play' (or whatever its called) it was on the outskirts where people who want to get involved are obvious.... usually the 'Songkran shirt' is a dead giveaway that they are 'ready for a soaking' and the motorcyclists will slow to engage.... 

 

 

Formal / smart dress on the other hand is also a giveaway that the person does not want to get involved and that is commonly honoured by all but a few idiots. 

 

There are those who state... "don't want to get wet, don't go out on Songkran" but thats impossible for a lot of people due to work commitments. 

 

 

A few years back we went to Soi 11 (Bangkok) with Wife, Son and friends... All was good fun until a 'witching hour' of around 6pm where the water spraying took on a somewhat of a more aggressive engagement.... we left before things would get a little too hardcore for a 7 year old... 

 

 

 

He was shirtless   F'  em     put on a shirt or get sprayed

[richard_smith237]

1 minute ago, charleskerins said:

He was shirtless   F'  em     put on a shirt or get sprayed

 

 

Yeah... I kind of agree with you... 

 

Shirtless and riding through an area of 'water players' is a recipe for a soaking....       this seems like an angry man looking for an excuse for an altercation.... 

 

Regardless - there are still too many tools who don't get the 'unwritten rules of Songkran engagement' and consider anyone and everyone fair game, which IMO is quite wrong. 

[thecyclist]

10 hours ago, JoseThailand said:

I totally understand his feelings. You can spray those who want to participate, but leave alone those who don't!

I agree, but it's never going to happen. There's a sadistic element to modern day Songkran. The real fun for many young Thais is to splash those that don't want to be soaked ,  if it's a farang that is even more hilarious. Some put chunks of ice in it ,or go straight for your crotch or face .Told a Thai once that he could splash me, but not my bag as there were documents in it .Of course, he went for the bag.

Can't see how a mature adult can enjoy this for longer than a couple of hours.

[bluejets]

Both need to wake up to themselves..........then chuck them out for breaking the law. 

[eumenades]

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I did, in the morning. And I made sure I return home before the splashing starts. 

 

Right. Do your shopping at Macro around 6am. Stock up on milk and bread. Read a book and watch videos.

[rwill]

I would say throwing buckets of water or spraying motorbikes with a hose can be quite dangerous.  I've seen some get doused with large amounts of water.

 

 

[Dan O]

9 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Being out and about is participation... that's the point.

Not necessarily. Foreigners are usually the ones getting overly zealous in throwing  water. Couple years back I was in the back of a bus going thru town to my hotel and a foreign a-hole decided to climb on the back and dump buckets full of water inside on everyone ruining my phone and camera and passport and most of the documents in my backpack as well as items of the others in the bus.

[OneMoreFarang]

22 minutes ago, eumenades said:

Right. Do your shopping at Macro around 6am. Stock up on milk and bread. Read a book and watch videos.

 

I have no idea when Macro opens.

Foodland opens 24/7 and my bakery and favorite cafe at 7am. That leaves me enough time to return before the splashing starts. 

[CANSIAM]

Songkran - if you are outside, you are participating......want to stay dry, stay inside 48 hours..........sanook ! 

[GroveHillWanderer]

11 hours ago, JoseThailand said:

I totally understand his feelings. You can spray those who want to participate, but leave alone those who don't!

According to the OP, he was left alone.

 

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a black shirt foreigner allegedly water-gunned the motorbike taxi rider, but the shirtless foreigner was not hit.

 

[tandor]

3 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I've not left my house since Wednesday!

good idea ...particularly with all that  'high intensity'  in the air.

[xylophone]

6 hours ago, ThaiFelix said:

Anybody with the slightest brain function knows that he/she is in Thailand, its Songkran and people throw water as part of the festivities, and if getting wet bothers you so much stay at home or wear a raincoat if you have to go out.  No excuses for getting angry over this.  Lock him up!

and if getting wet bothers you so much stay at home or wear a raincoat if you have to go out......

 

Wearing a raincoat doesn't stop the idiots from trying to spray you, and I remember a few years back having to go out on my motorbike to get something from the supermarket, so I put on my raincoat and crash helmet and set off – – unfortunately I was held up by a slight traffic jam and one idiot rushed out from the side of the road, lifted up my helmet visor and sprayed water directly into my eyes.

 

What an absolute f/wit.......and what amazes me is the amount of older foreigners who participate in this nonsense. If they like water fights so much why not stay in their own country and throw/spray water at each other?

 

[chickenslegs]

Even Jesus couldn't stop the fighting ...

[ArnieP]

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I've not left my house since Wednesday!

Same here :)

[twizzian]

11 hours ago, eumenades said:

One Songkran, I was hit on my m/c by a bucket of water that nearly knocked me of the bike. I stopped and, erm, fisticuffs was the result (plus a broken wristwatch). Ho hum.

Then you should either avoid that road or drive at an extremely slow pace through the mayhem 

[0ffshore360]

15 hours ago, JoseThailand said:

I totally understand his feelings. You can spray those who want to participate, but leave alone those who don't!

How to distinguish ? To those on the street anyone is a target. If  not want to be a target stay home, away .

It may be annoying and frustrating as hell but it is a National festival foreigners have opted to come/stay for.

 

[NorthernRyland]

11 hours ago, Mike Lister said:

At least 50% of foreign visitors to Songkran don't get it, there are legitimate targets and there are targets that are off limits. Anyone clearly not participating but needing to be in the area for other reasons, anyone on their way to work, anyone not dressed for a soaking, are NOT fair game.

 

This seems way off base to me. Ok maybe very old people or actual government officials in uniform are spared but everyone else is game on.

 

The majority of the people splashing water are kids in the 9-20 age range and you've given them full permission for 3 days to run around in a pickup truck with a barrel of water. Do you seriously think they know any better or even care? Thai's are so repressed the rest of the year you really see the excitement in their eyes when they find a target. For the rest of the people mob mentality and booze is another powerful factor. They do not care.

 

I long ago gave up trying to go out unless I'm 100% prepared to get wet and even so it's not the water that pisses me off it's the being targeted aspect and drunk people trying to get you to pull over so they can soak you and if they get you stopped they won't take no for answer. It's like hunting almost. The real reason I hate songkran is because I can't go outside for 3 days without a car and have to sit home and listen to retardation inducing music. It's horrible.

 

Why didn't I get buy the cheapest ticket to some country? I need to make that my songkran resolution for next year.

[Confuscious]

11 hours ago, Mike Lister said:

At least 50% of foreign visitors to Songkran don't get it, there are legitimate targets and there are targets that are off limits. Anyone clearly not participating but needing to be in the area for other reasons, anyone on their way to work, anyone not dressed for a soaking, are NOT fair game.

A few years ago, I was chilling out at the local restaurant while my daughter was celebrating Songkhran outside the restaurant.
A foreigner, who was well known in the village, was participating with the water throwing.
His favorite target was splashing a bucket of water, with some ice cubes, into the Songtaws.
Although the Songtaws had their windows closed, he used to go behind the Songtaw and throw his bucket of water shouting "Happy Pee Mai".
Most of the people in the Songtaw where girls who were going to work at the 7/11 shop or Family Market.
 

[Confuscious]

11 hours ago, Mike Lister said:

At least 50% of foreign visitors to Songkran don't get it, there are legitimate targets and there are targets that are off limits. Anyone clearly not participating but needing to be in the area for other reasons, anyone on their way to work, anyone not dressed for a soaking, are NOT fair game.

A few years ago, I was chilling out at the local restaurant while my daughter was celebrating Songkhran outside the restaurant.
A foreigner, who was well known in the village, was participating with the water throwing.
His favorite target was splashing a bucket of water, with some ice cubes, into the Songtaws.
Although the Songtaws had their windows closed, he used to go behind the Songtaw and throw his bucket of water shouting "Happy Pee Mai".
Most of the people in the Songtaw where girls who were going to work at the 7/11 shop or Family Market.
 

[Confuscious]

17 hours ago, JoseThailand said:

I totally understand his feelings. You can spray those who want to participate, but leave alone those who don't!

  

 

A few years ago, I was chilling out at the local restaurant while my daughter was celebrating Songkhran outside the restaurant.
A foreigner, who was well known in the village, was participating with the water throwing.
His favorite target was splashing a bucket of water, with some ice cubes, into the Songtaws.
Although the Songtaws had their windows closed, he used to go behind the Songtaw and throw his bucket of water shouting "Happy Pee Mai".
Most of the people in the Songtaw where girls who were going to work at the 7/11 shop or Family Market.
 

[Dan O]

2 hours ago, 0ffshore360 said:

How to distinguish ? To those on the street anyone is a target. If  not want to be a target stay home, away .

It may be annoying and frustrating as hell but it is a National festival foreigners have opted to come/stay for.

 

Sometimes you can't just put your life on hold because idiots have no self control and think everyone is a target and ok to drench. Some people actual have to go out to work and it becomes almost impossible to avoid. 

[0ffshore360]

8 hours ago, Dan O said:

Sometimes you can't just put your life on hold because idiots have no self control and think everyone is a target and ok to drench. Some people actual have to go out to work and it becomes almost impossible to avoid. 

Granted there is that side of real life.

[Hummin]

9 hours ago, Confuscious said:

  

 

A few years ago, I was chilling out at the local restaurant while my daughter was celebrating Songkhran outside the restaurant.
A foreigner, who was well known in the village, was participating with the water throwing.
His favorite target was splashing a bucket of water, with some ice cubes, into the Songtaws.
Although the Songtaws had their windows closed, he used to go behind the Songtaw and throw his bucket of water shouting "Happy Pee Mai".
Most of the people in the Songtaw where girls who were going to work at the 7/11 shop or Family Market.
 

And nobody told him how much of an idiot he was? 

 

I would have

[eumenades]

16 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

I have no idea when Macro opens.

Foodland opens 24/7 and my bakery and favorite cafe at 7am. That leaves me enough time to return before the splashing starts. 

 6am.

[SingAPorn]

Why does Thailand continue to allow all these violent drug addicts scum to enter ? They should ban cannabis.