If you were ever physically assaulted by a local, what would you do?

[bob smith]

Just now, BakedPanda said:

Bob should know its unlikely in the first place that you would be attacked by only 1 Thai, they always come with a few at least.

yep.

 

10 to 1 is their favorite ratio.

 

bob.

[JK-Trilly]

2 hours ago, bob smith said:

we all know how quickly things can escalate here.

one minute you are laughing and joking, the next it's all kicking off.

alcohol just makes everything worse of course..

 

for me personally if it was 1 on 1 I would stand my ground and fight back

2 on 1 I would still stand my ground and give it my best

 

3 or more I would probably walk/run away.

 

involving the police is a definite no no as no good would ever come out of that..

they will always side with the thais no matter what and you will end up paying through the nose.

 

what would you lot do if, for whatever reason, you found yourself in a violent altercation with a thai man?

 

bob.

 

I heard this works really well. 

 

 

[BakedPanda]

[BakedPanda]

Just now, JK-Trilly said:

 

I heard this works really well. 

 

 

Going entirely (fake) crazy and starting to scream and breaking <deleted>, actually often works as a decoy.

[BakedPanda]

2 minutes ago, bob smith said:

yep.

 

10 to 1 is their favorite ratio.

 

bob.

Yeah well at least always 2-3 : 1 

[1FinickyOne]

kiss them back?

[CallumWK]

Must be a really great weekend with friends on Samet and Koh Chang, if you still have time to troll the forum with silly topics 12 hours a day

[BarraMarra]

34 minutes ago, bob smith said:

everyone has their own world and interprets things differently.

 

some of us have pride, self respect.

 

bob.

Pride will put you in an Urn here Bob you of all know this.

[Jingthing]

That's easy.

 

Lick my wounds 

 

Avoid police.

 

Avoid the oress.

[susanlea]

7 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

Must be a really great weekend with friends on Samet and Koh Chang, if you still have time to troll the forum with silly topics 12 hours a day

I doubt Bob gets out much.

[bob smith]

Just now, susanlea said:

I doubt Bob gets out much.

i'm on the beach now havin a beer.

 

just checked out, on the way to koh chang soon.

 

bob.

[susanlea]

Just now, bob smith said:

i'm on the beach now havin a beer.

 

just checked out, on the way to koh chang soon.

 

bob.

Stayed 1 night on Samet 

[bob smith]

Just now, susanlea said:

Stayed 1 night on Samet 

we've decided to go to Koh Changy,

 

it's dead here.

 

better atmosphere for the game tomorrow there we hope.

 

bob & the boys.

[susanlea]

Just now, bob smith said:

we've decided to go to Koh Changy,

 

it's dead here.

 

better atmosphere for the game tomorrow there we hope.

 

bob & the boys.

What game?

[bob smith]

Just now, susanlea said:

What game?

england spain.

 

are you livin on the moon suzy?

 

bob.

[BakedPanda]

7 minutes ago, bob smith said:

england spain.

 

are you livin on the moon suzy?

 

bob.

Technically speaking that game is not tomorrow tho..

[bob smith]

Just now, BakedPanda said:

Technically speaking that game is not tomorrow tho..

may as well be.

 

we will be up all night anyway.

 

jay (one of the lads in our group) mentioned somethin about ice.

i told him i don't like it in my beer 😉 

 

bob.

[susanlea]

18 minutes ago, bob smith said:

england spain.

 

are you livin on the moon suzy?

 

bob.

Spain 2

England 0

[SAFETY FIRST]

3 hours ago, bob smith said:

what would you lot do if, for whatever reason, you found yourself in a violent altercation with a thai man?

I'm a lover not a fighter. 

 

I see you've been out and about, training, keeping fit, getting ready for any altercations with the Thai's. 

 

Looking good mate. 👍

 

[bob smith]

Just now, susanlea said:

Spain 2

England 0

didn't know you were Spanish, sue.

 

Paella for tea tonight?

 

bob.

[susanlea]

6 minutes ago, bob smith said:

didn't know you were Spanish, sue.

 

Paella for tea tonight?

 

bob.

Si

[bob smith]

Just now, SAFETY FIRST said:

I'm a lover not a fighter. 

 

I see you've been out and about, training, keeping fit, getting ready for any altercations with the Thai's. 

 

Looking good mate. 👍

 

 

....that girl acting like she was too good for him.

 

I bet if he pulled 10,000 baht out his pocket and invited her up she would've snapped his hand off!

 

bob.

[richard_smith237]

2 minutes ago, bob smith said:

....that girl acting like she was too good for him.

 

I bet if he pulled 10,000 baht out his pocket and invited her up she would've snapped his hand off!

 

bob.

 

'him' ??...  You are using the 3rd person bob... is that not you ?

[bob smith]

Just now, richard_smith237 said:

 

'him' ??...  You are using the 3rd person bob... is that not you ?

maybe, maybe not..

 

guess you will never know, richard!

 

bob.

[susanlea]

Bob every morning

 

 

[richard_smith237]

5 minutes ago, bob smith said:

6 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

'him' ??...  You are using the 3rd person bob... is that not you ?

maybe, maybe not..

 

guess you will never know, richard!

 

bob.

 

No Rolex and just not smooth enough with the ladies - its obviously Malcom !!!  

[bob smith]

Just now, richard_smith237 said:

 

No Rolex and just not smooth enough with the ladies - its obviously Malcom !!!  

I thought it was Suzy! 

 

bob.

[marin]

1 hour ago, bob smith said:

i'm on the beach now havin a beer.

 

just checked out, on the way to koh chang soon.

 

Sure you are bob,

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

4 hours ago, bob smith said:

involving the police is a definite no no

 

I definitely do agree that this is true in Thailand.

This is also true in many other countries.

 

It's all a matter of probability theory and the decisive factor leading to a higher probability of being attacked is one's behavior, and also one's locale, and just how much time, if any, one chooses to sit in bars, of any type.

 

If you spend your time, mostly, on Thailand's university campuses, then the probability of an unprovoked attack is quite low.

 

However, on a uni campus here in Thailand, the chances of being attacked by another Farang is actually quite high.

 

In Thailand, it is one's fellow Farang that are the most dangerous to one's health and well-being......and....

THIS is why I have ZERO Farang acquaintances in Thailand.

 

Farang in Thailand are just too weird for me.

 Michener wrote about this in one of his books called...

Rascals in Paradise, or some such title.

 

So be warned.

Do not get close to Farang.

Give them a very wide berth if you want to prevent being attacked for no reason....or...

To spend much of your time with crazy people.

 

Believe me....Some of you KNOW what I am talking about.

 

  

[Hummin]

Trouble do not seek me, I do not seek trouble.

 

Once in Brazil I was targeted by 3 men doing a short cut back from shopping, I went up against a wall with my back, smiled, stretched my arms out to the sides, they backed off,