Rain coats are cheap.

Imona use one and full face helmet and ride my filthy scoot down 6.

Save B100 wash job.?

"""Riding a scooter in Soi 6....in the middle of Songkran...and expecting not to be soaked?....."""

 

Must be:

1) new to Pattaya ( doubtful, driving a motor bike )

OR most likely

2) slightly insane

UNLESS staying on the soi - if then, he should have known what would happen.

 

🤔

58 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

It is a an UNESCO ‘intangible cultural heritage', a haughty reference for what I mostly see as a collection of infantile drunks chucking water about with sporadic fights breaking out!

I agree with your assessment in areas where western tourists gather. Normally passive aggressive farang  A holes become active aggressive farang A holes.

I leave Pattaya every year for last 20 years ( been here 25). Stay in Ramkhamhaeng area of BKK. No problems at all.

2 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Riding a scooter in Soi 6....in the middle of Songkran...and expecting not to be soaked? Victim blaming?

 

It should be illegal to throw water at a moving vehicle, especially a motorcyclist!

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Police suggested he recover before filing a formal complaint.

Yeah, take your time filing a complaint so the foreigners responsible can leave the country. 

Sounds like the guy is the problem. 

2 hours ago, simon43 said:

20 years ago I was dragged to a Songkran street fight by some mad (they usually are) Thai GF.  A white guy was a bit of a novelty in that town 20 years ago, and all the local Thais wanted to do was spray me with water and rub white talc into my face.

 

Unfortunately, I had just had very important lasik surgery on both eyes.. I spent the time with my hands over my eyes, trying to keep the talc and water out!

 

And, the result was?

 

You haven't finished your anecdote....

 

Don't want get wet ? Just stay in your home only that 

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Police suggested he recover before filing a formal complaint.

 

Good idea, that'll give the perpetrators plenty of time to head for the hills. The cops might even offer them a lift, lol.

18 hours ago, baansgr said:

One more reason foreigners should not participate in Songran...let the Thais enjoy their New Year celebrations without dumbski intervention 

Have you seen the amount of violent gang fights which took place over Songkran involving just Thai youths? All over Thailand. One involving a shooting.

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

It is a an UNESCO ‘intangible cultural heritage', a haughty reference for what I mostly see as a collection of infantile drunks chucking water about with sporadic fights breaking out!

 

Not intangible for this guy

 

5 hours ago, jacko45k said:

So he took a walk down soi 6, in Songkran???????

Are you illiterate?  What did you do?  Overhear some people briefly mentioning the incident then looked at the picture then posted here to ask us what happened with seven question marks???????

1 hour ago, papa al said:

Rain coats are cheap.

Imona use one and full face helmet and ride my filthy scoot down 6.

Save B100 wash job.?

How much are raincoats here and where can I buy one or two?

6 minutes ago, keysersoze276 said:

How much are raincoats here and where can I buy one or two?

63 baht !!  😆

 

 

18 hours ago, persimmon said:

The Thais are usually polite and ask before throwing water . It`s the aggressive Farangs  who are the problem . 

Not that I've seen in 7 years here. I was coming home with my 8 year old daughter on a scooter and just before we go to our village a kid throws a bucket of water in our faces, which isn't safe. When someone gets decked for this they deserve it. You don't play games around children on scooters. I don't care about getting wet, as I have many times, but anyone who throws water at moving scooters, especially with children aboard, deserves what they get. Just after that, we got sprayed by a watergun, which isn't a problem.

54 minutes ago, Lopburikid said:

Have you seen the amount of violent gang fights which took place over Songkran involving just Thai youths? All over Thailand. One involving a shooting.

Witht the daily reporting of a foreigner doing something wrong her, some don't realize that 99% of criminal and stupid activity here is still locals against locals.

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

56 minutes ago, Lopburikid said:

Have you seen the amount of violent gang fights which took place over Songkran involving just Thai youths? All over Thailand. One involving a shooting.

Witht the daily reporting of a foreigner doing something wrong her, some don't realize that 99% of criminal and stupid activity here is still locals against locals.

 

More than 99%...  but most of it is of no interest to the social media rhetoric that either likes to point the finger at foreigners, or serves foreign social media.

 

There is also the element that when Thai's commit violence it considered normal by many because it is expected and they know no better, where as foreigners 'should' know better than to behave as they have, for some reason attracting more commentary.

 

 

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Unwarranted soaking could result in legal consequences for those involved,

 

Right 500 baht and that would clear it all. Stupid of the victim to venture Songkran and thinking he would go home dry.

43 minutes ago, keysersoze276 said:

How much are raincoats here and where can I buy one or two?

63 baht !!  😆

 

Try 7-11, open 24 hours a day - where I got one.

7 hours ago, jacko45k said:

So he took a walk down soi 6, in Songkran???????

 

To show off his new tattoo ?

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

attempting to avoid water due to a fresh tattoo,

 

 

Maybe his tattoo read:-

 

19 hours ago, persimmon said:

The Thais are usually polite

This is factually incorrect. 

 

The so called  'politeness' is fake at best, passive aggressive at worst.

 

The Don.

19 hours ago, persimmon said:

The Thais are usually polite and ask before throwing water . It`s the aggressive Farangs  who are the problem . 

Say what???? You need to get out more. 

16 minutes ago, Don Giovanni said:

This is factually incorrect. 

 

The so called  'politeness' is fake at best, passive aggressive at worst.

 

Sad at best bob/don. The Thai's have you and your ilk figured out. Perhaps why you slunk off to Japan. 

29 minutes ago, marin said:

Sad at best bob/don. The Thai's have you and your ilk figured out. Perhaps why you slunk off to Japan. 

The only place he (Bob) has slunk off to is the local ladyboy bar here in Thailand.

Only low class uneducated people get "Tramp Stamps" especially in Thailand during Songkran.

6 hours ago, simon43 said:

20 years ago I was dragged to a Songkran street fight by some mad (they usually are) Thai GF.  A white guy was a bit of a novelty in that town 20 years ago, and all the local Thais wanted to do was spray me with water and rub white talc into my face.

 

Unfortunately, I had just had very important lasik surgery on both eyes.. I spent the time with my hands over my eyes, trying to keep the talc and water out!

You where dragged, your GF was 2 meters long and weight in at 200kg?

5 hours ago, edwardflory said:

"""Riding a scooter in Soi 6....in the middle of Songkran...and expecting not to be soaked?....."""

 

Must be:

1) new to Pattaya ( doubtful, driving a motor bike )

OR most likely

2) slightly insane

UNLESS staying on the soi - if then, he should have known what would happen.

 

🤔

 

Or more likely just the usual mindset of those having come 2nd in an altercation..

He signals 'dont wet me'

Gets ignored

Pulls up his big boy pants and goes remonstrating

Says things above his station or ability to see through

Gets hit

Goes into 'I was blameless just minding my business/ hey its medical reasons' mode

 

12 hours ago, jacko45k said:

So he took a walk down soi 6, in Songkran???????

Exactly. Was he really thinking he was gonna stay dry? This guy just looked for it 

19 hours ago, Emdog said:

I agree with your assessment in areas where western tourists gather. Normally passive aggressive farang  A holes become active aggressive farang A holes.

I leave Pattaya every year for last 20 years ( been here 25). Stay in Ramkhamhaeng area of BKK. No problems at all.

Ah well, nearly over. I can have a shave and emerge blinking into the sunlight soon myself!