Drunk Farang

[aehn]

Drunk farangs are usually more obnoxious than drunk Thais because they are more obnoxious when sober too.

exactly...

[surface]

Was on Soi 7 a while back and saw a couple of drunk 40 something American business men screaming "you f*ckn n*gger" to each other, back and forth, for a few minutes. My TG asked what it meant, told her, and she just shrugged. The funny thing is I realized that the Thai's working there probably wouldn't care even if they knew what it meant.

[burman]

It's strange because now when I see farang, I don't feel that I am one myself.

I used to be a farang

Have you 'upgraded' to become Asian now?

[lukey1979]

Has anyone noticed that in a land that is so concerned about the availability of cheap spirits, drunk-driving and round-the-clock drinking where some men seem to practically clean their teeth with whiskey in the morning, that they get plastered at the drop of a hat? I've seen this time and again at weddings, funerals and just general parties. The men all make a big show of putting all the bottles on the table, grinning, rubbing their hands in anticipation, and then 30 minutes later, they're totally bladdered! And that's with half a ton of ice with beer and ice and water with whiskey. They make a big show of getting the dumb Thai (me!) to sit down with them and lets show him some hard-drinking, boys. Then they're giggling like girlies and sliding off the bench. Perhaps it's because we're used to drinking pints in Thailand. I don't know, but it always makes me laugh, bless 'em.

Best thread of the day. A parody. Farangs need to 'take a good look in the mirror' before lambasting Thais as drunkards.

Most of the worst most obnoxious drunks i have ever known in LoS, have been Farang.

Maybe its the company you keep?

Quite. For the record, I was not "lambasting Thais as drunkards". Merely curious at the apparent gap between myth and my perception.

Much of the Farang stereotype of Thai men as 'drunkards' is pure Bar Stool gossip. Pop into any Bar Beer and you can be sure to hear relentless stories, told by the female staff, of their former Thai husbands and their drink problem. Ironic in fact that the Farang who laps these stories up is in fact no different from the Thai guys in these tales.

Reminds me of that other great Bar Stool classic of Farangs lapping up all the stories of Thai guys playing around, while they themselves are bar hopping from one girl to another.

Sure, Thai guys drink a lot but it is lunacy to lambast them before first 'taking a look in the mirror' (i'm not talking just to you, Micksterbs). Take a stroll around Pattaya or Bkk's Soi Nana and you will witness Farang's getting trashed at the likes of 1 o'clock in the afternoon.

"Then they're giggling like girlies and sliding off the bench"

Well, that's a good perception. My own experience of many Farangs when they get pissed, is no different.

As for Prakanong's comment, he ought to have seen my location to have realized that where i am, there isn't much opportunity to 'keep company' with such Farang folk.

Due to your location then you must surely bear witness to the otherside of the coin. In rural Thailand Alcohol abuse by Thai males of all ages is a big problem. If you see this as '' Bar stool gossip'' then you need to

A) Leave your garden and get out more. Or Open your eyes.

[scotwumman]

Congratulations neeranam on cleaning up your act. What do you do instead apart from commenting on

some with the inability to do so, seriously interested

Surface, of course they wouldn't care, the interchange between the two didn't involve money. Which

is as it should be, no one elses business and no harm done

[Maigo6]

Much of the Farang stereotype of Thai men as 'drunkards' is pure Bar Stool gossip. Pop into any Bar Beer and you can be sure to hear relentless stories, told by ..............................envious Farang that have to pay for the company of Thai women.

[bendejo]

When I have to deal with a fellow farang the question is not "has he been drinking?", but rather "how drunk is this guy?"

Beer for breakfast, and the drinking doesn't stop until they pass out at night.

Life in paradise!

[Maigo6]

When I have to deal with a fellow farang the question is not "has he been drinking?", but rather "how drunk is this guy?"

I have to concur.....

The vast majority of Farangs that I've met in Thailand have been hopeless drunks.

[Prakanong]

R

When I have to deal with a fellow farang the question is not "has he been drinking?", but rather "how drunk is this guy?"

Beer for breakfast, and the drinking doesn't stop until they pass out at night.

Life in paradise!

Really - where do you deal with them?

I have only really seen the beer to whenever guy's in Pattaya - usually not visitors but guy's staying in-country on a very limited budget in the bar's selling the cheapest beer possible.

Never really noticed them in Bangkok where I have spent most of my time (OK so I am not in bar's myself on an afternoon that much), or Samui, CM etc etc.

[rimbung]

R

When I have to deal with a fellow farang the question is not "has he been drinking?", but rather "how drunk is this guy?"

Beer for breakfast, and the drinking doesn't stop until they pass out at night.

Life in paradise!

Really - where do you deal with them?

I have only really seen the beer to whenever guy's in Pattaya - usually not visitors but guy's staying in-country on a very limited budget in the bar's selling the cheapest beer possible.

Never really noticed them in Bangkok where I have spent most of my time (OK so I am not in bar's myself on an afternoon that much), or Samui, CM etc etc.

The good news is the tattooed drunk Aussie crane driver Dino had a brief stay in Khon Kaen and returned home prior to his plans when the money ran out. Rumour has it he might be pushing his luck in the future. Seems like he upset a few Thai's and they are not so understanding

[Travel2003]

When I have to deal with a fellow farang the question is not "has he been drinking?", but rather "how drunk is this guy?"

I have to concur.....

The vast majority of Farangs that I've met in Thailand have been hopeless drunks.

I have to ask, where do you guys normally hang out?

Even though the worst drunks I have seen in Thailand have been Foreigners, I can not say that most farangs I have met are drunk.

[Neeranam]

90%+ of my friends and the people I meet are drunks.

[Travel2003]

90%+ of my friends and the people I meet are drunks.

I thought you wrote that you now were FREE.

[huggybear]

Has anyone noticed that in a land that is so concerned about the availability of cheap spirits, drunk-driving and round-the-clock drinking where some men seem to practically clean their teeth with whiskey in the morning, that they get plastered at the drop of a hat? I've seen this time and again at weddings, funerals and just general parties. The men all make a big show of putting all the bottles on the table, grinning, rubbing their hands in anticipation, and then 30 minutes later, they're totally bladdered! And that's with half a ton of ice with beer and ice and water with whiskey. They make a big show of getting the dumb Thai (me!) to sit down with them and lets show him some hard-drinking, boys. Then they're giggling like girlies and sliding off the bench. Perhaps it's because we're used to drinking pints in Thailand. I don't know, but it always makes me laugh, bless 'em.

Two things that I think are relevant:

Genetically I think Europeans have overtime, developed bodies that process alcohol better than the Thais. I have no scientific proof for this conclusion, so I am out on a limb here, just a theory.

Secondly the flat out size of the being, weight proportion, and the time it takes for the amount of alcohol to saturate the blood stream. A lot of Thais are small with a bellyfull of rice and vegetables, the farang 40 pounds heavier having just plowed down a sandwich, definitely can go through a few more pints and shots before getting the alcohol level to the point of inebriation.

[siamamerican]

childish !

don't you understand that you can learn from your mistakes? of course that's only possible if you're also able to admit them ... grow up !

Asian people don't have a specific enzyme in their body, that's why they get drunk faster ... so the original post was not bashing or so, it was right, this is totally ridiculous and all it tells us is that Thais are probably also missing an enzyme to handle facts

you do get drunk faster as the average farang, it's a fact, live with it ...

What type of genetic flaw did you inherit that caused you to make this idiotic post?

Edited January 13, 2008 by siamamerican

[Neeranam]

90%+ of my friends and the people I meet are drunks.

I thought you wrote that you now were FREE.

Sober drunks

[Travel2003]

90%+ of my friends and the people I meet are drunks.

I thought you wrote that you now were FREE.

Sober drunks

[YoungAndRice]

Has anyone noticed that in a land that is so concerned about the availability of cheap spirits, drunk-driving and round-the-clock drinking where some men seem to practically clean their teeth with whiskey in the morning, that they get plastered at the drop of a hat? I've seen this time and again at weddings, funerals and just general parties. The men all make a big show of putting all the bottles on the table, grinning, rubbing their hands in anticipation, and then 30 minutes later, they're totally bladdered! And that's with half a ton of ice with beer and ice and water with whiskey. They make a big show of getting the dumb Thai (me!) to sit down with them and lets show him some hard-drinking, boys. Then they're giggling like girlies and sliding off the bench. Perhaps it's because we're used to drinking pints in Thailand. I don't know, but it always makes me laugh, bless 'em.

shouldnt this go in the patayya forum? thailand sure does attract the worst of the West.

[jbowman1993]

Thanks for those of you who caught on. I could care less about how much farang drink or don't drink. The thread titled "Drunk Thais, <deleted>?" was a threat title that just pissed me off. Its so easy to label and stereotype. People think its so funny to talk about one group, but when you turn it around, all of a sudden its not as amusing.

I'm amazed that this thread has lasted as long as it has. Rest assured, if there is another "Stupid Money Grubbing Thais and their bastard mums" thread, Ill be there to change it around. Its what I do...

Edited January 14, 2008 by jbowman1993

[Stephen Cleary]

Has anyone noticed that in a land that is so concerned about the availability of cheap spirits, drunk-driving and round-the-clock drinking where some men seem to practically clean their teeth with whiskey in the morning, that they get plastered at the drop of a hat? I've seen this time and again at weddings, funerals and just general parties. The men all make a big show of putting all the bottles on the table, grinning, rubbing their hands in anticipation, and then 30 minutes later, they're totally bladdered! And that's with half a ton of ice with beer and ice and water with whiskey. They make a big show of getting the dumb Thai (me!) to sit down with them and lets show him some hard-drinking, boys. Then they're giggling like girlies and sliding off the bench. Perhaps it's because we're used to drinking pints in Thailand. I don't know, but it always makes me laugh, bless 'em.

Best thread of the day. A parody. Farangs need to 'take a good look in the mirror' before lambasting Thais as drunkards.

Most of the worst most obnoxious drunks i have ever known in LoS, have been Farang.

Maybe its the company you keep?

Quite. For the record, I was not "lambasting Thais as drunkards". Merely curious at the apparent gap between myth and my perception.

Much of the Farang stereotype of Thai men as 'drunkards' is pure Bar Stool gossip. Pop into any Bar Beer and you can be sure to hear relentless stories, told by the female staff, of their former Thai husbands and their drink problem. Ironic in fact that the Farang who laps these stories up is in fact no different from the Thai guys in these tales.

Reminds me of that other great Bar Stool classic of Farangs lapping up all the stories of Thai guys playing around, while they themselves are bar hopping from one girl to another.

Sure, Thai guys drink a lot but it is lunacy to lambast them before first 'taking a look in the mirror' (i'm not talking just to you, Micksterbs). Take a stroll around Pattaya or Bkk's Soi Nana and you will witness Farang's getting trashed at the likes of 1 o'clock in the afternoon.

"Then they're giggling like girlies and sliding off the bench"

Well, that's a good perception. My own experience of many Farangs when they get pissed, is no different.

As for Prakanong's comment, he ought to have seen my location to have realized that where i am, there isn't much opportunity to 'keep company' with such Farang folk.

Due to your location then you must surely bear witness to the otherside of the coin. In rural Thailand Alcohol abuse by Thai males of all ages is a big problem. If you see this as '' Bar stool gossip'' then you need to

A) Leave your garden and get out more. Or Open your eyes.

I know Thai men and their alcohol abuse is a problem, 13 years of living here and three years of Thai Studies on top of that, has taught me that all right.

Please look back on what i have said though and you will clearly see that what i argued was that the alcohol tendencies of Thai men is no different than that of innumerable Farang tourists, in fact the latter is often worse.

Edited January 14, 2008 by Stephen Cleary

[micksterbs]

<br />Thanks for those of you who caught on. I could care less about how much farang drink or don't drink. The thread titled "Drunk Thais, &lt;deleted&gt;?" was a threat title that just pissed me off. Its so easy to label and stereotype. People think its so funny to talk about one group, but when you turn it around, all of a sudden its not as amusing. <br /><br />I'm amazed that this thread has lasted as long as it has. Rest assured, if there is another "Stupid Money Grubbing Thais and their bastard mums" thread, Ill be there to change it around. Its what I do...<br />

<br /><br /><br />

Yeah, I'm quite surprised too; surprised that it's lasted so long, especially as you and a few others appeared to misunderstand the original post. As for it being a "threat title", well, I'm at a loss...

[mikethevigoman]

Drunk farangs are usually more obnoxious than drunk Thais because they are more obnoxious when sober too.

I had a drink(soft) in Sukhumvit soi 7, 2 weeks ago and it was pathetic watching some farang. I can't believe I managed to live on that soi for a couple of years - it really is the pits.

It's strange because now when I see farang, I don't feel that I am one myself.

I used to be a farang, a drunk, obnoxious one too but managed to change. I guess I shouldn't lose hope for those that still are

I'm glad I don't live in the zoo any more, I am FREE!

For fear of being flamed, i see thais as people that are usually happy go lucky and smile naturally.and you have to work hard to piss one off, i see most farang as uptight miserable sods that you have to work hard on to get a smile ! ( present company excepted of course )

[micksterbs]

For fear of being flamed, i see thais as people that are usually happy go lucky and smile naturally.and you have to work hard to piss one off, i see most farang as uptight miserable sods that you have to work hard on to get a smile ! ( present company excepted of course )

Bloody right!