Early Closing

[Super Hans]

What's going on here? Everything closes at 00.30? Has the world gone mad?

I can only presume tomorrow is...open? Closed? Who knows, but closing all the bars at 00.30 TWO days before a public holiday is...{insert own}.

Ting tong thailand.

[bkkjames]

What's going on here? Everything closes at 00.30? Has the world gone mad?

I can only presume tomorrow is...open? Closed? Who knows, but closing all the bars at 00.30 TWO days before a public holiday is...{insert own}.

Ting tong thailand.

Hans, can you be more specific as to where when?

Anyways not shocked by this as it's common for the bib to do this prior to holidays (and other times) due to a few reasons. A) They want to show that they are doing their most before a religeous holiday (merit making bib style) and it sends a message to entertainment establishments that if they wanna open and sell booze during the religous holiday, they need to pay up.

[Super Hans]

Last night - come 00.30, everything closed down, from Nana to Cowboy. Even my regular (and small) bar wouldn't serve me.

[farang555]

cant you guys go a few days wo nana or soi cowboy!

[bkkjames]

cant you guys go a few days wo nana or soi cowboy!

Anyways, don't sweat it too much. Afterall, on Mondays in Bangkok, all the Thais have to go without their lovely street food during the day - I actually like Mondays now, so easy to walk around downtown Bangkok at lunch time without dozens of umbrella holding, mobile phone chatting, walking slower than a group of snails, locals in my way.

i just wonder what the tourist police do on Mondays as they don't have to go around hassleing street vendors. Maybe it's their day off.

Back to the subject, I find it completely inconsiderate that the bib don't let us know ahead of time when they plan to close entertainment outlets early. I really think it's just a case of waving their 'you know whats around' before the long holiday weekend (I am counting Friday as a holiday) because most of them will be away for the weekend.

[Boater]

what about nana disco?

[cudaproject]

cant you guys go a few days wo nana or soi cowboy!

no

[t.s]

Last night - come 00.30, everything closed down, from Nana to Cowboy. Even my regular (and small) bar wouldn't serve me.

gee hans i'm gutted for you, bed, qbar and everything else was open for business. sorry you couldn't get a leg over

[Super Hans]

Last night - come 00.30, everything closed down, from Nana to Cowboy. Even my regular (and small) bar wouldn't serve me.

gee hans i'm gutted for you, bed, qbar and everything else was open for business. sorry you couldn't get a leg over

Wasn't looking for a leg over - ran into an old pal on my way home and wanted to have a few beers with the guy. And define "everything else". Nothing was open from soi 7 to cowboy, or at least they weren't admitting new customers.

[dotcom]

wa wa wa

[Super Hans]

You t.s, Mr Bubble? Thought so.

It is desperately, desperately sad.

But when you see an old man limping down the street, does the humanitarian in you think "sod him, he's a bit past it"? No, the classier amongst us say "he could've fought in WW2, the war the Americans joined 3 years' too late, he could be a hero!", and then seek to protect him.

Tis all about class. And obviously breeding. Yeah, education. Oh, and wit, style and sophistication. Goodness, basic intelligence too. Breeding. An understanding of irony, satire and, oh, nevermind...

Edited July 16, 2008 by Super Hans