I Got Shot At Victory Monument Today

[phaethon]

So, I'm standing near the Pahon Yothin entrance to Victory Monument this pm, watching the army blockade assemble, when someone taps me on the arm. I turn and get a facefull from a waterpistol...

Songkran goes on regardless

[spongeman]

Be thankful it was only water.......

I can see a lot of rubber-neckers on the streets on Sky News now, how wise it is for them to be there I am not sure ???

[tw25rw]

And I wonder how many people got hit by those bullets fired in the air as they came down?

[Junglejumbo]

getting hit by falling bullets in a joke. Anyhow, I carried a dagger with me all today plus an electric shock instrument.

[spongeman]

Yea they are firing upwards.

For the moment........

[Sunderland]

So, I'm standing near the Pahon Yothin entrance to Victory Monument this pm, watching the army blockade assemble, when someone taps me on the arm. I turn and get a facefull from a waterpistol...

Songkran goes on regardless

You were warned ...

State of Emergency

23.1 Foreigners caught standing on the street between sunrise and sunset during Songkran will be ethnically cleansed.

[t.s]

getting hit by falling bullets in a joke. Anyhow, I carried a dagger with me all today plus an electric shock instrument.

great joke. you first.

[George4]

I got my first sight of a red shirt today in Soi Cowboy. Looked like a real ned and not the kind of guy you would want to share a can of coke with.

Seemed like he came along to disrupt what was a great days fun. He picked the wrong place and the wrong time buthis luck was in.

A Thai guy who had been playing with us most of the day wasn't someone I had seen before and neither had the girls.

There was a bit of a scuffle between the guy in the Red Shirt and some other guys. One of them wearing an ID round his neck.

This Thai guy moved like something out a Steven Segal (without the fat) movie and pinned the ID guy against the wall by the throat with one hand

and pointed at the others to get out of the soi. Who he was I had no idea but the ID guy left in one helluva hurry when he let him go.

It was a nasty moment but it was great to see that Thais having a great day and not letting these idiots spoil their New Year.

[hanno]

I Got Shot At Victory Monument Today

Considering that people apparently now really did get shot and killed, a change of topic title might be in order?

[frankthetank]

Why?

[sanook2me]

I got my first sight of a red shirt today in Soi Cowboy. Looked like a real ned and not the kind of guy you would want to share a can of coke with.

Seemed like he came along to disrupt what was a great days fun. He picked the wrong place and the wrong time buthis luck was in.

A Thai guy who had been playing with us most of the day wasn't someone I had seen before and neither had the girls.

There was a bit of a scuffle between the guy in the Red Shirt and some other guys. One of them wearing an ID round his neck.

This Thai guy moved like something out a Steven Segal (without the fat) movie and pinned the ID guy against the wall by the throat with one hand

and pointed at the others to get out of the soi. Who he was I had no idea but the ID guy left in one helluva hurry when he let him go.

It was a nasty moment but it was great to see that Thais having a great day and not letting these idiots spoil their New Year.

i've read and re read this post and my head is in a state of emergency as its so confused

You saw a nasty red t shirt protester in soi cowboy.... ok

A Thai guy no one recognised played with you all day.... and

Scuffle between red t shirt and an ID ..... ok

The Thai S Segal is he the unrecognised man from your second sentence or the red shirt?

The red shirt man ordered ID man out of the soi and he went, so the red shirt won?

Nasty moment but the idiots didn't stop the fun? but the red t shirt man won and ordered ID out of the soi?

Help me out a bit and explain it properly, cheers..

[Groongthep]

A Thai guy no one recognised played with you all day....

Priceless.

[thithi]

hah ... this thread seems to be songkran's fool day

lol

[phaethon]

The point is that even at the darkest point of those dark days, a little ray of Songkran shone through.