Brit Club With No Brits

[DJ_Tom]

OK I went to this Brit Club on Soi Thonglor with friends a couple of days ago and was a bit surprised to not find a single Brit there. Just wondering how on the planet can it be called 'Brit Club' when there's absolutely no Britons.

Any of you been there ?

Methinks it may be the same as in the UK with a London club called 'Thai Square' which is mainly dominated by Chinese students. Nothing wrong with that but I just reckon its rather ironice aint it.

Will now have to go back to Witch's Tavern but not as often as its a bit too pricey there. Maybe will have to end up having dozens of Changs in the fridge and staying at home instead

[terdsak_12]

So the Witch's Tavern is not full of Witches?

[DJ_Tom]

So the Witch's Tavern is not full of Witches?

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No, but there's some Bitches

[dr_Pat_Pong]

So the Witch's Tavern is not full of Witches?

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No, but there's some Bitches

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They're everywhere

[Kerryd]

So the Witch's Tavern is not full of Witches?

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No, but there's some Bitches

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They're everywhere

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So, the question would be then,

If some Witches are Bitches,

and all Bitches are Witches,

Would Brits still drink there ?

[meom]

So the Witch's Tavern is not full of Witches?

No, but there's some Bitches

They're everywhere

So, the question would be then,

If some Witches are Bitches,

and all Bitches are Witches,

Would Brits still drink there ?

Only if they're daughters probably.

[Indo-Siam]

Somewhere down that way is a bar quaintly named "Get Drunk Here". I thought that was a real catchy name. And - I suspect that it may often be populated by drunkards.

Cheers!

Indo-Siam

[Bangkok Barry]

Went to the Witches once for a meal, and they did the Thai thing and served the food so far apart that my wife had finished her dinner before mine even arrived. And we'd wanted to go out for dinner TOGETHER.

Haven't been back since.

[Sarpedon]

Where abouts is this Brit coub on soi thong lor? Newly opened? is this the same place as the brit club that used to be on Petchburi road?? ha...maybe Thong lor is getting all cool and hip to hang out in again...

[meadish_sweetball]

Went to the Witches once for a meal, and they did the Thai thing and served the food so far apart that my wife had finished her dinner before mine even arrived. And we'd wanted to go out for dinner TOGETHER.

Haven't been back since.

The rice served near the entrance and the fried pork at the other side of the bar? Tell me about it.

[p_brownstone]

Where abouts is this Brit coub on soi thong lor? Newly opened? is this the same place as the brit club that used to be on Petchburi road?? ha...maybe Thong lor is getting all cool and hip to hang out in again...

I think the "Brit Club" you refer to on New Petchburi Road is actually the Old England Students Association - it's still there.

Not to be confused with either the British Club on Surawong or, worse, the "Brit Club" the OP is complaining about which I guess is a bar.

Patrick

[gburns57au]

OK I went to this Brit Club on Soi Thonglor with friends a couple of days ago and was a bit surprised to not find a single Brit there.  Just wondering how on the planet can it be called 'Brit Club' when there's absolutely no Britons. 

Sounds like paradise to me........

[fw1]

If you go to The Olde English Gentlemen in my home town you will find it full of such characters. Can give directions if you like.

[eddie11]

If you go to The Olde English Gentlemen in my home town you will find it full of such characters. Can give directions if you like.

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Is that the one on Hightown Rd ?

[p_brownstone]

If you go to The Olde English Gentlemen in my home town you will find it full of such characters. Can give directions if you like.

But what sort of crowd does The Queens Arms attract?

Patrick

[dr_Pat_Pong]

If you go to The Olde English Gentlemen in my home town you will find it full of such characters. Can give directions if you like.

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But what sort of crowd does The Queens Arms attract?

Patrick

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[fw1]

If you go to The Olde English Gentlemen in my home town you will find it full of such characters. Can give directions if you like.

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Is that the one on Hightown Rd ?

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Yes mate that's the one. I was back in Luton last year for a while and noticed that they were doing it up.

Surprised to find a fellow Lutonian on here. We'll have to meet up and have a drink sometime (not at The Olde English Gentleman though).

Where are you currently living in Thailand?

[Nat]

Where abouts is this Brit coub on soi thong lor? Newly opened? is this the same place as the brit club that used to be on Petchburi road?? ha...maybe Thong lor is getting all cool and hip to hang out in again...

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I think the "Brit Club" you refer to on New Petchburi Road is actually the Old England Students Association - it's still there.

Not to be confused with either the British Club on Surawong

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That’s the only Brit club I know and there are plenty of poms there . Actually, it’s a lovely place and Britstock was thoroughly enjoyable.

But what sort of crowd does The Queens Arms attract?

A smelly one.

[toastwars]

If you go to The Olde English Gentlemen in my home town you will find it full of such characters. Can give directions if you like.

But what sort of crowd does The Queens Arms attract?

Patrick

Brighton has a pub called the queens head, full of queens doing excactly that

[HarryHacker]

If you go to The Olde English Gentlemen in my home town you will find it full of such characters. Can give directions if you like.

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But what sort of crowd does The Queens Arms attract?

Patrick

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Brighton has a pub called the queens head, full of queens doing excactly that

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how do you know?

[eddie11]

If you go to The Olde English Gentlemen in my home town you will find it full of such characters. Can give directions if you like.

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Is that the one on Hightown Rd ?

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Yes mate that's the one. I was back in Luton last year for a while and noticed that they were doing it up.

Surprised to find a fellow Lutonian on here. We'll have to meet up and have a drink sometime (not at The Olde English Gentleman though).

Where are you currently living in Thailand?

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Not back in LoS until end of June, will be living in Surin. Would be cool to have a few Changs

[Nignoy]

Where abouts is this Brit coub on soi thong lor? Newly opened? is this the same place as the brit club that used to be on Petchburi road?? ha...maybe Thong lor is getting all cool and hip to hang out in again...

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I think the "Brit Club" you refer to on New Petchburi Road is actually the Old England Students Association - it's still there.

Not to be confused with either the British Club on Surawong

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

That’s the only Brit club I know and there are plenty of poms there . Actually, it’s a lovely place and Britstock was thoroughly enjoyable.

But what sort of crowd does The Queens Arms attract?

A smelly one.

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Silly me!! I thought the Brit Club was across the Road from Raffles Nignoy

[JSixpack]

I guess we have to ask the obvious question: why is that drinking w/ Brits is SO important that in all of BKK only the Witch's Tavern has a sufficient number of Brits--otherwise you just have to stay at home?

It seems to me that you'd be much happier if you'd just go back to Britain and stay away from areas where you might encounter foreigners.

[DJ_Tom]

I guess we have to ask the obvious question: why is that drinking w/ Brits is SO important that in all of BKK only the Witch's Tavern has a sufficient number of Brits--otherwise you just have to stay at home?

It seems to me that you'd be much happier if you'd just go back to Britain and stay away from areas where you might encounter foreigners.

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Exactly. I've hardly seen any farangs getting smashed with the Thais. It seems most farangs like to keep to themselves and don't like to mix with the local people.

Or perhaps its the other way round.

[fw1]

Drinking with Brits is important because it's pleasurable. I could be wrong but I think it's customary for ex-pats to retain some of the cultural norms that they have grown up with -even when living abroad. What you are saying is equivalent to going up to someone Indian or Thai by birth and living in, say the UK, then suggesting that they should return to their homeland if they like eating their own cuisine/chatting in their own language so much. Such a suggestion is entirely nonsense.

Additionally, unless you know the people you are refering to personally, I don't think that you can infer that they don't also socialise with Thai's outside of Brit bars. I know lots of people that do, and also strongly suspect it's the norm.

[alaina]

Personally knowing I can get a decent beer with a tax stamp is a good enough reason for me to go to a Brit pub.

[JSixpack]

fw1 wrote on 2005-03-23 12:02:19:

> Drinking with Brits is important because it's pleasurable. I could

> be wrong but I think it's customary for ex-pats to retain some of

> the cultural norms that they have grown up with -even when living

> abroad.

The problem, as you have discovered, is that those norms can become

tyrannical. In all of BKK, with its 10 million people, you COULD drink

in one of its thousands of pubs--if only it were it not so expensive.

In such a desperate circumstance, rather than resort to drinking Chang

alone in your room, perhaps you could visit a pub where you might

condescend to talk with, say, an Australian or Canadian, as you don't

know any foreign languages. And then, as you became accustomed to the

experience, it would no doubt become pleasurable as well, though

hardly as pleasurable as with Brits of course.

> What you are saying is equivalent to going up to someone

> Indian or Thai by birth and living in, say the UK, then suggesting

> that they should return to their homeland if they like eating their

> own cuisine/chatting in their own language so much. Such a

> suggestion is entirely nonsense.

Oh, it's entirely good sense. It would behoove them to become

comfortable and confident drinking w/ members of the int'l and local

community, except for Brits who only wish to drink w/ other Brits.

Otherwise, since drinking in company is one of life's pillars of

happiness, they should return to their own countries where they'd be

much happier even if poorer.

>

> Additionally, unless you know the people you are refering to

> personally, I don't think that you can infer that they don't also

> socialise with Thai's outside of Brit bars. I know lots of people

> that do, and also strongly suspect it's the norm.

But, you see, there's socializing and then there's--drinking.

Tell you what, since I'm such a nice guy. Although there are no cheap

bars in BKK w/ a sufficient number of Brits for you, fortunately

Pattaya does have the finest entirely representative Brit pub to

be found anywhere outside of Britain. It's so Brit, in fact, that not

to be a Brit, either within its confines or on the sidewalk outside, is an

actionable offense. Lagers therein are most reasonably priced. Open

early til late:

THE DOG'S &lt;deleted&gt;

Soi Yamato

Pattaya.

Edited March 24, 2005 by JSixpack

[fw1]

What on earth's all this nonsense?

[meom]

What on earth's all this nonsense?

No idea mate just a rant from JS against Brits drinking with Brits. Probably to do with your colonial past, coming from an island etc.

Maybe there's some truth in it that Brits cling together abroad but the same can be said of French, Italians, Dutch etc.

[fw1]

What on earth's all this nonsense?

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No idea mate just a rant from JS against Brits drinking with Brits. Probably to do with your colonial past, coming from an island etc.

Maybe there's some truth in it that Brits cling together abroad but the same can be said of French, Italians, Dutch etc.

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They definately do and with good reason. I don't see a problem with it as long as you socialise in more than one circle.

Generally, the longer we stay in a place the narrower are options become because there is so much we can disreguard. When I first came to Thailand I would go to any bar anywhere. Nowadays that is not the case. I know where all the crap entertainment is, where I'm likely to be overcharged, where I'm going to wait half an hour to get on a pool table, where the staff treat the customers like crap, where to get the type of beer/atmosphere I want and so on... .

Generally speaking I think it's only the new guys who see Thailand as having millions of fantastic bars wating to be explored. It's that kind of naivety that underpins someone's desire to radically alter there social habits.

I'm happy to socialise with ex-pats & colleagues on a regular basis in bars that I know well or not as the case may be. Seems entirely normal to me.