Fireworks - Don't Thais Get Bored?

[loong]

October and i think that it is something to do with Buddhist lent.

For the last 3 weeks, same as every October, fireworks are being set off morning, noon and night. The louder the better apparently. It will finish at the end of the month. Local dogs are skittish and definitely more aggressive.

I think that fireworks can be fun, especially the ones that make a nice display in the night sky. But all day long from 5AM til late at night, and basically just designed to make a loud bang holds no appeal to me at all.

I wonder if it is only me that gets extremely bored with this constant banging after a few days. Seems that the Thais don't.

Another thing that gets me is seeing 3 and 4 year olds walking around clutching these mini explosives. Parents seem not to care that their young children are playing with these, but I guess that's OK, they're being supervised by 6 and 7 year olds!

I pulled into a filling station on my motorbike yesterday and couldn't believe that a couple of 7 or 8 year olds were happily throwing bangers about 5 metres from the petrol pumps. Incredible stupidity!

[BigJohnnyBKK]

I would personally look for another place to live, nothing like that anywhere I've ever lived in Thailand, 2-3 days at the most.

But yes little concern about safety among the common folk, life is definitely cheaper here, and many more people appear to be stupid by our lights.

And yes they do love their noise.

Other day I used an Internet shop where the average customer's age was maybe seven, and the place was absolute bedlam, every single kid was continuously communicating with each other by shouting while keeping their headphones on with the bang-bangs turned up all the way,

Amazing.

[Semper]

I would personally look for another place to live, nothing like that anywhere I've ever lived in Thailand, 2-3 days at the most.

But yes little concern about safety among the common folk, life is definitely cheaper here, and many more people appear to be stupid by our lights.

And yes they do love their noise.

Other day I used an Internet shop where the average customer's age was maybe seven, and the place was absolute bedlam, every single kid was continuously communicating with each other by shouting while keeping their headphones on with the bang-bangs turned up all the way,

Amazing.

It's just the lack of iodized salt in their diet.

[tinfoilhat]

Only happens around here for loy kratong/ Diwali/Halloween

The Indian neighbors haven't started yet.

i dont remember the run up to Halloween in Canada being any quieter

[isanbirder]

Did you people never celebrate Guy Fawkes' Day? "Here's to remember the Fifth of November, Gunpowder Treason and plot....."

[BigJohnnyBKK]

Did you people never celebrate Guy Fawkes' Day? "Here's to remember the Fifth of November, Gunpowder Treason and plot....."

Does that go on for more than 2-3 days at a time?

[draftvader]

Didn't use to. Depends where you live.

[MAJIC]

No they don't ever get bored with anything remotely,entertaining.

[uptheos]

No they don't get bored - if it bangs, scares the <deleted> out of you or likely to maim, the fun could go on for a very long time..

[isanbirder]

Did you people never celebrate Guy Fawkes' Day? "Here's to remember the Fifth of November, Gunpowder Treason and plot....."

Does that go on for more than 2-3 days at a time?

No, not usually. It tended to be more concentrated.

[Mosha]

If they are Thai-Chines, it's been the 9 Emperors Festival. Lots of firecrackers going off due to that. Not to mention the blood.

[BigJohnnyBKK]

Also a major Muslim holiday recently, they've been killing goats down the alley around the corner from me here. No fireworks though.