Bangkok: Drunken man rescued from unlikely rain shelter

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Drunken Man Rescued From Unlikely Rain Shelter
By Khaosod Online

Photo: Khaosod

BANGKOK: -- Rescue workers saved a man who had his head stuck inside a telephone booth in Bangkok as he sought to seek shelter from the rain earlier.

Mr. Songsak Charoenchai, 46, was still heavily intoxicated when the rescue workers arrived at the telephone booth in Bangkok Yai District where he had been screaming for help. The workers used screwdrivers to free him from the 15-centimetre high gap between the ground and the booth′s wall.

After he had been freed, Mr. Songsak told our correspondent he was from the upcountry and had been looking for work in Bangkok for 7 days. Last night, he said, he was drinking to the point of intoxication when he noticed that it was going to rain.

Mr. Songsak was afraid his head would be wet from the rain and he would catch cold, he explained, so he lay down and tried to insert his head into the telephone booth. He fell asleep soon afterwards and woke up to find that he could not get his head out.

He did not explain why he did not just walk into the telephone booth.

Source: http://www.khaosod.co.th/en/view_newsonline.php?newsid=TVRNM056VXlNekE1T0E9PQ==

-- KHAOSOD English 2013-08-27

[lazysceptic]

The workers used screwdrivers to free him from the 15-centimetre high gap between the ground and the booth′s wall.

[Songhua]

The workers used screwdrivers to free him from the 15-centimetre high gap between the ground and the booth′s wall.

To tighten the loose screw in his head.

Sing it to the tune ... Who Ya Gonna Call! Boothbusters!

[pcgeekz05]

he never used any door before...many people used that telephone booth before by going underneath it and he's the only one got stuck in it.

[noitom]

A Thai who knew to come in out of the rain. Rare. Why didn't they give him a pair of goggles and a mask and just hack saw the cross bar over his neck?

[Soupdragon]

A Thai who knew to come in out of the rain. Rare. Why didn't they give him a pair of goggles and a mask and just hack saw the cross bar over his neck?

Better to save the crossbar and saw through his neck. Can always glue his head back on without any risk of loss of brain function.

[alfalfa19]

Nearly a good Darwin award.

[Suradit69]

A Thai who knew to come in out of the rain. Rare. Why didn't they give him a pair of goggles and a mask and just hack saw the cross bar over his neck?

A Thai who knew to come in out of the rain. Rare. Why didn't they give him a pair of goggles and a mask and just hack saw the cross bar over his neck?

Better to save the crossbar and saw through his neck. Can always glue his head back on without any risk of loss of brain function.

So when farang get drunk they seem to head immediately for balconies to fall off or go around insulting motorbike taxi drivers.

At least this guy didn't have to be scraped off the pavement or have a tyre pump surgically removed from one of his orifices.

[klauskunkel]

Give this man a job as a phone booth inspector, I say!

[Neeeko]

He's my hero of the week

[theblether]

I'm just waiting for a spate of copy cats........where the strangest place you can get your head stuck?

* Note to self, keep an eye on Facebook.

[mayday49]

So alcohol really does shrink more than your Mojo ... poor chap , must be over worked ...

[bruceky]

i guess they don't have phoneboothes upcountry? might have been dryer to get the whole body inside rather than just the head... poor bloke could have drowned if it flooded

[pacovl46]

Best story in a looooooooong time!!! ;-)

[evadgib]

He has to be the upskirt perv:)

[NCC1701A]

poor guy, he is just looking for job...

[SOTIRIOS]

...scary....this is a reflection of the mentality of many people in Thailand....

....can outsmart a foreigner with a fake smile or head nod.....

...cannot outsmart a phone booth as one tries to squeeze oneself under the frame...sure one will fit....sure...

...oh....at least keep ones head dry...

....some people have suggested that many Thai mannerisms mimic the soi dogs that are so prevalent...

....they may have a point....

[indyuk]

Amazing he is well dressed and has a healthy appearance. I suspect that he consumed something more dangerous than alcohol.

[Credo]

Seems quite similar to an ostrich with his head in the sand.

[Jim walker]

Just another Head Case

[Yunla]

It must have been hard for the rescue workers to free him when they couldn't stop laughing.

[ginjag]

It must have been hard for the rescue workers to free him when they couldn't stop laughing.

Could be an UNDERCOVER AGENT

[attento]

" Is true, officer. I was only practising for the Limbo dance finals . . "

[jackr]

ET phone home.

[lee b]

Why only try and keep your head dry haha....

[ginjag]

Why only try and keep your head dry haha....

Because he was pissed out of his mind, sloshed, drunk, inebriated, smashed,

[jpduggan]

I guess the job he was looking for wasn't Rocket Scientist.

[booky]

He ain't wet.