Balloon Chasing

[snottgoblin]

The repeat offenders tend to be mostly Brits and they can always be found in Pool and Darts Leagues.

I am going to disagree with you on this, balloon chasing is an affliction that permeates all nationalities. The Americans seem to have a fair few as well

[WitawatWatawit]

Didn't bother reading this post until now. Call me naive, insulated, whatever, but I can't believe some of these people written about here. Have they no shame? I get this picture of grubby little unshaven ferret-like men, with scraggly hair, hunched over, wearing long coats and odd-coloured shoes. They lurk in doorways, and sidle into bars like they're invisible, quietly slipping in to a corner seat where no one bothers them and they can see all the action going on. But I do like the guy with the bowl of semolina. I could dine out on that story alone - although I think Marko, the stories he has and the way he tells them, is the expert on "dining out". How many free dinners are you getting these days, Marko?

[snottgoblin]

Semolina guy is a legend in his own right, he's well known for a number of stunts. He turned up at a one of my mates Son's Birthday party 10 minutes before the food was organised to come out - however there was a deliberate delay of 30 minutes. I've never seen a person so agitated - he ordered a bottle of water, twitching, and pacing around the place (we were all taking the piss out of him). He was of course first in the queue, scoffed down several large platefuls, and then left. He didn't even say Happy Birthday to the lad. He takes tightness to a whole new level.

Oh, and he is probably one of the richest people around, but is always complaining about how expensive everything is - he even refuses to buy the Bangkok Post as it's too expensive, so he goes to a bar that has it, orders a staff water and reads the paper (every day). When we get the hance, we often hide the paper, just to see him get all agitated.

[ATF]

The repeat offenders tend to be mostly Brits and they can always be found in Pool and Darts Leagues.

I am going to disagree with you on this, balloon chasing is an affliction that permeates all nationalities. The Americans seem to have a fair few as well

I agree it is an affliction which is not limited to race or nationality but for my part at least it is closely associated with Victor Meldrew syndrome.

[snottgoblin]

I don't think Victor is a balloon chase, but I suspect all these newbies in the TVF lounge opening threads with low post counts are potential balloon chasers