webfact Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Car falls down the black hole at Erawan HotelBy Coconuts BangkokPhoto: Voize KosolsuwiwatBANGKOK: -- These embarrassing things happen in Bangkok so frequently one starts questioning how talented one has to be to drive among such roadmasters.This time it happened at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok Hotel in the center of the Pathum Wan area. It’s not clear how it actually ended up like that, but we would guess the driver accidentally backed the car down onto the hotel’s glory hole.Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co//2014/11/11/car-falls-down-black-hole-erawan-hotel-0Coconuts BKK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costas2008 Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Better to fall in holes, than drive around and kill other people. Another one with the new super stupidity virus in his/her brain. PS. Have a look at the article......some really peculiar scenes there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post draftvader Posted November 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) ...onto the hotel’s glory hole. er...seriously? Does this author even understand what they've just submitted here? ---EDIT--- Reference for those with English as a 2nd language...and a big degree of innocence in the modern world... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_hole_%28sexual_slang%29 Edited November 11, 2014 by draftvader 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrtoad Posted November 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2014 "Glory Hole"???? Nothing though surprises me with the driving here, seen similar stuff to this quite frequently, it really is an art form to be such an incompetent driver. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Bob Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Most be a great driver, I doubt I could do what he did in a thousand tries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayned Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I think that you pointed it out just so that you could enjoy the responses! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post draftvader Posted November 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2014 I think that you pointed it out just so that you could enjoy the responses! A bit.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NongKhaiKid Posted November 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2014 ...onto the hotel’s glory hole. er...seriously? Does this author even understand what they've just submitted here? ---EDIT--- Reference for those with English as a 2nd language...and a big degree of innocence in the modern world... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_hole_%28sexual_slang%29 Maybe I'm giving may age away but it's on my profile anyway but when i was young a ' glory hole ' was a cupboard etc where things not wanted, needed , to be hidden etc were thrown into. Not as exciting as current usage. Ooh I'm getting old. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draftvader Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Something to watch unfold over lunch that is slightly more light-hearted than some other topics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morakot Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Coconuts News seems to be running with it... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSJ Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Lets not all start bashing Thai driver's just yet. Wait till there are more TVF members online. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOC Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Call extension 54, if you want "delievery" at the gloryhole!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Coconuts News seems to be running with it... Thai Driving Test ? Don't worry Somchai you passed as soon as the money was handed over. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Patje Posted November 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2014 My guess , the driver did not hear any whistle blower park-aid and therefor assumed it was safe ...... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post greenfox Posted November 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) I think that the modern World has come on too soon for these people. You can't go from 1000 years of buffalo and cart to a Modern city of 10 million cars, pick-up trucks that can do 200kph, and mini-vans that allow you to earn twice as much if you squash twice as many school children in then earn twice as much again if you go really fast and get back in time to do a second run, in one generation. Besides, buffalo and carts were easy, these weird Western things, full of lights and sounds and buttons can go backwards if you select the wrong setting. Too much, too soon. Edited November 11, 2014 by greenfox 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I thought the Coconuts U-turn video more fun, watch the U-turn overpass. The driver was unhurt, but note how many witnesses stopped to assist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55Jay Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 ...onto the hotel’s glory hole. er...seriously? Does this author even understand what they've just submitted here? ---EDIT--- Reference for those with English as a 2nd language...and a big degree of innocence in the modern world... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_hole_%28sexual_slang%29 Seems to be their schtick. I think they think it's edgy and cool in that cynical expat sort of way. There was a Coconuts "journo boob" (young American hipster looking kid) who did a video tour inside the US Embassy BKK. Even got a spot with the Ambassador, outside in the common area though, not allowed into her office (LOL). The vid was actually OK, but you could sense the trepidation from the Embassy staff about these jokers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Only in Thailand, eh? Oh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsally Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 My guess is that they had both hands off the steering wheel to wai the shrine at the hotel. There are times when it is best not to wai, driving being one of them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenfox Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I thought the Coconuts U-turn video more fun, watch the U-turn overpass. The driver was unhurt, but note how many witnesses stopped to assist. Thainess. Very Buddhist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kotsak Posted November 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2014 Nothing beats this.. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertthebruce Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 ...onto the hotels glory hole. er...seriously? Does this author even understand what they've just submitted here? ---EDIT--- Reference for those with English as a 2nd language...and a big degree of innocence in the modern world... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_hole_%28sexual_slang%29 Maybe I'm giving may age away but it's on my profile anyway but when i was young a ' glory hole ' was a cupboard etc where things not wanted, needed , to be hidden etc were thrown into.Not as exciting as current usage. Ooh I'm getting old. Yes Glory Hole as I knew it was a room or large Cupboard that all the junk got kept in. Now as I am older there is another use for that word..., which I am too polite to tell. But some members I am sure will know this term..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddinChonburi Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Nice !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toknarok Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 My guess is that they had both hands off the steering wheel to wai the shrine at the hotel. There are times when it is best not to wai, driving being one of them. Correct. Anyone who has been to Khorat must have seen the monument to Suranee, the famous female warrior. Her statue stands in the centre of a large traffic circle that is always busy. Without fail every road user whether they be in a bus, car, or on a motor cycle or bicycle will wai with both hands as they pass the statue. I would love a quid for every time that there has been a bingle or a near miss around that roundabout. I'd be filthy rich. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceruhe Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 The driver was unhurt, but note how many witnesses stopped to assist. No need to stop, natural selection and stuff, it should be a thing again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Stop saying glory holes... it makes me look at my wife in a funny way... a way I didn't look at her for long.. long time now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddhistVirus Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I thought the Coconuts U-turn video more fun, watch the U-turn overpass. The driver was unhurt, but note how many witnesses stopped to assist. Thainess. Very Buddhist. What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickymaster Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Black hole?? That's the terrace if the Chinese restaurant. Luckily it wasn't set up. You can see the tables and chairs stacked in the corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greer Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Nothing beats this.. What a complete and utter idiot - are you sure that's China? It looks a lot like India. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Nothing beats this.. What a complete and utter idiot - are you sure that's China? It looks a lot like India. Traffic is (generally) moving on the right, India is left side driving (same as LoS). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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