Jonathan Fairfield Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Booze banned during Loy Krathong festivalBANGKOK:-- The authorities, experts at ruining everyone's fun, have decided to ban booze sales in areas where the Loy Krathong festival will be celebrated.Citing that good old excuse "public safety", officials are taking the step for next Wednesday's festival, where volunteers will patrol the festival to make sure no one sneaks in contraband booze, according to Bangkok Post.The decision to ban alcohol and control other dangerous items like balloons and floating lanterns during the festival was taken by the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation DepartmentFull story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2015/11/20/booze-banned-during-loy-krathong-festival -- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-11-21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Banned, oh really ! good luck with that ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetley Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Booze always on sale at our local temple grounds during Lou Krathong, can't see this year being any different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritzzz25 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 "Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department" - staffed entirely by one blind, deaf-mute person Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 "The decision to ban alcohol and control other dangerous items like balloons...". Para 14, Section 3, Nanny state handbook, governments for the use of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Booze always on sale at our local temple grounds during Lou Krathong, can't see this year being any different. Exactly, more govt ' let's show we are in charge ' BS . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 It's banned in areas where Loy Krathong is being celebrated. If want to drink, go somewhere else. If want to take part in Loy Krathong celebrations accept you have to do it sober...or at least no drunker than when you arrive. It's hardly the end of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Bravoooo Thailand, the only country in the world that ban booz on festivities... would it make any different? I don't think so... and if you want to make this festive season very safe, how about banning Loy Krathong all together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inn Between Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 I'm really getting a strong impression that key members of the government are serious teetotalers and generally not keen on having any fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 What's really funny is that my closest local shop is located on a major road that sees loads of traffic, I can walk in there and buy beer/whiskey at any time of the day, every day, and nobody thinks anything of it. I think folks are fooling themselves with these bans, but they're entertaining nevertheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LannaGuy Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 but yaba is ok... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 What's really funny is that my closest local shop is located on a major road that sees loads of traffic, I can walk in there and buy beer/whiskey at any time of the day, every day, and nobody thinks anything of it. I think folks are fooling themselves with these bans, but they're entertaining nevertheless.Spot On !My local shop was told to sell alcohol only during the times in force at supermarkets, 7-11 etc so they complied by wrapping bottles and cans in newspaper which was more obvious than a plastic bag of cans. Now they don't even bother with the newspaper and have never been visited by any officials despite the municipal building being at the top of the soi. I don't know of any ' arrangements ' that may have been made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snig27 Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 It's banned in areas where Loy Krathong is being celebrated. If want to drink, go somewhere else. If want to take part in Loy Krathong celebrations accept you have to do it sober...or at least no drunker than when you arrive. It's hardly the end of the world. Quite. Who cares? - the world over authorities have alcohol free zones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 I'm really getting a strong impression that key members of the government are serious teetotalers and generally not keen on having any fun. Oh, believe me: they are having fun! It's us, they don't want to have fun! Why? Because they can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Flint Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 It's banned in areas where Loy Krathong is being celebrated. If want to drink, go somewhere else. If want to take part in Loy Krathong celebrations accept you have to do it sober...or at least no drunker than when you arrive. It's hardly the end of the world. Good post, why do people need to drink anyway. We are in Thailand so abide by the law or do not go to a festival.This is the best one of the year,booze,fireworks and lanterns are a combination for disaster, good call Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Note to self: Buy booze on the 24th. of November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Flint Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 but yaba is ok... Are you nuts, yabba is \ok in Thailand???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Flint Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 What's really funny is that my closest local shop is located on a major road that sees loads of traffic, I can walk in there and buy beer/whiskey at any time of the day, every day, and nobody thinks anything of it. I think folks are fooling themselves with these bans, but they're entertaining nevertheless. Lucky i would say. 2 shops i know were shgut for 30 days plus a 20,000 baht fine, 1 shop is a friend of ours, she exepted she was doing something ilegal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LannaGuy Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 but yaba is ok... Are you nuts, yabba is \ok in Thailand???? go get a humour gene inserted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 It's banned in areas where Loy Krathong is being celebrated. If want to drink, go somewhere else. If want to take part in Loy Krathong celebrations accept you have to do it sober...or at least no drunker than when you arrive. It's hardly the end of the world. You'll fit good to North Korea or Saudi Arabia...Always let these above decide for my life. They know better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Note to self: Buy booze on the 24th. of November. Note to self add on end of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Sillier by the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nidieunimaitre Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Meanwhile, in Aotearoa, the country that is looking for a new flag. Same same but different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Booze ban for a few hours? I'm betting 200+ angry posts by happy hour tonight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehard60 Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 I really almost feel sorry for you drunken slobs out that just need another excuse to get drunk. You are drunk all the time and I have no desire to be near you. Cheap boze is the most important reason you even come to Thailand and think you know everything about Thailand, well you do NOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davethailand Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 I really almost feel sorry for you drunken slobs out that just need another excuse to get drunk. You are drunk all the time and I have no desire to be near you. Cheap boze is the most important reason you even come to Thailand and think you know everything about Thailand, well you do NOT. Were you drunk when you posted this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nidieunimaitre Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 I really almost feel sorry for you drunken slobs out that just need another excuse to get drunk. You are drunk all the time and I have no desire to be near you. Cheap boze is the most important reason you even come to Thailand and think you know everything about Thailand, well you do NOT. Cheap booze in Thailand? Where are you from? IS, UK, or similar? Beer in Thailand is expensive & bad. And any drinkable strong alcohol is very expensive too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeckosDiving Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 As we say in Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 I really almost feel sorry for you drunken slobs out that just need another excuse to get drunk. While I get your drift, it's not so much a case of another excuse to get drunk as it is about someone making it even slightly inconvenient to get drunk for a few hours each year. Like it upsets some kind of equilibrium in the world. I won't count this one toward the 200+... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 It's banned in areas where Loy Krathong is being celebrated. If want to drink, go somewhere else. If want to take part in Loy Krathong celebrations accept you have to do it sober...or at least no drunker than when you arrive. It's hardly the end of the world. You'll fit good to North Korea or Saudi Arabia...Always let these above decide for my life. They know better Really? Because I happen to believe that drunken morons spoiling events that may include families with children is a bad idea that makes me a supporter of totalitarian rule? Because I can accept that there are times when drinking is perfectly acceptable and others when it is not that makes me a supporter of totalitarian rule? Because I feel if you want to drink you should avoid events where it is banned that makes me a supporter of totalitarian rule? What a strange world you do live in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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