webfact Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Dry Season: Health dept asks Thais to kick booze for 3-month Buddhist Lent By Coconuts Bangkok Photo: Masroor Hamid/Flickr BANGKOK: -- Two public health groups have asked Thais to quit the sauce for Buddhist Lent, a three-month season that begins Sunday. The Stop Drink Network and the Thai Health Promotion Foundation want mass public participation in the booze-free initiative, which will not include any happy hours, late-night clubbing, or drunken karaoke sessions. Instead, expect early nights, extra cash, and no hangovers. The foundations suggest using the time that you would have spent getting wasted on doing good deeds, reported Thai News Bureau. Full story: https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/dry-season-health-dept-asks-thais-kick-booze-3-month-buddhist-lent/ -- © Copyright Coconuts Bangkok 2017-07-06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben2talk Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 A Thai walks into a bar with a roll of tarmac under his arm and says "One for the road." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saakura Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Good initiative, and i wish good luck to all those who are trying to be alcohol free for 3 months, even if you just ignore the religious sentiment attached to it, which is just like a crutch to support for those in need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwrath Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 8 minutes ago, webfact said: The foundations suggest using the time that you would have spent getting wasted on doing good deeds, Or Sh*gging the Mia Noi ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadbury Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Does anyone seriously believe the Army officers mess closes during Buddhist lent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxpower Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Lets say this advice was taken up, 100% would it make any difference to the government's coffers? That's the alcohol revenue for 1/4 of a year gone without speculating about those that find they no longer want to drink anyway. Just wonder??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajarnmarc Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Upon original viewing of this post, I thought it was some sort of a joke, right? First Thailand creates new operation hours for bars. Then it starts selling booze only during certain hours of each day. Then it stops sells at petrol stations, and outposts. Then it restricts bars from being close to schools, temples ect. Then it hikes up alcohol prices serval times over the past ten years, in an effort to discourage sells. Restrict sells of alcohol during most holidays, and any other events, which take place within Thailand...as often as they can get away with. Now they think they can ask for it's citizens to reframe from purchasing liquor for 3 month. So happy I stopped consuming liquor a decade ago. Though one should ponder what's next for this countries bright future, when so little is available for people to enjoy during their free time, in the way of entertainment. Though I don't consider consuming liquor a form of entertainment, it usually helps people to enjoy or except how boring their life is, with so little options in the form of outside entertainment within the country... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlyai Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Does anyone seriously believe the Army officers mess closes during Buddhist lent.Yes it does, so they all drink at the NCOs mess. [emoji6]Sent from my SM-J700F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaltsc Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 (edited) "Two public health groups have asked Thais to quit the sauce for Buddhist Lent, a three-month season that begins Sunday." That request will fly like a lead balloon. "Might as well throw in a pack of smokes with that Lau Khao." Edited July 6, 2017 by jaltsc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 ...and while we are at it- drive carefully, stop gambling, road rage, and beating your wife and kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerryd Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 LMAOROTFL99 !!!! I could see 3 days, but not 3 months ! Could be worse - thay could ask for a 3 month alcohol ban nationwide ! Imagine the crying that would happen then !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgeorgeallen Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 they need to be ordered. actually that does not work either going by the last 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIWIBATCH Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 If they don't stop drinking for 3 months...will Article 44 be invoked to force them to do so ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oceanyachting Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 and amongst the Thais who do drink, how many does he think actually refrain from it on the existing days of bans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirat69 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Since when did Thais drink Jameson's and the other bottles in accompanying photo??? Would have had more cred with a pic of Chang, Leo and Laow Khao!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oceanyachting Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 3 minutes ago, wirat69 said: Since when did Thais drink Jameson's and the other bottles in accompanying photo??? Would have had more cred with a pic of Chang, Leo and Laow Khao!! Depends who's paying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyman58 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 36 minutes ago, Lupatria said: ...and while we are at it- drive carefully, stop gambling, road rage, and beating your wife and kids. geez you think will stop drinking for 3 months No chance I would have more chance winning the lotto Love the jokes the boys in government crack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 36 minutes ago, Kerryd said: LMAOROTFL99 !!!! I could see 3 days, but not 3 months ! Could be worse - thay could ask for a 3 month alcohol ban nationwide ! Imagine the crying that would happen then !! Prohibition is a fine money making machine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Sounds already a little weird to propagate a dry season in the rainy season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 29 minutes ago, KIWIBATCH said: If they don't stop drinking for 3 months...will Article 44 be invoked to force them to do so ? That would known as taking their piss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFishman1 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Never going to happen TIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 How is this going to work, only the women go to the temple the men drink in the local shop til they come out again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreasyFingers Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 The gf's father did 2 or 3 years ago and has not had a drink since. The most I could do was 8 days working in a remote, dry aboriginal community in the NT. The first couple of beers after tasted funny so I will not try for 3 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark01 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 I would like to see Article 44 used to ban all Thais from drinking for 3 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dap Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Riiiiight ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kabula Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 More bar businesse's and supplier's cash flow retreats. I miss small businesses flourishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 health dept wants thais to kick alcohol,tobacco, gambling, infidelity,bad driving.pornography and anything not involved in praying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 It's been a usual 3 month off alcohol Thai thing in my village since l lived here from 2005, find this post a bit dated, many younger here don't bother now. Do see the odd guy walking around with the 150 m bottle who said he don't drink alcohol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moti24 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 "Instead, expect early nights, extra cash, and no hangovers." I doubt anybody would suffer from hangovers anyway; it'll take them more than 3 months to sober-up in the first place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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