Friday, August 31, 2007

Pattaya News Roundup

The employees from one karoake bar on Soi Beokeow burned down another rival nearby karoake bar in retaliation for an earlier attack over the loss of a customer. Hmm. I'll go and hang out at those two bars any time: Usually it's damn impossible to get the Thai staff to even notice that you are in the place... now here's a couple of joints that will commit felonies over losing customers? Sign me up.

Have I ever mentioned on this blog that Thai people and electricity don't mix (1 2 3 4 5 6)? In fact, electricians in Thailand have about the same luck at work as Chinese coal miners. Well, it goes without saying that yet another one of Thailand's revered masters of the great mysterious force of "faii faa" had his "come to Buddha moment" today as he crackled and smoked his way on to reincarnation.

Yet another Thai person sent off to meet his maker with a gun. This time a homeless fellow killed by yet another homeless fellow. As you probably know, guns are illegal in Thailand and for obvious reasons: If guns were legal in Thailand, then the "murder rate by firearm" here wouldn't be the third worst in the world (behind only South Africa and Colombia), it would be the very worst... and that would be bad... as compared to, say, third... which is okay.

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