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[Meg_2003]

JimmyConway, on 2009-04-10 18:55:47, said:

I would bet the majority of haters would be middle aged and over.

Hate, hate, hate it!!!!

....and this is coming from a 20 year old.

[DP25]

grtaylor, on 2009-04-11 00:34:35, said:

A beautiful meaningful ceremony - not a bunch of stupid Farang tourists getting pissed out of their minds over something they just don't understand.

Outside of Pattaya, 99% of the people getting drunk and throwing water everywhere are Thai. Even in Khao San the vast majority are Thai.

And no, I don't hate Songkran, I love it.

[dudeyone]

This thread is giving me some good ideas. Can't wait to fill up buckets of ice and pour down people's backs. SONGKRAN!!

[JetsetBkk]

Pharmacists love it.

[MidoriApple]

Do I hate Songkran? >>> Sometimes....
This year I have to stay post, and load people been out of town......I really, really love Bangkok this time SO BAD...

By the way, OP.. do you got sexy harrassment also when get splashing?
(nahhhh...kidding..) Happy Holidays!!!

[Maigo6]

Jesus H Christ,

This forum is apparantley filled with ex members of the CIA, Green Berets, SAS, FBI...etc etc etc, who all married Thai Chinese women from rich and influential families,.....................................

now your whining like little girls cos your gonna get wet...........Pathetic, come round to where I live and I'll give you you a cuddle, you poor things.

FFS!!!!

Did you ever imagine that you would become so miserable, c'mon, be serious, you never thought you would become the miserable old git that you once laughed at did you ?


It's a freekin' joke, what a load of nancies, ohhh, I'm gonna get wet and I don't like it ! haha, get real FFS!!!!!!


Just stay at home, then tell all of your overseas friends how you love living in Thailand !


Pathetic.

Edited by Maigo6, 2009-04-11 06:56:05.

[daoyai]

Love it and hate it, I remember last year here in Chiang Mai, two lovely young ladies in those long tight skirts shyly giggling and pouring water on my shoulder as they wished me a happy new year. Some little kids with serious intent shooting point blank with their water pistols at my knees. Some really beautiful parades. I think the trick is to find the group of people that are celebrating in the style you enjoy. Avoid the skinheads and idiots and hope for the best. Happy new year.

[bdenner]

Fridge is stocked up and this will be my last day out until the 17th. Don't mind the smear of powder and a little water in the spirit of the festival but it's the drunken yobbos (both Thai and Farang) and the madness on the roads.

[Heng]

Indifferent. No one splashes me unless they are familiar with me or asks my permission first. As for traffic, I just don't venture out for a couple of days, or only go out late at night.

[deprogrammed]

Maigo6, on 2009-04-11 06:55:01, said:

Jesus H Christ,

This forum is apparantley filled with ex members of the CIA, Green Berets, SAS, FBI...etc etc etc, who all married Thai Chinese women from rich and influential families,.....................................

now your whining like little girls cos your gonna get wet...........Pathetic, come round to where I live and I'll give you you a cuddle, you poor things.

FFS!!!!

Did you ever imagine that you would become so miserable, c'mon, be serious, you never thought you would become the miserable old git that you once laughed at did you ?


It's a freekin' joke, what a load of nancies, ohhh, I'm gonna get wet and I don't like it ! haha, get real FFS!!!!!!


Just stay at home, then tell all of your overseas friends how you love living in Thailand !


Pathetic.

Your comments just go to prove the mentality of those ferangs who like this mayhem. You however, will sit outside your east pattaya shop house, drinking cheap piss, imagining you look like your avator.

Pathetic

[deprogrammed]

Heng, on 2009-04-11 08:43:36, said:

Indifferent. No one splashes me unless they are familiar with me or asks my permission first. As for traffic, I just don't venture out for a couple of days, or only go out late at night.

You really believe your own shit smells like roses! So the Thais drench the ploice and whoever they choose but they ask your permission.

Deluded to the extreme

[Heng]

deprogrammed, on 2009-04-11 09:14:11, said:

Heng, on 2009-04-11 08:43:36, said:

Indifferent. No one splashes me unless they are familiar with me or asks my permission first. As for traffic, I just don't venture out for a couple of days, or only go out late at night.

You really believe your own shit smells like roses! So the Thais drench the ploice and whoever they choose but they ask your permission.

Deluded to the extreme

LOLZ, angry much?

Not quite sure about the scent, but if you can't handle it, you shouldn't have taken the job.

Friends and family at our place do a bit of splashing (but it's light and mostly of the traditional jasmine water with jasmine flowers variety according to age... young to old), but we don't exactly hang out roadside nor do we generally go out anywhere that serious partying is going on. If we're in front of one of our places of business people will indeed usually ask permission first. Plenty of places to go to get messy, I just prefer not to go to those places.

[loong]

Maigo6, on 2009-04-11 06:55:01, said:

Jesus H Christ,

This forum is apparantley filled with ex members of the CIA, Green Berets, SAS, FBI...etc etc etc, who all married Thai Chinese women from rich and influential families,.....................................

now your whining like little girls cos your gonna get wet...........Pathetic, come round to where I live and I'll give you you a cuddle, you poor things.

FFS!!!!

Did you ever imagine that you would become so miserable, c'mon, be serious, you never thought you would become the miserable old git that you once laughed at did you ?


It's a freekin' joke, what a load of nancies, ohhh, I'm gonna get wet and I don't like it ! haha, get real FFS!!!!!!


Just stay at home, then tell all of your overseas friends how you love living in Thailand !


Pathetic.

So you think it's pathetic that people complain about something that they don't enjoy.
What about you with your anti-farang tirades. Don' you realise that you yourself are constantly whinging?

Most people enjoy the idea of Songkran, It can be such a lot of fun. If one day of mayhem, it's great.

But you seem to think that people should enjoy all aspects of a celebration that is totally out of control.

So you enjoy...

Being blasted with water whilst riding a motorbike - that's not dangerous at all
Unexpectedly being doused in ice cold water, even if you are holding a young child that has no idea what is going on and is screaming with fright
Being blasted in the eyes with a high pressure water cannon
Not being able to go anywhere with air conditioning for days on end, because you'll freeze your b's off

... then get out there and enjoy

[ironhut]

hmmmm.....let me see......drunk chaos in the back of pickups and on motorcycles while other drunks attempt to spray, paste, and otherwise successfully knock them into oblivion while thai authorities do nothing

oh,...and unless i go outside the country, my kids and family can't go anywhere in thailand during this time due to traffic and safety issues

work comes to a complete halt as all life is put on hold

storming like hel_l now

add me to the "yes, i hate songkran" ballot

[Thaddeus]

Traditional Songkran - Wonderful.

What it has become - Hate it.

[Neeranam]

deprogrammed, on 2009-04-11 09:11:30, said:

Maigo6, on 2009-04-11 06:55:01, said:

Jesus H Christ,

This forum is apparantley filled with ex members of the CIA, Green Berets, SAS, FBI...etc etc etc, who all married Thai Chinese women from rich and influential families,.....................................

now your whining like little girls cos your gonna get wet...........Pathetic, come round to where I live and I'll give you you a cuddle, you poor things.

FFS!!!!

Did you ever imagine that you would become so miserable, c'mon, be serious, you never thought you would become the miserable old git that you once laughed at did you ?


It's a freekin' joke, what a load of nancies, ohhh, I'm gonna get wet and I don't like it ! haha, get real FFS!!!!!!


Just stay at home, then tell all of your overseas friends how you love living in Thailand !


Pathetic.

Your comments just go to prove the mentality of those ferangs who like this mayhem. You however, will sit outside your east pattaya shop house, drinking cheap piss, imagining you look like your avator.

Pathetic

[IraqRon]

I love songkran still. I like going to the local temple and pouring the water into the older folks hands and then having them dribble it over my head and showing respect for them/their age.
I like seeing all the people laughing and tossing water on others, I rarely see it get out of hand but then I am in Chiang Rai where the civilized folks live, mostly anyway. Many many times i have indicated that I didn't want to be splashed, both walking and riding, and the kids were cool with that. I like seeing the beautiful girls in wet t shirts, etc. Maybe that needs to be left unsaid.
I like going to river and floating off the flower arrangements with my wife and the kids.

I would prefer that no one was injured or killed during the festivities, but such is life.

Agree with "not liar" that this kind of festival would not happen in the US either. Now the running of the bulls, that is one peaceful festival, very safe, and how about that one where tomatoes are thrown about?? come to think of it, I would like both of those too!

[kurce]

Absolutely love it.

Plan at least one of my trips each year to thailand to coincide with the Songkran festivities, however this year unable to make it

Never realised a water fight could be so much fun. Always a group of us that go out in arms guys, girls, my mates 6 year old and their parents.
Have only celebrated it in Samui (Chaewang), never seen any aggressive altercations just good spirited locals and farngs of all ages having fun.

You can however sense the anger on some people as they venture out dressed up unaware of the festivities, but once they realise there's no way out they soon get into the spirit (well some of them do). Those who dont too bad........... stay in or research before you book your holiday.

Always respectful of parents with prams, babies etc..

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Cheers.

PS. If you ar going to walk down the street in black jeans and a hoodie when it's 35 degrees in the middle of songrkan expect to get wet.

[Maigo6]

deprogrammed, on 2009-04-11 12:11:30, said:

Your comments just go to prove the mentality of those ferangs who like this mayhem. You however, will sit outside your east pattaya shop house, drinking cheap piss, imagining you look like your avator.

Pathetic

Outside 7 Eleven on the corner of 3rd road and Soi Bongkot is where I'll be, come on down.

You'll get wet though, can you handle that doris ?

[dsprtliving]

Absolutely hate it. I think if it was only one day then it wouldn't be so bad, but being under house arrest for 3 days cause i don't want to get doused with ice or klong water is to much. Will go out to make sure the fridge is well stocked this evening and bought a handful of DVD's yesterday to bide the time as the chaos descends.

[sanook2me]

kurce, on 2009-04-11 09:17:43, said:

Absolutely love it.

Plan at least one of my trips each year to thailand to coincide with the Songkran festivities, however this year unable to make it

Never realised a water fight could be so much fun. Always a group of us that go out in arms guys, girls, my mates 6 year old and their parents.
Have only celebrated it in Samui (Chaewang), never seen any aggressive altercations just good spirited locals and farngs of all ages having fun.

You can however sense the anger on some people as they venture out dressed up unaware of the festivities, but once they realise there's no way out they soon get into the spirit (well some of them do). Those who dont too bad........... stay in or research before you book your holiday.

Always respectful of parents with prams, babies etc..

P4120003.JPG

Cheers.

PS. If you ar going to walk down the street in black jeans and a hoodie when it's 35 degrees in the middle of songrkan expect to get wet.

Nice goatee is that Gary Glitter in the middle?

[Neeranam]

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Nice goatee is that Gary Glitter in the middle?

Come on, come on.

[loong]

IraqRon, on 2009-04-11 12:32:40, said:

I love songkran still. I like going to the local temple and pouring the water into the older folks hands and then having them dribble it over my head and showing respect for them/their age.
I like seeing all the people laughing and tossing water on others, I rarely see it get out of hand but then I am in Chiang Rai where the civilized folks live, mostly anyway. Many many times i have indicated that I didn't want to be splashed, both walking and riding, and the kids were cool with that. I like seeing the beautiful girls in wet t shirts, etc. Maybe that needs to be left unsaid.
I like going to river and floating off the flower arrangements with my wife and the kids.

I would prefer that no one was injured or killed during the festivities, but such is life.

Agree with "not liar" that this kind of festival would not happen in the US either. Now the running of the bulls, that is one peaceful festival, very safe, and how about that one where tomatoes are thrown about?? come to think of it, I would like both of those too!

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I like going to river and floating off the flower arrangements with my wife and the kids.

Do they do that at Songkran? I know they do it at Loy khatong

[WinnieTheKhwai]

I LOVE Songkran.. Tomorrow it kicks off. But then I had the good sense to go live in the North, where it's funnest.

[Longduckdong]

I love Songkran. I am 33 and this will be my 4th Songkran. Although there may be some negative aspects on how some celebrate it nowadays. It doesn't make me hate it. I love it because I celebrate it the traditonal way with my girlsfriends' family. I get to drink with my Thai friends and enjoy the food. But most of all, I love it because I get to spend so much time with my girl indoors rather than in notorious places like Paragon, Emporium, or Central.