It's the Songkran festival for the next 3 days, and basically no matter where you go in the city...indeed, this country, you are going to get clobbered with hoses and buckets of water and super soaker toy guns.


I was just going to the corner mart to buy some razors, because of my extreme manliness my beard is growing too quickly,... and on my way down there some really cute guy popped out from behind the telephone poll and soaked me good.

I then ran screaming like a girl to the mart (laughing at the same time), when the store employee popped out of the door and splashed me with a bucket of water.



Songkran is a festival which has many traditions, but one of those is that you can douse people with water ANYWHERE in public places, and the law protects you. So the rule of thumb is , don't wear anything electronic or expensive for the next 3 days.


Imma go get me a super soaker gun. These folks haven't SEEN ME GET FIERCE with a water gun yet!

Whatever happened to the "Obama should have sex with the Russian president"-thread?

TheVoid said:

I got a lot of weird pictures too, when I pictureGoogled "wet guy"

HamsterHuey said:

lawd, why did I google that?



This is what I found on the second page:

I just love the word clobbered.

OMG i would be so pissed! I HATE to get wet other than my shower cuz noone TOUCHES my hair once its fixed let alone throw water on it

tinaz said:

That's soooo unintended funny, on a wet thread.

Well looky what I bought today.










I was walking down soi 24, when a group of young college age Thai folks saw me. The girl closest to me walked towards me saying something coyish in Thai that sounded a bit like, "Tuna much mach do mach crap cop crap ka, ka ka", though I have no clue what she really said.... It didn't matter.. cause I KNEW she was .... TROUBLE!!!!

She approached me within 10 feet, smiled, and giggled. Her friends behind her all took their positions....

Then I pulled that bad boy out of my shopping bag, and which point she screamed and laughed then threw two buckets of ice cold water at me... I tried to duck, but it was too late; unable to divert my bulbous American girth from the agile Thai woman's aim, I cocked my weapon and started to squirt.... and squirt I did!

I got all 6 of them as I wizzed by like Mohamed Ali during a RAID commercial....




OK, ok.... They won. I was soaking wet.


But it was great fun. I need to bring a camera tommorow and film it. The entire street...indeed city, is filled with soaking wet people carrying toy water guns and buckets of water, waiting to ambush anybody who appears willing and able to put up a good fight.

Wonder how many will die in traffic accidents this year. 200? 300?

TheVoid said:

It is so cute to hear you having so much fun!

tinaz said:

Honey the only thing better would be having a water war with you and zaza... while you two wore white.

Fauxie said:

You poo poo on this festival every year!

TheVoid said:

Am i braless and hes commando?

tinaz said:

You're brawless, he's comando, but wearing your braw.


Trust me honey, it works! IT totally works!

TheVoid said:

I know.

I'm especially worn out and pissed off today though, which gives added fervor to my poo-pooing.

I just found an ex-pat forum where they're doing a sweep stake where you have to guess the number of fatalities during the holiday.

TheVoid said:

What ever works for you sweetie..

Fauxie said:

link please!

TheVoid said:

http://www.bangkoklive.co...php?t=2819

Yall come to my country, take my women, and then wager on my death!!!

TheVoid said:

It's disgusting. Can you imagine sitting there with your pick of 400 willing there to be more casualties?

Fauxie said:

Would you like to celebrate the 4th of July with me?
We can have some bears and rejoice in the day American one it's Independence from the oppressive British government.

TheVoid said:

TheVoid said:

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Fauxie said:

Fauxie said:

this should answer zaza's questions

ZombieKitten said:

No, he has to work through those by himself, in his own time.

Fauxie said:

have you had bears with Dan before?