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arunah · 10-01-2009, 05:51 PM

Anyone know any bars open tonight on Sukhumvit?

Mr Pot · 10-01-2009, 05:55 PM

5th floor bulls head if you know the manager

arunah · 10-01-2009, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Pot

5th floor bulls head if you know the manager

Cheers, will call him

Mr Pot · 10-01-2009, 06:00 PM

If unlucky, not too far from suky, Roadhouse on Suriwongse 3rd floor - good bar too

good2bhappy · 10-01-2009, 06:03 PM

Thank goodness I have taken a rain check

arunah · 10-01-2009, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Pot

If unlucky, not too far from suky, Roadhouse on Suriwongse 3rd floor - good bar too

Yes, know it
Again, thank you

Wayne Kerr · 10-01-2009, 06:06 PM

Shit just putting my drinking shoes on, was looking forward to a good night. Why will the bars close?

Mr Pot · 10-01-2009, 06:12 PM

bangkok elections

Thormaturge · 10-01-2009, 06:21 PM

That's the trouble with Thailand. You can't drink alcohol and have an erection.

10-01-2009, 09:01 PM

It really is pathetic. Really pathetic. I have had a nice drink in the mia noi's really Thai area (On Nut), all with Thais, then the same in my area (Ratchada). Inbetween the two, the tourist areas, where none of the clientele are entitled to vote, are closed tightly shut.

As usual, the Thais can roll around as drunk as they like prior to casting their vote. Expat foreigers and tourists alike are disenfranschised and sober.

EmperorTud · 10-01-2009, 09:07 PM

^ I get the impression in Bangkok they do it specifically to annoy the foreigners and foreign run establishments. All the Thai places up near me in the 'burbs are blatantly open as usual.

I'm having pizza and a nice bottle of Penfold's Chardonnay while watching the fitba though.

AntRobertson · 10-01-2009, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by EmperorTud

I'm having pizza and a nice bottle of Penfold's Chardonnay while watching the fitba though.

Chav.

Rural Surin · 10-01-2009, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Pot

bangkok elections

Glad to hear that the bars are closed for important and relevent events

10-01-2009, 09:55 PM

^Its hardly an auspicious event, given recent political manouverings...

EmperorTud · 10-01-2009, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Chav.

The wine is Jacob's Creek BTW, not Penfolds.

toslti · 10-01-2009, 10:12 PM

You can imagine tourists arriving in BKK for the first night of their holiday and finding bars closed..... must be disappointing.

and then them thinking....... '' Closing the bars during elections.... not such a bad idea really. If they had been closed in USA/UK/AUS then maybe we wouldn't have chosen Bush/Brown/Howard''

Must have been pissed to elect any of that lot!!

EmperorTud · 10-01-2009, 10:18 PM

^ minor point - Brown wasn't elected!

I dare say Wee Johnny Howard was better than this muppet the Aussies have in charge now though.

Other than that, carry on.

10-01-2009, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by toslti

You can imagine tourists arriving in BKK for the first night of their holiday and finding bars closed..... must be disappointing.

and then them thinking....... '' Closing the bars during elections.... not such a bad idea really.

I am equally sure that the tourists, finding that the first two nights in Bangkok entailed closed bars and non-alcoholic restaurants and given the relative high cost of visiting here now, they would be pretty pissed off and not give a flying fuck about local elections.

The Fresh Prince · 10-01-2009, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by EmperorTud

I get the impression in Bangkok they do it specifically to annoy the foreigners and foreign run establishments

Spot on! Thats exactly why they do it.

We were open and the police came in for a cigarette break too.

English Noodles · 11-01-2009, 01:10 AM

I went to Timba's, had a nice meal washed down with 3 or 4 beers and then on to my Thai local for some more drinks, business as usual as far as I was concerned.

10-01-2009, 05:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
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EmperorTud សុខសប្បាយ Last Online: 11-12-2009 10:23 PM Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: 75 clicks above the Do Lung bridge Posts: 6,694	^ I get the impression in Bangkok they do it specifically to annoy the foreigners and foreign run establishments. All the Thai places up near me in the 'burbs are blatantly open as usual. I'm having pizza and a nice bottle of Penfold's Chardonnay while watching the fitba though. __________________ Mortals you defy the Gods, I sentence you to travel among unknown stars, until you find the Kingdom of Hades, your bodies will stay as lifeless as stone.

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Wayne Kerr Hifaluten Member Last Online: Yesterday 02:47 PM Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fiji Islands Posts: 2,922	Shit just putting my drinking shoes on, was looking forward to a good night. Why will the bars close?

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Mr Pot Livin' the dream Last Online: 18-11-2009 09:05 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Knee deep in it Posts: 3,775	bangkok elections

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Thormaturge Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,518	That's the trouble with Thailand. You can't drink alcohol and have an erection.

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bkkandrew Guest Posts: n/a	It really is pathetic. Really pathetic. I have had a nice drink in the mia noi's really Thai area (On Nut), all with Thais, then the same in my area (Ratchada). Inbetween the two, the tourist areas, where none of the clientele are entitled to vote, are closed tightly shut. As usual, the Thais can roll around as drunk as they like prior to casting their vote. Expat foreigers and tourists alike are disenfranschised and sober.

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bkkandrew Guest Posts: n/a	^Its hardly an auspicious event, given recent political manouverings...

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toslti Udon Thani Last Online: Yesterday 01:46 AM Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wandering in Wiltshire Posts: 146	You can imagine tourists arriving in BKK for the first night of their holiday and finding bars closed..... must be disappointing. and then them thinking....... '' Closing the bars during elections.... not such a bad idea really. If they had been closed in USA/UK/AUS then maybe we wouldn't have chosen Bush/Brown/Howard'' Must have been pissed to elect any of that lot!!

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EmperorTud សុខសប្បាយ Last Online: 11-12-2009 10:23 PM Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: 75 clicks above the Do Lung bridge Posts: 6,694	^ minor point - Brown wasn't elected! I dare say Wee Johnny Howard was better than this muppet the Aussies have in charge now though. Other than that, carry on.

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English Noodles www.toughtickets.com Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The Internet Posts: 9,795	I went to Timba's, had a nice meal washed down with 3 or 4 beers and then on to my Thai local for some more drinks, business as usual as far as I was concerned.

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