To drink or not to drink

[dinagam]

During my recent visit to Pattaya I came across falang of both sexes with opened bottles of beer in their hands and drinking by the roadside or while riding the songtheow.
They were clearly not Irish, Scottish, or Aussies. Is drinking alcohol permissible on public transport in seaside towns in the developed countries?

[latintopxxx]

Russians.

[dinagam]

You're so intuitive, latin.

[neddy3]

He's also correct. They're Russians.

[latintopxxx]

yes...I am usually

[Manforallseasons]

Inevitably they are Russians, I’ve even seen them go into a restaurant with a beer in their hand.....they are really low class!

[Ivory]

Let's not generalize, okay? There are quite decent and cultured people among the Russians. You can't judge a whole nation by individual ghouls.

[latintopxxx]

bit like the brits in ibiza...benidorm...etc...

[bkkguy]

bit like the brits in ibiza...benidorm...etc...

or in Pattaya in their socks and sandals

[goji]

Some Russians are very classy. I've been in business meetings with about 8 of them, one of me and they hold the entire meeting in perfect English, at first language level and they were unfailingly polite as well.

Even in Pattaya, with a more diverse mix, it's been several years since I was inconvenienced by one. Which is more than I can say for certain other groups.

[poshglasgow]

Let's not generalize, okay? There are quite decent and cultured people among the Russians. You can't judge a whole nation by individual ghouls.

I have had dealings with folk from both Moscow and St. Petersburg and I must say that I have found the residents of St. Petersburg far more open and friendly than those of Moscow. Once again, this is a general impression and there are, undeniably, good and bad representatives of every country. The only city which purports to have, among its residents, only the chaste and the good is the Vatican City!!!!!
To quote Private Eye magazine....(Eh, surely some mistake).

[a447]

Some Russians are very classy.

Hardly surprising, given their rich culture. Afterall, Russia gave us Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Rimsky-Kosakov, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Kandinsky.......the list goes on.

[Ivory]

The topic of "drink or not to drink" turned into a discussion about "whether the Russians are as bad as they are said to be." Let's get back to the main question. Personally, I, being in Pattaya, drink of course more than at home, but always within the bounds of decency. What could be better than a bottle of cold San Miguel on the beach on a hot day?

[latintopxxx]

2 bottles...and a service provided impaled on my erect member

[Nirish guy]

During my recent visit to Pattaya I came across falang of both sexes with opened bottles of beer in their hands and drinking by the roadside or while riding the songtheow. They were clearly not Irish, ?

Ha thanks for the instant assumption there :-) I'm glad to hear my fellow Countrymen were, for once, beyond reproach ! :)

[gerefan2]

Let's not generalize, okay? There are quite decent and cultured people among the Russians. You can't judge a whole nation by individual ghouls.

I went to a school for children of military personnel, in a former British Colony in the Far East, for a number of years.

The Headmaster told us one day in Assembly that we were all ambassadors and that the local people would judge our country by our behaviour. It was good advice which I have always remembered.

[Moses]

I went to a school for children of military personnel, in a former British Colony in the Far East, for a number of years.

The Headmaster told us one day in Assembly that we were all ambassadors and that the local people would judge our country by our behaviour. It was good advice which I have always remembered.

it is 10-days holidays in Russia. Cheap flights. So you now have "pleasure" to watch Russian rednecks from Siberia and their behavior.

[poshglasgow]

2 bottles...and a service provided impaled on my erect member

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[dinagam]

Afterall, Russia gave us Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Rimsky-Kosakov, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Kandinsky.......the list goes on.

In those days the high society Russians used French as a first language. Russian was used when giving instructions to the hoi polloi.

[dinagam]

it is 10-days holidays in Russia. Cheap flights. So you now have "pleasure" to watch Russian rednecks from Siberia and their behavior.


The ones I shared the songtheow with were quite sober and not loud, just going about their way in a nonchalant manner, taking a sip or two from the bottles in their hands. Only once I came across a rather loud and excitable young gay couple who had probably left their inhibitions in Russia and was enjoying themselves in Pattaya for the first time.

On the other hand, some others speaking English and foreign tongues could be unnecessarily loud obviously from a drink too many.

[latintopxxx]

love watchng drunk rednecks act up..all the lovely testosterone fueled by alcohol..

[a447]

I don't have a problem with people who drink sensibly in public.

The Russians' reputation for bad behaviour may stem from what they get up to in Walking Street, but I've never had a problem with them in a gay bar or on the song theow. Or, in fact, anywhere. I've seen them drink but not overly drunk.

[Zebedee]

During my recent visit to Pattaya I came across falang of both sexes with opened bottles of beer in their hands and drinking by the roadside or while riding the songtheow.
They were clearly not Irish, Scottish, or Aussies. Is drinking alcohol permissible on public transport in seaside towns in the developed countries?

Did you "forget" to mention the English dinagam? Or was that behaviour ...in your mind....unthinkable!

[dinagam]

Zebedee. You think too much.
Let them enjoy themselves.

[Zebedee]

Yes of course dinagam.

we'll put your initial observation down to a Freudian Slip - "an unintentional error regarded as revealing subconscious feelings".

Bottoms up!