The Dutch are now offering "Russian Free" tours. Seriously. In other words, you'll stay in hotels that are guaranteed not to have Russian tourists. You know, the types who snatch the bacon from your breakfast plate. Wouldn't it be nice if they also cordoned off a section on Jomtien beach for Russians only?
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Of course, when one complains about the Russians, this is a gross generalization about Uzbeks, Ukrainians, Moldavians etal..
The Russian identified tourists (former SSR included) are now able to travel with oil wealth and a strong currency and make the
crude mistakes of first time tourists..
The most irritating ones, invade the boy bars in large groups and take over physically and verbally.. I stopped going to the Pattayaland
boy bars with shows last high season as the "Russian hordes" made it impossible to have a good time.
Some of us, assumed that certain tour operators worked out deals with certain boy bars but for whatever reason the hordes were
reduced this high season and there were less problems, mainly alcohol related..
There have been many times when German speaking men behaved boorishly and they could have been Dutch, or Swiss or Austrian but
they were generalized into Germans.. When they became loud and demanding and acted crudely, many disparaged the Germans..
I have even heard some English speaking farangs call the "Russians", the new Germans...
We are fortunate that the "Arab" hordes don't frequent the boy bars. On one or two occasions, I witnessed really boorish behavior
like excessive grabbing and slapping and this was when one of the Arabs used the restroom and his friends moved in on his boy..
Many decades ago there was a book called the Ugly Americans and it became a code word for Americans who expected everyone in the world
to understand them or the natives were idiots butthe Americans were truly boors..
They still exist in every nation and when they are flush with cash and booze, watch out... :cat:
[quote=John Botting]Originally Posted by "Strontium-40":3ombkn4x
Yeah, maybe we can put the blacks, Jews, and gypsies there, too. Oh...and the homosexuals.
What a nice guy you are! BTW You missed out the pakkies.[/quote:3ombkn4x]
Not so fast! What about the Gooks and the Japs...
well it was a good winning result at the eurovision song contest, can you get that, its called the EUROvision contest & russia wins it !!!!!!!
i love you, i miss you.............. i lie you
This is surely a slippery slope. Discrimination and generalizations are ugly no matter what kind of charismatic spin you try to place on it. IMHO, once one sect is singled out for scrutiny it somehow justifies singling out others in the name of conformity.
Keep your Twinkie in the wrapper or your cream may cause trouble.
they do tend to congregate on a particular section of the beach titled Little Odessa by the locals just as many gays gather around the usual spot on Jomtien.
It's not unusual for people to gather around others who are familiar with themselves. You must forgive Russians-they have come out of a long period of hard times. The newly emerging middle class is just that-it's all new to them so you cannot expect similar behavior to what you may be used to .
Personally I used to love Spain and now I'm mortified by the place-overrun with boorish and yobish drunken young Brits with older ones demanding nothing more exotic than fish and chips-and the Spanish fall over backwards catering to them.
As for me , I have one Russian grandmother who I always thought was very weird and standoffish but she was anything but-they just seem like that. Underneath they are people with hearts as warm as gold. It was the Irish grandmother I found was as crazy as an old bat.
And remember-along with those Russian hordes will come handsome Russian teen boys. You should be so lucky to have your bacon nicked by one. !!
I'm only a light drinker. When it's daylight I drink.
Mel Brooks is one of my favorite entertainers who happens to be Jewish. He humorously showed us in Blazing Saddles that all races can be retarded at some point in time. Therefore, get over it, get along and grow.
I do think that too many people bring their social and racial hang-ups to LOS. Leaving your reservations in your homeland should help you enjoy all the fun that Thailand has to offer.
Keep your Twinkie in the wrapper or your cream may cause trouble.
It has previously been won by a transexual representing Israel, which is probably not in Europe either.
"Eurovision" is an operating name of the European Broadcasting Union which is an alliance of broadcasting companies mostly concerned in getting market leverage and technical co-operation on international sporting events. The Song Contest is well past its sell-by date, having become a very sad joke. This year's result merely demonstrates that Russia has more migrant workers throughout Europe than anybody else.
Do you notice that Italy doesn't participate. That's because nobody in Italy has any understanding of music - at least in the way "music" is understood by the participants of that "song contest".
Heres the wiener!
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