Nightmarch

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Gogo Diamond dance contest!

Keep on Keeping On: The last in the Diamond gogo (Soi Diamond, off Walking Street) series of monthly in-house dance contests was held on Sunday night 24 April and, after a slow start, no less than 40 dancers cavorted before the assembled multitude. As per usual, the pace picked up in the second round when only 16 girls were left with a chance at the thick end of the prize-money. With cash prizes for first, second and no less four other finalists as well as the two best costumes and Miss Flower (the damsel for whom members of the audience purchase the most number of red roses), no less than 13,000 baht is handed out.

 

For a long time now, Diamond has been the only gogo in town offering regular dance contests and it seems the popularity of these events never wanes. At the time of going to press I don’t know when the next contest is due, although at this stage I would think it will either be Sunday 22 May or Sunday 29 May.

 

Delayed Libation: According to a second-hand story I was told about lady drinks in the Kilkenny lounge lizard libation room and noshery (Walking Street), the waitresses wear a T-shirt that reads: ‘Don’t Stare, Buy Me a Drink’. Deciding the pithy little phrase was deserving of some recognition, one punter, a well-known thriller writer, decided to buy a waitress a drink. She thanked him and asked for a glass of Guinness. The customer was a little miffed when the waitress came back with a chit but no drink. When he asked her where her drink was she told him she couldn’t drink partake of the libation while she was working and would have to wait until she finished her shift at 1:00AM. Apparently the girl was knee-high to a grasshopper and would be lucky to finish a glass of water let alone a pint of Guinness.

 

The punter wasn’t overly impressed with the explanation and considered the action a bit cheeky: after all, if he’s going to cough up for one of the most expensive drinks on the list you would think he would at least be able to have the pleasure of watching his ‘victim’ consume the said liquid. Whether this is a policy in the bar or not I have no idea, or it may be the damsel was simply employing a little creativity in her efforts to improve her earnings for the day.

 

All Froth and Hot Bubble: The newly opened Grottino Bakery (Soi Day Night 2), situated diagonally opposite Ole, the popular German noshery with the Spanish name, is doing good business and without doubt has the best cappuccino this writer has tasted in Fun Town. The place is air-conditioned and the cappuccino comes piping hot and tasty in a large cup for just 50 baht. Forget franchises like Starbucks and Coffee World, the quality of the coffee in Grottino is in a class of its own.

 

Around and About: The Highway Star gogo (Walking Street) has a happy hour extending from 8:00PM until 10:30PM with draught amber, house liver wasters and Thai rotgut at just 45 baht. A narrow den with not more than a clutch of damsels caressing the chrome poles at one time it’s worth including towards the end of a ‘happy hour’ run.

 

The management of the What’s Up gogo (Soi 15, off Walking Street) also offers draught amber at just 45 baht, but this is for all night rather than a few hours. The music is average and loud, the seating is comfortable and there are plenty of reasonably friendly dancing damsels to feast your jaded eyes upon.

 

In Soi Diamond, the Paris chrome pole palace always has an abundance of dancers although most of them are of the hard-core, veteran variety. As an example, on a recent visit two of the dancers hardly bothered with such mundane preliminaries as ‘What you name? Where you come from? How long you stay?’ Instead, they went straight for the jugular: ‘Buy me dlink’. These are the sort of girls who can chew up a newbie and spit him out for breakfast. Even the serving wenches possess ‘attitude’.

 

After paying for my drinks the change brought back to me consisted of a 20-baht note and 10-baht coin. Naturally, I picked up the 20-baht note and left the 10-baht as a tip. The waitress, her face a sneer, stood in front of me waiting for the 20-baht note to re-appear on the tray. When I said, “Oh, sorry, you don’t want the 10 baht” and made to reach for the coin she mumbled something about “20 baht” and stormed off. Obviously she hasn’t ever read The Guide to Doing Better Business.

 

The Sea gogo (Soi Diamond) has increased the charge for lady drinks, usually consisting of a glass of cola, from a sensible 95 to a gouging 110 baht, although they have retained their all night 55 baht for a glass of draught amber fluid. The owners of the den have apparently purchased the tiny New Star gogo next door and, according to my informants, will be knocking down the wall and expanding their current operation. There’s apparently no truth in the rumour the den will be re-named The Ocean.

 

Tales from the Crib: As anybody will tell you, the poor young things who leave the rice fields and the wide-bodied rumps of the family buffalo of Issan to make their lonely way into the Dante-esque fleshpots of Fun Town to don the g-string and cavort for the ogling pleasure of randy old foreigners, only do it because they have no other choices in life. There again this theory of Keynesian economic rationale might well be called into question after a bar owner told me about a sweet little maiden who came to dance in his play palace and, after a few weeks, demurely asked if she could, pretty please, join in one of the popular nightly les-be-friends shows with the more experienced lasses. The manager said the mamasan rejected her pleas because they already had enough graduates of the Lickem-On-Toppe School of Speaking in Tongues writhing about the stage. The manager then overruled her because, serious lecher that he is, he was looking forward to seeing the lithe ex-buffalo herder playing intimate roles with other former buffalo herders.

 

Piece of Pith: Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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The Sea gogo (Soi Diamond) has increased the charge for lady drinks, usually consisting of a glass of cola, from a sensible 95 to a gouging 110 baht, although they have retained their all night 55 baht for a glass of draught amber fluid.

Was in the The Sea agogo last night, bought a ladies drink, the price was 95 baht NOT 110 , as falsely reported by Nightmarch aka Duncan Stern.

 

 

madwizard

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Just wanted to say that I thought that the standard of writing and use of the language is a credit to you. I usually like what you say but whatever else the standard of 'journalism' is always excellent. Your still setting the pace Pete.

Regards from the Shaky Isles