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Monkeywatch - June 2010


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Greetings Monkeywatchers, and welcome to our 50th edition as the horror that was the curfew fades from what's left of our minds and life in Patts returns to abnormal.

 

For those of you weren't around and missed the dreaded curfew, here's some candid photos of the unfolding drama on the first night, live and as it happened…

 

Here's an action shot on Beach Road at 9pm…

 

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And here's one of Walking Street at 10.30pm…

 

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And one of LK Metro at midnight…

 

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Yes, the last two photos are indeed in the wrong order. No fooling you guys.

 

Sales of barbeques have reportedly plummeted in Bangkok recently as residents save money by cooking their burgers and sausages in the embers of their local shopping malls.

 

It was a case of "There's A Girl in My Soup" on Sukumvit Road the other Saturday when a car went out of control and ran into a load of street vendors, breaking legs and spilling large quantities of soup over stallholders in the process. The driver attempted to flee the scene but police persuaded him to reconsider with the help of a few whacks from their batons. The man claimed that the accident wasn't his fault as his brakes had failed and asked the police to give him a break…or was it a brake?

 

A man's headless corpse was found floating in Samae San Bay recently according to a police spokesman who added that the man was most likely murdered. Guess they've ruled out suicide then.

 

With increasing numbers of Asian tourists arriving in Pattaya, new accommodation is being built to make them feel more at home…

 

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If you thought Pattaya barfines were high, have you seen that ginger Brit tart who wanted £500,000 for an introduction to her ex-husband? I wonder if that included the ST room?

 

Bomb disposal experts rushed to a road in East Pattaya last week after a suspicious looking device was spotted near to a train track. The bomb turned out to be a fake but police have not been able to trace its origin as the local street vendors only seemed to be selling genuine ones.

 

Not much in the way of bar news this month. Sapphire Club A Go Go has opened on Soi 15 and Carousel has closed (not before time) with the girls moving to the newly opened Cavern A Go Go on Walking Street. Good luck to 'em.

 

The 'Healing Thailand' religious event designed to promote peace and harmony following the recent troubles was held in a mansion building in North Pattaya at the end of last week. However, there have been reports that scuffles broke out when police tried to arrest a priest for throwing a brick at a man in a coloured shirt, at which point the assembled worshippers retaliated and all hell broke loose. The fighting eventually spilled out into the street and tourists scattered as a hail of bricks, bottles, petrol bombs and God knows what else rained down on them. Order was only restored when a quick thinking monk demolished the entire building with a well-aimed shot from a bazooka that he just happened to have with him. Undaunted, the organisers claimed that the event had been 'a great success' and hope to hold another such gathering next year, though probably at an alternative location.

 

In an unusual turn of events, a tourist recently received a refund from a bar after going back and complaining that the girl he'd barfined was a starfish…

 

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Pattaya's most successful comedy act, the Child and Women Protection Unit, were at it again last Wednesday when they were involved in the arrest of a Thai bloke for possession of porno DVDs that were later found to feature only men. So no women or children then. Silly buggers.

 

In the same vein, so to speak, the local Anti Human Trafficking division arrested two stallholders for selling pirated DVD copies of popular Western and Thai cinema movies. Perhaps someone needs to explain 'human trafficking' to them again.

 

Finally, City Hall's latest good idea to promote their fair city is currently under way. Called 'Pattaya Shop On The Beach', the idea is that you.. er..shop on the beach. It is believed to have been inspired by the 'Pattaya Shag On The Beach' initiative that has been so successfully introduced into the local culture by visitors from Russia.

 

be seeing you

monkeyman

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