'Big Trouble in Thailand' on Sky TV

[Nemisis]

Totally agree with everything you said Foxee, when I find them I'll post the rest here, at least this thread will not be deleted.

[f0xxee]

Thanks a lot Nemisis, in my humble opinion its some of the most cringe-worthy but also addictive TV going.

Even better than Cheaters!

OMG... a show I would LOVE to see... Thai Cheaters: "THE FINAL EPISODE: Will Somchai's penis be cut off and fed to the ducks?" Friday's on Ch Seven..."

[Ivor Biggun]

I agree with you Foxee about the cringe factor and Big Tim. The biggest problem was that the young Royal had already agreed on camera to B35k, and BT didn't know! Not the Royal's finest hour. Here's the latest slant on 'Jetskigate' prom the producer of the series http://phuketwan.com/tourism/big-tro...scandal-11555/

[f0xxee]

Hi Ivor,

Yeah exactly! Mr Big Tim leaps from his mini-van in his too tight trousers and his Bat-utility belt, and foregoes Rule of engagement #1..... Get a briefing on what is going on, followed by a collaboration from another party.
So in he goes, shooting from the lip, over trumps himself and ends up appearing like a complete prat, going toe to toe with a bloody beach boy and LOSING!

What do they teach them these days? If his superiors see that video he has damaged any chance of promotion irreparably: he has shown he didn't know the basics of command.

AND: had he used "icey British reserve" and cool voice he may have saved a baht and some face... instead its a TKO to Mr Somchai JJ and his Patong Beach Gangsters.

Words fail me....

[Guest]

(f0xxee @ Sep. 12 2009,13:11) Mr Big Tim leaps from his mini-van in his too tight trousers and his Bat-utility belt, and foregoes Rule of engagement #1.....

  Actually Foxxee, my experience in LOS and many other countries is BT wouldn't even be able to engage a local national in a conversation about the situation since he has no jurisdiction in the host country except over his fellow Royal Marines... When dealing with such situations - other than on television that is - there is a host nation liaison officer and a local law enforcement officer who engage with the locals.  

As for the rest of the show it reminds me of my typical drunken behavior when I was a Marine!        

Can't wait for the next installment

[jimslim]

Next week is gonna be good , a pair of mercenaries from Iraq cause mayhem on walking street , and an English football hooligan does something silly that fat-headed Howard has never seen in his seven years of fighting crime .

All narrated in that hard man menacing voice to add to the suspense .

Compulsive viewing  

[Ivor Biggun]

Don't forget that the TPV ladyboy pepper sprayer feaures next week as well, no doubt finding something else on his utility belt to keep us amused

[Nemisis]

(jimslim @ Sep. 12 2009,20:52) Next week is gonna be good , a pair of mercenaries from Iraq cause mayhem on walking street , and an English football hooligan does something silly that fat-headed Howard has never seen in his seven years of fighting crime .

All narrated in that hard man menacing voice to add to the suspense .

Compulsive viewing  

Hey Jim, don't you mean a couple of nice chaps, who are employed in a security company

Me and the lads can't wait to see who these two twats are....... LOL

[xyzzy]

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[Nemisis]

(Ivor Biggun @ Sep. 12 2009,23:09) Don't forget that the TPV ladyboy pepper sprayer feaures next week as well, no doubt finding something else on his utility belt to keep us amused  

You mean 'Boy scout Paul' here...............

Ever meet him before?

Do you know the other side of a story?

Is your head just full of narrow minded bullshit?

Did the 'Pepper spray incident' really happen as you think? as you are miles away condeming and pointing the finger!!!!!!!

2 sides to every story............

How many of us take a LB FROM THE BEACH ROAD AT NIGHT?

[Nemisis]

Here is a little bit form my TR ON OTHER FORUMS......... i did want to smack him ver the pepper spray thing but...........


Day 18



Woke up early, but Sem decided to have a good long last session, as she wasn€™t going to see me again. And thought I was on my way to the airport that afternoon. Had breakfast around 11am, and then Sem packed up the rest of her things, and I took her back to her room. Although Sem was hardened to this, you could see she was a bit upset, but tried not to show it,when we said our last goodbye, out side her apartment block. I drove off and tried not to dwell on it, as I didn€™t want it to spoil my last evening.



Drove around a bit, working out a plan of action for the evening, but avoiding Soi 2 just in case she might be there. As I was in and out of Naklua the last couple of days, I put the VIP complex at the top of my list. Then went back to the hotel to get ready for the evening, to find a love letter on my pillow from Sem. There was enough in it to make you want to go back to her bar that night, saying you made a mistake on the flight date, but sure what good would that do, as all your doing is prolonging the inevitable for just one more day.



So I went to have a snack at the Canterbury Tales around3pm, I didn€™t want to eat too much, as I wanted to leave plenty of room for the beer, on my last piss up tonight. So I just ordered a club sandwich, some chips,and a mug of tea. I sat with Dave the owner, and had a good old yarn, and when the meal came it was way too much, but started to pick at it. Then walks this guy with a very familiar face, and Dave introduced him as Paul, which has been living in Pattaya for over 3 years. I asked him did he have a business of some sort, to which he replied, he was a police volunteer.



Then it hit me right away, €œWait a minute! €¦€¦€¦ you€™re that fucking twat that pepper sprayed the LB, on the beach road a wile back!€€¦€¦€¦ €œOh you heard about that?€ €¦€¦ €œThere€™s a lot of people want to string you up and skin you alive€¦€¦€¦ including me mate!€ But I calmly let him sit down and tell me his side of the story, as there are two sides to every thing. Now his side of the story wasn€™t the same as reported in the media. The media fail to include that the LB€™s where actually beating up the girl on the beach, when he tried to stop it, and as he was in civvies, they thought he was just another tourist passing by, that happened to butt in on their business, so they had a go at him, leaving him to defend himself with the pepper spray he had, that he only bought an hour before for 300 baht, so he was not carrying it around with him on purpose.



He further told me that the reporter who did the story was a farang freelancer from Bangkok, that didn€™t work for any reputable company, and had a bad habit of twisting the truth, (which was confirmed by Dave and other owners I asked that night) sensationalizing the story, to get it published, so he could make ends meet. The media went for it €¦€¦€¦ well there€™s nothing new there about the media these days.



I took the piss out of him for running home to get his Boy Scout uniform on. But he told me he had to start work at 9pm, and when the normal cop turned up to calm everybody down, and knowing him, let him go home to change for work. But the LB€™s still thinking he was a tourist, thought it was a good idea to swindle 30k out of him, by going down and making the complaint. So he was call back to the station in his uniform as he had already changed into for work.



He just got his hand slapped for being a bit heavy handed,but no more than that, and if he was way out of line, believe me, he would have got more that a hand slap. He was more pissed off on loosing 300 baht on a defective can, because as he pulled it out, and held it firmly in his hand above his head, the can kind of exploded, and crushed in his hand, and he got all the shit in his hand, all down his arm and shirt, and nobody got sprayed in the first place, and another reason why he was quickly let home to shower and change. And when I think back at the report and the media video, it did show a crushed can in the gutter, and the so called sprayed LB€™s, rabbiting on in the camera, shortly after getting sprayed, seemed to show no symptoms of that, not even a red eye. So that was his side of the story.



It turn out he was a very nice and funny guy, that didn€™t give a shit about what people said about him, in fact the more they talk the better he feels, and loves it. I shared my meal with him, instead of letting itgo to waste, and then I told Paul and Dave up front about me and LB€™s, to which there was nothing only a €˜up to you€™ reaction. And I still tried to get them going by asking them what did they have against LB€™s, Boy Scout Paul turned around and said, €œI got nothing against them! €¦€¦€¦ as a mater of fact I have shagged a few, and I don€™t give a fuck what any one thinks€¦€¦€¦€¦ any farang that lives here and tells you he hasn€™t and would never fuck a LB, is a liar€¦€¦€¦isn€™t that right Dave?€. Dave just put his head down, and whispered, €œThe wife€™s in the back and can hear every word€.



Boy Scout Paul then proceeded to rhyme off some of his encounters with the dark side, which were quite funny, all the wile wolf whistling the best LB who was darting in and out of the LB bar across the road,but not knowing it was one, or even knowing about the bar saying, €œLook at that€¦.now that is nice€. I had to laugh at Dave when he said to him, €œWhat her over there? €¦€¦€¦ that€™s a geezer!€ Then quickly turning to me and said, €œNo disrespect Paul, its just I am from that part of the country that call everyone geezers, and it€™s just a bad habit I can€™t break€€¦€¦€¦€¦. €œOh no problem Dave I know what you mean€. Boy Scout Paul interrupted, €œWell I don€™t give a fuck what it is€¦€¦. I would fuck her without batting an eye€. And then carried on wolf whistling, to get her attention.



We sat there until 6pm, but Dave usually closes at 4 pm, but it was good crack over a few mugs of tea. All the wile I was taking the piss out of the €˜Walking Street Boy Scout Troop€™, and how useless they must be, but Boy Scout Paul, did give me good insight and some good examples, of how they can come in handy. I pushed it more by saying, €œI hear they are going to let you twats have guns €¦€¦€¦ for fuck sake Paul, you€™ll end up shooting yourself€¦€¦€¦look at you€¦€¦. You can€™t even handle a pepper spray, never mind a gun€€¦€¦€¦€¦€¦..€œAnd what is it with these black shirts? ........... Do you think you€™re the SS?€



Boy Scout Paul then said, that the guns would never happen,and because of the bad publicity (ie; him), they had or they were going to change the shirts. And they both told me about the big fella with the tatoo€™s€¦€¦. now he does think he€™s a €˜Storm Trooper€™, and told me a little about his background, and he sounds like a mental case. All in all in was a nice afternoon, with the both of them.

[Nemisis]

So you can condemn all you want in your little armchair safely back home m but I dont read here that any one had a go face to face, even as it is now so loooooonnng ago, you didn't have the balls to pull the guy!

[Guest]

Seems like jj still playing the "you break jet ski scam"

http://www.andrew-drummond.com/?s=royal+marines


steviep

[anthony70]

it all sounds like nobody else will be allowed to do any filming in thailand for a while.

[Ivor Biggun]

Thanks for that contribution Nemesis? Miles away in an armchair- I think not. Saw 'Mr Greasy' on 'patrol' again the other night thanks a lot.  Off duty TPV walking around with pepper spray- or 'bullshit repellent'? Defend these Walts all you want they do not present a good image to those of us that live here and see their actions on a daily basis, not just in a holiday 'snapshot'.  And why was a TPV (who is there to assist tourists) buying illegal Pepper Spray in the first place? No way a 'pukka' spray would be on sale fr B300!

I suggest we just agree to differ in our opinion of the TPVs instead of opening this can of worms (or  Pepper Spray!) again. Lets see how Episode 2 pans out

PS- enjoyed the trip report!