Caine Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 More time for the morons to spend borrowed money they don’t have and of course more time to kill each other, let the halfwits get on with it I’ll be back in a land of sanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddox41 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Great idea as the Hiso thai or goverment worker will have a, week off time to go abroad and spend your money in another country.. Clever idea Thailand ???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultName Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 There's a fricking DROUGHT on and these morons want to have 2 more days of wasting water! ???? Ah well, after Corona thins the herd, perhaps there will be enough water for the survivors. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Perfect idea......more carnage on the roads. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 The thinking may have some serious flaws. Roadway deaths, alcohol related incidents and other negative behaviors related to both of these may certainly result by extending these financially created holidays. Rather than create incentives for the approximately 200,000 expats, extended tourists and foreign workers from the west and elsewhere; who generate billions of baht year around, the "leaders" are grasping for short straw remedies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahjongguy Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Doesn't that mean Immigration would be closed for 9 days, from Saturday the 11th through Sunday the 19th? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyL Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 8 minutes ago, mahjongguy said: Doesn't that mean Immigration would be closed for 9 days, from Saturday the 11th through Sunday the 19th? Good point. I assume nobody who works in this department brought that point up ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster007 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 21 hours ago, JustAnotherHun said: To extend songkran holidays may fight the water shortage too. Who brought up the idea? Was it Anutin? Nah it was Some kid, a little desperate but perhaps the kids do have good ideas, can't be any worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldera Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Extending the holidays to lift the economy - only in Thailand! When will all the extra money spent during the extended holidays be earned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoCesar Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Another superb idea from yet another clever clown.. Corruption kills the creativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecha Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 22 hours ago, DrTuner said: Rename it to Wuhanfest, ought to do the trick. Not Funny at all super sarcastic and not called for thousands and thouands of people are suffring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin case Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 genius at work why not 3 weeks of songkran and 1 month of chinese new year next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krataiboy Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) Great thinking, batman! A recent survey revealed the vast majority of Thai families are up to their necks in debt - and that was before the novel corona virus kicked the economy in the goolies. Can't imagine many Thais having surplus cash to throw around on an extended Songkran. It's a hare-brained plan likely to speed the spread of the virus and worsen the drought. Edited February 14, 2020 by Krataiboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutone Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Say it ain't so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Dough Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Here at Thaivisa it is fast approaching the time when April 1st ideas are discussed by the editorial team. We always have plenty of food for thought. Rooster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susco Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Why limit it to 2 days, make a 365 day holiday, that would sure do wonders to the economy..............Oh wait, to spend money you need to earn it first isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metempsychotic Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) What this doesnt mentiin or seem to take into account is after 9 glorious days of holiday, there is another spate of holidays beginning 1 may. Not a great time to be an employer.... Throw in a few sickdays and some holiday leave and you are gone for the month Edited February 14, 2020 by metempsychotic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Nick Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 How on Earth will that...oh mai bpen rai! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaoboi Bebobp Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Well, that’s my plan all shot to rats**t. I was going to tough it out during the couple of days of Songkran in Bangkok and had delayed my flight to Canada to when the weather would be somewhat better at the end of April. I’ll take the freezing rain, snow flurries and biting wind before I suffer a full week of Songkran’s idiocy. I’ll pay the flight penalty. And ditto all the critical comments above. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogfish180 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 I have a pile of straws here..... Clutch on to them! ???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Do they know anything about the virus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagull Sam Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 So everybody in Thailand travels home & infects everyone on the cramped minibus, their family & everyone else in the village. Brilliant idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poohy Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) I think these extra days will be for government employees only Companies won't buy into it plus i think there's a stipulation that banks and countries financial centres etc cannot be close for more than 3 days As for water wastage, songkran is an afternoon here in PKK and i suspect most places south of BKK On day one, starts midday all over by 6pm Edited February 14, 2020 by poohy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) Desperation! They must be getting near the bottom of the barrel for ideas now! "Eat, shop, spend"! Who in their right minds purposely goes shopping during Songkran - especially carrying your shopping in brown paper bags? They already fire dirty water about in Bangkok for about a week, and how does "Thais going home for the holidays" add to the economy - if they're going home (Esan etc) for Songkran - they're going anyway, so nothing extra spent on the journey, and if they're at home they're probably spending less than if they're at work! Edited February 14, 2020 by sambum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Nick Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 I really don't think (as I said maaaaaany times) that Songkhran and 2 days more or less, will be all too bad for the drought- situation. There are 361 days where Thai- people, factories...basically everybody...wastes water on an epic scale. But a) I can not see for the life of me, how to more days of holiday will increase spending in Thailand? Does the population suddenly double, because there are 2 more days of holiday? Will people really travel that more and spend that more? I doubt it! And b) given the fact, that the April - heat will NOT kill the virus, like the great orange dumpsterfire overseas, thinks, spraying water around and rubbing boddies at each other for 2 MORE Days, may NOT be the greatest idea... Finally c) we all know, what 2 more days of holidays will bring upon: 2 more days of absolute carnage on the roads. So...nah...really bad idea! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max69xl Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 On 2/13/2020 at 2:56 PM, PatOngo said: They've really got their thinking caps on now.....why have five deadly days when you can have seven! You mean 9 days? 2+5+2. 9 days of drunk driving instead of 5. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 On 2/13/2020 at 3:28 PM, darksidedog said: Yes, brilliant idea. Given we have one of the worst droughts for ages, lets throw even more water down the drain shall we? Dont worry. Your post will no doubt be answered with a long list of how many showers, big buckets, small buckets and water pistols with a volume of water for each category and will prove using different %'s of daily use for each one that it will have no effect what-so-ever. Did I forget car washing? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDfella Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 6 hours ago, peter14 said: oh my buddha save face.... but face is sinking... Thailand is sinking.. since they start the crack down with immigration tm30 and the cave while Chinese died in Phuket everything falling apart people are sick of fake smile and cheating... Are you trying to goad Steve100? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 31 minutes ago, Max69xl said: You mean 9 days? 2+5+2. 9 days of drunk driving instead of 5. ???? I don't think it really matters, everyday is a deadly day, 53 bit the bitumen yesterday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICO86 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Where are they going to get the water????? Lake is completely dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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