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Sunday, March 28, 2010

LAST ORDERS

For Haiku Bones – Two o’clock


LICENSING LAW ENFORCED

Go home now, sleeping
Time to close bar, two o’clock
No drinking whiskey


An actual instruction to me from a policeman
in a Bangkok bar circa 2002.
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13 comments:

  1. John (@bookdreamer)March 28, 2010 at 6:00 PM

    my favourite was 'take up your bike and walk' when found trying to pedal home after a light...er... liquid lunch in 1976

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  2. Rashmi SinghMarch 28, 2010 at 6:21 PM

    that was but quite a cool one!

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  3. Gemma WisemanMarch 28, 2010 at 7:13 PM

    These "last orders" have a regimental finality! Crisp expression!

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  4. Nalini HebbarMarch 28, 2010 at 9:44 PM

    Haiku police!!

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  5. Magical Mystical TeacherMarch 28, 2010 at 10:13 PM

    No drinking of anything, it seems!

    My Bones

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  6. Stan SkiMarch 29, 2010 at 7:30 AM

    Thanks to:
    John; I know someone who was arrested for being drunk in charge of a bike.
    Rashmi; I didn't think so at the time.
    GT; It was part of a big police crack down on all night opening.
    Nalini; A poet and he didn't know it!
    Magical; Yeah, I was only drinking beer...

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  7. gautami tripathyMarch 29, 2010 at 9:59 PM

    Snoozing time!

    :D

    transient

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  8. AnonymousMarch 30, 2010 at 3:36 AM

    well that must be where my person was!

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  9. Stan SkiMarch 30, 2010 at 4:26 AM

    Thanks to;
    Gautami; Oh, snoozing, I thought you said boozing!
    Fourwinds; I don't remember, I was pretty drunk at the time...

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  10. one more believerApril 2, 2010 at 3:18 AM

    that was funny... the possibility of crawling home may be exaggerated in my mind tho...

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  11. Stan SkiApril 2, 2010 at 4:22 AM

    Thanks One more believer; ...Once you've picked yourself up off the floor...

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  12. JimApril 2, 2010 at 9:41 AM

    Woops, I was thinking of switching to beer at two. :(
    It's said people write about what they know (or wish they knew?). But you didn't have to fess up.
    ..

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  13. Stan SkiApril 2, 2010 at 10:39 AM

    Thanks Jim; A lot of Bangkok bars used to stay open all night. I think 2am is enforced across the board now.

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