May 22, 20179 yr Orion Bar has been offering free food every Sunday night for the last two years. Freshly cooked thai food. Not too many balloon chasers, and enjoyed by everyone. The idea is not new. What's a balloon chaser?
May 22, 20179 yr What's a balloon chaser? guy who it bar hopping in search of free food, offer usually announced by balloons, I gather it originally was coined in Pattaya
May 23, 20179 yr guy who it bar hopping in search of free food, offer usually announced by balloons, I gather it originally was coined in Pattaya Also know as, "Cheap Charlies" or by the Thais as Farang Kinok (kinoo)
May 23, 20179 yr I believe that "balloon chaser" is more hyperbole than reality. I am not a Cheap Charlie nor a balloon chaser, but, when a bar is having a party for one of their boys (with balloons) I may attend, buy a drink, don't eat and give the birthday boy a tip. I believe that is also the case with many of the attendees. Nonetheless, a picturesque figure of speech.
May 23, 20179 yr Also know as, "Cheap Charlies" or by the Thais as Farang Kinok (kinoo) Two different phrases actually: farang kee nok: bird-shit farang farang kee nuu: rat-shit farang Both describe a farang who's cheap or miserly. I wouldn't use it as it's not very polite and the kind of colloquial speak best left to the Thais. You can say kee neow (to mean stingy) but personally I would hold my tongue when Thais criticise other farangs and for sure when they criticise other Thais. I just flash my benign half-smile.
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