What made you smile recently?

[LissaC]

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

 

[The Velvet Curtain]

 

[TastyReuben]

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I love that second one!

 

[karadekoolaid]

UK humorist Tim Vine - the king of one-liners:
“I used go out with an anaesthetist – she was a local girl.”
“Crime in multi-storey car parks. That is wrong on so many different levels.”

 

[Timenspace]

Yet another beautifully sun lit day back home.

 

[MypinchofItaly]

Update yourself!!!

 

[LissaC]

 

[ThatDude]

 

[Yorky]

Not only is Thailand planning on increasing existing tax on all types of alcohol, but it also plans on applying alcohol tax to non-alcoholic beer, according to Director-General of the Revenue Department Ekniti Nitithanprapas.

Ekniti said that the department will increase tax on all types of alcohol, in the fiscal year 2023, to help combat alcoholism among Thailand’s youth. More and more young Thais are drinking heavily, so the price hike aims to reduce alcohol consumption and improve the overall health of the public, he said.

The sincerity of Ekniti’s concern for the public’s health is questionable at best because he also said that the department will start taxing beer containing 0% alcohol. He said that the younger generation is showing more interest in non-alcoholic beer, so it should be taxed.

Ekniti also said tax on e-cigarettes would be increased, according to KhaoSod. Seeing as E-cigarettes are illegal in Thailand, it is unclear how the tax will be applied, or is already being applied to ‘vapes.’ Unless Thailand is planning to legalise vaping anytime soon.

thethaiger.com

 

[caseydog]

Not only is Thailand planning on increasing existing tax on all types of alcohol, but it also plans on applying alcohol tax to non-alcoholic beer, according to Director-General of the Revenue Department Ekniti Nitithanprapas.

Ekniti said that the department will increase tax on all types of alcohol, in the fiscal year 2023, to help combat alcoholism among Thailand’s youth. More and more young Thais are drinking heavily, so the price hike aims to reduce alcohol consumption and improve the overall health of the public, he said.

Not only is Thailand planning on increasing existing tax on all types of alcohol, but it also plans on applying alcohol tax to non-alcoholic beer, according to Director-General of the Revenue Department Ekniti Nitithanprapas.

Ekniti said that the department will increase tax on all types of alcohol, in the fiscal year 2023, to help combat alcoholism among Thailand’s youth. More and more young Thais are drinking heavily, so the price hike aims to reduce alcohol consumption and improve the overall health of the public, he said.

The sincerity of Ekniti’s concern for the public’s health is questionable at best because he also said that the department will start taxing beer containing 0% alcohol. He said that the younger generation is showing more interest in non-alcoholic beer, so it should be taxed.

Ekniti also said tax on e-cigarettes would be increased, according to KhaoSod. Seeing as E-cigarettes are illegal in Thailand, it is unclear how the tax will be applied, or is already being applied to ‘vapes.’ Unless Thailand is planning to legalise vaping anytime soon.

thethaiger.com

You repeated yourself there. Have you been drinking?

Seems counterproductive to increase taxes on non-alcoholic beer if the goal is to reduce consumption of alcohol.

CD

 

[Yorky]

You repeated yourself there. Have you been drinking?

Seems counterproductive to increase taxes on non-alcoholic beer if the goal is to reduce consumption of alcohol.

CD

No but the writer in Thaiger may have been.

[Edited]

 

[The Velvet Curtain]

Not only is Thailand planning on increasing existing tax on all types of alcohol, but it also plans on applying alcohol tax to non-alcoholic beer, according to Director-General of the Revenue Department Ekniti Nitithanprapas.

Ekniti said that the department will increase tax on all types of alcohol, in the fiscal year 2023, to help combat alcoholism among Thailand’s youth. More and more young Thais are drinking heavily, so the price hike aims to reduce alcohol consumption and improve the overall health of the public, he said.

The sincerity of Ekniti’s concern for the public’s health is questionable at best because he also said that the department will start taxing beer containing 0% alcohol. He said that the younger generation is showing more interest in non-alcoholic beer, so it should be taxed.

Ekniti also said tax on e-cigarettes would be increased, according to KhaoSod. Seeing as E-cigarettes are illegal in Thailand, it is unclear how the tax will be applied, or is already being applied to ‘vapes.’ Unless Thailand is planning to legalise vaping anytime soon.

thethaiger.com

So long as the tax on beer doesn't come before November, that's all I'm bothered about.

 

[Yorky]

So long as the tax on beer doesn't come before November, that's all I'm bothered about.

The government here is continuously trying to prevent "children" from drinking alcohol. Firstly it was that alcohol was not permitted to be sold between the hours of midnight to 11:00 and 14:00 to 17:00 (the only outlets that comply are the supermarkets and 7-11 type franchises). Then it was that alcohol was not to be sold near schools (later clarified as within 300m of places of learning). Every alcohol outlet in my town has some form of seat of learning close by. That "law" has been ignored by virtually everyone. Then it was that alcohol was not to be sold in or adjacent to bus stations (presumably to prevent bus drivers for getting sloshed). That "law" was ignored completely.

It's a farce.

[Last evening I watched the 1975 fillum dealing with the life of Al Capone starring Ben Gazzara. Similar situations.]

 

[LissaC]