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The man was said to be ‘extremely drunk’ when he returned to his room in Pattaya’s red light district in the early hours of this morning.

Groans and banging was later heard coming from the 51-year-old’s room at The Freelancer Hotel but staff thought nothing of it.

It was only when his legs crashed through the ceiling of an adjacent internet café after he plunged from the balcony that they realised something was amiss.

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Shocked gamers called police as the naked holidaymaker, believed to be from Blackburn cried for help with his legs dangling from the floorboards.

Subsequent pictures showed him being guided to an ambulance while covered up in a blanket.

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Officers later checked his room, where they discovered excrement smeared across the floor.

Police lieutenant Thanawee Yarangsee said: ‘We have some ideas about what he was doing in the room to make it so dirty but there was nothing illegal.

‘It is his private life, so he will have to speak with the hotel to negotiate the bill.’

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[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

but staff thought nothing of it

That's all you need to know of how tourists behave in such locations.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

"The Freelancer Hotel" - how can they make it more obvious?

[–] rippermonty@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

I first read it as "butt staff" .

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

believed to be from Blackburn

If you are looking for the digest version of the article.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I always wondered what Blackburners were like.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 3 points 2 weeks ago

Wonder no more.

[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 21 points 2 weeks ago

Every sentence of this article is its own story.

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Honestly, we've all been there.

[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Badly written headline - what was covered in poop? Thailand? The balcony?

This would be clearer: "Naked British tourist, covered in poop, falls from balcony in Thailand"

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

what was covered in poop?

Sounds like him, the balcony, his room and wherever else his adventures took him.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So it would be arguable that Thailand was also covered in poop

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 5 points 2 weeks ago

A decent chunk of it.

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Which now included the ambulance and hospital

[–] starchylemming@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

the correct answer to your question is: yes

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I was thinking the same thing. It's good to know I'm not alone.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 7 points 2 weeks ago

That's going to cost him more than €50

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

His poop or that of one or multiple prostitutes?

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago
[–] SwordInStone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago
[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Looks like y'all forgot a Florida man on his majesty's seven-year passenger ship

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago

He died doing what he loved best.