Year Holiday Vacation special
Ignoring the threat of a major Mount Agung eruption , one of our intrepid correspondents flew to Bali for the Christmas -New Year festivities and blew his mind reading the quirky and unusual stories in local publications- the Kuta, Denpasar and Sanur weeklies and the Bali Advertiser- produced for visiting tourists and expatriate members of the community. Here is just one offbeat report which caught his eye .
TURDS : The heading on this item was just that-TURDS . This is the collective name given to groups of people who go into eateries and gradually sneak out , one by one, without paying the bill . Amused by this report, our man asked locals for further details.
He was regailed by a slight Balinese woman with an amazing account of a notorious Turd , a huge , muscular European , a Belgian ?, who paid the ultimate price for not paying for his food...his life. Seems he participated in those barbaric ultimate UFC fight nights , provided as entertainment at Kuta , where anything goes . He brazenly ate up big in restaurants and walked out without paying , nobody challenging the hulk.
Complaints, however, were made to police, and they eventually called at his residence . Out he came - roaring , wielding a knife , saying they would have to kill him . Our man was given a graphic verbal description, with violent associated hand stabbing gestures, telling how the man slashed at a police officer and was shot dead , the dramatic event filmed , which went viral. So eat , joy and be merry in Bali, but make sure you pay the bill .
