Mango7

I clicked on your screen name and there are no results. I can't imagine this place without you, lol.

ekscrunchy

WHEW! I got scared when I read your post--but don't worry!

His posts came up in all their glory when I clicked on his name, so maybe it is yet another website problem..

Cilla_Tey

It appears to be a recurring problem lately. Couldn't even log in last night to post.

dogster

Dogster is missing, believed found. He doesn't know where he is either.
This morning in the shower he looked down - and he wasn't there.

The stupid old fart has wandered off again. Let him go. He's a dry, empty shell of a man, a grubby gypsy with unfortunate personal habits. Let him go.

And delete all those filthy stories! This is a travel forum, not an excuse for a ramble through the darkest, most horrible depths of Dogster's soul. Assuming for a moment that the mongrel even HAS a soul.

Kathy [editor] I implore you. Delete him. He's a dog. I know what dogs do. DON'T let that happen in here! Having him spayed was not nearly enough. Send him to the pound. Tie a brick round his neck and head for the highest, nearest bridge.

Bye bye Dog. Splash! That'll sort out this forum and let the rest of us get down to the really serious business of choosing between the Oberoi or the Peninsula in Bangkok.

Watch out dog. I've got your number. It's only a matter of time. Mongrel.

Mango7

"This morning in the shower he looked down - and he wasn't there".

are you that overweight, Dogster? lol

MaryW

He's so slim that maybe he just went down the plughole.

Gpanda

Dogster-let's not forget the great debate between the river and Sukhumvit. It rivals the mind/body conundrum.

We assume that mongrels have a soul. How else could they be so lost. Redemption is always possible.

Actually, the great balance scale weighs how amusing something is against how inappropriate. Your posts always skew in favor of amusing.

DON'T BAN THE DOGSTER!

Jaya

Dogster - what happened? Tell us you're computer was hacked into and that entry is just a bad joke!

Delete the Dogster??? Noooo.

dogster

That was Devil Dog. He's always around. All will soon be revealed.

But mang: soon you'll have to get along without me. I'll be on the road in a month. Ain't no computers where I'm going, most of the time, anyway. I'll be in the tribal extremities of Gujarat, the opium fields of Jhalawar, lost with my sadhus in Maheshwar, adrift on a raft of their dreams.

This will be stumble-bummery of the highest order, a voyage to places I did not know existed to see things I've never heard of before. Completely stupid. I told you the Dog was an idiot. I still haven't seen the Taj Mahal.

MaryW

A little bark now and then when you are near a computer during your travels would be good so we know your still safe - don't need the stories till later.

Mango7

Dogster- be careful, brah. We don't want to find a photo on Google news of you being found emaciated, crouching in a cave sucking on an opium pipe like. I can see it now..

Dogster: Did they say why, Willard, why they want to terminate my command?
Willard: I was sent on a classified mission, sir.
Dogster: It's no longer classified, is it? Did they tell you?
Willard: They told me that you had gone totally insane, and that your forum methods were unsound.
Dogster: Are my forum methods unsound?
Willard: I don't see any forum method at all, sir.
Dogster: I expected someone like you. What did you expect? Are you an assassin?
Willard: I'm a Fodor's forum soldier.
Dogster: You're neither. You're an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill.

dogster

Perhaps we should just cut to the last line of all:
'The horror... the horror...'

Ahhh, the dog'll be fine. Remember, on his more intrepid adventures, there's always a Bongo, a car, a driver and a packed lunch. It's not exactly back-packing. lol. The aim is always to be somewhere amazing in as much comfort as possible. The occasional pig-shed is O.K. however, provided there's an Oberoi coming up.

My vastly expensive tent and staff cost as much as the bloody Oberoi, anyway.

Mango7

When are you leaving, Dogster?

dogster

I'm due in Mumbai on March 1 but, once I'm ready I'll head off. Could be Valentine's day ish. Dunno. At the last minute I usually think, let's go! So I do and hang in Bkk for a few days beforehand.

Mango7

Bangkok's always an exciting place to stop by in, don't you agree?

dogster

Errr... yes, Mango. I usually find something to do. Can't think what, but the days go by and I invariably wake up with a smile on my face. lol. Might drop in on Kolkata on the way to Mumbai as well, get as much city as I can. Once I hit the deep countryside I won't even see a television for a month.

I'm watching the parade.