Yo ! Dudes!          My name is Doughnut and this is my website. I don't want to talk about Nongkhai, I want to tell you all about my life, which is much more interesting. This week I've been wagging my tail a lot, and I bet you can't do that with your tongue. I also do a lot of barking, most often when Tony or Dtawt get on the motorbike, because sometimes they forget to take me, so I bark a lot to remind them. But I think that they must be a bit deaf, because despite all my barking they still forget. I've found lots of interesting places around the house to pee, but Dtawt is a nuisance because she keeps hiding these places under old newspapers so then I have to go and find new places to pee. The best bit was when a tiny kitten wandered into the garden. I had a really good game chasing her, while Tony shouted words of encouragement like 'Doughnut stop' and 'Doughnut come back'. Yup, it's been a great week.             Here is a photo of me when I was a lot younger. I'd just been groomed, don't those red bows look gorgeous?

I'm allowed to write this because Tony has been quite ill. Most weeks he suffers AIDS once, sometimes twice, but last week  he was AIDS free because he had two bouts of food poisoning. This week he is back to full health, so on Monday night after a visit to Andrew's bar he suffered another Alcohol Induced Dizzy Spell.

 

I was pleased to see Derrick and Nong back, seen here posing with me. I like Derrick's longer hairstyle, but I think that he could do with a couple of nice red bows in his hair like mine. He told me that OJ's will re-open on 1st July. Yes I know that it's a shameless plug, but he promised me all the left over scraps and bones, how could I resist?

Also returned from Blighty is Graham, seen here with the irrepressible Apple. Sadly I wasn't able to pose with them when this photo was taken. I think a couple of nice red bows in your hair would suit you rather well too Graham.

 

Many people have made kind comments about the way this page has evolved. Tony asked me to thank Chuck Pringle (left) for a great deal of help. Chuck, I hope that you are enjoying your break in Oz. Do they have lots of dogs? We now have lots of  to press, but not that one! While numbered 4, this is actually the sixth episode, but Tony lost the first two. With this episode there is a competition open to all. It is easy to enter, and there are valuable prizes, but if you or your dog do decide to enter, please take care to read the rules. To go to the competition just press

Thanks are also due to Cara Lavan for a mention on her site. It is Cara's birthday on Monday (5th), I think that it's her 250th birthday in doggy reckoning, which Cara assures me translates into her 21st birthday in her years. My paws are just a bit too big to use the calculator, so I'm not sure, but a woman wouldn't lie about her age would she? Anyway I know there are celebrations this weekend, so I hope that you have a great time Cara. If you want to glimpse inside the life of a busy media person, then visit Cara's website. Either type http://www.watervole.com/cara/ in your browser or press

Back in February Tony bought a new car. It is a bizarre feature of the Thai vehicle registration system that he had to drive the car for three months without number plates before they were eventually supplied by the vehicle department. Here is the car with the new number plates, which were fitted two weeks ago. They had been on the car less than a week when Tony was stopped by the police, who said that he had been speeding at 130 kph. Tony thought it was only 125 kph, but said nothing. The police often use the same spot just over the brow of a hill to catch the unwary. If caught you go into their little shelter, pay the fine, which was 200 baht, about ₤3 or 5 Euros, get a receipt, and you are on your way again.             While all this was happening, Dtawt took a photo of the scene, but the police didn't want their pictures shown, so Tony had to carefully take out the images of the five policemen in the photo. He did such a good job, that to the untrained eye it might appear that there never were any police in the photo. But I Doughnut the Doughty am not so easily fooled.                          Three days later Kim and Ou were on their way to Udonthani when they came over the same brow of a hill and met the same policemen. You were speeding they said. No we weren't protested Kim, we were doing exactly 120 kph. Yes that's what we recorded said the policeman, don't you know that the speed limit on this road for your vehicle is 90 kph !! Kim didn't know until that moment, but you won't forget now will you? He duly paid the fine and got his receipt. Here are the not-so-happy criminals showing their receipts. These are numbered sequentially and turned out to be 066 and 086. Kim's friend George also on his way to Udonthani on the same day has a similar receipt, but wasn't available for a photo. Sadly I wasn't able to pose with Kim and Tony when this photo was taken, but I do think a couple of nice red bows in your hair would suit you Kim.

 

Allegedly Ian's strict diet continues. He looks a bit guilty in this photo because he was on his own having a between-meal snack at Carsten's bar. Ian claims to have lost two more kilos and to be 88 kg but he has been unable to produce any witnesses. In fact Ian is fast becoming the Howard Hughes of Nongkhai as we catch only glimpses of him on his bicycle around town.                   

Also caught at Carsten's is Michael aka Michael Cane because he now walks with a stick. Isn't Nongkhai humour wonderful? (Not). Michael I think you can guess what I'm going to say now, but don't you think a couple of nice red bows in your hair would look good?                 Toom (holding the bottle, and Carsten's partner) was wearing a nice red bow, but not where we can see it. Shame! Dtawt looks like she's about to tell me off, time to take cover.

Last weekend Dtawt took the 7 a.m. bus to Udonthani where she studied English on Saturday and computers on Sunday. She decided after one attempt that it was too difficult for her to learn and wants to give up. Tony's unsympathetic response was that she could give up as soon as she paid back the course fee. So she continues to go. On Saturdays Tony continues to go to the Complex, but his first visit in Udonthani is usually to see Sao and her boss John. Sao is a good English speaker with a lovely sense of humour, and is better looking than this photo shows, so it is difficult to see why she remains single. Are you paying attention Mr Elvin? John is a New Jersey ex-cop who has a bit of a crusading spirit, and says that if you are homeless, helpless or in need of help and support, come to him for help, provided of course that you are young and attractive, oh, and of course female. John I can't help thinking that a couple of red bows in your hair would lighten that severe look. Tony was just finishing an ale at the Complex when he was joined first by Dtawt and then by John. It turned out that John's wife Puy (she is also the real boss of John and Sao) was also in the Complex, so Tony and Dtawt, Puy and John went to a Pizza restaurant in the Complex. It bears the name Pizza, but quite why there is a model of the leaning tower of Pisa is a mystery known only to the architect of the restaurant. No matter, the food and company were good, and nobody made use of the ubiquitous bottle of Heinz tomato ketchup that you humans are supposed to eat with everything. Give me Pedigree chum any day! Please!

Best woofs to all my readers. You can email me here, if you have Outlook Express on your computer. If you don't have O E, you can email me at doughnut@tonybrading.net

 Doughnut   and not to forget Tony & Dtawt  

P.S. from Tony.

A good effort Doughnut, but you are a bit obsessed with red bows aren't you? I think you better leave episode 5 to me, although perhaps you could have a corner of your own. I may also change publication day to a Sunday, possibly 18th.

I did think that I would never ever be able to concur with anything said by Saddam, but when he said 'President Bush is a greater threat to the world', I knew never ever had arrived.

Finally Happy 21st Birthday to you Cara from Tony and Dtawt. By the way you were telling Doughnut the truth about your age weren't you?