UPDATE FROM COSTA RICA

There are, in fact, monkeys here. One of them posed with me for a photo. He's a big fan.

There are several varieties of monkey, but the ones we're seeing most of are known technically as "Little Old Man" monkeys. They reproduce by thinking.

We have also seen sloths, which are basically monkeys with severe hangovers, as well as many exotic butterflies and iguanas the size of small dogs. The iguanas lie around looking prehistoric and staring at you with an expression that says, "Oh yeah? See how YOU look in 15 million years."

There is also excellent beer here. A large glass costs 138 million colons, or about a dollar. As of this posting there is still some left.

Comments

[random thunking]

Bummer, Dave's blue shirts never made it through customs.

[Guin]

Sloths and monkeys and iguanas, oh my! You're definitely not in Miami anymore.

[random thunking]

Maybe Dave can have a blue shirt tattooed on his torso.

[Jeff Meyerson]

Cerveza!

Sounds like you're having an excellent tax-deductible trip vacation so far, Dave.

[Siouxie]

Dave? did the monkey steal your clothes??? NTTAWWT - you ARE in a jungle.

[Siouxie]

As of this posting there is still some left.

Beer, colons or monkeys???

[wiredog]

Which one's the monkey?

[crossgirl]

uncle merle?

[diverdowndoc]

Yeah, but do they have Bastille Day?

At first, I thought this was a Judi-nekkid-man post, but then saw it was a Dave-nekkid-man post..

OK- I got nuthin'.

[Not My Usual Alias]

After enough $1 beer, will the iguana look better?

[Eleanor]

*zips in*™

Dave, is there humidity in Costa Rica? Is that why you're not wearing a shirt?

You look hot, IYCMD. ;)

[Dr. Bob]

Happy Bastille Day!

[200lbs_of_twisted_Steal]

The monkey looks blinded from the glare.

[Siouxie]

After enough $1 beer, will the iguana look better?

Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | 10:15 AM on July 14, 2008

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No, but Dave will.

(just kidding, of course)

[Danny]

Cerveza monkey in the tree? Iguana take its picture!

No, seriously, Dave ...

1. Watch out for the SQUIRREL monkeys!

2. Make sure you ask around to see if there is an amusing local name for the little red-backed squirrel monkeys in that part of Costa Rica.

[Hammond Rye]

Dave, Dave
Dave in the Jungle,
Happy 'cuz a monkey's near.
(Ahhhhhhhh)
Let's have another beer!

Dave, Dave
Dave in the Jungle,
Away from all that's dear.
(Ahhhhhhhh)
let's have another beer!

When he gets in a scrape,
he makes vacation his duty
with the help of his friend,
an assistant named Judi.
Often he'll falter
and depend on ol' Walter
While bemused wife and daughter
Try to stay in step.

Well....Dave, Dave
Dave in the Jungle,
Friend to iguanas far and near.

Let's have another beer!

[fivver]

Pura Vida Dave!

[lil rascal]

They reproduce by thinking. Kinky, but yeah.

[Punkin]

That looks like a capuchin. They are very smart.

Watch your beer.

[Margaritaville]

I dunno, Guin, that kind of sounds like Miami, only with bigger lizards. Do not stand under any trees for safety's sake! The monkeys will steal your beer and that would be soo awful.

[Danny]

Another safety tip: Watch out for angry monkeys who have an extremely literal understanding of the term CrapCam.

[baligurl]

Poor Dave. It's hotter'n two rats you-know-whatin' in a wool sock there. Nekkid's the only way to go.

[Wally Ballou]

Hmm - my comment got flagged as potted meat product, because I mentioned the legal availability of commercial carnality in CR (I went there with my wife, too).

[queensbee]

monkey cute. iguana - not so much.
snork@hammie

[CJrun]

Somewhat relevant, and to Punkin's and Wally's (see last couple of 'graphs on Page 1) posts as well!

[Ross]

Marcel!!!

[Jazzzz]

Exactly, wiredog.....how did Dave get the monkey to wear sun glasses?
Everybody has something to hide, 'cept Dave and his monkey.......

[Lairbo]

Did the monkey make you sign a book for him?

[Annie Where-but-here]

I'm not supposed to tell, but Meanie is busy in his Ph0t0shop workshop cropping Dave's nekkid photo into many, many, um, opportunities. But no tellin'....

[Runaround Sue]

We see, thanks to Dave, the evolutionary wonders of man and monkey, and the excellent results.

After all, Mel Gibson also decendent of monkeys according to Darwin...just bought a ranch in Costa Rica, and I bet his plane is bigger. (no offense Dave...you just need to buy a ranch there too.)

Mr. Hammond should be the first to visit, due to his expert song writing abilities.

[Ross]

Annie, Dave's not nekkid. He's wearing the latest in jungle wear.

[Siouxie]

Damn you, Ross. Go play with your monkey and leave me alone!

[fivver]

Poor Dave. He's really roughing it.

[slyeyes]

Dave, if the monkey steals your beer, just spank it.

[baligurl]

fivver, I've been to that resort twice, it's pretty sweet. And they do make you carry your own cocktails, so the workload can be rough.

[Allen at Division]

Ya h, Dave, you are standing perilously under close to a veritable caca-phanous Sword of Damocles, IYKWIM...

[baligurl]

heheheheh...Allen said "caca-phanous "...

[Danny]

I dunno, fivver and bali. Yesterday's airport photo suggests he's in the Manuel Antonio area, and in this morning's photo it didn't seem like he was wearing much. I'm putting two and two together and guessing that he's staying here.

[pogo]

I think folks here are probably aware of the New Yorker cover with the caricature of Obama and wife Michelle as satire that has backfired terribly.

I keep thinking of Arthur Carlson on WKRP saying "as God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."

[baligurl]

Big Gay SNORK@Danny!

[Siouxie]

Danny??? NTTAWWT

[fivver]

bali, I've stayed there too. The ledge you can sit on while the hot mineral water pounds down on you is one my life time happy places. The only problem with the resort is the noisy neighbor.

[baligurl]

fivver, the first time I went, we didn't get to see the 'alleged' volcano because of the rain. The rum helped with the getting over it. The next year, tho, was awesome! I like the ledge, too, I have a photo in my office.

[estrogen centrale]

That iguanalooks a lot like an ex-boyfriend, which might be why it looks like that.
Okay, so I'm a bit tough on boyfriends...

[Danny]

Siouxie,
Ain't nothin' WWT.

[Annie Where-but-here]

...hot mineral water pounding down on you...colons...hmmm....makes me wonder what type of treatment Dave is really receiving down there. I'm guessing a column will soon be written to write the whole trip off. And yay for that.

[Annie Where-but-here]

*snork* @ ec - I thought the lizard looked a bit like my Aunt Marge from Queens. Years of a NY accent will do that to you. NTTAWWT.

[estrogen centrale]

Oh Annie, we all have at least one relative like that, no?

[fivver]

bali, the time I was there it was clear and yeah, the volcano is awesome. our guide took some of us on a hike out the back of the resort towards it. we got so close we could hear the boulders rolling down the side of it. we figured that was close enough! It's one of the two places I've visited that totally exceeded my expectations (Israel was the other). Can't wait to go back.

[baligurl]

ec, if you look around at the family tree and realise you don't have a relative that looks like that, does that mean the title defaults to me? Yikes.

[Siouxie]

I agree, ladies. Mine would have to be my Tia Nana (God rest her soul). She was a tough cookie too.

[Siouxie]

Not to take away from the Blog's nakidity butt...can we have a new naked guy pic, judi??? Preferably without monkeys.

[Siouxie]

Not to take away from the Blog's nakidity butt...can we have a new naked guy pic, judi??? Preferably without monkeys.

[Siouxie]

I blame the monkeys at Typepoop.

[estrogen centrale]

judi... judi... JUDI!!!!

Perhaps she's sleepin'.

[Mot the Hoople]

Dave's not wearing a shirt because he's scared monkey may start throwing poop.

[estrogen centrale]

Yes Mot, heaven forbid that monkey poop gets on the blue shirt.

[Danny]

Reminds me of a song ...

Here they come, landin’
On the strip.
They’ve shelled out muchos colones
To come here and watch us flip.

Hey, hey, we’re the monkeys!
And people say we chuck poo around.
Yo! We’re so busy flingin’,
We knock all the tourists down.

We go wherever we want to,
We poo where we like to poo.
Sometimes we get restless,
But, hey, there’s always someone new.

Hey, hey, we’re the monkeys!
And people say we chuck poo around.
Yo! We’re so busy flingin’,
We knock all the tourists down.

People think we’re cute and friendly,
They come and watch us screech and play.
Yeah, we’re the young generation,
You’d better get out o’ the way.

Any time, or anywhere,
Just look on your shoulder,
There’s even more in your hair!

Hey, hey, we’re the monkeys!
That Blog guy knows we chuck poo around.
Yo! We’re so busy flingin’,
He had to put his CrapCam down.

Hey, hey, were the monkeys.
Hey, hey, were the monkeys.
Hey, hey, were the monkeys ...

[estrogen centrale]

*applause*

Yeah, Danny!

[mudstuffin]

138 million colons, of course wbagnfarb.

[WriterDude]

Well done, Danny! *applause*

Mot, caught your reply this morning -- another year of remodeling will have the place in even better shape once you do make it here. Might even have my outdoor kitchen built by then, unless I have to take out a second mortgage to buy gasoline run into difficulties.

[Suzy Q]

I only have ONE colon (and I'm keepin' it). I guess that makes me poor by Costa Rican standards. But, I DO have 12 monkeys. So, there is that.

[sungmanitu]

That monkey's thinking: Why does this naked white man remind me of Roy Orbison?

[Mot the Hoople]

WD, you may be in danger of having to rename the abode from "the House Of Perpetual Remodelling" to "The House That Ate All My money"

[Sco77]

"...reproduce by thinking..."

Well, if I were to rate the intelligence of things in Dave's CrapCam(c) pictures, I'd say the monkey was number 1, the tree was number 2, Dave number 3, and the iguana number 4....but I'm not too sure about Dave...he could be number 4 or even, dare I say it, number 2!

[WriterDude]

Mot -- you may be right.

[CJrun]

I think this is Dave, practicing for a Cabinet meeting.

[Lairbo]

Please tell me there's no nekkid rugby in Costa Rica.

[MArtiniShark]

I'm still a little offput at the thought of Dave cavorting in the local springs in a condition that is, shall we say, En Flagrante. Just hope there are signs posted down river warning people about drinking the water.

[Art]

OK, many critters sighted in Costa Whatever, but did a naked manatee come on shore?

[Suzy Q]

En Flagrante WBAGNFA mariachi band.

[fivver]

Dave, when you want a change from the beer, try the Ron Centenario Anejo Especial rum. It's about 47,354,982 colons or about $10 a bottle. I've still got one bottle left that I'm saving for a gang shower with the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders verrrry special occasion.

[Cheesewiz]

Dave:

It's just not everybody that can get a monkey to roll his eyes for the camera.

[Siouxie]

*plans blogette cheerleaders road trip to fivver's*

Let's get ready to rrrrrrrrrrruuuuuuummmmmmmba!!

[Wyo Cowboy]

not to derail the blog, but some of you may be interested the the fact that today we went to Tongue River Canyon, for a little spelunking. It's dark in there. But eventually, we found our way back out.

[MArtiniShark]

Laughing @ Miss Q's Mariachi Band.

I was actually a member of En Flagrante for a few tours -- we opened for Menudo. But then Rawy Torres got upset that I kept stealing groupies from them while they were on stage. Their manager created a stink because Rawy wasn't focused during performances. Subsequent I was left out of an endorsement deal for Buena Cara acne medication and then was not told of scheduling changes on tour. Soon the other members began citing unconfirmed addiction problems to the latino teen magazines and a new adolescent warbler was groomed to replace me in the troupe. Ah, good times . . .

[Siouxie]

Wyooooooooo! I wanna go splunking too!!

ohh...spElunkin'...

Are there bats in there?

If so, neveryoumind.

and...

*snork* @ Med's dirty arse!

[Wyo Cowboy]

no bats, but lotsa sand, rocks and water. there is a waterfall way back in there.

[CJrun]

I so hate crawling under mountains, but there is stuff down there you can't see anywhere else.

Good job, folks!

[Suzy Q]

Oh, MS, they woulda tossed you outta the band anyway, once you reached puberty!

[Suzy Q]

*waves to Med and Wyo*

Med, you are a WAY braver girlie than I. Two miles underground is about two miles too much for me. I prefer a tiki bar at sea level, thanks.

[Siouxie]

btw, judi posted semi-naked men ---------->

[tica]

lo mas importante que tiene Costa Rica son las personas trabajadoras que viven en esa "jungla" que sirve de pulmon al mundo y los monos estan graciosos pero la gente buena de mi país es mucho mejor que todos los amigos que tu tienes, ji-ji-ji!!
ah! y con respecto al "dollar", el tipo de cambio a la moneda "colón" ha venido en descenso, es decir, en Costa Rica, el "dollar" cada día vale menos colones porque las personas que administran la economía y el turismo allá son más inteligentes que los monos...ji-ji-ji!!!

[Siouxie]

Si!! El es mucho funny! Cuidado, tica. El tiene amigos que entienden lo que tu dices.

(I think tica just called Dave a monkey. Either that or she said her "people" are way better than all of his friends).

ji ji ji!

[Annie Where-but-here]

Yeah, ten cuidado, tica, or we'll shove your ji-ji-ji up your colon.
Sin turistas, eres nada. Palabra.

[Siouxie]

*el snorko* para Annie!

[Jose]

Come by San Ramon and I'll spring for a beer or 2. I have 2 million colones in change on me at any time.

I've sat by you at the bar at John Martin's in the Gables. You probably remember me, I spilled a Black and Tan on you, but you were so drunk you never noticed, probably.

Jose

[marcy]

well ! looks like I was able to get to you !

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