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Man, Dave, that must have been one massive drinking binge if even WE can see your pink elephant.
Posted by: Renee (the First) | December 29, 2006 at 03:07 PM
Whadya think, bloglits? Costa Rica?
Posted by: Clean Hands | December 29, 2006 at 03:09 PM
(Oh, and FIRST!)
Posted by: Renee (the First) | December 29, 2006 at 03:09 PM
I think Dave is in Africa.
Posted by: Addicted to 24 | December 29, 2006 at 03:15 PM
That IS scary!
The pink elephant looks a little spooky, too.
Posted by: Christobol | December 29, 2006 at 03:16 PM
Looks more like periwinkle than blue on that shirt but it's clearly shorts weather.
Posted by: ScottMGS | December 29, 2006 at 03:18 PM
I don't think he's in Costa Rica. I think he's visiting Cuba, preparing to become the next President.
Posted by: Dave R | December 29, 2006 at 03:19 PM
I think I spent a New Year's Eve with that guy. (The big pink one, that is.)
Posted by: Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa | December 29, 2006 at 03:21 PM
Re: secret undisclosed location
There is a thrift shop called "The Pink Elephant" on Kamehameha Avenue (pronounced MAY-PUL Ave) in Hilo, Hawaii.
Don't know if they have a big inflated pink elephant there, though.
Posted by: Christobol | December 29, 2006 at 03:22 PM
The big pink elephant, that is! Sheesh.
Posted by: Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa | December 29, 2006 at 03:23 PM
Is it my imagination, or is he wearing a 'bro?'
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 29, 2006 at 03:25 PM
I shopped at a place once called the Pink Pelican. Does that count for anything?
They had some nice mugs. just so ya know.
Posted by: Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa | December 29, 2006 at 03:25 PM
My god, are they making a movie of 'Horton Hatches the Egg' ??
Posted by: CandyT | December 29, 2006 at 03:28 PM
C-Bol, the vehicle in the background appears to be a make that is not available in the States; furthermore, the plate on it appears to be the skinnier style used in many parts of Europe and Latin America.
Africa's not impossible, either, of course.
Posted by: Clean Hands | December 29, 2006 at 03:28 PM
Dave, is that your sack lunch at your feet?
Posted by: Casey J. | December 29, 2006 at 03:29 PM
Hmmm... I could be wrong...maybe the air's just a bit 'nippy' there. Maybe if I put on my glasses.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 29, 2006 at 03:31 PM
Piece of cake. San Diego Wild Animal Park.
Posted by: Stevie W | December 29, 2006 at 03:34 PM
Definitely an African elephant, so that rules out India.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 29, 2006 at 03:34 PM
Here's the Hilo Pink Elephant Christobol was talking about. The vicinty doesn't look like where Dave is.
Posted by: pogo | December 29, 2006 at 03:35 PM
Ok the plates on the car look like the European Style. Now the background is definetly tropical. Now when I put this all together, I believe that Dave is actually at home and found a weird crap cam style picture on the web, photo shopped himself into it and is right now at home trying to put together Sophie's toys.
Posted by: Addicted to 24 | December 29, 2006 at 03:36 PM
Look at the size of that trunk! Wow....
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 29, 2006 at 03:36 PM
Many years ago (I was 18) I had a job as a shuttle bus driver in Reno Nevada. Incidentally every night one of the local casinos who had a real live elephant would take it for a walk down the sidewalk for excersize. In the winter time Nevada temperatures necessitated the elephant to wear a coat, which happened to be pink. One evening I had to transport a group of folks who were, as to be expected, highly intoxicated. One of my passengers happened to be cohesive enough to notice the giant elephant in the pink bathrobe walking down the sidewalk and promptly brought this to my attention. I responded with a very tentative “okay….” “No really! I see an elephant right there, see in the pink bathrobe?!” I smiled and reassured her that no elephants were walking down the sidewalk, not even in bathrobes. See was shocked that she had drank enough to actually see pink elephants because she thought that it was just a catch phrase people used. I never let on to have her think anything different.
Oh and it’s was a really sucky job to have to transport super drunk people around Reno Nevada. Especially men who thought somehow that you found them attractive. “Opps did I fail to mention to buckle up before I slammed on the brakes? I apologize…”
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | December 29, 2006 at 03:37 PM
I'm guessing an island like The Bahamas or Jamaica.
Posted by: Val | December 29, 2006 at 03:37 PM
oops, sorry -that last comment was supposed to be on judi's men-without-uniforms thread.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 29, 2006 at 03:37 PM
Looks a little like Costa Rica, but I'm gonna guess Bali, 'cause I wanna.
Posted by: baligurl | December 29, 2006 at 03:37 PM
Well, at least we're not ignoring the elephant in the room. Our therapists would be proud.
(Annie, I love the elephant w/glasses)
Posted by: Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa | December 29, 2006 at 03:37 PM
Loudest Snork of 2006 goes to Cheryl Howard. I love that story 8^)
Posted by: Addicted to 24 | December 29, 2006 at 03:39 PM
Cheryl, when you were younger, did you do things to your siblngs that cause them to get twitchy even now?
Posted by: pogo | December 29, 2006 at 03:41 PM
If it were Cuba, the cars would have tailfins.
Posted by: Lairbo | December 29, 2006 at 03:43 PM
Addicted--thank you I am so proud!
pogo--yes. Catch phrases (stories) include "Im going to shoot you with an arrow" "How about some ice cream" and "Hey look! Zombies!"
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | December 29, 2006 at 03:45 PM
cheryl, that was you!?!? i'm still in therapy over that d@mn elephant.
Posted by: crossgirl | December 29, 2006 at 03:46 PM
I'm pretty sure it's NOT Denver...
Posted by: baligurl | December 29, 2006 at 03:46 PM
they got some weird looking inflatable christmas decorations in that part of the world.
Posted by: crossgirl | December 29, 2006 at 03:48 PM
pogo - good point. somehow the pink elephant distracted me from the weird 4wd vehicle.
now i'm putting my money on south dakota.
Posted by: Christobol | December 29, 2006 at 03:52 PM
*fast forward 40 years when Dave and Beth look over old photos together*
Dave: "Woah, honey! Talk about putting on a few vacation pounds! I don't remember you being naked that much during the trip though. Man we should have packed some sunblock, huh? Where ya goin?"
Posted by: Christobol | December 29, 2006 at 03:56 PM
Annie, I have no idea where you come up with such fabulous photos, but they are always worth clicking on.
Also. I have many year end reports due no later than today and still I find myself here. Were I not volunteering for this torture I'm certain I would be fired.
My money is on Costa Rica.
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | December 29, 2006 at 03:58 PM
Crstbl: I think you might be right. The don't have palm trees in North Dakota.
Posted by: Lairbo | December 29, 2006 at 03:58 PM
Nope, not South Dakota. The hills there are black.
Posted by: pogo | December 29, 2006 at 04:00 PM
Actually Lairbo...I was in Cuba in 2003. Not so many of the older cars are left now, although there are noticeably more of them than say in Canada. Maybe 10 per cent of the cars on the road are pre-embargo cars. Most of the cars there are '80s and '90s Ladas and Skodas (and such like). And virtually all the tourist buses are brand new air-conditioned Volvos. That scene could very easily be Cuba but for one thing: Dave Barry. (Also, getting on the Internet in Cuba is next to impossible.)
Posted by: Mr Death | December 29, 2006 at 04:04 PM
That's Dave in the front. The one behind him looks like a stripper I saw in Panama City back in '87...
Everyone have a good evening/weekend/holiday/New Year's.
Posted by: Hammond Rye | December 29, 2006 at 04:08 PM
That is one weird looking creature!! But the pink elephant is kinda cute.
Posted by: Stevie W | December 29, 2006 at 04:10 PM
u 2 hammie. don't drink so much that you see your own little(or big)pink elephants.
Posted by: wickedwitch | December 29, 2006 at 04:10 PM
Cheryl, the one cool thing about drunks is, you can have one really good joke, and you can tell it every night, even if it's the same joke, and it will be brand new all over again! Of course, you'll get tired of it.
Posted by: Beppie | December 29, 2006 at 04:11 PM
Looks like they're waiting for the next bus. The last one that went by was full - of cows.
Posted by: Stevie W | December 29, 2006 at 04:17 PM
Dave's found Edgar! A little sunburnt, but otherwise ok.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 29, 2006 at 04:23 PM
I've heard that Costa Rica has a problem with pink elephants coming up through their sewer pipes and into the toilets.
They're probably just makin a quick shit stop.
Posted by: MrFisher | December 29, 2006 at 04:27 PM
Totally unrelated to anything alert.
A website with instructions to every set of legos ever
*Sigh* I love the internet.
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | December 29, 2006 at 04:27 PM
I guess we'll just have to wait until the book tour announcement for "Dave Barry Does Cuba" or "Dave Barry Does Costa Rica".
Posted by: Lairbo | December 29, 2006 at 04:32 PM
Perfect! I can use it to build this!
Posted by: writer132 | December 29, 2006 at 04:35 PM
P.S. I'm guessing Bahamas or Jamaica...close enough to Florida.
Posted by: writer132 | December 29, 2006 at 04:37 PM
Christobol --
I think you have a typo. You meant to type Michelle.
I'm thinking Cuba. He's visiting the bar where the Ivory-Billed Woodpeckers hang out when they come in. The pink elephants help the ones who are in AA to feel like they still fit in with the rest of the flock.
Posted by: Heinrich the Rat | December 29, 2006 at 04:38 PM
It's obvious where he is. The clue is the elephant on it's hind legs. he's in...
Pachy-stand.
Ha ha ha ha ha
Posted by: Stevie W | December 29, 2006 at 04:40 PM
If your do a right-click / Copy and then paste the image into another program it gets signficantly larger.
That is a narrow 'foreign' style plate on the van. Plus the package at Dave's feet looks to be tied with a bit of rope which rules out anywhere U.S. teenagers have to work the counters (since tying a knot is well beyond their technical capabilities and they aren't allowed to touch anything sharp enough to cut a rope)
Posted by: KCSteve | December 29, 2006 at 04:41 PM
stevie, yer killin' me.
derm it.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | December 29, 2006 at 04:45 PM
Christobol,
I wonder how Michelle would react to a scene like that?
Posted by: Addicted to 24 | December 29, 2006 at 04:47 PM
Lego instructions? Instructions? Who needs instructions?
Posted by: pogo | December 29, 2006 at 04:55 PM
I couldn't find instructions for these.
Posted by: Wyo Cowboy | December 29, 2006 at 04:58 PM
D'oh! You're right. It was a typo. You know how the "M" is right next to the "B" on certain keyboards manufactured in Honduras, and a lot of people pronounce "i" as an "e" and then, what with the schwa sound and all, "th" sounds like "chelle".
So that.
Posted by: Christobol | December 29, 2006 at 05:21 PM
Christobol --
No problem. Shot happens.
Posted by: Heinrich the Rat | December 29, 2006 at 05:22 PM
So, C'bol - you're saying Michelle packed on the pounds? I think you were better off with Beth.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 29, 2006 at 05:28 PM
"But I think I will have seen everything, when I see an elephant fly."
Heh yeah sure, an elephant fly, I think he'd just pack up his trunk and skedaddle.
Posted by: Nebbisk | December 29, 2006 at 05:36 PM
No! I'm saying in 40 years, when Dave is nearing middle age, and perhaps he'll be a little drunk and not wearing his glasses, he'll be looking at this pic and mistaking the blown up pink elephant for his wife, Michelle, only he'll call her Beth, which will be all the weirder since his mistress's name is Jeff.
Am I out of trouble now?
Posted by: Christobol | December 29, 2006 at 05:41 PM
*asks Michbethchelle about C'bol's doghouse status, checks flytraps, updates passport(s)*
Sorry, C'bol, that would be a no. And Jeff is p!ssed that you outed him.
Posted by: KDF | December 29, 2006 at 06:01 PM
I have noticed of late that the former adverb "out", has somehow become a passive verb, "to out", which seems to be used only in the past pluperfect tense, e.g. "Bruce was outted."
Posted by: pogo | December 29, 2006 at 06:10 PM
Pogo, excellent observing.
*pats, outs a beverage, chugs*
What? It's Friday.
Posted by: KDF | December 29, 2006 at 06:14 PM
for Nebbisk - an elephant fly.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 29, 2006 at 06:24 PM
for Nebbisk - an elephant fly.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 29, 2006 at 06:24 PM
Annie ... linky no worky (for moi ownself, at least) ... but now there's TWO of 'em ... stop 'em! Before they breed!
Oh ... Brit-twit filed ... din't she ...
(C'bol -- yeah, right, like that grammar/pronunciation clinic you offered is gonna werk ... I think you'd've been better off claimin' a Freudulian Slop, really ...)
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | December 29, 2006 at 06:42 PM
Posted by Annie:
"Is it my imagination, or is he wearing a 'bro?'"
OMG! My first thought, but I was afraid. You're a brave woman, Annie.
*goes off to find Dave and apologize*
Posted by: ubetcha | December 29, 2006 at 07:20 PM
What's a 'bro? Or a 'bro?"
Posted by: Stevie W | December 29, 2006 at 07:22 PM
Evenin', All! I'll be manning the blog bar for a bit: mojitos and mango margaritas on the right, beer to the left, merlot in my glass. Hep y'selves!
Posted by: baligurl | December 29, 2006 at 07:25 PM
Stevie - Bra, but you didn't hear that from me. Annie said it first.
Can anyone tell which side the steering wheels are on? It would narrow it down a bit. I know he's in the Caribbean somewhere and I've been all over it, but never saw the blow-up elephant. He needs a drink in his hand to make it real.
Posted by: ubetcha | December 29, 2006 at 07:25 PM
Since when is a bra a bro? Did I miss that day?
Posted by: Stevie W | December 29, 2006 at 07:26 PM
Hey bali - I'll take anything with vodka. Like a glass and 2 ice cubes will do.
Posted by: ubetcha | December 29, 2006 at 07:27 PM
Us gals sometimes change the name to protect the "innocents."
Posted by: ubetcha | December 29, 2006 at 07:28 PM
Grey Goose do ya? Here ya go!
Posted by: baligurl | December 29, 2006 at 07:28 PM
Whoa bali - Shirmoff's would have done but u the woman! Make mine vanilla and thanks for pouring.
Posted by: ubetcha | December 29, 2006 at 07:30 PM
And BTW I never get the bot at work but I'm getting it every time here at home. Now I know why y'all been bitchin'. It sucks.
Posted by: ubetcha | December 29, 2006 at 07:31 PM
I think he's staying in Greece.
Posted by: Stevie W | December 29, 2006 at 07:32 PM
Posted by Annie:
"Is it my imagination, or is he wearing a 'bro?'"
OMG! My first thought, but I was afraid. You're a brave woman, Annie.
*goes off to find Dave and apologize*
Posted by: ubetcha | 07:20 PM on December 29, 2006
Oh, my, no! I was talking about the elephant! Upon closer review, it looks like a guide wire attachment, right at nipple height. Hence my error. Ubetcha, shame on you!
(A 'bro' is from a Seinfeld episode. Kramer invents one to help George's dad with his um, posture.) It's a bra for a guy, or a 'mansierre.'
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 29, 2006 at 07:33 PM
that steerin' device on the farther (not farter) away vehicle appears to be on the left, but that could be an altered perspective ...
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | December 29, 2006 at 07:33 PM
Frickin' bot is nailing me every post. Normally, I'm way drunker than this for that sorta thing to happen...
Posted by: baligurl | December 29, 2006 at 07:35 PM
Sorry Annie, I'm not buying it. You still said it first.
I'm going for somewhere in the Bahamas. If the steering wheels are on the right, that would clinch it for me.
Posted by: ubetcha | December 29, 2006 at 07:41 PM
Would it clich it, or cinch it?
There are no elephants in the Caribbean.
Posted by: Stevie W | December 29, 2006 at 07:44 PM
Bali - if I get any drunker I won't be able to post at all because those letters are getting harder to read with every post. I'm gearing up for vacation, which has started as of now. No work for 9 days, then no vacation for 6 months. *sigh*
Posted by: ubetcha | December 29, 2006 at 07:45 PM
It would clinch it, I think. I don't want to try to cinch an elephant.
Posted by: ubetcha | December 29, 2006 at 07:46 PM
ubetcha, let me enable you to achieve your vacation goals! I have the next 3 days, as well, and only have to sober up enough to get to my own NYE party Sunday night. Plenty o'time for that! And I'll toss in a pffffftt! to the bot, in advance.
Posted by: baligurl | December 29, 2006 at 07:49 PM
Bali - Sunday nite I'll be on some sort of gambling boat out of St. Pete, then at some point in the week going down to Key West and taking our time getting there and back. This is with my buddy in my photo on Wyo's site, as he lives in St. Pete now when he isn't here. I'm not a huge fan of FL but it beats CT in January, cuz it's warmer. I'd rather be wherever Dave is, though.
CJ, be happy to meet up with ya as one bloglit to another. I can drink with the best of 'em.
Posted by: ubetcha | December 29, 2006 at 07:56 PM
Holy Legos Wyo, those are amazing!
*the bot is totally pissing me off*
Posted by: ubetcha | December 29, 2006 at 07:59 PM
A-okay, ubetcha! We travel alot, for work, but always to the warm, sunny. I'll send you an e-mail with our website and travel sched, maybe we'll be near the same palm tree sometime! Enjoy FL, it's raining pitchforks and bowling balls here in OK, and the lightning? Holy Moley!
Posted by: baligurl | December 29, 2006 at 08:00 PM
*settles in corner of blog sofa*
I'd appreciate one of those yummy mango margaritas, especially since central Texas just had some serious thunderstorms, complete with tornadoes. At least one fatality I know of; thankfully, Austin itself escaped tornadic activity. I had to shut down my computer, though. Didn't want to chance it being fried and then being unable to visit with all my bloglit buddies. Call me paranoid, but after having my house hit by lightning twice since we've lived here, I ain't takin' no chances!
Posted by: Just Ducky | December 29, 2006 at 08:04 PM
Dang, Ducky, we're straight north of you! And we've been hit twice, as well!! This is wild weather, huh?
Posted by: baligurl | December 29, 2006 at 08:06 PM
Oops, sorry, here's TWO mango darlin's for ya...
Posted by: baligurl | December 29, 2006 at 08:08 PM
There are no elephants in the Caribbean.
Posted by: stevie w | 07:44 PM on December 29, 2006
stevie - only when the cruise ships debark.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 29, 2006 at 08:11 PM
Lol. Been there, seen that. You?
But the Bahamas are technically not in the Caribbean.
Posted by: Stevie W | December 29, 2006 at 08:13 PM
Wild is right, bali. Definitely time for two-fisted drinkin'!
Where, exactly, are you?
Posted by: Just Ducky | December 29, 2006 at 08:14 PM
JD, bali - do your houses have lightning rods? our house in NY did. It took a direct hit once - roasted the whole corner of the house, but no fire or injuries. Here in SoCal no one has them. Makes me a bit uneasy in t-storms.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | December 29, 2006 at 08:14 PM
80 miles straight south of OKC, in Duncan. I'm thinkin' of changin' over to tequila, once I know my girls are safe at their friend's house.
Posted by: baligurl | December 29, 2006 at 08:15 PM
"stevie - only when the cruise ships debark."
How do you think "The Greater Aunt Tillies" got their name?
Posted by: Stevie W | December 29, 2006 at 08:16 PM
Annie, my house now has a grounding rod--kinda serves the same purpose as a lightning rod, but goes into the ground instead of on the roof. We had it installed after the first hit, which caught our house on fire. The second hit blew out a bunch of electronics and some light fixtures, but didn't cause a fire, which I attribute to the presence of the grounding rod. I still get a little twitchy during storms, though.
Posted by: Just Ducky | December 29, 2006 at 08:16 PM