No von Mises, clearly what y’all need is a Sholay-type scooter with sidecar. Homoerotic shoulder-rider not included.

Punk kids. Always stealing your thunder.

i’m in . wait till i tell momma bean.. she is going to be jumping up and down.. oh well i guess this boy has to go to the wayside.

i checked out the rickshaw rally on their page, i’d be up for doing that too.. medical care (wink wink) included. (actually i saw a team had a doctor and he provided medical care along the way which i found to be simply awesome)

2007 is the best year for me… sigh.
they keep with minimum vacation time when you’re slave to the man… (oops, i mean ‘healer’).

No von Mises, clearly what y’all need is a Sholay-type scooter with sidecar. Homoerotic shoulder-rider not included

and we can all hold hands and instead of singing kumbaya will belt out ‘yehhhh dosti.. hum nahin todenge… ‘ that was one of my ultimate favorite movies (aka hindi teachers.. amitabh and shashi are my guruji’s).. now with the sidecar, i’m totally in..

Oh, pish posh. You may have slipped your comment in right before mine, but once you read what kind of tricked-out guddi I’m planning to rock, you’ll be swayed.

sidenote: chick pea, you are unreal. Doc + sports fan + funny + finds the mongol rally to be an interesting summer activity? In true Indian boy fashion, “Let’s get married!” =)

Whoa there sailor, aren’t you going to study her biodata and/or shaadi.com profile before you circle the sacred fire seven times? @=)

I totally understand: aside from my recent endeavor, I craved beef the most during my first trip in cow-friendly India. The country may be globalizing and embracing Western culture at alarming pace, but I couldn’t find red meat to save my life anywhere.

no von misses: are you serious about the mongol rally? no, really? i have a few weeks this summer… and this might be of interest to me too.. if you’re looking for another teammate..

That settles it: Chick Pea, NVM, and I are reppin’ Sepia Mutiny at the 2007 Mongol Races. Instead of the Tide Logo on the hood of our Hindustan Ambassador, we can use the Sepia Pendoos banner. You can’t go wrong with the obligatory Ganesh on the dashboard and “Horn OK Please” on the rear window, either.

Man, DJ, I just got fleeced on a simple cheese sandwich. They hid bacon under the cheese (I was so hungry I didn’t bother to investigate the strange smell…I deserved it). There was no ideological grounding in my symptoms, but I think a lady was screaming “OH MY GOD!” as I ran to upchuck a positive environmental impact in the public restroom….

Dude…you definitely didn’t deserve that: totally uncool! If the perps are your friends, then who needs enemies? Since revenge is a dish best served cold, I would call up any Chinese friends you may have that enjoy playing pranks with carbonated soda…

I’m floored. I can’t believe it. I’ve tried to sell the Mongol Rally for years and just like that, I’ve got not one but two sidekicks! I’m overwhelmed. I am seriously serious just not seriously serious in 2007, maybe 2008…or ’09, or….=)

Seriously, I’m shooting for ’08 or ’09, it really depends on when we get our car. I say ‘we’ cause I found my wingman (sorry ms. pea). He’s my best mate but I had to wait for him to grow bigger huevos. He’s the mechanical brains to complement my no brains. Together, we will get lost and sell our sturdy surplus underwear for 2 petrol cans and have a good time of it. By the way, you haven’t lived until you’ve tried the traditional fermented drink of other cultures, which means we’ll be lucky if we sip some Ukranian fermented horseradish and unlucky to crash in Bavaria, lager in hand. Yeehaw!

We’re still discussing what car to get and how to get it- whether or not we have to ship to Europe, or do we buy it in Europe. Ugh. The problem is that the car will certainly be European (shortlist of a Renault 4, Trabant, Mini, or Citroen 2CV) and it’s difficult to find those stateside without paying a ‘classics’ premium (yes, I said the Trabant is a classic! Maybe its the leftist in me). For a 10,000 mile journey all 4 of those cars have their advantages and disadvantages, ie. the Mini is the best engineered but the Trabant is simple to repair. Nonetheless, what I need to do is buy any old sub-1000 cc car soon so I can practice working on it and get a feel for life without power steering, ABS, 3 speeds, etc. Then, I’m going to research what’s edible, poisonous, and what causes dysentery amongst the steppe flora and fauna. The last bit of planning will be to call Tom and Ray from CarTalk for advice and name the car- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

’08 should be a good year- possible Mongol Rally, European futbol championships, and an Obama victory!

sidenote: chick pea, you are unreal. Doc + sports fan + funny + finds the mongol rally to be an interesting summer activity? In true Indian boy fashion, “Let’s get married!” =)