Posted on 03/24/2023 5:45:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Thai man travelled some 300km from Bangkok to Korat with his 11 cats in tow on a motorcycle, attracting praise and “likes” from cat lovers online.
Choowong Thepkoh, 65, who sells amulets and other knick knacks at flea markets in Bangkok, had travelled to Korat to sell his goods at a popular annual flea market.
Choowong also hails from Korat, and wanted to bring his “kids,” or his cats, to visit his birthplace.
Facebook page, Kingdom of Tigers – dedicated to cat lovers, and whose followers know of Choowong as an ardent fan of cats – raised funds to buy the man a sidecar motorcycle, so he could travel with his feline friends.
On Friday, March 17, the page also urged its followers to donate cat food to Choowong as he was about to travel to Korat.
In an interview, Choowong revealed that he left his hometown 26 years ago, and worked in flea markets in and around Bangkok to support himself and the cats that he would adopt over the years.
All of his cats were strays, he said, and he would often bring them along everywhere he went.
He also shared their names: Thong Kwak, Thong Ek, Thong K, Thong Daeng, Thong Kam, Thong Heng, Thong Pradab, Si Nuan, Si Som, Si Suay, and Si Baitong.
“Someone once offered to buy Thong Kwak for 20,000 baht ($780), but I refused to sell, fearing that the person would one day become bored of him and abandon him. I want to take care of him until the day he dies.”
Choowong said he was grateful to everyone who supported him and his cats. He received a lot of cat food from people he met along the way.
Laz! I think we found Humblegunner!!
ROFL
Ping
Don’t cats suffer from motion sickness worse than people?
Imagine somebody in that neighborhood out walking a dog, say, a Great Dane. The Cat-Mobile passes by. Great Dane gets a heavy whiff of “Cat”. The light goes ON. The chase to get each and every cat is ON. Human Dog Walker is pulled along for the free ride. Cat-Mobile is forced to run a couple of red lights.
My daughter wants a bike like that (but she’s only 7). Funny.
Sounds like the start of a movie.
Crazy cat biker man!!!
That first picture, the cats look like, He’s lost his mind.
Sounds like a Mr. Bean episode.
This dude sweats the details. Santa themed onesies and astroturf for comfy lounging.
Yes it does sound like one of those episodes.
They would need the right background music for the Dog vs Cat-Mobile chase scene.
Weird Freeper Motorcycle Hooigan ping . . .
He loves his animals. He proved that not selling that one for a lot of money, he wouldn’t risk the cat being abandoned.
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literally lol
SUCH fun!
Would someone abandon a cat they spent a lot of money for?
Which one?
I would need a whole lot of khat before taking on that many cats.
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