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Induction into the Romscars Ladyboy Mongers Hall of Legends is based on its 2 statutory pillars of Excellence and Chivalry on the field of play and online, and this year I have the honor of inducting a fellow monger BKK expat who excels in both: LBR’s own Lord Snooty is my Hall of Legends gatekeeper’s choice for 2020 induction. Why……? Because he is none other than THEEE Captain Outrageous creator of his namesake ladyboy site Captain-Outrageous.com where since 2003 the best snapshots ever of ladyboys are showcased. Not just camera snapshots but also written-word snapshots of Thailand’s deeper ladyboy world most mongers never experience. Plus mongeringwise, the Captain is a ladyboy scoring machine as it goes without saying that he connected with dozens (hundreds?) of his models beyond the photo sessions. Oh the Captain’s photos! Mostly shot with crisp natural light and in the intimacy of BKK high-rise apartments such as where those of us who don’t live in Thailand dream of one day entertaining a never-ending stream of ladyboys same-same as the Captain. I was so fascinated with the Captain’s photos and ladyboy world insights that circa 2006, like a groupie, I contacted him online and he gracefully agreed to meet me. I learned that he was an active and reputed expat professional in a field that forced him to keep his passion for ladyboys a bit of a secret shared only with those he trusted. Accordingly, I chose to cast him in his Hall of Legends portrait as his trademark hooded-superhero featured on the Captain-Outrageous website. I would add that in addition to the awesome photos of over 600 different ladyboys, the Captain-Outrageous.com website is the most representative historical record of what I like to call the Glory Days of ladyboy mongering (early to mid-2000s) when the scene was beginning to boom but not yet cramped by discount flight nouveau-mongers who followed the online banalization of ladyboy porn. At the time, most ladyboys in the game could be found at 4 or 5 bars in BKK and Pattaya. Like other websites, Captain-Outrageous.com showcased all those Glory Days divas (Talisha, Jessica, O, Annie, Jenny, Amy, …) plus hundreds of semi-pro and amateur ladyboy exclusives that, unlike the other websites, only the Captain managed to ferret out of all walks of Thai society. In 2014 the Captain had to prioritize his time and business endeavors so he suspended the weekly updates of the website which remains online in what is itself a Hall of Ladyboy Legends of said Glory Days. I could go on and on, but it’s time to Welcome the Captain Outrageous aka Lord Snooty to his much-deserved place in the Romscar Ladyboy Mongers Hall of Legends. Big cheers Captain from your #1 fan Rom

There once was a charismatic Aussie boatman enthusiast who moved to Phuket in the late 90s and together with his ladyboy partner put Patong Beach on the ladyboy mongering map. They opened the town’s first mostly ladyboy-staffed bar that, at first, was just another small bar with a few ladyboys in the midst of rows and rows of small GG bars, but soon went all-ladyboy and ditched the rows to become a by-itself double-soi bar where the free mini-cabaret concept was developed in what amounted to a tribute of love from the Aussie towards the ladyboy partner who got to star in the mini-cabaret show and enjoy every night the diva adulation every ladyboy craves. The name of that bar was Cocktails & Dreams. The name of the diva was Ning Nong. The name of the Aussie was Nick… Nick Jackson … Captain Nick ! Nick was one of those larger-than-life characters who instantly bonded with his C&D patrons in playful ways that made us feel right at home. I remember one night passing on barfining his most coveted cabaret performer who was all over me and telling Nick she had too much silicone and hormones for me and was too timebound by the cabaret shows to stay with me open-ended. So the next night he made sure to put up a sign outside C&D just to taunt me: “Free Range Hormone Free Ladyboys” it said. That’s the kind of attentive guy Nick was. But Nick’s story did not end well and remains the subject of conspiracy theories that this is not the time or place to dwell into. Being a restless businessman-type he spread himself over several businesses (I remember a massage joint and another bar nearby) and towards the end he got heavily invested in game-fishing boat charters that he personally guided. With so much on his shoulders, he took on as C&D partner another destined-to-become-legendary ladyboy punter (Jimbo the ranting Britt) who jointly with Ning Nong gradually took over most of the C&D daily running. Nick must have become overwhelmed and in October 2010 he died a lonely death in a Patong guesthouse room. According to the police, when he was found he had been dead for several days. Nick left us just before the ladyboy scene exploded in Thailand to unprecedented levels following the popularization of ladyboy porn on the internet in the 2000s and the emergence of ladyboy mongering Boards that taught farang newbies how to get to the action. As a result, many of today’s farang-come-lately, self-appointed ladyboy pundits don’t even know Nick existed and that it was him who made C&D into the ladyboy historic landmark it was. But Nick did exist. Oh yes he did! And he was a gentleman and he was EXCELLENT. And he will be remembered as such here at the Romscars Hall of Legends ! Farewell Ahoy Captain Nick !