Comments on: Filipino humor, the realistic kind http://houseonahill.net/filipino-humor-the-realistic-kind/ The Mommy Journals Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:43:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Ting http://houseonahill.net/filipino-humor-the-realistic-kind/#comment-25638 Ting Thu, 01 May 2008 19:14:44 +0000 http://houseonahill.net/?p=3736#comment-25638 Haha, 'reminds me of a classic joke where an unemployed pinoy in the US was so desperate to have a job that he accepted the role of a man being thrown into the lion's cage for the lion to eat at a zoo. Just when the lion started growling and looked like it was about to eat him, this pinoy prayed out loud "diyos ko, maawa naman po kayo. kailangan ko lang pakainin ang pamilya ko". To the pinoy's amazement, the lion stopped growling. Instead the pinoy heard him whisper "pinoy ka rin?". Haha, ‘reminds me of a classic joke where an unemployed pinoy in the US was so desperate to have a job that he accepted the role of a man being thrown into the lion’s cage for the lion to eat at a zoo. Just when the lion started growling and looked like it was about to eat him, this pinoy prayed out loud “diyos ko, maawa naman po kayo. kailangan ko lang pakainin ang pamilya ko”. To the pinoy’s amazement, the lion stopped growling. Instead the pinoy heard him whisper “pinoy ka rin?”.

]]> By: Kongkong622 http://houseonahill.net/filipino-humor-the-realistic-kind/#comment-25632 Kongkong622 Thu, 01 May 2008 11:59:03 +0000 http://houseonahill.net/?p=3736#comment-25632 WAHAHAHA!! I love it!! Nothing can beat Pinoy humor...no matter what! This is the perfect way of illustrating our "bahala na" or "bahala na ang Dios" mentality. WAHAHAHA!! I love it!! Nothing can beat Pinoy humor…no matter what! This is the perfect way of illustrating our “bahala na” or “bahala na ang Dios” mentality.

]]> By: Connie Veneracion http://houseonahill.net/filipino-humor-the-realistic-kind/#comment-25631 Connie Veneracion Thu, 01 May 2008 11:46:04 +0000 http://houseonahill.net/?p=3736#comment-25631 I admire guts. But sometimes, when it is misplaced, well... I admire guts. But sometimes, when it is misplaced, well…

]]> By: Jon Limjap http://houseonahill.net/filipino-humor-the-realistic-kind/#comment-25630 Jon Limjap Thu, 01 May 2008 11:24:21 +0000 http://houseonahill.net/?p=3736#comment-25630 Ironically, Bill Gates should have left the room when he said that those who do not hold management diplomas should leave. It is unfortunate that, while this anecdote may have a dash of truth in it, more often than not it causes trouble more than it leads to success. Ironically, Bill Gates should have left the room when he said that those who do not hold management diplomas should leave.

It is unfortunate that, while this anecdote may have a dash of truth in it, more often than not it causes trouble more than it leads to success.

]]> By: Fixers Fix Everything « [.] http://houseonahill.net/filipino-humor-the-realistic-kind/#comment-25628 Fixers Fix Everything « [.] Thu, 01 May 2008 09:47:32 +0000 http://houseonahill.net/?p=3736#comment-25628 [...] “Perhaps, it's more than humor. It may also be viewed as tenacity, perseverance or the gambler's mentality. It may even be the scammer's mentality.“ -Connie Veneracion [...] [...] “Perhaps, it’s more than humor. It may also be viewed as tenacity, perseverance or the gambler’s mentality. It may even be the scammer’s mentality.“ -Connie Veneracion [...]

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