Why did some guys laugh when I said there are Azkals who have not been able to score?
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A European health advocate has dropped a plan to establish a nudist camp in the Philippines. Good decision because no one welcomes the plan except the dengue mosquitoes.
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When I was in college, I had a classmate who tried to enter a nudist colony. He was not allowed to get in even if he had disrobed. Reason: He refused to take off his wedding ring.
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A Chinese neighbor-friend who owns a sari-sari store has been complaining about the unpaid debts of some people. Someone advised him to move his sari-sari store to the Spratlys, China.
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This Chinese friend of mine is an old timer in Cebu. He speaks good Cebuano but sometimes he tries to show off his knowledge in what I call Chinglish or Chinese-English.
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Once he was heard telling some customers: “Friends, you ask for credit I no give you get mad. Again you ask for credit. I give, you no pay I get mad. Friends, better you get mad.”
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One of the nominees for the post of chief justice wants us Pinoys to speak Chinese instead of English. That’s OK. It might put a stop to China’s bullying us.
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Have you noticed — during the Parade of Nations on the opening day of the London Olympics — that there were nations with lesser populations than Phl but have more or bigger contingents?
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E-mail from Niño Palacio: “That was some bad shot PNoy delivered against Kabayan Noli de Castro. Nanghilabot man gud si Kabayan kang PNoy nga sayon man siya baslan tungod kay wa siyay nahimo sud sa unom ka tuig nga siya bise presidente.”
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OVERHEARD. A schoolteacher watching on TV the Parade of Nations at the opening of the London Olympics was heard telling another teacher: “Ngano man tawon nga gipakawo man og sarok ang atong mga atleta? Nasaypan na nuon silang taga Vietnam.”
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