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Going overboard with the monkey

THE EAR - The Freeman
January 3, 2016 | 9:00am

MONKEY. One friend to another: "Aren't you born under the Year of the Monkey in the Chinese calendar? Would you like to know what kind of person you are?" His friend said, "Let's hear it." "Monkey people are intelligent, perceptive, outgoing, loves attention, and just adores nature." "How true," his friend said.

POSITIVE. And to humor his friend, he went on: "Pero ang monkey person  bati og nawong (The Monkey person is also ugly), baho og ilok (has underarm odor), way silingan (obnoxious), dalo (selfish), og bugo (dull).

NEGATIVE. "That's not true, you crazy bastard!" his friend snapped.

 

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