Water pistols not kids' stuff anymore?

It says here that Phl crabs are welcomed in Europe. That is, crabs the delicacy not crabs the mentality.

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A seven-year-old boy killed his four-year-old brother with a .45 cal. pistol. In my time, us kids were not allowed to play even with water pistols to save water.

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My friend Teddy H. whose No. 1 senatorial candidate is Risa Hontiveros of the Team PNoy called up early Wednesday morning to inform me: "The Freeman, Bay, reports that Risa is now within the winners' circle."

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He was excited, forgetting that I'm with TF and have read the news ahead of him. "Great, Bay, Ted, great," I said. His reply: "Puwera buyag, Bay."

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"Aquino Offers Nothing," says the TF banner story last Labor Day. I remember the song that goes: "I who have nothing." I don't remember who sang it. No, no, not PNoy.

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In my last outing in the hospital I heard a doctor ask a patient who had just been admitted: "What brought you here again, your asthma?"

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The patient was heard answering his doc: "No, Doc, the ERUF ambulance." Sounds like a joke but the patient was serious.

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Many OFWs have sad stories to tell about their search for a good life and fortune in foreign lands. Here's one about Greg (not his real name), brother of a mediaman (not in Cebu).

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Greg, a licensed plumber, worked in Saudi Arabia for six years where he was earning well. He never spent a vacation home because he told friends: "Sayang...Gusto kong makabay og maarang-arang."

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He decided to go home when his father died last February only to be met with a double whammy of sorts. Aside from the death of his father, he had also lost his wife (with his earnings) to the wife's paramour, with whom she had been living secretly for years.

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OVERHEARD. A mediaman was heard complaining about the practice of taxi drivers operating near the motels in the North Reclamation Area of overcharging motel customers. "Grabe maningil kining mga taxi drivers diha sa mga motel oy," said one complainant. "Bitaw oy, lima ka doble gud ang plite gikan sa motel hangtud Colon," said another. "Salig ra ning mga karaho kay mauwaw man ta moreklamo," said still another.